Chapter 1388


    It was easy to get married, but much harder to get a divorce.


    After leaving the room, Beth had finally calmed down and asked Marshall, “Was was I being too


    hysterical? Will Little Crescent suspect us?”


    “She is our daughter and it’s normal for us to be worried Besides, we will have to tell her the truth


    sooner orter We can’t just keep her in the dark forever


    Beth was nervous “If she finds out that we are her actual parents, will she resent us? Especially after all


    the things I did to her Marshall, I’m just so so scared I’ve never been scared of anything in my life but


    this..


    “We didn’t know She will understand She is willing to stay here with us, which means she doesn’t


    resent


    us.*


    She thought about it and said, “Also, tell Meredith not toe here so often. I don’t want Little


    Crescent to be upset. We owe her far too much and I can’t even imagine how she survived the slum.


    “Sure.”


    Corentin had not called ever since Ashlynn went to the Hiltons, but she felt unsettled by it because that


    was not at all like Corentin to let others take her away to begin with.


    ‘Was it because of how insistent Beth was? She thought.


    Servants would bring food up to her room every day and though she was treated the same way in


    Corentin’s mansion, the Hiltons were a different story.


    Corentin was merely a psychopath who enjoyed toying with others, while the Hiltons were supposed to


    be strangers to her The kinder they were to her, the more suspicious she grew


    She noticed that ever since she hade, Marshall had gone to the office so that Beth could stay


    home, despite how busy she was at work in the past.


    At noon, Ashlynn went down the stairs and caught a delicious scent.


    She followed the scent to the kitchen and saw Beth making soup while the cook guided her, it was


    apparent that it was Beth’s first-time cooking.


    “It tastes good. I’m sure Ashlynn will like this.” Beth had a taste and was satisfied.


    Ashlynn silently backed away, unable to wrap her head around the sudden change of the Hiltons’


    attitude, not to mention that Beth had gone to the lengths of cooking for her


    She noticed that the door to Beth’s study room was open and felt drawn into it.


    The study room was spacious with a lot of natural lighting.


    She nced around, before a photo frame on the office desk caught her attention.


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    Ashlynn picked it up and realized it was a family photo of Beth, Marshall and a boy in Beth’s arms.


    There was a little girl that had been cut from another photo and stuck onto Marshall to look like he was


    holding


    her


    The girl had two braids on her cheeks and looked adorable in her rosy cheeks.


    In a different photo, Beth and Marshall were facing the camera with the same girl in Beth’s arm.


    Ashlynn’s heart raced at the sight of the little girl and backed away in shock, the frame falling onto the


    ground with a loud “thud!


    She stood dazedly


    Beth hurried over at the sound, and walked over to Ashlynn. “Why are you out of bed? You. “Beth


    panicked for a moment when she saw the shattered frame on the ground and crouched down to pick it


    up so that Ashlynn would not see the photo inside.


    “Did you hurt your hand? Let me see…” Beth reached for Ashlynn’s hands, but Ashlynn moved away


    from her touch and kept her eyes trained on Beth.


    Feeling ufortable, Beth muttered, “What…what is it?”