Chapter 455

Emma froze for a moment when the topic of five years ago came up. She wasn’t someone who liked to dwell on the past—her mindset had always been to look ahead. Especially the unpleasant stuff. No point in digging it up again. But since Elijah was asking about things related to Jordan, she figured he had the right to know. After all, he was Jordan’s dad—he deserved to understand what had happened. Emma gave a small smile. “That was when Jordan turned five and started school. After a while, I noticed something was off. He was a lot quieter than he used to be.” Elijah’s brow furrowed again. He kind of saw it coming. “I asked him if something happened... and he told me he didn’t look like the other kids. They wouldn’t play with him and kept making fun of him. So I decided to bring him back to China.” Emma didn’t mention how much she disliked living abroad herself. She gave birth to Jordan overseas and was trying to avoid going back to the Lane family. So for a long time, life was hard and s