Nora stared hard at Old Maddy to look at his reaction after she voiced the question.She would never trust a person's words that easily, so she wanted to determine whether he was telling the truth through his reaction.

What she didn't expect, though, was that because of the burns on Old Maddy's face, he couldn't make any facial expressions.

Even his eyes were too small for her to see anything.This made him hard to read.Old Maddy kept quiet for a while.

Suddenly, he asked, "Twins? Triplets? What are you talking about? Didn't you only give birth to a daughter?"

In Old Maddy's impression, the daughter of the lady he served had returned and gave birth to a daughter.

How could it have been twins or triplets instead? Seeing how logical his answer was, Nora frowned.

"Uncle..."

"I'm not worthy of having you call me that."

Old Maddy interrupted her and said, "My name is Jake Reed.I am your mother's subordinate, and you are the young lady whom I now serve."

Seeing that he had brought up her mother again, Nora asked, "What on earth happened back then?"

Old Maddy heaved a sigh.

she realized what was happening, she hurriedly ran away from the organization.However, that organization was simply too powerful.In order to avoid implicating your father, your mother staged an elopement and made everyone think that she had betrayed your father.Then, she

simple, but it matched the story that Nora

"And then?" She asked.

someone with the last name Smith—Henry Smith, I think—and pretended to marry him.The two of them then lived

had a guess, but she didn't say

name ‘Smith’.Even if you couldn't grow up under your

just like what she

with lan back then! That was why the

comment on the love between

Instead, she listened quietly.

Old Maddy went on.

she was still discovered by the mysterious organization.Because I had never made an appearance in front of others, she told me to leave and hide somewhere.Then, once you turned twenty, I was supposed to tell you that

time.I didn't know what I should do during all those years, either.Moreover, I knew that your mother was in danger, so I had only one thought in my mind, and that was to look for your father! The Smiths

was that I had to go to New York to look for your father...but I forgot why I had to do that.I also kept your mother's order strictly in mind, that was, to tell you that you must have a baby before you

had been stunned the moment Old Maddy mentioned that she

again, even though she knew that she shouldn't be interrupting him at this time,

was nothing after

finally couldn't stop herself from asking,

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