Chapter 388
Chapter 388
When they arrived at the Lanes’ ancestral manor, the whole manor was already in aplete
mess.
When Hesper saw Arthur, she realized that Matthew had toned down the situation in the manor when
he called her. Arthur was lying on his bed and his face looked as pale as death.
Wilfred was the first to see her. “Hesper Rivera, how dare youe back here?”
He scoffed. “It’s no wonder I didn’t like you one bit the moment I first saw you. Father defended you so
much, so I couldn’t say much about my suspicions. It turns out that you’re not one of the Lanes.”
Hesper did not say anything, as she did not want to argue with Wilfred. She only wanted to know what
Arthur was thinking. “Grandpa…”
During her four years living with the Lanes, Arthur was the person who treated her the best. No matter
what she wanted, he would try his best to help her achieve it. No matter who badmouthed her, Arthur
would defend her.
“Hesper. Matthew tugged on Hesper’s sleeve, motioning her not to say more.
Hearing Hesper’s voice, Arthur pointed to Helen and directed her to help him sit up. The moment he
saw Hesper, Arthur shook his head. “Hesper, I don’t want to hear what others have to say. I only want
to hear it from you.”
Hesper’s eyes were bloodshot, but she tried her hardest to suppress her emotions so that her tears
would not escape her eye sockets and gushed down her cheeks.
‘At this moment, Grandpa is still choosing to believe in me… But what can I say? No matter what kind
of excuse I put forward, at the end of the day, I’m just a fraud, someone who was desperate for
Rachael’s identity and joined forces with Matthew to put on a show in the Lane family.”
“What else can she say? It’s obvious that she’s made a fool out of Matthew too. She’s an orphan and
the unwanted daughter-inw of the Duvals. What kind of good intentions could she have?” Wilfred
sneered. “Father, I told you to not trust this woman back then, didn’t I? Just look at how…
“That’s enough.” Matthew stopped Wilfred, and his gaze looked as sharp as a razor. “I’m the one who
brought Hesper back. As for you, Uncle Will, everyone in the family knows that you can be mean, but I
didn’t know that you obtained the ability of a prophet and can actually foresee things that are going to
happen in the future.”
Twiggy stood in the corner, looking timidly at the members of the family in front of her. Hesper noticed
her at this moment and looked back at Matthew with a puzzled gaze.
“She is Rachael. The paternity test has proven that.”
Hesper was stunned for a moment. After some time, a smirk appeared at the corner of her lips.
‘Karma is indeed a b*tch, huh? While pretending to be Rachael, I’ve been on the receiving end of so
much kindness from the Lanes, so it’s only fair for me to be the one who brings Rachael back to
them.”
Theodore and Simon remained silent, while Helen looked a little hesitant. No one knew what she was
thinking about.
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Hesper looked at Arthur and suddenly did not want to exin anything else.
No matter what the reason was, she did secretly upy Rachael’s identity for four years. She had
deceived Arthur for four full years and stolen the affection that should belong to Rachael.
Just as Hesper lowered her gaze, Simon’s voice came from the side, and it sounded as cynical as
usual. “Let’s not be so certain so early on.”
Hesper frowned and looked at him.
“Uncle Simon, as one of the people who knows about my true identity, what do you want to say at
this time?
When Simon noticed Hesper’s gaze, he walked over and patted her shoulder reassuringly, and then
looked at Helen. “How much longer do you n to hold on to the envelope in your pocket, Helen? If
you don’t take it out now, Hesper is about to be kicked out of the Lanes for the rest of her life.”
As soon as these words came out of Simon’s mouth, all eyes in the room turned toward Helen.
Helen inserted her hands into her coat’s pocket, as her cover had been blown.
Hesper turned her head to look at Matthew with some puzzlement, but he seemed to not know
anything about what Simon just said either.