Sweetheart, Do You Still Love Me?

Chapter 619 Something Wrong With Your Mental State

Joella's declaration sounded ludicrous to Elspeth and Callum. They thought she had gone insane.

"What on earth are you saying? How could the child possibly be his?"

Elspeth frowned. "Is there something wrong with your mental state right now?"

Joella let out a maniacal laugh. "Weren't you the one who kept pestering me with questions? Isn't this

what you wanted to find out?"

Elspeth was speechless. She did want to find out what was happening, but she didn't think Joella

needed to come up with such a ridiculous story.

"You claim that the child is Callum's. Do you have any proof?"

Joella lowered her head despondently. Her voice was dark and weary as she said, "Why do you need

proof? I just told you the truth. What else do you want?"

Callum realized the severity of the situation when he noticed that Joella didn't look like she was lying

about it.

Is she telling the truth?

Elspeth looked at him. The whole thing still sounded impossible to her.

She had complete faith in Callum and knew he wouldn't have had that sort of a relationship with Joella

behind her back.

Yet, Joella didn't seem to be lying either. She sounded so sure about it.

"How did this child come about?"

Joella opened her mouth to speak when they heard a knock on the front door.

The thudding sounds against the wooden door made Joella tense up and refuse to speak.

"Who's there?"

Elspeth got to her feet warily.

"My son's back."

Joella slowly stood up and headed to the door, her footsteps unsteady.

Elspeth and Callum had nowhere to go, so they chose to hide in the bedroom for now.

They paid attention to the sounds going on outside.

The door was slightly ajar and they had a clear view of Joella opening the front door. However,

Cameron wasn't the only one who came in. They saw Yena for the second time today.

"Why did you come here as well?" Joella asked Yena.

It was clear that the two women knew each other, but Joella had her guard up and seemed to be rather

hostile toward Yena.

"I just got off work and had nothing planned, so I picked Cam up and brought him home."

Cameron was grinning as he waved the snack in his hand.

"I ran into Miss Hallaway while I was on my way home today, Mommy. She bought me a snack."

Cameron was thrilled. His mouth was covered in crumbs.

On the other hand, Joella's face fell as she grabbed the snack and tossed it to the floor. "How many

times have I told you not to accept things from strangers?!"

Cameron teared up. His smile was replaced by a look of fear.

Yena seemed used to this turn of events and wasn't startled in any way. Perhaps it was because she

never cared in the first place.

"I've told you countless times that I won't help you with those things. Please don't come and disrupt me

and my son's lives ever again."

Joella pulled Cameron over and stood in front of him protectively.

Yena covered her mouth and chuckled. "What are you talking about? Why would I cause trouble for

you and your child? As for that matter… It's up to you to decide whether or not you're willing to help

me. I have never threatened you."

Joella was trembling with rage from the way Yena shirked her role in the situation. "You did threaten

me."

"If you're referring to the things I said, how could you possibly consider them a threat? If I were going to

threaten you, I would've told Callum those things myself. What do you think will happen if he finds out

that you used his sperm to have a child? Do you think he and Elspeth will get rid of you?"

Joella wanted to charge over and stop Yena from talking but it was too late. The two people inside the

bedroom heard it all loud and clear.

Alas, Joella knew that the two caught everything, so she stopped holding back and gave Yena a hard

shove.

Yena stumbled backward and screeched in anger, "What are you doing?! Have you gone mad?!"

"Since you've blurted everything out, there's no reason for me to avoid things any longer," Joella

scoffed. "Leave! Get out of my house now!"

Cameron had an unpleasant expression as well, but he seemed used to these sorts of situations.

Yena glared at Joella. "Remember what you did today. Don't say I didn't warn you. I won't let you get

away with this!"

She stormed out of the house, slamming the door so hard that the walls seemed to shake.

Joella crouched down and took Cameron by the hand. "You're not allowed to have any contact with that

woman ever again. You hear me?"

Cameron's head was lowered. "But… I don't think she's a bad person," he whined.

"Do you even know what she said just now? Do you know what kind of a person she is?" Joella

couldn't figure out how Yena managed to bewitch Cameron into being so stubborn about this when he

was usually such an obedient child.

Well, Cameron was a young boy who didn't know much. All he knew was that Yena was a nice lady

who bought him a lot of treats and snacks. She treated him well and promised him that she would take

him to the amusement park if his mother agreed to it.

He and his mother had been living in hiding this whole time, so he had never gone to an amusement

park before.

Now, his mother just took away his only chance to visit an amusement park.

The more he thought about this, the more upset he got, and tears began streaming down his face.

"I don't know what she did that makes you hate her so much, but she has never hurt me before."

Cameron's voice was barely above a whisper, but it was still loud enough to be heard in the silence of

the house.

Joella was infuriated. She grabbed the broom that was left beside the shoe closet and raised it.

Just before the broom landed on Cameron, Elspeth rushed forward and caught hold of it.

"Regardless of the situation, the child is innocent." Elspeth's voice was a little hollow. It was clear she

was still in shock over the latest revelation.

However, even in a state of shock, she knew that no matter what had happened, the young boy in front

of her was innocent. He shouldn't have to suffer the consequences of the choices made by the adults

around him.

After hearing Elspeth's words, Joella deflated and burst out in wails as if she had been holding them

back for a very long time.

Elspeth and Callum watched as she sobbed and gasped.

At long last, Joella slowly regained composure.

"I'm sorry." It was an apology that was long overdue, and one that Joella had to give.

Joella never wanted to make her son upset. She bent down and said softly, "I was wrong, Cam. I

shouldn't have tried to hit you. Go to your room and play for a while, okay?"

Cameron was young, but he knew enough to tell that his mother probably wanted to talk to the two

people in their house right now.

"It's fine, Mommy. I'm not mad at you."

At the end of the day, he was still a thoughtful child.

Once he was in his room with the door closed, Joella turned back around and fell to her knees.