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.

organization.However, that organization was simply too powerful.In order to avoid implicating your father, your mother staged an

it matched the story

"And then?" She asked.

your mother found someone with the last name Smith—Henry Smith, I think—and pretended to marry him.The two of them then lived in secret in California.Do you know why

but she didn't say

she wanted you to have 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

like what she

then! That was why the tiny company she had founded in

did not comment on the love

Instead, she listened quietly.

Old Maddy went on.

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 you must have a

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

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 tell you that you must have a

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

interrupting him at this time, judging

was nothing

herself from asking, "Why

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