Chapter 425

"Push, Mrs. Linwood, push! I can see the baby's head!"

The woman lying on the delivery table gritted her teeth and pushed, following the doctor's instructions.

A moment later, the sharp cry of a newborn filled the room-it was over. The baby had arrived.

"It's a girl! Congratulations, Mrs. Linwood. You have a beautiful daughter," the nurse announced, beaming.

The woman on the bed was utterly exhausted. Her blonde hair clung to her pale, sweat-soaked cheeks, but she barely seemed to notice her own weakness.

"Let me see her. Please, bring my baby over," she managed breathlessly, her voice trembling with urgency.

The doctor and nurses worked quickly, cleaning the baby and wrapping her in a soft, pastel blanket before placing her gently in her mother's arms.

As she gazed at her daughter's tiny, rosy face, a look of pure contentment spread across her features. "She's mine? She's really my daughter? Oh, thank goodness... You're the little heiress of the Linwood family now, you know that?"

Linwood family? Heiress?

Claire's consciousness snapped awake at that moment, those words echoing in her mind.

and younger than she remembered. Even disheveled, Adah was beautiful, barely looking older than her mid-twenties, much younger than

died? How could she possibly

did Adah look

buzzed, teetering on the edge

of antiseptic hung in the air, nurses moved briskly through her blurred vision, and the steady beeping of

It was real.

reborn-right at the very moment of her own

stared blankly at Adah, her thoughts a

propped herself up with effort and leaned close, pressing a gentle kiss to her newborn daughter's

it made Claire's eyes

Adah had kissed her?

Linwood family in her past life, and never once had she dared dream of such love from

all over again, Claire finally realized she had been born into Adah's hope and longing. On the day of her birth, Adah had kissed her her long-awaited

Adah had carried her, and at least once, she had truly loved

time had eroded that love

mind. By the time she came back to herself,

nurse's arms, with Adah right beside

saw Nathan-the man she'd come

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