Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2482

Francesca Carrington was known as the village beauty. Everyone said she was destined to marry well, perhaps even into a good family in town.

However, all that hope was shattered one day.

She went missing and disappeared while gathering firewood in the mountains. She was gone for three days, and when she finally returned, she was dazed and disoriented.

Villagers started whispering. They suspected something bad had happened to her.

Two months later, their suspicions were confirmed. Francesca was indeed pregnant, but she didn't know who the father was.

Having a child out of wedlock was seen as a serious moral disgrace back then. If her parents hadn't begged on their knees for mercy, she probably would have been tied to a chair and dunked into the pond.

Even so, she was seen as tainted.

Under the pressure of the villagers' judgment, her family eventually gave in and cast her out. She was sent to live alone in a wooden cabin near the foot of the mountain.

Overnight, Francesca went from being admired to being utterly despised. The worst part was that she didn't understand why.

In her mind, it was all the baby's fault. So, she tried everything she could to get rid of it.

She tried to submerge herself in the river, roll off the hill, or punch her own stomach… But the baby remained intact.

Frankly, she didn't change her mind about the baby until one unfortunate night.

Since she was abandoned alone in the wooden cabin, she became the target of a scoundrel. That day, he barged into her cabin and tried to assault her.

Out of fury and panic, Francesca had thought of ending her life with him for a fleeting second. It was at the same time that her newly showing belly suddenly glowed.

That man had been terrified, screaming "monster" as he fled. In his panic, he tumbled down the hillside and hit his head.

By the next day, he couldn't remember a thing.

Frencesca had a feeling it was the baby inside her who had protected her because that night, she felt her child move for the first time.

It was as if he was trying to tell her, "I'm here, and I'll protect you."

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