Shining Bright After Rebirth

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Diana stared at Helen, confused. She couldn’t understand why she was saying these things to her.

“Grandma…”

“Diana, let me finish. Queenie has always been loyal to Andrew. If Steven treats you well, you won’t be safe.”

Diana froze, still trying to process her words.

Helen continued, her tone steady, “You’re smart, Diana. You should understand what I mean. When someone has someone they care about, it makes them vulnerable. You’ve been by his side for two years, and during his darkest moments, you helped him find his way out. How could he forget that? I raised my grandson. I know his nature better than anyone.”

It took a moment, but Diana finally understood the meaning behind Helen’s words. She was implying that Steven had treated her so harshly in the past to protect her.

But she didn’t need him to protect her this way.

It was too painful, and she could never forgive him for it.

“Diana, I know the damage has already been done, and nothing can undo the hurt. But until the truth is revealed, no one will know how it will all turn out. Maybe we’re all just pawns in

Chapter 896 Knowing the Secret someone else’s game.”

“Pawns?” Diana was shocked. Helen’s words were cryptic, leaving her even more confused.

In Jeff’s hands, she had indeed been a pawn, her role only to keep Steven away from Queenie. Now that Queenie had returned, Diana had stepped aside.

But in the eyes of others, who was she really a pawn for? The thought nagged at her, but she couldn’t figure it out.

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“Diana, actually…” Helen leaned in, revealing something even more surprising.

When Diana heard it, she was left speechless, utterly stunned.

“Grandma, is that true?” she gasped, her eyes wide with disbelief.

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This was a secret she wasn’t supposed to know.

tears, and her voice

comes down to who wins in the end. Steven has no idea. Your grandfather has spent years abroad, nearly half the time, just to

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like the ground had been

imagined that this was all

“But Grandma, they…”

finish the sentence. Steven and

you

been innocent in all of this. Maybe you’re the most important piece

do you

racing, unable to

should work with Steven. I know you hate him, but deep down,

one knew Diana’s true identity, not

Helen knew that Diana had hidden

gaze, realizing that this wasn’t about her reluctance to

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she knew what would happen to

just respecting

a freight train. She never imagined things could have gotten

come here today. If this secret were

mind a

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watched her anxiously. “Diana,

been through things much more shocking than this. This doesn’t scare me. What Jeff did

terrible things in order to take control of the Gellar family. But if he hadn’t, it would’ve been Edward and me, you, and even his uncles who would’ve ended up dead. To protect his uncles and aunt, he had no choice but to maintain. ties

kind girl, Diana. It hurts me to see you caught up in all of

If not, she

the Secret “Grandma, why not tell Steven all of

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has. A while ago, one of them attacked Steven’s branch company.

scar on Steven’s arm. That must have been from

attention to him since, but she knew that wound still pained

also know that Steven’s mother hast suffered too. But she’s the one who has suffered the most. She gave up her whole life for the family. I feel so sorry for her. But even after everything she did, it only saved her relatives‘

think of Jenny, always carrying that look

very well, but every time she saw her, the

she could only