Chapter 13

The next day, Isadora went to the nearby mall to replace her lost phone and get a new SIM card.

The moment she turned on her phone, a flood of messages came pouring in.

She barely had time to glance at them before her phone started ringing-Eleanor Vaughan was calling.

Eleanor was Isadora's biological mother, the matriarch of the Vaughan family.

Isadora froze for a split second before answering.

Eleanor's sharp, annoyed voice cut through the line.

"Isadora, what exactly have you been up to these past two days? You haven't answered any of my calls or texts. Am I even your mother in your eyes? Honestly, why can't you be as thoughtful as Pearl?"

Almost without thinking, Isadora replied, "I was kidnapped. That's why I lost my phone-"

let out a cold laugh. "Kidnapped? That's the best excuse you can come up with? Are you just that desperate to squeeze money out of

sharp ache twisted in Isadora's

at her,

the true heiress of

and brought home, she

ago, Eleanor, the elegant wife of the Vaughan Group's founder, gave birth in a private

hospital, a nurse named Carla was also giving

with a

with a gambler husband, Jasper Lowry-knew she couldn't afford the care her baby needed. Fearing for her daughter's future, Carla

she secretly switched her own daughter with

the destinies of Isadora and

Vaughan family showered Pearl with affection-her very name meaning "precious jewel❞—Carla raised Isadora with cold indifference and relentless emotional

in a car accident and a DNA test

was shaken

let go of the daughter they had cherished for twenty years-

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