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.

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 and made everyone think that she had betrayed your father.Then, she left New York and went

was simple, but it matched the story that Nora

“And then?” She asked.

with the last name Smith—Henry Smith, I think—and pretended to marry him.The two of them then lived in secret in California.Do you know why she went

guess, but she

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

like what she

mother must have been deeply in love with lan back then! That was why the tiny company she had founded

 

did not comment on the

Instead, she listened quietly.

Old Maddy went on.

appearance in front of others, she told me to leave and hide somewhere.Then, once you turned twenty, I was supposed to tell

I had only one thought in my mind, and that

New York to look for your father…but I forgot why I had to do that.I also kept your mother’s order strictly in mind, that was, to tell you that you must have

had been stunned the moment Old Maddy mentioned

that she shouldn’t be interrupting him at this

nothing

she finally couldn’t stop herself from asking, “Why did I have to have a

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