Chapter 90
After all, they had raised him for so many years and when he made his final request, our parents couldn’t bring themselves to refuse.”
“Go ahead and say it.”
“If I was switched at birth, where are my real parents? Tell me quickly; I want to find them!“} Seeing the flicker of hope reignite in his eyes, I instantly understood what he was thinking.
He assumed that, since the Cavendish Family was so prestigious, the family he had been swapped with couldn’t be too bad either. If he could return to them, he might still get to live the life of a rich young master.
Unfortunately for him, that hope was doomed to be shattered.
Our parents had already shared the truth with me when we reunited.
Now, my mom finally revealed that dark truth to him.
“Back then, we built our business from nothing. I was heavily pregnant but still went out to the factory in the suburbs to check on the goods. I was so exhausted that I went into labor early and gave birth there. Coincidentally, a woman gave birth to you just outside the factory. When she saw people calling us ‘Boss,‘ she secretly swapped you and Celestine, then callously threw Celestine into the river.” “If it weren’t for a kind soul picking
My mom’s voice trembled with the weight of the memory, her eyes filled with pain and love as she turned to look at me.”
w up and sending her to the orphanage, we would have lost our own flesh and blood forever!“}
But Griffin didn’t seem moved by the hardship I had endured. His impatience was clear as he pressed on, “What’s the point of telling me all that? I just want to know where my mother
- And my father?”
My mom’s gaze toward him had hardened, the warmth in her eyes replaced by coldness, as though he were now nothing but a stranger. “After we found Celestine, we located your biological mother. She confessed everything. She’s serving time for theft and because of the baby–swapping incident, her sentence was extended. She won’t be out for at least ten years.“}]
Griffin’s face drained of color, his breath coming in shallow gasps. After a long pause, his voice quivered as he asked his final question, “Then what about my father?“D
“According to your birth mother, your father was a murderer. He
as executed
long ago.”
With those words, all the light seemed to drain from Griffin’s eyes. His gaze grew unfocused, his hopes crumbling before him.” The crowd around him began whispering, pointing fingers.
“No wonder he’s so vile and stupid. Must be bad genes, a rotten seed.“}
Griffin glared at the crowd, fury flashing in his eyes as he cursed them one by one.
But they didn’t even flinch. They avoided him as if he were a plague, just as He raged, his words hollow, until his gaze landed on Arabella again.
bhad
once treated me.
“You’re carrying my child; you have to marry me! If you don’t, I’ll go to the media and expose you as the shameless mistress who got pregnant out of wedlock! I’ll ruin you and your entire family!“}
“You filthy maniac!”
Arabella slapped him hard across the face, splitting his lip. Unsatisfied, she kicked him sharply, her heel making him scream in pain. Already on the edge of a breakdown, Griffin turned all his rage on her. The two of them clawed at each other in full view of everyone. By the time security arrived to separate them, Griffin’s face was scratched up and blood dripped from Arabella’s leg.
My parents and I exchanged glances and we quietly instructed someone to call an ambulance.}
That was the last thing we did for him.”
After Griffin and Arabella were taken away, my parents made a public declaration: they officially recognized me as their daughter and from that moment on, I was to be known as Celestine Cavendish.
The Cavendish legacy now belonged to me.”
With the signing of a hundred–billion–dollar project still fresh, there was no shortage of work to manage. I stayed swamped for weeks, barely finding time to breathe. But at last, I found a quiet moment to call the one man I had always admired.§]
Yes, I had once truly liked someone, but I had given him up when my parents begged me to accept Griffin.M
Griffin was handsome and in good shape and I figured I wasn’t losing much, so I reluctantly agreed.”
Now, after his betrayal, it felt as though he had set me free.
Eight years ago, my dream man had been a graduate student. Today, he was a successful entrepreneur, one of the rising stars in the business world.
Two people, equally matched, had quickly sparked something real.”
Five years later, I found myself buying ice cream on a quiet street corner.
As I glanced across the street, I noticed a man and a woman in a heated argument,
The man seemed broken, the woman worn down. Their faces were oddly familiar,eir voices raised for all to hear.
I didn’t pause to think too much about it.
I crossed the street, handing my husband the larger strawberry cone and my son the smaller one!!
“Wife, try it, see if it’s sweet, he said with a grin.
‘Mama, try it, see if it’s sweet, my son chimed in, hugging me from either side.
(laughed, feeling the warmth of their love. “So sweet.“8
The Fridle
