A Beauty In An All-Male Alpha Academy

Chapter 270: She Always Wanted A Daughter.

Angela stood, eager and afraid to hear his answers. They were going to clear her doubts and help her decide what to do with her life. She needed to know what really happened in the past. Was Grace her mother? If yes, then why did he leave her with a woman who had no love for her own child? If no, then who was her real mother?

"I don’t know where to start," Marcus said softly, his voice heavy with regret. He looked at her with pain in his eyes. He knew she didn’t deserve all that she had gone through.

"You can start from anywhere," she said quietly.

He took a deep breath before speaking again. "First, I want to apologize for everything you’ve been through. I’ve heard some of the stories—maybe not all—but I know you’ve suffered a lot, both in your mind and your heart."

Angela swallowed hard. She couldn’t find any words. All she could do was nod. She appreciated that he didn’t try to defend himself or pretend he wasn’t at fault.

"I should have done better," Marcus continued, his voice breaking. "I failed you, and I’ll never stop blaming myself for that." His eyes glistened with tears he tried to hold back.

She wanted to go closer and tell him not to cry, to tell him that he didn’t have to feel alone anymore. But she stayed still. It was hard for her to get used to the idea of having a father...a man who suddenly wanted to care after so many years of silence.

Life hasn’t been easy, but I made it," Angela said with a sad smile. She didn’t know what else to

you?" Marcus asked, his brows drawn together. He took a step closer, trying to make her understand. "Do you really want to know what happened? I never even knew you existed until three years ago. There wasn’t much information about you. I was only told that there was a chance I had a daughter. I did everything I could to find you, but things got complicated. Then I was told you didn’t survive. That news broke me. I became a walking dead

talked, the more she wanted to believe him. His brown eyes

"They told me you were never real, that it was just a lie. I blamed myself for believing them. But recently, I started having dreams about your mother. She kept telling me that you were alive. So I sent my men to look for you again, and this time they came

her brows raised. She could still remember that day like it just happened. He was desperate yet

rubbing his hand over his forehead. "I saw my daughter and didn’t even know

that would make him feel better, but it didn’t. He shook his head and lifted his face, trying to stay composed. "But you tried your best. If I wasn’t

fool him for more than a month. He had met her that day but couldn’t recognize her. He remembered feeling something strange between them, a connection he couldn’t explain, but she was dressed as a boy and acted

way you spoke, she isn’t Grace, the woman I grew up with," Angela said, her fingers trembling a little.

bit his lower lip and shook his head slowly. "No. She died

cold shiver ran down Angela’s spine as she listened. Was this really the truth? All her life she had believed Grace was her mother, and now everything she knew was a lie. Kaito was right when he mentioned it the other

share the same blood with Grace and her twin, yet something deep inside her broke apart. She never knew who her real mother was, and now she