Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

Chapter 738

Uncle, Aunt...

Alexa's eyes popped wide open, and for a second, she thought she must be imagining things.

After a moment, her voice quivered, "You... you're..."

Selena gently helped Alexa up, brushing away the strands of hair stuck to her face, and settled her onto the couch.

"I'm family to Blaine," Selena explained.

Selena had a hunch that Alexa's misunderstanding about her and Blaine was something Blaine might have set up himself. After all, he married Alexa as part of some revenge scheme, and making life easy for her was not on his agenda. But Selena was there to clear things up, so she took it upon herself to explain.

Alexa needed a moment to let the news sink in.

She still couldn't wrap her head around it. "You're the niece Blaine's been looking for?"

Selena nodded. "Yes."

Alexa just stared at her, moving from shock and disbelief to finally accepting it. Yet, instead of feeling relieved or happy about the misunderstanding being resolved, she broke down, tears streaming down like a necklace that had snapped.

Selena quickly grabbed some tissues from her bag to help dry Alexa's tears. "Why are you so upset, even after finding out I'm not your husband's lover?" Wasn't Alexa trying to run away because she got the wrong idea about her and Blaine?

out a bitter smile. "Even so, there's

grudge between us. I'm a Hodge, and that means

let the issues of the previous generation hold you

get it..." Alexa

just how much

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life should have been all smooth sailing, a life of privilege and prestige. But thanks to the Hodge family's betrayal, the Irwin family fell apart. Overnight, he lost everything and had

went from being a nobleman to

day was a battle to

reason to keep going was

with all the Hodge family but kept her around as an

of suffering didn't just vanish because the

was twisted by

a thing of

it, and

always needed somewhere

And that was her.

onto hope that one day Blaine would

But he never did.

up was the final straw

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