I pinched the palm of my hand, tears flowing even more fiercely now.

Watching her shower Summer with such affection before, my heart was filled with envy. I wished that someday I too would find my birth mother, hoping she would love me just as Bella loved Summer.

And now...

Bella is actually my birth mother!

It felt like fate played a colossal joke on me, blessing me with a splendid origin only to curse me with a dreadful first half of life.

No wonder I enjoyed being around Bella so much. Designing dresses for her always sparked my creativity like nothing else.

It was a mother-daughter connection...

As my thoughts slowly untangled, I couldn't believe what I was about to say: "My locket went missing two years ago, but you announced you had a daughter last year. Could it be... Summer was the one with my locket..."

-Recognized kin!

"Pretty much."

Bella looked at me with compassion, gently brushing the hair stuck together by tear stains behind my ear, "However, there was always a doubt. After she appeared, I had DNA tests done, more than one actually."

"The DNA tests didn't show any problems?"

Bella shook her head, "No, there weren't any."

"This..."

This felt eerily familiar!

was first arranged by the Myers to impersonate me

my current boyfriend, who made thorough arrangements

Bella's gaze hardened, a cold light flickering through, "It seems she's

"Who?"

"Pearl."

her face, Bella said guiltily, "Back then, she and I were pregnant around the same time,

quickly leave the hospital with you, to get away from

was stillborn. To marry into the Myers smoothly, she bribed the nurse to switch our

spoke of was

seemingly kind face towards me as a child sent shivers down my spine, "Then... what

suddenly started crying out with my baby in her arms,

time the baby was handed

my fault, I was too trusting. When I asked the nurse, she said it was lost in the chaos, and

I had to ask,

could feel Pearl's hatred

could, she probably wouldn't hesitate to kill

was supposed to be

Victor cheated before the wedding, got together with her, and she flaunted her

"And you..."

chuckle, "Must have

I couldn't swallow my pride. I wanted to make the affair public, but the Taylor family wouldn't allow it. They insisted on protecting

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