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-"
That's the best excuse you can come up with? Are you just that desperate to
sharp ache twisted in
angry at her, she would
was the true heiress of
was recognized and brought home, she
years ago, Eleanor, the elegant wife of the Vaughan Group's founder, gave birth in a
named Carla was
born with a
the care her baby
secretly switched her own daughter with Eleanor's
that moment, the destinies of Isadora
Pearl with affection-her very name meaning "precious jewel❞—Carla raised Isadora with
was in a car accident and a DNA test revealed
Vaughan family was shaken to its
of the daughter they had cherished for twenty
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