The Divorce Prescription

Nigel gazed at Carly with affection.

Hayden watched the scene with satisfaction while Lucy, standing off to the side, curled her lips into a quiet smile. Her scheming hadn't been in vain, after all.

That night, Carly returned to her room.

Not long after, Lucy followed her in. "Carly."

Carly's tone was cold. "What do you want?"

"Carly, I just came to see you. In a couple of days, you'll be leaving for the Capitol with Mr. Hampton. I can't bear to part with you."

Lucy was genuinely reluctant to let Carly go, but Carly didn't want to see Lucy at all. "I'm fine. You can go."

"Carly..." Lucy reached out to take Carly's hand.

However, Carly shook her off. "What are you doing? Why are you so annoying?"

froze. "Carly, is that how you talk to your

mother. Mrs. Hampton is my mother. At most, you're just

stiffened. She had gone through so much trouble to swap Carly

never expected that once Carly became the heiress, she would refuse to acknowledge her. She

are my daughter. I love

me? But what can you even give me? I'm already the daughter of the richest

panicked. "Carly, are you really not going to acknowledge me as your

more time. You were never my real mother. I don't want my dad to misunderstand anything, so from now on, I can only call

that Carly was changing the way she addressed her. She grabbed Carly's hand.

know the Tate family raised me, but my dad already promised to take care

Lucy out of the room. Then, she slammed

outside. Her face

She never

expected her own