Chapter: 1446

Just as she was about to voice her concerns, Jonathan's hand met hers with a gentle, reassuring pat.

"You've worked really hard to get here today. I can't ask you to give up just for me."

Jonathan's mind reeled at the thought of the anguish Bethany must have faced when news of her mother's death reached her, a storm striking when she was most vulnerable.

The sheer strength it must have taken to bring two new lives into the world, to raise them single-handedly, all while tirelessly seeking the truth behind her mother's tragic end, was unimaginable.

How could he ask Bethany to unravel the tapestry she had painstakingly woven over the past six years, just to stand by his side? Even though the accused was his birth mother, he just couldn't.