Susanna's daughter hadn't died. Then she told them that there just happened to be a stillborn in the hospital, so she had someone bring that stillborn to deceive Ethan Thompson. Her only purpose was to make Ethan divorce Bella White and marry her instead.
At that time, his heart was entirely focused on his daughter's happiness. After all, it was just a stillborn. What harm was there in borrowing it if it could achieve his goal?
But he never expected that the child was actually killed by Susanna, nor did he imagine that Susanna would still harm Bella even after marrying Ethan.
"Mum, I was just afraid that Bella would come back to Ethan with the child in the future. I worried that Ethan would not want me because of the child. I did this...I love him too much, I don't want to separate from him!"
Love! It's all because of love, and it's even because of too much love!
Joseph Thompson felt an unbearable irony when he heard the word 'love' from Susanna's mouth.