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!

I shared my thoughts, "When she was first arranged by the Myers to

current boyfriend, who made thorough arrangements that

this, Bella's gaze hardened, a cold light flickering

"Who?"

"Pearl."

pregnant around the same

alone back then, just wanting to quickly leave the hospital with you, to get away from

marry into the

spoke of

as a child sent shivers down my

dead of night, a nurse suddenly started crying out with my baby in her arms, and

time the baby was handed

taking a deep breath, "It's my fault, I was too trusting. When I asked the nurse, she said it was lost in the

had to ask, "What...

Pearl's hatred

she probably wouldn't hesitate

was supposed to be

of relief in her eyes, "But Victor cheated before the wedding, got together with her, and she flaunted her

"And you..."

help but chuckle, "Must have agreed quite happily." That's just

Bella exhaled slowly, "But 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 Pearl

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