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.

that Paula would say something negative about Cassandra, but she never

personally brought home from the orphanage by Ralph and me. How could she possibly be your daughter?” Queenie had always looked down on Paula and

for was that Paula had deceived her

at Paula, hoping she would

seemed as if she was oblivious to Cassandra’s looks, and she merely let out

pride yourself in being a shrewd businesswoman? You don’t even know who your adopted daughter truly is? Let me tell you, Cassandra is the biological daughter of Ralph and me. I’ve known Ralph

seemed as if the air around

Ralph had lied

was twenty, I gave birth to Cassandra. Ralph was terrified that my dancing career would come to an end, so we chose not to marry. Instead, we secretly hired. someone to take care of Cassandra. But that scumbag, Ralph, was always cheating on me, 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, hoping you would agree to adopt her. Ralph knew you had a soft spot for pitiful children, so he purposefully left Cassandra alone in the corner. Also, I heard him say that because you have double eyelids, you prefer girls with double eyelids. Originally, Cassandra had single eyelids. She underwent a surgical procedure

the past but didn’t make

Queenie didn’t think it sounded

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

any proof? Have you

Paula was taken aback.

air with Queenie, in hopes of bringing Cassandra back to her side. The idea of a DNA

why on