The Divorce Prescription

Chapter 623

Lucy eagerly grabbed Carly's hands, her eyes filled with hope. Right now, Carly

was her only chance at survival. She truly believed Carly would save her.

Carly looked at her and called out softly, "Mom."

Lucy immediately hugged Carly tightly. "Carly, I'm here."

Carly let herself be hugged. Then, in a quiet voice, she said, "Mom, Nigel is starting to suspect my identity."

"What?" Lucy froze. "Carly, why would Mr. Hampton suspect your identity?"

"Mom, it's because I went to him and begged for your release. I wanted him to let you go, but he refused, saying you committed murder and deserved punishment.

"So, I begged him on my knees. He said you're just my foster mother, not my biological mother. That was when he started suspecting my identity," Carly explained with an aggrieved look.

Lucy felt a wave of emotion wash over her. "Carly, you did all that for me? I thought... I thought you had abandoned me."

"Mom, how could I abandon you? Back in the hospital, when I accused you, that was just a tactic to buy time. I was never going to leave you behind. But now, I've failed. I couldn't save you. Worse, Mr. Hampton is questioning my identity. Mom, what should I do now?

"If I lose my identity as the richest heiress, the Tate family won't want me, and the Hampton family wouldn't want me either. I'll be left with nothing. I've been better than Celine all my life, but if I fail now, she'll crush me beneath her feet.

don't want to live like that! You're my real mother. You'll help me, right? Right now, you're the only

poured down her face, her sobs heartbreaking and

felt her heart ache. "Carly, don't cry. I'll figure

can you do? Mr. Hampton wants to force the truth out of you. He already suspects

"Unless what?" Lucy asked.

you disappear from

What? Disappear?

staggered back. Her expression was twisted in shock, unable to

took a step closer. "Mom, this is the only way.

own life. That's the

stared at Carly in utter

here today to... to tell me to end my life? You never actually begged for my release did

figure it out?" Carly wondered

had tried to deceive her into

was exposed, and the

drop the act. She immediately wiped her tears away, her face

right. I never pleaded for

"Carly, how could you..."

your release when Nigel is already suspicious of me? Do you want my secret to be