Chapter 477
They were out in the light, while their enemies lurked in the shadows, sneaky and unpredictable.
The search for her daughter had been a covert operation until Summer was mistakenly acknowledged.
Only a handful knew, each one trusted implicitly. But somehow, a leak had given their foes an opportunity.
Bella thought about her attitude towards Jane, her heart clenched, “What if I was wrong, and my real daughter is Jane… right?”
“Yes.”
Ivy’s response was crisp, “Don’t you see it, the resemblance between Jane and you?”
“In looks?”
“That too.”
Hvy nodded, then shifted gears. “But it’s the spirit, don’t you think? The way she handles breakups, so clean and decisive. Just like you were at her age.”
Bella frowned, “What do
you mean?”
“Remember how you dealt with those lousy boyfriends? Swift and ruthless.”
Ivy chuckled, “Jane and Bryant, didn’t she end that cleanly?”
Bella disagreed, a bitter smile on her lips, “She’s softer than I was. If only I hadn’t been so harsh, my real daughter… she might have suffered less.”
Strangely enough.
The thought that her biological daughter might be Jane brought an unexpected sense of
anticipation.
Summer, trembling all over, sat at her vanity, headphones on, unable to believe the turn of
events.
Bella was close to unraveling the truth, much faster than she had anticipated.
The thought that Bella’s daughter might once again be Jane made her drop her moisturizer in shock.
The black, round container rolled across the floor, taking a turn before halting with a thud against the wall.
Why Jane again?! Why did Jane always get the good fortune, being Ms. Myers and now Bella’s daughter?
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And what about her? Was she doomed to be nothing, not even a placeholder in someone’s life? Was she meant to wallow in the mire forever?
No, she refused to accept it! She wouldn’t stand for it!
Summer frantically searched her bed for strands of her hair, despite the meticulous cleaning by the house staff, she found a few.
After searching the bed, she moved to the floor, wishing she had a magnifying glass not to
miss a single one.
As she searched, her shoulders shook violently, and she collapsed, sobbing silently on the floor, trying not to make a sound.
If only Bella had taken longer to discover the truth, she could have finished recording the reality show, leveraging the massive attention being Bella’s daughter brought.
She could have become a familiar face to the audience.
Even if later it turned out she wasn’t Bella’s daughter, she could have used the fame to stay in the limelight.
But now, what was she to do?
Paternity tests take only a few days; she hadn’t even finished filming when Bella had intercepted her!
What now…
After a while, as her emotions stabilized, she heard her phone vibrating incessantly on the
bed.
It was from Mark.
Suddenly, seeing a glimmer of hope and a sense of direction, she scrambled to answer, “Hello, there’s been a problem!”
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