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-"

Are you just that desperate to squeeze money out of the Vaughan family? You're exactly

sharp ache twisted

angry at her, she would say things like

heiress of the

she was recognized and brought home, she was known

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

named Carla was also

with a

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

her position as a nurse, she secretly switched her own

destinies of Isadora

with affection-her very name meaning "precious jewel❞—Carla raised Isadora with cold

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

Vaughan family was shaken

the daughter they had cherished for twenty years- Pearl-even

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