My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire novel Chapter 845

Chapter 845: Chapter 844

Editor: Henyee Translations

Jodie wasn’t bound with ropes, nor were there shackles on her feet. She walked in wearing her favorite dress, surrounded by armed guards, her head held high without a trace of panic. She looked less like someone taken hostage and more like someone being escorted to safety.

She had always been this way—calm and composed, even if the world crumbled around her.

Keira’s gaze locked on her mother’s face.

Her face was clean and her hair impeccably styled. If it weren’t for the paleness of her lips, she would look exactly as she had years ago in Oceanion, as if life had treated her well.

But Keira, ever perceptive, caught the unsteadiness in her mother’s otherwise graceful steps. Beneath the façade of poise was exhaustion and frailty.

Keira’s mind flashed to the lashings her mother endured the night before. Jodie hadn’t cried or screamed, yet those around her had howled and wept as if they were the ones suffering.

Keira felt her eyes sting with tears. She blinked hard, refusing to let them fall.

Jodie looked up and caught sight of Keira. A flicker of surprise crossed her face. "Keera?"

Keira immediately understood—her mother was prompting her to play along. Keira gave a small, detached nod.

Keera had never grown up with her mother, so their first meeting was meant to carry a sense of unfamiliarity.

Jodie smiled gently. "I never thought our first real meeting as mother and daughter would be under such circumstances."

Jessica scoffed. "First meeting? What first meeting? Don’t pretend we don’t know she was in Oceanion when we dragged you out of Crera."

Jodie chuckled softly, the picture of calm. "That day was too chaotic. I only caught a brief glimpse of Keera, and we didn’t have the chance to speak."

As she finished, her eyes glistened faintly. She stepped forward, took Keira’s hand, and said with a tinge of emotion, "Keera, you look just like your sister, Keira. The resemblance is uncanny. It’s such a shame..."

She dabbed at her eyes.

Keira pulled her hand back instinctively.

Her throat felt tight, but she forced herself to ask, "Have you been okay?"

Jodie smiled faintly. "I’m fine."

She sighed. "I used to think escaping the South family would bring me freedom, but life in Oceanion was just another cage. These years have taught me that. Staying with the South family is no worse than anywhere else..."

She lowered her gaze.

Jessica sneered. "Life was fine? Then why wouldn’t you take the lovers they sent you? Still clinging to your so-called purity? For who, exactly?"

Jodie turned to her, her demeanor still composed, her tone gentle yet sharp. "It’s not about purity. I simply didn’t want to be reduced to a tool for reproduction. Just like you don’t. We’re both failures in this system, so why mock me?"

Jessica laughed coldly. "Failures? You had twenty-odd years of peace and comfort in Oceanion, hiding away. You think that makes us the same?"