Chapter 342: Chapter 342

She immediately jumped to Chloe Hughes’s side, grabbing her hand, "Auntie! Don’t worry, I’ll find the best lawyer to defend you!"

Chloe Hughes had only a few relatives. Who else would fight for her when she’s in prison?

If she were dragged down as well, Chloe Hughes would really be done for. She couldn’t believe Chloe Hughes didn’t understand this.

Chloe’s expression indeed stiffened for a moment, but then Paige Sterling said, "Murder and being an accomplice are two entirely different legal concepts. Ms. Hughes, if you’re charged with murder, hiring the best lawyer won’t help you, will it?"

Chloe suddenly snapped back to reality.

That’s right, even if she had provided the drugs to those men, she wasn’t the one who committed the murder; at most, she was an accomplice.

And the child in Yvette’s womb, she hadn’t killed the child either; she was merely an accomplice who provided the tools for the crime.

But if she took all the blame, then it would be murder, and she would still go to jail even with the best lawyer.

She immediately said, "Brother-in-law, it wasn’t me who administered the drugs. It was Skylar, it was Skylar!"

Chloe didn’t give anyone time to react, spilling everything out all at once.

"Skylar knew that I had this drug and asked for it. I didn’t give it to her, so she stole it and put it in Auntie’s pickled fruits and sauerkraut. When my sister was pregnant, she loved Auntie’s pickled fruits and sauerkraut the most and ate them every day, which led to the incident. It was all Skylar’s doing; it has nothing to do with me..."

Although Jared Sullivan already suspected it had something to do with Skylar Hughes, he hadn’t imagined that the drug would be directly administered by her.

This was her biological mother, yet she could still do such a thing.

This woman was even more malicious than he had imagined.

Yvette Hughes was bewildered, staring in disbelief at Skylar Hughes.

How could it be possible? How could her biological daughter be the culprit to harm her?

Skylar was extremely flustered but forced herself to stay calm and deny it.

"No! Mom, I didn’t do it! I’m your biological daughter; why would I harm you? No one wishes for you to be well more than I do!"

She then angrily glared at Chloe Hughes, "Auntie, you killed the child in my mom’s womb. My mom, considering you’re her sister, might not necessarily hold you accountable. Why do you have to push everything onto me? What good does it do you? Or has Paige Sterling bribed you? For money, you don’t even recognize your own sister and niece?"

Upon hearing Skylar Hughes say this, Chloe would not accept it and immediately divulged many more details.

Yvette Hughes was already teetering on the brink but kept shaking her head, "No, impossible..."

Paige Sterling placed a document in front of her.

"Auntie, take a good look at these things."

Yvette Hughes shakily reached out to open it, her face growing increasingly pale.

Paige Sterling’s demeanor remained indifferent, without a shred of compassion.

This was her stepmother, and she respected her as she should.

But that respect had its limits; after all, she had no obligation to pay for Yvette’s foolish actions.

"Auntie, it wasn’t me who harmed you; it was your biological daughter. Telling you this is indeed cruel, but sorry, I’m not interested in taking the blame for someone else, nor am I interested in bearing the painful consequences of your inexplicable hatred and failure as a parent."

Yvette’s gaze slowly rose, landing on Skylar Hughes.

Skylar was still explaining, but Yvette raised her hand and, using all her strength, slapped Skylar Hughes hard.

She never wanted to think too poorly of Skylar, so after losing the child, she followed Skylar’s words and suspected Paige Sterling, even though Paige had the least motive. She attributed her loss and hatred to Paige Sterling but never suspected Skylar. Follow current novels on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝓷𝓮𝓽

This was her daughter, whom she carried for ten months and gave birth to. She believed Skylar would not be so heartless as to harm her, even if she was a bad person.

Yet reality fiercely slapped her across the face.

"Why? Why did you do this?"

Skylar held her face, knowing that arguing was now futile.

She raised her head, biting her teeth as she looked at Yvette, "Mom, do you have the face to ask me why?"

Her face showed no pity, only indifference.

"Clearly, I’m your biological daughter, the closest person to you, yet you never considered me. When you divorced Dad back then, you were so afraid I’d become a burden that you left me to Dad. Later, when you married into the Sterling Family, living richly, you never thought you had a poor daughter suffering..."

Yvette explained, "But I eventually brought you into the Sterling Family."

And because of this, she fueled Skylar’s ambition, planting the seeds of today’s turmoil.

Furthermore, when she originally got divorced, as a vulnerable woman without work or education, how could she bring Skylar to suffer with her? Under those circumstances, leaving Skylar to her father was naturally better.

But she hadn’t expected her daughter to resent her because of this.

Skylar coldly laughed, "If I hadn’t found you and begged you to bring me into the Sterling Family, would you have? They’re both daughters; why can Paige receive father’s love, get everything she wants, while I, like a child without parents, can’t eat well or dress warmly, all because my own mother has eyes only for riches and doesn’t care about me."

Yvette wanted to say that it’s because Paige was fortunate enough to be born into the Sterling Family, thus she could get everything.

That’s something unattainable.

But she couldn’t say it out loud because that reasoning, which everyone understood, didn’t count as reasoning to Skylar; it was considered a debt owed.

Because her parents couldn’t give her a better life, she was owed, and she came to collect, justifiably.

"I can understand you were reluctant to leave the Sterling Family’s riches. I can understand you tried to please Jared Sullivan, treating his daughter better than me. But why couldn’t you even slightly consider me? You married into a wealthy family, living as a lady, but only wanted me to marry an ordinary person, spending a lifetime being suppressed by Paige. You never fought for the property that should’ve been mine, watching me toil in the Sterling Family for years yet getting nothing, until I was kicked out..."

Skylar hated Jared Sullivan and Paige Sterling, but she also hated Yvette Hughes.

Yvette was her mother, and she should have had her daughter’s best interests at heart.

But she didn’t; Yvette never considered her at all.

If it weren’t for Yvette’s inaction, would she be driven to this point?

So wasn’t it natural for her to hate Yvette?

Skylar said many more things, all grievances against Yvette...

Yes, it’s all because of you that I’ve become . This is all your fault.

She succeeded in brainwashing Yvette, making her feel guilty.

Paige Sterling even clicked her tongue in wonder, her respect for Skylar growing.

Sure enough, at this moment, Yvette couldn’t think about the pain of loss, only knowing that her daughter’s transformation was due to her, it was her fault.

Seeing Yvette’s heartache, constantly hitting her chest in self-reproach, Jared Sullivan’s face turned green.

"Are you crazy? You’re still believing her lies? Because of her resentment, she wants you dead, and you’re trying to find excuses for her? Are you not satisfied unless she’s successfully killed you?"