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Chapter 455

Author: Deer Woods
Inside the ward, Lucille and Otto had just finished settling Lily in when Leif Daniel, who had flown in from Astoria, arrived.

Lily underwent a whole series of tests. The baby was likely frightened and cried nonstop throughout the examinations.

Afterward, Lucille sank into a recliner, utterly exhausted, and unintentionally drifted off to sleep.

When Otto finished a phone call and saw her asleep, he immediately took off his suit jacket and draped it over her.

He walked out to the entrance of
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    Rayne drew a deep breath, stepped aside at once, and answered the call. "Dad..."A cold demand came through the line immediately. "Rayne, what is going on? You've barely returned to the Riserow family, and you've already caused a scandal this enormous! Do you have any idea how much face you've cost our entire family?"Steven had just returned from a business trip abroad when news of the charity dinner fiasco reached him.Overjoyed to find a daughter so late in life, Steven had wasted no time throwing a lavish reunion banquet, eager to announce her return to the whole world.Little had he known that Rayne had not told him the truth. All he had known was that she had recently divorced and was raising a child alone. He had no idea who the child's father actually was.Now that the charity dinner scandal had blown wide open, every wealthy family and prominent figure in Coasthaven, and even across the country, knew that the daughter he had just welcomed home had cheated during her marri

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