Chapter 320

Hayden’s expression darkened. “What do you mean?”

“Honey, do you think I don’t know? Cerly isn’t your biological daughter!”

Hayden pressed his lips together, his silence heavy with tension.

“Carly comes from a powerful family. If you reveal her true identity, all those obstacles will disappear. She’ll be able to marry Mr. Alvarez without a hitch, “Lucy continued

Hayden rose to his feet. “I don’t want to hear this again. Y

You’d better keep it to yourself.”

With that, he turned and headed for the staircase.

Lucy wasn’t ready to let the matter go. “Honey, why won’t you reveal Carly’s true identity?” she pressed.

Hayden paused mid–stop, his figure still refined and gentlemanly but now cloaked in an air of solemnity. Finally, his voice came, “Because Carly’s mother doesn’t want her to return to the Capitol.”

That woman again!

Lucy’s eyes flashed with malice. No wonder Celine, even after being abandoned in the countryside, had managed to grow into such a genius.

of terrifyingly powerful genes must she

All that brilliance, all that glory, it would

Lucy could sense his resolve faltering. He loved Carly too much to turn a blind eye to her

only a matter of time before

crept across Lucy’s

next day, Adamsat in the president’s office when his phone buzzed. It was james calling

do you have time today? Come over for lunch,” James said

to dine at the

had been anything but restful.

invited Allie and Celine to

the Lambert

instantly changed. “I’ll be

the Lambert

smile. “Adam, didn’t you just say you didn’t have time?

sharp eyes subtly scanning

still on their way. They

pulled his gaze back and sank into the

Yorhine University who doesn’t know that the so–called ‘Goddess of Sleep‘ is the genius

to sleep through my lectures, and the moment she opened her eyes, I knew I must’ve said something wrong. Adam, your Mrs. Alvarez really knows how to keep a

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