Sophie Smith felt utterly insignificant at that moment. She glanced around the room, and everyone's expressions were uniformly indifferent and disdainful.
Indeed, in the eyes of the Land Family, she was just such an unremarkable woman. What right did she have to bear Asher Land's child?
Even the servants knew how to weigh their allegiances. For instance, when she and Irene Morton lived together in the East Garden, everyone would respectfully address Irene as Miss Irene. But when it came to her? Even though she slept in Asher's room, they merely considered her to be Asher's bedmate, without a shred of respect.
Now, her child, a small life only recently born, was toyed with by them, becoming a joke in their eyes.
In the end, her eyes welled up with tears. She did not want to shed a single tear in front of this large family, as that would only make her humility more apparent.
Asher noticed her change in emotion, but this time, he didn't step forward.
