A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"Come on, let's go inside." Seeing that Estelle seemed to be looking a little pensive, Ethan couldn't help but feel worried. "What's wrong?" he asked softly.

She shook her head at him. "It's nothing. Let's just go inside." Estelle looked up slightly and tried to fight back her tears. She wanted to assure Ethan that she was fine, so she acted as if nothing had happened.

They opened the door and went inside the house to grab shovels. After they found some, they went to the backyard.

"Here it is," Estelle murmured. She stopped near a swing and pointed at the ground under it.

The two of them got to work immediately and started to dig out the soil. It took them a long time but eventually, they dug out a box.

The box was made of wood, and it had a lock that looked like it had rusted over time. Ethan found a tool and broke the lock without difficulty.

He opened the box excitedly and found a dress, a jade pendant, and a black bow hairpin inside.

As he stared at the objects in front of him, Ethan realized that Estelle was indeed the girl he had been looking for. With the pendant and hairpin in his hands, he suddenly came at Estelle with a hug.

"I have finally found you," he said in a choked voice. He held her tightly in his arms with no desire to let go.

He considered himself a tough gentleman. It wasn't as if he was an emotional person. However, he couldn't help but tear up a little because of his excitement.

The little girl in his memories had had a very serious illness in the past. Bill had cast her away because he had thought that she was useless. After that, Ethan had always thought that the little girl might have passed away from her illness but he hadn't been able to confirm it. He hadn't expected that the little girl would really turn out to be Estelle, who was alive and well in his arms.

Estelle was shocked and didn't know what to do. She hadn't expected that Ethan would be so emotional about it.

If the little girl that Ethan had been searching for was truly her, then her decision to break up with him had been just a waste of both time and energy. All this time, she had just been jealous of herself.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel several emotions about it.

using her as a substitute for somebody else. She hadn't expected that she was the one that Ethan had been looking for all this time.

felt a little embarrassed of his actions.

Estelle told him, her voice a little breathless from the hug. She patted his back to

as if he had just woken up from a dream.

let her go, they both fell to the

her numb legs and looked at Ethan, who was chuckling softly at

couldn't keep his eyes off Estelle, as if he wanted to memorize every

them had a good rest, they finally stood

now,"

heard him say that, she tried to keep her expression neutral and listened

grudge against Ethan. When she had found out that Ethan had been looking for that little girl all this time, she couldn't help but feel as if she was nothing more than just a substitute. In a fit of rage, she had decided to end her

was her own fault that she had been stupid enough to believe Ellen's words without doing any investigation of her own. Maybe if she had been more inquisitive,

Ethan

away by a human trafficker named Bill. On the way, that girl didn't

that girl got Bill angry and he attempted to hit her. As a man, I thought it was my duty to protect her, so I took the hit

me. She bandaged me in the

to that little girl. However, the more I got to know you, the

would have started a relationship with her because of that reason. It confirmed her previous sentiments about being a substitute. As

I realized that I didn't fall in love with you just because you were similar to that little girl. I fell in love with you because of who you are. I truly love you, the real you, Estelle. When I found out that

only start the investigation through you, but there was nothing on you that could show your true identity. What your father said earlier confirmed

bent over so he could gently hold Estelle in his arms. He held her as if she was a

She looked at Ethan curiously. But even though she

she had met Ethan somewhere before. His presence felt both familiar and

had met before. She just