From Hatred to Passionate Love Amelia Hart

Chapter 583 You Are the True Heiress of the Mitchell Family

"Dad, there's no point in hiding anything anymore," Penelope said. "I deserve to know the truth. I need to know who I really am."

Connor's eyes started to tear up. "Penelope, it wasn't like we wanted to keep it from you. Your mom and I just wanted to give you a good life, one where you could be happy and carefree. But life threw us a curveball. Vincent's death almost tore our family apart. We failed you. We couldn't protect you, and you went through so much with us. Every time I think about it, I feel so guilty and ashamed. We thought adopting you would change your fate, give you a normal life. But instead, we dragged you into our mess."

The words "adopting you" hit Penelope like a ton of bricks.

She was adopted. She wasn't Connor and Grace's biological daughter!

She stared at Connor, watching his mouth move but barely hearing the words.

"Why did you adopt me? And why just me?" Penelope asked. "Did you and Mom never plan to have your own child?"

"Your mom had surgery when she was young and had her uterus removed, so she couldn't have kids. But she really wanted a child. To make her happy, we went through the adoption process and chose you from the orphanage."

So that was it.

Penelope finally understood the truth that had been hidden for over twenty years.

She wasn't who she thought she was. She was someone else.

All these years, she had been living in a fog, not even knowing who she was!

"We raised you as our daughter with no selfish motives," Connor said. "I even suggested adopting a boy too. We could afford it. But your mom refused. She said raising two kids would divide the love and make it hard to focus. She just wanted to love you, spoil you, and pour all our love into you."

Grace really did what she said.

childhood to now, she never got mad at Penelope, never raised her voice, never scolded or criticized her, let alone hit

was the perfect

Penelope thought of her mom,

mom, even better than

she received were beyond

continued, "We thought living with us was the best for you. Who would have thought there was such a

"Dad, being your daughter is my luck and my

true, then your real identity

with assets worth hundreds of millions,

Cooper family could never compare

family had already picked a future husband for their daughter from

was a talented guy who had grown up

And the Cooper family?

experience all

family always looked down

hard times, the Smiths wasted no time sending Nathan abroad, cutting ties with the Coopers overnight, scared that their bad luck would rub off on

the Coopers turned

about it made Connor's heart ache with

you," Connor shook his head over and over. "If we hadn't adopted you, the Mitchell family might

say that," Penelope

to me a while back, asking about your background," Connor remembered. "I didn't give him a straight answer, but I didn't hide it either. He figured it out. So he came

Mitchell family's daughter. Brandon didn't say; he just asked if you were my biological daughter. Penelope, if I had known, I would've worked with Brandon to get you back to the Mitchell family as soon as

willing to

get it. You don't need to explain. I don't blame you, and I never