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-"

"Kidnapped? That's the best excuse you can come up with? Are you just that desperate to squeeze money out

sharp ache twisted in

was angry at her,

was the true heiress of

recognized and brought home, she

of the Vaughan Group's founder, gave birth in a

hospital, a nurse named Carla was also giving birth to her own

born with a

the care her

secretly switched her own daughter with Eleanor's

the destinies of Isadora and

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

wasn't until three years ago, after Pearl was in a car accident and a DNA test revealed the truth, that the secret

family was shaken

to let go of the daughter they had cherished for

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