After taking a deep breath, Sophia calmed down considerably. She said, "Marcus, you and I have been friends for many years. I do know you a little. Don't retaliate against me. I will be a good person from now on."
"How will you prove it?" Marcus asked as he simply pulled out a chair and sat down.
Sophia had always been timid back then, never daring to resist when Ivan and Ruby bullied her. She kept everything bottled up inside. In other words, she was just a weak and vulnerable bullied pushover.
"I'll call Ms. Walker over right now and tell you two who the father of my baby is, as well as the whole story."
As Sophia spoke, her eyes started to become red-rimmed again. "This whole situation involves both of you, but ultimately, it's my own fault. I can't blame anyone else. Maybe this is Heaven's way of punishing me for falsely claiming credit!"
Marcus was speechless, but before he could respond, Sophia picked up her phone and called Natalie.
"Hello, Ms. Walker? Are you available to come over for a bit? I have something very important to tell you. Marcus is also here. This matter concerns both of you, but that's irrelevant. It's just that I need your help," Sophia explained.
She looked at Marcus and said, "I'm willing to confess everything. You should come over!"
After a short pause, Sophia nodded. "Okay, I'll be waiting for you."
She hung up the phone and smiled at Marcus. "Ms. Walker will be here in a bit. Take a seat!"
Marcus pulled the chair over and sat down. He was curious to hear what else Sophia had to say.
Could a person really change this much in such a short time?
Not long after, Natalie arrived. When she saw Marcus, she didn't say anything else and simply nodded slightly at him.
"Sit down." Marcus quickly grabbed another chair over and gestured for Natalie to sit.
Natalie raised her eyebrow. After all, it was rare to see Marcus being this considerate.
"Ms. Walker, please sit." Sophia stopped eating and leaned against the headboard. Her eyes still had a faint red tinge to them.
From the moment Natalie walked in, the fear she had felt when facing Marcus alone had completely disappeared.
"My child's father is Shane Morgan. He's the son of Cindy Meloney, the housekeeper from the Walker residence. He's also Emma's number one lapdog," Sophia revealed.
Her tears began to stream down uncontrollably as she continued, "When we were kids, after Ms. Walker ran off to find an adult, I falsely took credit for Marcus' rescue. However, Shane saw it all.
"Later, when I went to the Walker residence to look for Sky and build a relationship, Shane found me when no one else was around and used this to blackmail me."
Natalie looked at Marcus. Now, there was no need to hide anything—everything had been laid out in the open, crystal clear.
Sophia began, "Shane forced me to be his girlfriend, but because he's Cindy's son, he didn't dare openly admit he was deceiving Sky. He and Emma went to and from school together. He was basically her study companion.
"But more than that, he was her faithful dog. Whatever Emma told him to do, he did.
"Two months ago, my father forced me to go to the Walker residence to foster a relationship with Sky. That's when I saw Emma in Sky's arms, crying uncontrollably. I stepped forward to interrupt them, and Emma looked at me with a gaze full of malice.
"I was about to leave after Sky and I finished our scheduled meeting, and Emma had Shane escort me out. But when Shane was escorting me, he dragged me into one of the housekeeper's quarters. There, he assaulted me."
Tears continued to stream down Sophia's face as she spoke. "He even threatened me, saying that I was his girlfriend and it was because he loved me too much that he did such things. However, when he was assaulting me, Emma called him, and he answered the call right in front of me.
"Emma told him not to put a condom on and to not let me take morning-after pills. She said he had to ensure I got pregnant and gave birth to the baby.
"As long as I got pregnant with Shane's child, Sky and I won't be able to be together anymore. The engagement between our families can be invalidated, and the blame would fall entirely on me. When the time came, Sky could also take the opportunity to claim compensation from the Sinclairs.
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