บททั้งหมดของ The Mute Bride For The Don: บทที่ 181 - บทที่ 190

Ivan dropped to his knees instantly, scooping his daughter into his arms. The little girl’s eyes were closed, and she was breathing. The child’s pulse fluttered under his fingers, but it was so faint. Fragments of shattered glass and spilled juice were everywhere, and not far from where her body lay, Anna, Vanya’s former roommate, stood frozen.“What the hell happened here?” He glanced at Tanya and the maid, who was the only other person present in the hall before the rest of the staff started to arrive.“I just got here and found her like this on the floor,” Tanya said quickly, then turned accusingly toward the maid, her eyes narrowing with suspicion. “Hey, you! Did you do this? You were standing right there.”“I didn’t do anything,” the maid protested. “I just walked in and found…” Her lips shook as she stared at Tanya.“Will you shut up?!” Tanya cut in immediately, glaring at her as she pointed at the maid. “Did you do this? You should be locked up! It’s your fault! Ivan,” she c

She offered more excuses, each one more meaningless than the last, and I felt the last thread holding on to my patience snap with each foolish thing she said. None of it made sense but I wasn’t fucking listening anymore. The pieces of the puzzle in my mind had already begun locking into place, and every new word she spoke only pushed the final pieces further. My jaw tightened. “I know what to do, Tanya. We’re going to run a full DNA test.” Tanya’s eyes widened, and her face, which was already pale, turned even whiter. “I’ll have a full DNA test done for both of us. We are half-siblings, right? So our blood should reflect that properly, Tanya. Let’s clear up this confusion once and for all.” “That’s not actually necessary, Ivan,” Tanya said quickly. “Sofia has gotten the blood she needs. Isn’t that what matters right now? Should we not be more focused on her recovery?” “You don’t get to tell me what to do,” I snapped, and her lips went shut. “I want us to run the DNA test, and th

THIRD POV.Tanya’s lips parted, and her eyes widened as she stared at Ivan with disbelief. Pain flashed straight up to her skull as she held a palm to her throbbing cheek and blinked at Ivan.Ivan slapped her?He… he actually laid his hand on her?Her brother… Ivan had never ever raised his hand against her before.Ivan glared at her for a few seconds before his gaze shifted, straight to his left.Vanya’s head spun as Ivan rounded on her.She’d always known that Tanya wasn’t truly Ivan’s sister, but for some reason, she never got around to telling him.“Oh… did you think it was right for you not to tell me what was happening?” His voice echoed through the hallway, and Vanya shook her head slowly.“You must have thought I knew everything, but not this particular one, Vanya. You’re my wife. There was no reason for you to hide something this huge from me.”The words landed hard on Vanya. His voice was filled with hurt and anger, and with every word he said to her, the ache in her head

“Ivan!” she shouted. “What the hell have you done?” She rushed toward Tanya and crouched down to try to lift her up. “She’s your sister for crying out loud! Why are you…” “Mother…” Tanya called, cutting her words short as she looked at her with teary eyes. “Please make this stop, please. Ivan… Ivan found out about it. He knows I’m not his sister.” Anastasia froze. Her hand, which was holding on to Tanya, slipped away in shock. She rose slowly, her eyes moving from her daughter to Ivan and back again. Ivan scoffed. “So all this time,” he said, “you were actually a betrayer, Anastasia? First of all...” he frowned, pointing at her as she started to tremble. “You came into our lives like a saint, and the next, because of how money-starved you are…” Anastasia shook her head slowly as Ivan moved toward her one step after the other. “You worked your way into my father’s life. You made sure to become a whore for my father. From being absolutely no fucking body, you upgraded to being a

My throat tightened.“You knew all along that Tanya wasn’t my sister. And you knew Sofia was not only adopted, but that she was Tanya’s daughter. You knew Tanya was her real mother, and there I was trying to explain to you that I had adopted Sofia.” His jaw clenched harder. “You were probably laughing at me in your head for spewing nonsense all along, right? Were you laughing at me in your head for being so fucking delusional. You must have thought I sounded foolish.”I shook my head as tears spilled uncontrollably down my face.“That’s not true, Ivan, no,” I said as my voice shook terribly. “I never knew about Tanya being Sofia’s mother. I didn’t know any of that, Ivan. The only thing I ever knew was that Tanya was not your sister. I overheard it while she was speaking to Anastasia. It’s only that, and the fact that Tanya had always boasted about how you, she, and Sofia should have been the only ones in the picture and how annoyed she had always said she was about me, ruining her pla