Acceptance at Last

This time, Titus and Julia were utterly speechless. It was as Toby had said—Sonia had a lot of characteristics that matched their daughter's.

First, it was her birth. Henry and his wife had given birth to a daughter around the same time as they had, but why did that daughter go under the radar all of a sudden? Henry had stolen their daughter, but why was it that more than two decades later, it was revealed that he had adopted a daughter three days after stealing theirs?

After all, the adoption procedure was not easy, and it also took a long time. More importantly, they had never heard any news of Henry picking up a child, so why did he seamlessly adopt a daughter three days after stealing theirs? It was clear that that girl was their Rina.

Moreover, they had also thought that Sonia's side profile looked extremely alike to their mother's. If their enemy's daughter looked similar to their mother, it could only mean that the daughter's identity was fishy. However, they were unwilling to think in that direction and assumed that since Henry despised them so much and even stole their daughter, he would never raise her.

And yet, the truth was that Henry did not end the child's life by throwing her into the river. He had actually raised her properly instead.

"Titus…" Julia looked at Titus with red eyes. "Sonia is our daughter…"

"That's right." Titus closed his eyes, feeling pained. "Karma… This must be karma!"

He clutched his chest in despair. If things hadn't turned out so comically because of karma, what other reason was there?

Toby stood up. "The reason why I came today is to tell you the truth. In order to save you, Taylor went to Sonia and begged her to donate her kidney. Sonia was already weak in the first place due to her pregnancy, and after Taylor provoked her yesterday, she nearly had a miscarriage and lost both her life and the baby's."

"What?"

Upon hearing that Sonia nearly lost her and the child's life, Julia panicked and hastily questioned, "Then… Is she okay?"

Toby glanced at Julia, who was worried sick, and his eyes flashed as he said, "Sonia is fine. She was in the hospital to rehabilitate her health, so she was rescued in time, or she would've left this world earlier than your husband."

"Good, that's good." Once she heard that Sonia was safe, Julia clasped her hands together in joy.

Although Titus did not speak, it was clear from the look in his eyes that he was relieved of a huge burden.

Upon seeing their reaction, Toby suddenly spoke up. "It seems like you really care about Sonia."

Titus and Julia's expressions froze at once, especially Julia, who seemed taken aback. Yes, she couldn't believe that she was so worried about Sonia. Was it because she now knew that Sonia was her daughter? Indeed, the moment Toby told her that Sonia was her daughter, what she felt was joy, and after hearing that Sonia nearly lost her and her baby's life, she was almost stunned out of her wits.

She had never felt something like this when it came to Taylor. Even when Taylor had gotten hurt, she felt nothing but peace and only cared for her on the notion that she was her daughter. Back then, she even felt ashamed that she did not feel a trace of worry or concern after her own daughter got hurt, and she assumed that she was a horrible mother. However, now she knew that that was not the case, and she wasn't incapable of getting worried or expressing concern. She was just unable to feel these emotions for someone who wasn't her own daughter. After all, her heart was against anyone who wasn't her daughter, so how could she muster an ounce of concern for them?

It was only after finding out that Sonia was her actual daughter and nearly lost her life that she finally felt a normal sense of motherly worry toward her daughter. From this, it was clear that Sonia was truly her child.

At that thought, Julia clasped her palms tightly and took a deep breath before saying, "She's my daughter, the daughter I finally had after I spent years begging every doctor and taking all kinds of medicine to fix my body. She's my hope and my life, so how can I not worry about her?"

Titus chimed in, "It was difficult for us to have a child, and when we finally had her, of course, we'd want to treat her like the apple of our eyes."

After all, she was their only child.

Truthfully, Toby was pleased with their reaction, but he wasn't thoroughly satisfied yet.

"Oh? So now that you know Sonia is your actual daughter, do you still love her?" He narrowed his eyes and questioned, "Don't forget that she was raised by Henry and feels nothing but resentment toward the both of you. She doesn't have any feelings toward the two of you. Do you still love her even though she's like this?"

Hearing that, the couple instantly froze. He was right. Their daughter was brought up by Henry, and she felt intense hatred toward them. Moreover, they had severely wronged her in the past, and the adopted daughter that they had raised had not only stolen her husband but also repeatedly harmed her, nearly taking her life.

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