A Beauty With Multiple Masks

Maureen was indeed her biological mother. As Arielle heaved a long sigh, a scary thought suddenly dawned on her. Mom’s only been married to Henrick, who’s been recognizing me as his biological daughter. In this case, wouldn’t it mean that Mom has… committed adultery? Henrick found out about it and killed her?

Then again, he’s not the type who would allow someone who’s not his blood and flesh to enter the family. It was then that Arielle realized she had a big mystery to solve. She had returned to investigate her mother’s death but to no avail. In addition, she now was confused about who her actual father was.

Her mind was in a total mess. Carter broke the silence. “It’s still early. Why don’t you two have a chat while I check if they’ve gotten any useful information from that guy?” With that suggestion, Carter went out and shut the door behind him, leaving Arielle and Vinson alone in the ward. With a wry smile, she looked at Vinson. “You must be thinking that I’m a joke. Neither am I the glamorous Ms. Moore nor Ms. Southhall. I’m just… an illegitimate child.” He frowned at her words. Putting on a stern face, he tried to correct her understanding. “I don’t know if you’re an illegitimate child.

Though he appeared to be icy-cold, his gaze was unexpectedly warm. Arielle moved her stiffened fingers. His unswerving attitude and that one firm sentence uttered had effectively cleared the doubts she had and given her the courage needed to sail through these

shared, “From what I can remember, Mom wasn’t that kind of a person… I don’t know why… why would she do that.” Vinson paused for two seconds. “Actually, there’s something about your mom that I think you should know. I didn’t tell you this earlier because I thought

about her before going back to the Southalls. I believe I know everything about her.” He shook his head lightly. “There’s something not recorded in those files you read.”

Jadeborough social circles. “You should know that your mom and Henrick