Transmigrated as the Villain Boss's Precious Darling

Chapter 483: Chapter 483: Had Chickenpox Several Times

The woman let out a dry laugh. She often visited her family home, so she knew the Thorne family had clashed with Phoenix Golding several times recently. As for whether Goldie Thorne was just happening by or had come on purpose—well, she wasn’t an idiot. How could she not see through it?

Although she was annoyed with Goldie Thorne, the woman was even more furious with Phoenix Golding’s spinelessness. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. If Phoenix Golding had conducted herself with any decency, how could the Thorne family possibly have dug up any dirt on her?

Back at the public meeting, Third Uncle Huang should have just beaten that damn bitch to death and been done with it. It would have saved her from bringing shame on them all now.

With Goldie Thorne’s explanation, everyone now understood the situation with Phoenix Golding and despised her all the more. Rotten vegetables and stinking fish rained down on her nonstop, and the stench could be smelled from far away.

"You guys know, right? Storm Xavier and that bitch have been at it for a good ten years. Everyone in Xavier Village knows. You all knew that, didn’t you?"

The speaker’s voice suddenly dropped to a conspiratorial whisper. Everyone was on the edge of their seats, urging him to spit it out.

"That bitch has had several abortions, and they were all Storm Xavier’s."

This revelation was a depth charge, and the explosion stunned Clayton Xavier. He stood frozen, like a wooden post, but his mind was racing with sudden clarity. He recalled how his grandmother and mother always reacted whenever Phoenix Golding’s name came up.

They both intensely disliked Phoenix Golding, and that dislike had even colored their opinion of Jacqueline Spann. He had never understood it before, but now, he finally did.

It was because of his father.

’His father’s mistress was Phoenix Golding. They had been together for over a decade, and she had even gotten pregnant by him. His mother and grandmother must have known. That’s why they loathed Phoenix Golding so much, and why they disliked Jacqueline Spann, too.’

’So, did Jacqueline know?’

’She probably had no idea.’ Clayton felt a little relieved. He felt a pang of sympathy for Jacqueline, a sense of shared suffering. But that was as far as it went. He and Jacqueline couldn’t even be friends now.

Because she was Phoenix Golding’s daughter. It was unfair to Jacqueline, he knew.

But his priority was being fair to his mother.

Being friends with Jacqueline would be a betrayal of his mother.

’It’s best to stay away from her from now on.’

Clayton’s heart ached, but he would not regret it. This was the absolute right decision. His mother was the most important person to him, and he couldn’t let her be sad or hurt.

The gossip continued, growing louder and more explicit. Clayton desperately wanted to leave, but his feet were rooted to the spot. The truth was, he didn’t want to leave. He wanted to find out just how shameless his father could truly be.

"I have a niece who married someone from Millstone Peak. She told me that bitch Phoenix Golding gets ’chickenpox’ every couple of years. Locks herself in the house for a month, won’t even step outside. You only get chickenpox once in a lifetime, so how can someone get it every few years? That bitch has had it at least twice. If it wasn’t to get an abortion, what else could it be?"

"Now that you mention it, I remember that! It’s true, Phoenix Golding did come down with ’chickenpox’ several times. Ptooey! That shameless bitch!" the woman who had married out of the Golding family cursed, filled with righteous indignation.

Tang Xiao’nan listened with relish. ’Abortions? That’s nothing,’ she thought. ’Phoenix Golding even had a son for Storm Xavier. Now that’s what I call true love.’

Clayton Xavier’s face flushed crimson. He clenched his jaw, his eyes blazing like fire. He didn’t want to hear another word. From this moment on, the only tie he had to Storm Xavier was one of blood. All affection was gone. His only duty was to be a good son to his grandmother and his mother.

"Abortions are nothing! That stinking bitch Phoenix Golding also bore Storm Xavier a son! He’s seven years old now, and he’s the spitting image of Storm Xavier!"

Adrian Hawthorne suddenly bellowed. The air went still for a few seconds, then erupted into chaos. This bombshell was even more shocking than anything before it. An illegitimate son?

You couldn’t even make this stuff up for a movie! Phoenix Golding’s audacity was simply off the charts.