Chapter 2273


    Her voice trembled with sorrow as she spoke. Mom, is Dad still mad at me?"


    When she was hospitalized after being injured by Keegan''s aunt, Wenham Saun visited her every day.


    But he no longer treated her with the same warmth and intimacy he had when she was a child. There


    was a newfound distance and coldness.


    She had been deceived by Dahlia because she couldn''t let go of Keegan. Wenham had already


    warned her once when he noticed her feelings, but she had knowingly ignored his warning. He was


    utterly disappointed in her.


    Jaylene didn''t think it was wrong to love Keegan. She believed the faulty with Ste. If she had been


    lost for over twenty years, why did she have toe back and disrupt everything? Why did she have to


    come back and steal her father and brother?


    Their family of four had been so happy. Ste''s return had caused her parents to fall out of love, her


    brother to shift his affection toward his biological sister, and her father to no longer dote on her as he


    once did. Even her mother had be calcting, obsessed with shares and wealth.


    The blood rtionship felt like a sharp knife, slicing their family apart the moment Ste appeared.


    She rebelliously loved Keegan, yet she also yearned for her father and brother to love her as they used


    to.


    Darcie looked up at her. "When you decided topete with Ste for Keegan, you should have


    prepared yourself for this. Your dad raised you for twenty years and truly loved you, but Ste is his


    biological daughter, the child he once longed for and lost. After discovering the hardships she endured


    with the Jewell family, how could he not desperately try to make it up to her?


    "When I merely tested the waters at the reunion, your dad was furious. Without consulting me, he


    transferred all of Caline''s shares to Ste. We’ve been married for twenty years, and no matter how


    well I managed Caline or how outstanding my achievements were, he preferred to give me more


    dividends rather than shares. That''s the difference."


    She chuckled, but the smile seemed odd to Jaylene. "I should thank Freesia Hall for being generous.


    After Caline started making money, she sold her 25% stake to me at a low price based on the original


    capital ratio. Otherwise, how could I be sitting here now?"


    Darcie looked at her daughter. "Jaylene, don’t always seek pity from others. Mountains crumble, and


    people leave. The only one you can truly rely on is yourself."


    Jaylene felt a deep sadness. "Why isn''t he my biological father? Mom, if my dad were still alive, would


    someone care for me? He wouldn''t want me to be sad."


    Darcie''s eyes turned colder as she seemed to recall something. "If someone can’t give you anything


    but love, then it''s better to be without them."


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    Jaylene was about to say more when the office lights went out, and theputer screen went dark.


    Someone in the hallway shouted, "Did the power go out?"


    Darcie paused for a moment, then got up and walked out.


    Several people had already emerged from other offices, looking confused. Darcie noticed a shadow


    flickering at the end of the hallway.