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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