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.

order to avoid implicating your father, your mother staged an elopement and made everyone think that she had betrayed your father.Then, she left New York and went to a small town in California.At that time, she

matched the story

"And then?" She asked.

I think—and pretended to marry him.The two of them then lived in secret

a guess, but she

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 your

just like

then! That was why the

did not comment on the love

Instead, she listened quietly.

Old Maddy went on.

of others, she told me to leave and hide somewhere.Then, once you turned twenty, I was supposed to tell you that

whole 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 were strong and powerful.If there was someone who could save your

of confusion.All I knew was that I had to go to New York to look for your father...but

the moment Old Maddy mentioned

knew that she shouldn't be interrupting him at this time, judging from his

was nothing

from asking, "Why did I have to

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