Chapter 279: Welcome home, granddaughter.
The sound of the latch clicking echoed louder in Jessica’s ears than it should have. Her fingers hesitated over the smooth wood before she finally opened the box.
A rich fragrance of aged cedar and preserved paper escaped from within.
At the sound of the box opening, their breath hitched.
While Jessica dreaded the contents of the box, Lady Matilda dreaded the result those contents might bring.
Jessica took a deep breath as she calmly glanced into the box. Inside, nestled in deep velvet lining, lay a locket, its surface engraved with delicate lilies—just like the garden outside.
But what caught Jessica’s attention wasn’t the locket itself, but the photograph beneath it. Her breath hitched.
She reached in, fingers trembling slightly, and lifted the photo. It was aged but well-preserved—a photo of her mother when she was much younger.
She stared at the photo, noting the unmistakable features of the woman who gave her life—her warm smile, eyes and lips, her hair that cascaded down like silk.
Standing beside her was a younger version of Lady Matilda, holding her close with maternal pride.
Her brain spun rapidly as it tried to piece together the meaning. Jessica blinked rapidly as realization struck her like lightning. Her mother. And her... grandmother.
She glanced at Lady Matilda, who had stood up and held out a brown envelope toward her.
Jessica’s heart thudded loudly in her chest, her hand trembling, her breath coming in gasps. She wished Davis was here. She needed a hand to hold, a shoulder to lean on at this moment.
She didn’t want to believe the whispers in her mind. Staring at the file for a while and the old lady standing tall and waiting with her hand stretched out, she was at a loss for what to do.
Her mother had never taught her to neglect the elderly. She couldn’t believe that at the end of the day, she might be gaining a new grandmother.
Then who was the woman in the countryside? How did her mother never mention this family to her?
Quietly, she stretched out her hands and accepted the envelope, noting the familiar seal.
Her chest nearly gave way beneath the weight of her pounding heart. The rush of memories she never knew she had threatened to drown her as her heart pounded hard against her ribs.
life here because of shock,"
her emotions settled. She opened
had dreaded, the guess her husband had made, and the feeling she hadn’t been able to shake off —The
Matilda Santiago sighed in
She has the requirements. Others might have screamed or shouted, yet she had maintained this certain level of calmness... I am
to unveil every document inside. To her surprise, it wasn’t just one but
envelope marked "Confidential" in heavy embossed
Matilda, whose eyes held a storm
whispered. "You
family lineage certificate with her name handwritten at the bottom in ink that shimmered like it had just dried. Her breath
above,
written "Unknown," Jessica cast an
out a paternity test, but the result came out wrong.
response or the reason but casually flipped to the next sheet—then the next. Each page was more
to an estate in the
shareholding certificate of Santiago Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest biotech companies in
of a beach property, described as her mother’s sanctuary before she left
deed in four
around the papers. She blinked once.
numbers attached to these assets
shares that had been transferred to her
inherit the hospital
help but wonder, "Was this evening dinner planned to
silence, her voice calm but
She wanted a new life. But I kept these. Just in case. In case she returned. But then she
been carefully measured, controlled—especially what little she knew about her family history. And now, in the space of minutes,
vision blurred. Her throat tightened as emotion surged
her voice barely a whisper. "My mother is
the Santiagos family, and right now, I and your uncle hope you can
her mind whirling with questions.
furrow, Lady Matilda quickly explained "You have met
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