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.

implicating your father, your mother staged an elopement and

was simple, but it matched the story that

"And then?" She asked.

him.The two of them then lived in

guess, but she didn't

the last name ‘Smith’.Even if you couldn't grow up under your real father's love and care, she still wanted you to keep your real last

like what she had

mother must have been deeply in love with lan back then! That was why the tiny company she had founded in California was

did not comment on the

Instead, she listened quietly.

Old Maddy went on.

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

your mother was in danger, so I had only one thought in my mind, and that was to look for your father! The Smiths were strong and powerful.If there was someone who could save your mother, it was your father.But on my way to New York,

then.He said, "After that, my mind was in a state of confusion.All I knew 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

had been stunned the moment Old Maddy mentioned that she had to

interrupting him at this time, judging

nothing

herself from asking, "Why did

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