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Chapter 37

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“Is your father still angry with us?” A sudden gloom settled over the dining hall, thickening the air. “You know how stubborn he can be.”

Taylah stood there, confused, lost in the fragments of a past she didn’t fully understand. Laurence let out a soft chuckle and gently explained.

“Your mother and I were close... close enough for my father to believe we were romantically involved. He went as far as publicly announcing our so-called relationship. But that was already the time Evelyn was seeing Edwards.”

His voice grew heavier. “It caused an uproar. I was furious with my father for not telling me beforehand, for letting such things be announced without my consent. I made a scene… and soon after, I was sent abroad.”

"When I returned, she was already married and she had you." Taylah didn’t know how to put words to the storm inside her.

The elderly couple’s faces fell. They were still mourning their daughter, still aching from the loss. They had raised her with boundless love, c
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