"Stop acting pitiful in front of me. I'm not a man, so I won't be tricked by you." Looking at Ellis Jones, Barbara Jones only felt disgust.

She paused for a moment before continuing, "Ellis Jones, I just want to tell you that if you treat Clare Smith as a treasure and want to give birth to his child, then go ahead. The reason I agreed to meet you was because I wanted to know how my mother was doing."

"Mom." Ellis Jones swallowed her words in time. If she were to tell Barbara Jones the actual ...