Everyone in the hall gasped, trying to make sense of what she meant.

"Shut up!” Yasmine was enraged. "Vanessa, have you lost your mind?” "You're the ones who've lost your minds!" Vanessa yelled at the top of her lungs. "It's our family's assets. Why should it be given to an illegitimate child whose origin we don't even know?" "Enough!" Yasmine was clearly pissed off. "Vanessa, do you know what you're talking about?"

Vanessa scoffed, "Of course I do. In fact, I know everything. Ms. Schott, you're my biological aunt. Shouldn't you know more about this matter?”

The keen senses of the reporters present told them that juicy gossip was about to be released.

They became excited and started shooting questions at Yasmine.

 

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"Ms. Schott, can you answer Ms. Yoeger's question?1 "Ms. Schott, what's happening? Just whose daughter is Kathleen's mother?" "If Kathleen's not Old Mr. Yoeger's granddaughter, is she still qualified to inherit the Yoeger family's assets?”

 

Feeling smug, Vanessa stared at the stage with a smirk on her lips.

See it now? If you people can manipulate public opinion, so can I. I'll never lose to all of you!

 

"I'

"You're an idiot." ■ I'm an idiot?" Vanessa snickered. "I guess you're right. If I were to be any more foolish, all of our family's assets would've been taken away. Anyway, I'll never let you give our family's assets to

 

outsider? Even if she's not Old Mr. Yoeger's biological granddaughter, she's still the only descendant left

laugh. "Aunt Yasmine, if Kathleen's mother, Rebecca, was actually my sister from a different father, I'd gladly accept the decision.

secret?" "Why not?” Vanessa asked icily. "Everyone's going to find out

a

not regret this, Vanessa.” "Regret?" Vanessa scoffed. "Regret

Vanessa remained indifferent.

promise everything I say today is the truth. I'll accept

ecstatic

said sternly, "The story begins

That long ago?

was shocked to

 

ti

Schott family has three daughters. My eldest sister is Teresa, my second sister is Frances, and I'm the youngest. My elder sisters were twins, and they were spitting images of each other. Even our family members couldn't differentiate them sometimes. Teresa had a serious temperament, while Frances was more cheerful. Many people liked Frances Instead of Teresa, thinking the latter was hard to get along with. When they turned twenty years old, Old Mr. Yoeger, Hector, fell

 

a deep breath before continuing, "After the marriage, Hector realized something was amiss, but it was already too late. From then on, he hated Teresa for pretending to be Frances and ruining his marriage with her. Thus, he started giving Teresa the cold shoulder and drank all day, even refusing to go home at night. At that point, Teresa was already five months pregnant. Hector never spoke to her, even after she gave birth. In the end, Teresa fell into depression during her pregnancy. On top of that, she lost excessive blood during labor. She

Everyone fell silent.

Hector's

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