Addicted To The Genius Lady With A Thousand Faces

Chapter 1044:

“You—” Derek stammered, his face reddening with anger. “Marissa, stop making things up! When did I ever make advances on you?”

Marissa’s smile was sharp, her eyes glinting with knowing. “Everyone knows about your advances back then. The whole Daniels family remembers, even Connor.”

Derek was stunned into silence. The scandal at the Palace Hotel was still fresh in everyone’s mind, leaving him marked for harassing his uncle’s wife. There was no erasing that.

Marissa’s tone turned mocking as she pressed on. “I may not be your aunt-in-law anymore, and I don’t have the right to lecture you, but let me say this: Derek, you’re part of the Daniels family now. It’s time to leave behind those bad habits you picked up in Adagend.”

Derek’s face flushed with anger, his jaw clenched tight. “Marissa, stop twisting things. We’re not talking about my habits. We’re talking about you pretending to be Tiffany. You should kneel and admit everything.”

Just then, Camila suddenly rushed forward. She grabbed Derek’s sleeve, her voice shaking. “Derek, my grandson! I’ve finally seen you again.”

little,

family, Camila had missed him every day. Her heart ached, and her eyes were nearly blind from the constant tears she had shed. Derek couldn’t bear to look at his former family again. Seeing Camila only dredged up memories of his painful

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old, Camila wasn’t able to handle the force of his

and accusing. “Derek, no matter how much you hate your parents for keeping you apart from your real family, Camila had nothing to do with that. She took care of you for twenty years. How could you treat

can you still deny that you’re an imposter? If you’re really not from Adagend, then why

anger. “Exactly. Marissa, you’ve always been close to this old woman. Helping her now? It’s just in your nature, isn’t

which had been unsure moments before, now whispered among

comforted her for

questions about my identity after hearing what these people have said.

in the room murmuring