Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 406: Always the One Left Behind

She fell silent, and so did James, his eyelashes drooping..

"I have thirty-five percent of the shares. I'll give Alice twenty percent and you fifteen."

A bitter taste filled Selena's mouth. She didn't know what to say.

Indeed, she was always the one to be left behind.

That was the case with her uncle's family, with Raymond, and now with James.

She had never been needed by anyone.

Once someone said she was important, but they didn't hesitate to leave her behind.

"Selena, Barbara gave up her painting career to take care of you, and that's why her health went worse."

This debt of gratitude weighed heavily on Selena, immobilizing her.

"If you're not my daughter, then you're definitely not Barbara's either. Maybe the hospital made a mistake back then. Whether the child Barbara gave birth to is dead or alive, or where they are, I don't know. But I need you to find out." James closed his eyes wearily.

"My days are numbered; I overheard the doctors talking during my last hospital visit I have only half a year to live." Every word from James made Selena under the gun.

family company, if she didn't find the child Barbara had given birth

Fair family's upbringing, for Barbara's protection

Ridgefield, especially twenty years ago, only Barbara wouldn't care whether she

baby girls were found

switched by a nurse, then the baby girl switched to Barbara, the daughter Barbara gave birth to, might not

that era, the survival rate for baby girls was very

had feelings for Barbara; otherwise, he wouldn't have taken her to flee

couple put in, only to raise a child

slightly

anything, yet it felt like she

took a deep breath and slowly stood

is still unkind to me after she comes out, I won't sit idly by. If she behaves, I'll behave." James, knowing he

that the child carrying all his late wife's memories is

daughter his

couldn't help but resent Selena, and any guilt towards her vanished in an

he wanted was for Selena to stabilize the

such a high talent for business, always excelling academically, even after transferring to a poor county like Ridgefield, she managed to get

hand inside the blanket

the hatred. Where was the daughter he and Barbara

that had completely

mouth