The CEO Gets What He Wants

Chapter 548 The Daughter Of Claire

Fortunately, Silvia was quick to react.

She caught the plate in time to avoid dropping everything on the ground.

Still, Avery's words were rumbling like a bolt from the blue in her head.

Allie was married to Avery's father? She even said that Avery is also her kid? How can that be? But Cayden said that they've done a DNA test to make sure that they're not biological siblings. The results can't be wrong. They're not related by blood, but Allie's certainly connected to Avery and her father.

Silvia remembered clearly that Allie only had one child—Cayden. The child had been her instrument to cling to the Moore family, but unfortunately for her, Jeffrey did not recognize Cayden as a legitimate child of the Moore family. He had been waiting for Lily to give birth to a son instead.

Bruce was timid and wielded little power. He could not get his son to join the Moore family.

Back then, Bruce had fallen in love with a university student. He was too preoccupied courting other girls to have any time to care about Allie, so he began paying even less attention to Allie's child.

Without Bruce's protection, Lily began putting pressure on Allie, forcibly taking the car and house that Bruce had given to Allie before threatening her to leave Ackleton.

Allie's dream of enjoying life as the wife of a wealthy man had been ruined. Yet, she had no other way of earning a living. She had thought of returning to her job as a dancer, but she had had a taste of luxury, so how could she ever return to a life of hard work? Her impoverished state made her flee Ackleton to search for another way to live.

Back then, she had felt that Cayden was a burden. Afraid that he would impede her in her search for a new patron, she had mercilessly left Cayden in an orphanage and never checked up on him.

Allie's departure lasted for over half a year, and it was as if she had disappeared without a trace. No one knew where she had gone to.

did not know what happened

give birth to her

though William was under investigation and their family was already in hot water,

house for a whole month and a little more. She kept Claire company the entire time. When Claire went to a remote place to look for her husband and her preterm labor started, Allie was the only one with her. She was also

incident fishy

Furthermore, when she went to the hospital with Claire for the latter's checkups, the doctor said that Claire and her baby were healthy. Silvia could not wrap her mind around why Claire's baby

woman did she find out that the supposedly stillborn baby was

but from then on, she knew that Claire's baby was

daughter? Their faces, eyes, demeanor, and voice seem so alike. How

strangers who look almost identical to each other, but Avery and Allie

was starting to ponder the possibility of Avery's connection

it made Silvia's heart

Things would be immensely awkward if it turned out to be a mere misunderstanding. Not only would Claire be disappointed, but Avery would

back

this when I have more evidence. This will

in Ackleton was dimly lit with a warm yellow

the men's prison, and both sides were

and a little hunched, had a towel draped on his shoulders. He had just washed himself up, and he was still holding onto his basin as he walked toward the cell. He looked exhausted. Right as he pushed open the

bells started ringing in his head. Just as he was about to spin around to scurry out of the cell, he heard the iron door close and lock