The True Heiress's Return

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Cody watched her crying and gently patted her shoulder, recalling softly, "Remember that year, right before you were about to give birth, we met a fortune-teller who claimed our child would be born under a star of misfortune, bringing bad luck to our family. "He warned that keeping her with us would be a mistake, leading to family strife and discord among our relatives.

"She was the daughter we'd been waiting for so eagerly, so naturally, we didn't believe him. I yelled at that fortune-teller and almost got into a fight until you stopped me."

Cody said with a deep gaze, his thoughts growing heavier, "On the day you gave birth, your water broke suddenly, and we rushed you to the hospital in a hurry. But then you had a difficult labor, and the hospital even had a power outage for an hour, almost putting you at risk!

"You two were finally pulled back from the brink. However, she ended up with an irregular heartbeat and needed to stay in an incubator, while you couldn't shake off the high fever..."

Rebecca was surprised. "You never told me about this."

"I didn't dare to tell you. You carried her for ten months. I was afraid it would upset you!

"Before you regained consciousness, I went to see her in the incubator. She was fast asleep, but I felt this chill run through me. It was this indescribable sensation, like some invisible force was tugging at my fate, and I couldn't shake it off. It was absolutely terrifying. "Back then, I thought to myself, how great it would be if we didn't have this daughter."

Cody sighed softly, "Despite it all, I never thought of giving up on her. She's our own flesh and blood. When she recovered and your fever subsided, seeing her sleeping peacefully in your arms, it was as if the world was bathed in sunshine again. I felt maybe even fate was smiling at us.

"Our family flourished. The kids grew up healthy and safe, and none of those dark predictions the fortune teller made came true. Yvette, our little princess, brought joy and even saved Mitchell's life at a crucial moment by the sea. She's not a curse but our lucky charm." Cody chuckled bitterly as he spoke, "Who would've thought that fate would play such a joke on us? Yvette isn't our real daughter, but Shakira is.

turmoil, even affecting the business. Now, even Mitchell... I never thought the fortune teller's prophecy

her. She's been working her butt off to

Shakira... let's just cut her off from

Rebecca suddenly lifted her head with resentment. Her swollen eyes were welled up with anger. "What do you mean? I gave birth to her, and instead of being grateful, she turned against me and caused my

can we do? You saw it too. Without solid evidence, what can

now. Lopez Group is at the peak of its power, and Finn is already under a lot of pressure at the company. We've already lost Mitchell.

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to. All she felt was resentment and a desire to avenge Mitchell. But Cody was right. They'd already

act like Shakira never existed. With all the issues with the Smith family now, Yvette's not going back. We'll keep Yvette as our own and stay

out all stops to find Mitchell, using every new media channel. His disappearance spread fast, but three days passed with no news. Many online

elders are coming together for the Crescentville Diplomatic

the four esteemed

Are you Clusian? You really don't know the four esteemed elders? There are the national medical sage, Matthew Goodman, the martial arts master, Yael Bowen, the agriculture pioneer, Ethan Kierce,

aviation pioneer,

behind him, "These four esteemed elders are national heroes. Thanks to these great individuals leading other