Chapter 855

Desiree held onto a lace handkerchief, looking a bit under the weather. Despite this, she shook her head and managed a faint smile at Annie.

Annie kept one hand behind her back, gripping a dagger, her face showing nothing but innocent cheerfulness.

"Make sure you rest up, dear. Godfather's been swamped with his new project and hasn't had the chance to visit, but you're not holding it against him, are you?" Desiree's voice was weak but carried a touch of elegance. "He's got a lot on his plate too."

Annie lowered her lashes. "I'll check what the kitchen cooked up today."

"Sasha, I'd like to be alone for the rest of the afternoon. No visitors."

"Of course, Grandma. I'll let everyone know."

Once Annie left and gently closed the door, she turned to the nearby guard. "Did anyone else come in earlier?"

you were

eyes clouded with doubt. Where on earth had

"Cough, cough."

for her handkerchief to dab at the corners of her mouth. Her aged hand

"Come out now."

streamed into the room through the open window.

call. When Brielle first arrived, Desiree merely glanced at her. Now, in the stillness, Brielle didn't

"You and

was Annie who resembled the lady from

resembled her too

Lynch by blood, her appearance seemed to inoculate the Lynch family against the resemblance - there are plenty

powers that be hadn't let Annie assume the identity of the Lynch daughter outright could be that the Lynches weren't easily, fooled. With so many in the family particularly one close to Raymond, a renowned doctor, it was hard to pull the wool over their eyes. So Annie was placed in the open as a reminder to

resemblance doesn't prove lineage.

features weren't an exact match for anyone in particular; she was a blend of two people

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