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Wendy cried in agony, realizing that everything Natalie had said was true. And she had lost her daughter forever.

Natalie was her own daughter and thus she knew her personalities well. Just like her, Natalie was pretty stubborn. Once she decided on something, she would never give up or look back.

Wendy swore to herself that Nick, Jennifer, and Easton would pay; she would not let them get away with this.

Taking advantage of Nick's time in the kitchen preparing the tonic, she quietly returned to her room and went to shower.

Emerging from the bath, she slipped into her nightgown and climbed into bed, gazing out at the night beyond the window.

The villa was silent, yet Natalie's piercing voice echoed in her ears like thunder.

She remembered what she had said. "Don't interfere, Easton. She's a compulsive liar, a disgrace! I just wanted to put her in her place. The nerve of her, trying to make you cover for her! She's beyond hope. I'm just glad I never claimed her as my daughter." Wendy's tears began to fall again. The words she had spoken to Natalie were too hurtful. Natalie would never forgive her.

Natalie, the daughter she had looked down upon, was taken away at birth, and then became the Simpson family's disgraceful adopted daughter.

Wendy hadn't even dared to acknowledge her as her own. She felt utterly unworthy of being called a mother.

The regret

for all she had done to Natalie, coupled with the fact that she'd been deceived for over twenty years, weighed heavily on her.

When Nick had proposed to her all those years ago, she believed he truly loved her. Only now did she see that it had all been a scheme.

Because of her love for him, she'd borne him five children. Her eldest two were fraternal twins, and she had always dreamed of having a daughter. Nick hadn't wanted her to keep trying, so she had deliberately gotten pregnant again.

She told him she wanted a daughter, and Nick seemed troubled. She'd thought it was only because he didn't want more children and noticed nothing amiss at the time.

Nick often returned home late, but he came back every night, and his monthly business trips only took him away for a couple of days at a time, always accompanied by his assistant.

Wendy couldn't understand how he had managed to keep a mistress, and even worse, a mistress with a daughter the same age as their own.

Jennifer and Natalie were born on the same day. Jennifer had been swapped with Natalie. It had all been Nick's plan from

the start.

cause dementia, so he

have dreamed that her marriage was nothing more than

coming up the stairs. Quickly wiping her tears, she tore open a face mask and applied it to hide any

expected, the door opened two minutes

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tonic for you," Nick said, pretending to be concerned. "I know today

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her. Wendy sat up deliberately and nudged

there," she said calmly, in her usual gentle tene. "I'll drink it after I take off the mask. It's a

the face mask on, placed the bowl down, and

bottle and poured a portion

completing these tasks, she returned to bed, tucking

until Nick let his guard down before looking for an opportunity to have

in pain. She had never

never shown any signs of deceit. If it weren't for his eagerness to start a new life with his mistress, she

not to let Nick off the hook. He had caused

pay

for

1. it.

Natalie disliked Jennifer and Easton's affair, Wendy decided

hurtful words. Soft sobs escaped her as she clenched her fists tightly, gripping the bedcovers in agony, unable to extricate

looked at herself in the mirror. She still possessed charm and elegance, and there was no

with nothing; he wouldn't get a single penny. Since he

into a cold smile. Discovering Nick's betrayal, she found that a single cry had released her

no profound memories, let alone any love-just Wendy's self-deception.

a facade as well; without Wendy's

decided to repay him

one was.

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