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.

somebody else. She hadn't expected that

his actions. However,

her voice a little breathless from the hug.

Ethan let go of Estelle. He felt as if he had just woken up from a

let her go, they both fell to the ground.

at Ethan,

he wanted to memorize every part of her. He beamed as he

had a good rest, they

answer right now," Ethan said seriously as

expression neutral and listened intently to what he had to say.

was nothing more than

words without doing any investigation of her own. Maybe if she

letting go of her hand, Ethan led her back to

girl and I were taken away by a human trafficker named Bill. On the way, that girl didn't talk at all. I tried everything

a man, I thought it was my duty to protect her, so

She bandaged me in

you, Estelle. I admit that in the beginning, I decided to be with you because you looked so similar to that little girl. However, the more I got to know

that reason. It confirmed her previous sentiments about being a substitute. As she realized this, she couldn't help but feel a

you, the real you, Estelle. When I found out that you were not the biological daughter of

you, but there was nothing on you that could show your true identity. What your father said earlier confirmed my suspicions, but

over so he could gently hold Estelle in his arms.

childhood. She looked at Ethan curiously. But even though she didn't remember, she still hugged him

She had always felt that she had met Ethan somewhere before. His presence felt both familiar and strange

that they had met before. She just