When Her "Death" Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel)

“Queenie, I came to tell you, the daughter you’ve been raising all this time is actually mine-”

“Mdm. Paula, don’t talk nonsense,” Cassandra interrupted her at once.

Mdm. Paula?

Paula was taken aback.

Yet, Queenie found herself intrigued and stopped Cassandra, “Cassandra, let her speak. Don’t worry, even if she says something bad about you, I’ll still believe you.”

Cassandra could only grit her teeth and say, “Alright.”

Paula watched her own daughter sharing a tender, mother–daughter bond with another woman and found the situation increasingly ironic.

Unable to contain herself any longer, she blurted out, “Queenie, I must tell you, Cassandra is my biological daughter.”

Queenie’s eyes narrowed, looking at Paula in disbelief.

Paula would say something negative about

could she possibly be your daughter?” Queenie had always looked down

now, all she wished for was that Paula had deceived her and

also constantly making meaningful glances at Paula, hoping she would quickly

to Cassandra’s looks, and she merely let

daughter truly is? Let me tell you, Cassandra is the biological daughter of Ralph and me. I’ve known Ralph since the

unchanged, yet it seemed as if the air around her had taken an icy

had lied to

and so we ended up breaking up. Later on, he met you, and to my surprise, even married you. Somehow, he learned that you loved children, particularly daughters. So, he discussed with me about sending our daughter, Cassandra, to the orphanage,

related everything from the past

Queenie didn’t think it

knew she couldn’t just take Paula’s word for

all that, do you have any proof? Have you done a DNA test?”

Paula was taken aback.

about coming over to clear the air with Queenie, in hopes of bringing Cassandra back to her side. The idea

why on earth would