“There are only two possibilities,” Melody responded.

“What are they?” Gretchen asked.

“The first one is that Cristofer gave her the money as compensation for giving birth to a child for him. Or maybe he pitied her when he knew she was living a hard life, so...”

“No, this is impossible. Cristofer still hates Estelle to the core. He told me that he hates being deceived the most. And until now, he still believes that Estelle deceived him back then. In this case, he couldn’t give her any penny,” Gretchen interrupted her mother.

“Then it is likely that Estelle has a new boyfriend. If that’s the case, things will be...