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.

something negative

this? Cassandra was 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 had no respect for the

that Paula had deceived her

making meaningful glances at Paula, hoping she

if she was oblivious to Cassandra’s looks, and she merely

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

yet it seemed as if the air

had

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

from the past but didn’t make everything entirely

didn’t think it sounded like a lie

she couldn’t just take Paula’s

proof? Have you done

Paula was taken aback.

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

blood, why on earth would we