Chapter 165: The Tragedy of Nathan

Giselle couldn’t wrap her head around it. Though she had lost her parents at a young age, her grandmother had cherished her like a precious gem. Similarly, Megan’s parents doted on her, which made it utterly baffling to Giselle how any woman could treat her child with such venomous cruelty, as though they were sworn enemies. Nathan stewed in his own turmoil before he finally found the words, “My mother, Mrs. York, was pregnant with me when her temper turned violent. My father couldn't bear it and had an affair, which came to light right as she was about to give birth.” “In a blind rage, she crashed her car into that woman and got into a fierce row with my father, who struck her across the face. She fell and bled profusely from the abdomen, barely surviving my birth.” His voice trailed off, his eyes dimming under the harsh light, his posture slumped like an abandoned child draped in the cold shadows of maternal neglect. “My birth traumatized her deeply, and I was powerless to ease