True Love Deserves a Second Chance
Chapter 281 How to Face Sebastian

Cordelia was Connie's ride-or-die. Connie trusted her so much that before Joyce was even born, she arranged a marriage pact between Joyce and Sebastian. Why would she do this to Connie? She not only hooked up with Darren but also had a daughter with him. For the sake of their daughter's happiness, she threw away years of friendship and caused Connie's death. She even made Joyce live outside for so many years. Thinking about this, Joyce was already bawling. She once thought that no matter who the murderer was, she would find them and get revenge for Connie. But she never expected the murderer to be Cordelia, the mom of the guy she loved the most.

Sebastian's mom killed her mom; there was a blood feud between them. Joyce's body started shaking uncontrollably. Her heavy body slowly slid down to the floor along the edge of the bed. She kept murmuring, "Why is this happening?"

Only now did she get why Sebastian had been saying weird stuff to her lately. He said no matter what happened, she shouldn't leave him, and he would always love her. It turned out he knew the truth all along and was scared she would bounce because of it.

Joyce's tears fell drop by drop on her swollen belly. She reached out to gently stroke the baby inside, her voice choked with sobs, "Baby, what should I do?"

'I can pretend nothing happened, act like I don't know anything, and keep living with Sebastian. But can I and Sebastian still be happy? Will Mom forgive me? Mom died so unfairly, but I married and had kids with the son of her murderer.' Thinking of this, Joyce felt a splitting headache. She lay on the bed, sobbing quietly.

At this moment, she heard a knock on the door and Sebastian's anxious voice. "Joyce, open the door, let's talk, okay?"

Hearing his voice, Joyce's tears flowed even more fiercely. Her mind was in chaos; she didn't know how to face Sebastian or how to handle this mess.

She held back her grief and said softly to the door, "Sebastian, I need to be alone for a while."

Sebastian immediately replied, "Joyce, you can't lock yourself in there alone. Dad and I are worried. Open the door, I have something to tell you."

"But I don't want to see you right now, Sebastian. Give me some time, okay? My mind is a mess, I don't know what to do." After saying this, she broke down in tears.

Sebastian stood outside the door, his forehead veins bulging with anxiety. He was almost certain that Joyce knew the truth. But despite his strict precautions, he didn't know who had spilled the beans to her.

He immediately told Dominic behind him, "Check Joyce's phone messages. Someone must have sent her something."

Dominic immediately complied, "Yes, I'll check right away."

Sebastian leaned against the wall outside the door, his eyes red as he looked at the ceiling. His face was pale, his voice hoarse. "Joyce, I never meant to hide this from you. I was going to tell you after you had the baby. Since you already know, I won't force you to make a choice. But I only ask you to protect our baby and yourself. I think your mom wouldn't want anything to happen to either of you."

At this point, Sebastian's throat suddenly felt like it was on fire, and he couldn't get another word out. He clenched his fist tight and slammed it against the wall. Blood instantly smeared down the white paint.

His mind was stuck on the image of Joyce locked in the room, crying her heart out. Since she got pregnant, she had been through so much crap, barely hanging on, only for life to throw her another curveball. Sebastian felt like his heart was being ripped apart. In a raspy voice, he said, "Joyce, I'm right outside. If you need anything, just holler, okay?"

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He clenched his fist tightly and said in a deep voice, "Okay, I'll go. I'll have Dad take care of you." He stood silently at the door for a long time before finally walking away.

When Benjamin saw Sebastian coming down, with blood still dripping from his hand, he was shocked and immediately asked, "What happened to your hand? Did you and Joyce have a fight?" He quickly grabbed a first aid kit to bandage Sebastian.

At this moment, he heard Sebastian's low, hoarse voice. "Dad, Joyce knows Cordelia is the one who killed Connie."

Benjamin's hand froze. "How could this be? Who told her? We kept it so well hidden, afraid she'd get suspicious, I didn't even attend the hearing."

At this moment, Dominic came to report, "Mr. Winters, someone sent Mrs. Winters a text message with a video of the trial. The number is registered overseas and is now disconnected." Dominic handed the video to Sebastian.

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Seeing the video, Sebastian's eyes instantly turned cold. "Before the trial, our people checked every location, there were no cameras. How did this person record it?"

Dominic replied, "There's only one possibility, the camera was on a guest in the audience."

Hearing this, Sebastian reviewed the video again. He mentally went through the positions of all the guests in the audience, then confirmed, "The video should be from the third row, near the middle. My dad and Ms. Guise were sitting there at the time."

Thinking of this, he immediately called Derek. "Dad, check if you and Ms. Guise have any micro-cameras on you. Someone sent Joyce the trial video, and the recording angle should be from your location."

Hearing this, Derek's heart tightened. "How is Joyce now?"

"I don't know, she locked herself in the room and won't let me in."

Derek's forehead veins bulged with anger. "That bastard, he actually targeted me. Wait, I'll check right away."

After hanging up, Derek looked at Elise beside him and said, "Check if we have any micro-cameras on us."

Seeing his tense expression, Elise knew something was up. She immediately started searching herself. She checked every corner of her bag, every button on her clothes, but found nothing suspicious. At this moment, Derek pointed to the hairpin on Elise's head and said, "Don't move, it's here."