Chapter 126


    Maureen was indeed her biological mother. As Arielle heaved a long sigh, a scary thought suddenly


    dawned on her. Mom’s only been married to Henrick, who’s been recognizing me as his biological


    daughter. In this case, wouldn’t it mean that Mom has…mitted adultery? Henrick found out about it


    and killed her?


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    Then again, he’s not the type who would allow someone who’s not his blood and flesh to enter the


    family. It was then that Arielle realized she had a big mystery to solve. She had returned to investigate


    her mother’s death but to no avail. In addition, she now was confused about who her actual father was.


    Her mind was in a total mess. Carter broke the silence. “It’s still early. Why don’t you two have a chat


    while I check if they’ve gotten any useful information from that guy?” With that suggestion, Carter went


    out and shut the door behind him, leaving Arielle and Vinson alone in the ward. With a wry smile, she


    looked at Vinson. “You must be thinking that I’m a joke. Neither am I the morous Ms. Moore nor Ms.


    Southhall. I’m just… an illegitimate child.” He frowned at her words. Putting on a stern face, he tried to


    correct her understanding. “I don’t know if you’re an illegitimate child.


    So what if you’re one? To me, you are who you are.” Though he appeared to be icy-cold, his gaze was


    unexpectedly warm. Arielle moved her stiffened fingers. His unswerving attitude and that one firm


    sentence uttered had effectively cleared the doubts she had and given her the courage needed to sail


    through these trying times. Vinson had once again reminded her that she would always be Arielle,


    regardless of whose daughter she was.


    He continued, “We can’t choose our parents and family background, so that’s no fault of yours. It’s the


    adults who’ve made a mistake.” Biting her lips, Arielle shared, “From what I can remember, Mom wasn’t


    that kind of a person… I don’t know why… why would she do that.” Vinson paused for two seconds.


    “Actually, there’s something about your mom that I think you should know. I didn’t tell you this earlier


    because I thought it’d be rude for me to say this.”


    Stunned, she lifted her head immediately. “About my mom? What’s it about? I’ve looked up a lot of


    information about her before going back to the Southalls. I believe I know everything about her.” He


    shook his head lightly. “There’s something not recorded in those files you read.” “What is it?” “Gossips


    shared amongst the socialites in Jadeborough. It didn’t cross my mind until I saw your DNA paternity


    report. Maybe you should hear this.”


    Clenching her fists, Arielle fretted. “Go on…” He looked her in the eyes and articted all the tittle-


    tattles about Maureen within the Jadeborough social circles. “You should know that your mom and


    Henrick got married in a sh. Based on her backgrounds, it would’ve deemed inappropriate for her to


    be married into the Southall family.


    The Southalls made a fortune from coal mines and then purchased properties in Jadeborough. He got


    married with your mom not long after settling down here. Don’t you think that this is so strange?” “Yup,”


    she acknowledged. “Rumor has it that your mom lost her virginity to a thug when she went hiking one


    day.


    As soon as she found out that she was pregnant, she looked for the Southalls anxiously…” Arielle’s


    brows were knitted together. “You’re saying that my mom was rape… that’s why she had me? She


    married my dad in order to give me a legitimate identity?”