Cold husband burning regret

Chapter 390

Charlotte stared at the face before her. It was flawless, almost eerily so, as if perfection itself could be unsettling. She’d already guessed there was plastic surgery involved, but even so, there was no denying that the woman’s eyes and brows bore a striking resemblance to her mother’s.

That must be why she’d felt a strange sense of familiarity the first time they met.

Snapping out of her reverie, Charlotte spoke up. “Since you and my mother are twins, why are you doing this to me?”

Zoe’s expression turned cold.

Charlotte pressed on, “You tampered with Loretta Donovan’s DNA test, didn’t you? You really couldn’t stand the thought of the Rayburn family finding me, could you?”

Zoe swirled the tea in her cup, her face clouded and somber. “I never thought the Rayburns would actually manage to find you. It’s been more than twenty years, after all. Who could have guessed that your mother–lost in her own mind–would recognize you? Crazy as she is, she’s sharper about some things than you’d think.”

“But she’s your sister…

“Enough!” Zoe slammed her teacup down. Tea splashed across the table. She glared at Charlotte, her eyes blazing with anger, hurt, and resentment. “You don’t understand a thing. Sister? We might have shared the same face, but in our family’s eyes, there was never any equality

between us.”

“Laurinda only came into the world a few seconds before me, and yet that made her the Donovan Group’s eldest daughter. She got all the love, all the attention, all the resources. Just because we had different personalities–she was charming, always knew how to win the elders over, while I refused to grovel or play their games. I wanted to prove myself, and for that, I was always found lacking. And here’s something

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the one who was originally supposed to marry your father was me.”

as their match from

father.”

“Do you want to know why I always wear these

and unhurried. The

of several skin

speechless, her mind

my face and hands. Why do you think I had surgery? My face was destroyed.” Zoe’s gaze lingered on her ruined, lifeless hands–no beauty left, only scars. Her voice cracked with regret. “I studied sculpture. My hands were my life. The fire took that

eyes glistened for just a moment, then hardened again. “While I was trapped in my darkest days, my so–called sister was marrying into the Rayburn

let out a brittle laugh. “So, no–I don’t regret swapping you all those years

you… You’re the one who took

person responsible for tearing her away from her birth parents for over

But instead, her heart was eerily

always favored Hiram, but

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that Hiram was their only biological child,

what if I did?” Zoe slipped her gloves back on, unhurried. “Even if the Rayburns know, what does it

pair of sunglasses from her bag and slid them on, rising

leave.

stopping Zoe in her tracks. “So