Chapter 207: Only to Fall Hard After Being Held Up High

Chapter 207: Only to Fall Hard After Being Held Up High

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

Joyce Harrison sighed deeply, her expression growing heavy with the weight of old memories. “Before her disfigurement, Hazel Green didn’t look much different from your mother.”

She paused, watching my reaction carefully. “After all, they were twins, and people who weren’t familiar with

the sisters could easily mistake them.”

The pieces were starting to fall into place. I felt a chill run down my spine as the truth began to emerge.

“Your father didn’t know that the Green family had two daughters at the time,” Joyce continued. “And Hazel

Green hadn’t even returned to the Northern Territory when your parents met at that banquet.”

The revelation hit me like a physical blow. Everything Hazel had told me was built on a foundation of

misunderstanding and mistaken identity.

Joyce’s voice grew softer as she continued explaining the circumstances of the past. “Elder Green had

intended to mate Dorothea Whitmore to the eldest son of the wealthy Harrison family, while Hazel Green was

to mate into the Whitmore family.”

She gestured toward the tea plants swaying in the breeze. “It was then that Hazel Green met Samuel

Whitmore.”

My heart clenched as I anticipated what was coming next.

“Samuel Whitmore mistook her for the she–wolf he had fallen in love with at first sight that night,” Joyce

“However, he soon realized that the Green family had

A case of mistaken identity that

with Hazel

finally becoming clear. “So, my aunt didn’t know that

right. Perhaps it

fell into silence, understanding now the roots of Hazel Green’s resentment toward her

in her, they were in love, but a fire ruined her, and the man she

even if Hazel Green was pitiable, her actions of switching

the murderer Sophia Rivers, her pitiable circumstances could not excuse her

center to help David pack his belongings. The morning sun streamed through the windows of his recovery chamber, casting long

luggage from me with steady hands. “Sister, will you still go back

Fall Hard After

to touch his hair gently. “You’re in the Northern Territory, of

back.”

filled with reluctance at our separation. The bond between us had grown stronger through all

waiting patiently by the door.

replied with professional courtesy, “Don’t worry, Miss

watched David and Jacob leave the ward, feeling a sense of relief despite my reluctance. At

safe now,

Professor Theodore Ashworth’s phone call came in. I immediately answered,

carried a note of mild irritation. “You’ve taken such a

now?”

“I’m sorry for making

don’t come back soon, I

quickly, “Okay, I’ll be

worked for a morning and returned to the research institute during my free time in the

strange after my extended

return, I learned that Sophia Rivers had become the head of

news didn’t surprise me, but it still

to Sophia Rivers. Furthermore, Sophia Rivers had recently

Kelly’s

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