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-"

come up with? Are you just that desperate to squeeze money out of the Vaughan family? You're exactly like your adoptive mother—unbelievable. Sometimes I can't

sharp ache twisted

at her, she

was the true heiress

and brought home, she was

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

nurse named Carla was

was born with

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

nurse, she secretly

of

very name meaning "precious jewel❞—Carla raised Isadora with cold indifference

Pearl was in a car accident and

was shaken to its

they had

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