Nora stared hard at Old Maddy to look at his reaction after she voiced the question.She would never trust a person’s words that easily, so she wanted to determine whether he was telling the truth through his reaction.

What she didn’t expect, though, was that because of the burns on Old Maddy’s face, he couldn’t make any facial expressions.

Even his eyes were too small for her to see anything.This made him hard to read.Old Maddy kept quiet for a while.

Suddenly, he asked, “Twins? Triplets? What are you talking about? Didn’t you only give birth to a daughter?”

In Old Maddy’s impression, the daughter of the lady he served had returned and gave birth to a daughter.

How could it have been twins or triplets instead? Seeing how logical his answer was, Nora frowned.

“Uncle…”

“I’m not worthy of having you call me that.”

Old Maddy interrupted her and said, “My name is Jake Reed.I am your mother’s subordinate, and you are the young lady whom I now serve.”

Seeing that he had brought up her mother again, Nora asked, “What on earth happened back then?”

Old Maddy heaved a sigh.

by a mysterious organization back then.When she realized what was happening, she hurriedly ran away from the organization.However, that organization was simply too powerful.In order to avoid implicating your father, your mother staged an elopement

simple, but it matched the

“And then?” She asked.

mother found someone with the last name Smith—Henry Smith, I think—and pretended to marry him.The two

a guess, but she didn’t say

the last name ‘Smith’.Even if you couldn’t grow up under your real father’s love and care, she still wanted you to

just like what she

lan back then! That was why the

 

did not comment on the love between her

Instead, she listened quietly.

Old Maddy went on.

told me to leave and hide somewhere.Then, once you turned twenty, I was supposed

and had been working for your mother the whole time.I didn’t know what I should do during all those years, either.Moreover, I knew that your mother was in danger, so I had only one thought in my mind, and that was to look for your father! The Smiths were strong and powerful.If there was someone who could save your mother, it was your father.But on

recalling the events from back then.He said, “After that, my mind was in a state of confusion.All I knew was that I had to go to New York to look for

the moment Old Maddy mentioned that she had to have

bringing it up again, even though she knew that she shouldn’t be interrupting him at this time, judging from his

was nothing after

couldn’t stop herself from asking,

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