Shining Bright After Rebirth

Chapter 986 Her Paternity Test

Paula saw the pain etched on Queenie's face. Rising from her seat, she bowed deeply toward the camera. "Everyone, I'm terribly sorry for letting you witness such a spectacle and for wasting your time. All I want to say here is this to my daughter, I'm sorry. Everything that happened before was my fault. I wronged you. I broke your heart for the sake of an ungrateful wretch. Whether or not you forgive me, Diana, you will always be my most beloved daughter from this day forward."

The live chat audience wasn't having it.

[Late apologies are worthless. Nothing can undo the damage she caused!]

[She treated her biological daughter like a foster child. A mother like that doesn't deserve forgiveness!]

[Her daughter was abandoned for over a decade, and when she finally came back, she was treated like dirt. This poor girl... That kind of "motherly love" is worse than none at all! This mother is a demon. Delayed affection is meaningless! How does she plan to heal the scars she left?]

[A mother like her is a devil in disguise. This isn't love; it's a pathetic show! And Queenie? Don't even mention her. Like mother, like daughter. I know Queenie. Her biological mother also seduced Mark. She destroyed a happy family.]

[The pain of abandonment cuts deep. Late "motherly love" is a joke. Treating your own daughter like a foster child? That's not love. That's an insult!]

[Delayed apologies can't erase the past. I'd never accept it!]

The audience was furious, their indignation palpable.

But Paula remained unfazed. She knew she had been wrong. Her apology wasn't about seeking forgiveness. It was about expressing her remorse to Diana, no matter the outcome.

Queenie, however, was livid as she watched Paula bow deeply and end the livestream.

She grabbed the glass on the table and hurled it straight at Paula.

Paula tilted her head, dodging it effortlessly.

Coldly, she said, "Queenie, try that again, and I'll have you charged with attempted murder.

"Your reputation is already in the gutter, and today happens to be your movie's premiere. I chose this day on purpose. I want to make sure you understand what it feels like to lose everything.

"I gave you everything you have, and now I'm taking it all back, piece by piece."

Paula laughed wildly, a manic edge to her voice. She had made up her mind. Everything Queenie had gained because of her, she would strip away. She would leave Queenie with nothing, sending her back to where she belonged.

Queenie trembled with rage. Her eyes burned red, wild like a cornered beast. "Paula, you ruined me. I'll kill you for this.

you'd played along a little longer, maybe I'd have spared you both. But no, you just had

hatred boiling over. If looks could kill, Paula would've been

Paula wasn't intimidated. "Diana's no pushover. And as for me? I'm not

stunned. "Paula... you planned all this. You've been setting me up from the

you long enough to

now.

your mother the truth. It broke her. She's devastated because everything she cares about is now in ruins, thanks

that, and I knew you'd come running. People are predictable when consumed by rage. You're so overconfident,

disgusting secret to your fans all on your

took my daughter from me. Now, I'll take everything from you. Tell me, Queenie, how am I wrong

her body cold

streaming equipment and left the

her fists against the floor. "No! It wasn't supposed to be like this! Paula, why would you destroy me?

time,

it hadn't been for Amelie,

have reached

would give her happiness, a family of four living in harmony. She thought she wouldn't become the despised illegitimate

as the rightful heir

that dream was shattered. Her

blankly into the

long since dried, leaving behind only a hollow shell of despair and

future she once envisioned now lay in pieces at her

her office, Diana sat silently, watching the livestream end. A heavy weight settled on her

might've been Diana's biological mother, but Luna worried this

are pleased with the new product line.

head. "No need. I'll stay at the office. Bring me my laptop. I'll check the stock market. Might as well make some money

moment before

stepped out, Diana slumped in her

on her laptop, watching it boot

no intention of checking stocks. Instead, she muttered to herself her voice heavy with sorrow, "Diana, you're just a product of an

your father is."

more she thought about it, the sadder she

loved her and

understand who had tampered with her