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Contract Marriage: Abusive Love with Mr.CEO

Chapter 87 - 54: Actually It’s Not That I Don’t Care 2

Author: Obedient Ice
updatedAt: 2025-08-07

CHAPTER 87: CHAPTER 54: ACTUALLY IT’S NOT THAT I DON’T CARE 2

At that moment, Christine Quinn suddenly resembled a beast that had lost its claws. She slumped on the couch, her eyes blank, and said dazedly, "That’s right. Ten years ago, my biological father sent someone to hurt me. If Howard hadn’t been investigating this matter, I might never have known he was involved."

Rebecca Quentin blurted out, aghast, "You’re talking nonsense! Daddy would never do such a thing."

Christine lowered her head, a cold sneer on her lips. "You don’t have to believe me, but that’s precisely why I faked the incident to get back at you... I wanted Alexander Quentin’s most beloved daughter to feel the same despair and agony of having her life utterly ruined."

Rebecca Quentin cried out, incredulous, "You’re too extreme!"

"I am extreme, yes, and I am unbalanced," Christine retorted. "But how could a princess like you, coddled by your father your entire life, ever understand how I feel? I never expected *this* father to dote on me or love me; I could even pretend my mother was my only family in this world. But how could he destroy my happiness? He knew perfectly well that for someone like me, who had nothing, Howard was my entire world. I would have even given my life for Howard. Yet, when he knew his own time was short, terrified he wouldn’t be able to look after you after his death, he chose to rip away my happiness and entangled you with Howard. Then, when it was time to fulfill his promise for my final surgery, he didn’t hesitate to end his own life to escape his responsibility..."

"Daddy’s death..." Rebecca Quentin reeled, as if from a tremendous shock, and stumbled back a step, dazed.

"Alexander Quentin truly wanted me to die! If I died, you and Howard would have a real chance to be together, and he could watch from the lower world as you found happiness and joy!"

Seemingly unable to accept this truth, Rebecca Quentin kept shaking her head. "No, Daddy wouldn’t do this. He wouldn’t..."

Christine Quinn suddenly gave a mournful laugh, though tears continued to stream down her face. "HEH HEH... You, of course, would never doubt your ’great’ father’s character. But if you look back and think carefully, while you and Howard were together, you both took precautions. Why did you get pregnant so easily?"

Rebecca Quentin still shook her head in doubt, but her face had turned deathly pale.

"It was Aunt Clare," Christine continued. "She bribed the maid who was looking after you back then and tampered with Howard’s condoms and your contraceptive pills. That’s why Aunt Clare had already called Howard before you even knew you were pregnant. She did this because she was afraid I would secretly harm you while Howard was still unaware of this..."

As Christine finished speaking, Rebecca Quentin sank into deep thought.

Yes, four years ago, before her father passed away, he had urged her and Howard Geoffrey to get along well, more than once or twice. His dying wish was even to see her have a child for Howard. It wasn’t until this very moment that she realized her father had always hoped she could hold onto Howard. And Aunt Clare... Aunt Clare had prophetically informed Howard when Rebecca had only just confirmed her own pregnancy. Everything seemed to indicate that what Christine Quinn was saying right now wasn’t fabricated.

Seeing Rebecca Quentin remain silent, Christine sniffled, composed herself, and continued, "Actually, having a father like that isn’t a bad thing for you. At least everything he did, he did for your sake, even though Howard never truly developed feelings for you..."

Rebecca Quentin also took a deep breath, striving to maintain a strong and calm demeanor. "I will verify everything you’ve said with Aunt Clare," she stated evenly. "What I’m curious about is why you’re telling me all this. Since you’re so set on revenge, wouldn’t you want me to suffer the same agony as you for the rest of my life?"

"You’re absolutely right. I feel no pity or sympathy for you," Christine’s voice was cold. "But these past few days, watching you stay at the Geoffrey house to get revenge on Howard, seeing you get closer to him step by step... I can’t bear it any longer. Ruining the Quentin family might have been what I most wanted to do four years ago. But four years later, what I want most is to be with Howard, living a peaceful life together. I won’t allow you to appear and disturb our tranquility, nor do I want you to have any further involvement with Howard."

She finally understood why Howard had cared so much about Christine Quinn. Christine was far smarter than she was. When faced with a crisis, Christine could assess the situation immediately and decisively let go of things she shouldn’t cling to. Unlike herself, always stubbornly holding onto things she should have released.

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