Chapter 3


    Isabe jerked her head up and looked fixedly at the handsome young man who was rted to her. He had at mocking smile hovering around his lips.


    For some reason, she found the whole situation very absurd and hrious.


    She let out loose augh.


    With a slight nod, she pulled open the door and got into the car. There were indeed things that she needed to make clear to the Lang family.


    A trace of bewilderment shed across the young man''s face, but the next second, he took on a derisive expression again and didn''t say anything.


    The driver took out his phone and called the Thompson family. Before long, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and Samantha walked out together.


    When the three of them got into the car, they were surprised


    to see Isabe there too. Mrs. Thompson gaped and asked,


    "Be, what are you doing here?"


    Isabe closed her eyes tiredly and replied, "I was on my


    way back and ran into Mr. Lang."


    Mrs. Thompson frowned a little. She had expected Isabe to be on that old man''s bed now. "It doesn''t matter. She hasExclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org.


    slept with him. That is all that matters," she thought.


    Mrs. Thompson then moved her eyes to Jason and said ingratiatingly, "Mr. Lang, we dote on Be a lot. Please don''t me her if she said or did anything improper."


    Before any preliminaries, she implied that Be was a spoiled girl who didn''t know how to act appropriately.


    Isabe''s long, thick eyshes fluttered, and her pale lips. curled into a sarcastic tilt. The emotions in her eyes were


    unreadable.


    She never knew that Mr. and Mrs. Thompson had ever doted


    on her.


    "I won''t," Jason answered.


    He was cold by nature, but he tried to be nice because it was Samantha''s biological mother he was speaking to.


    Mrs. Thompson said nothing more. She did not pay attention to Isabe and naturally did not take in her mocking smile.


    But Samantha was different. She had been stealing nces


    at Isabe since she got into the car.


    When she saw Isabe''s face, which looked very simr to Mrs. Lang''s, she felt like a bucket of ice-cold water had been poured over her head and chilled her to the bone. Mrs. Lang had not met Isabe yet. Samantha wondered whether Mrs. Lang would waver after seeing Isabe''s face, which closely resembled hers.


    Samantha silently clenched her fists. "Why? Why am I not my mother''s biological daughter?" she asked inside.


    If she were the real daughter of the Lang family, she wouldn''t be so ill at ease at that moment.


    She had thought that Isabe was just a stupid ordinary girl, but that mocking smile on Isabe''s face just now proved her wrong and inexplicably disturbed her.


    The car headed to where the Lang family lived. In the hall of the Lang family''s mansion, the atmosphere was somber.


    Ethan Lang was the head of the Lang family and the chairman of the Lang Group. He was over 50 years old, but his healthy lifestyle made him look in his early forties.


    Mrs. Lang looked even younger than him. She was in good shape and had an elegant air about her. People who didn''t know her wouldn''t be able to tell that she was a mother of two. Ethan said, "No matter what, she is our flesh and blood. So it''s just a matter of having one more person living with us."


    Mrs. Lang was apparently having a tough time epting her new daughter. "What about Sammy? What will Sammy think if we take that girl in?" she shouted.


    She had taken Sammy as her own daughter all the time and loved her with her whole heart. Sammy had been brilliant since young and Mrs. Lang didn''t know any girl sweeter than her.


    To Mrs. Lang, Isabe was just a girl she had never met. She wouldn''t be able to treat Isabe and Samantha equally.


    Moreover, she still considered Samantha as her daughter.


    Ethan was quiet for a moment. Deep down, he shared his wife''s feelings.


    However...


    "She has the Lang family''s bloodline, after all. We can''t just


    ignore her existence."


    Mrs. Lang replied quickly, "That''s easy.


    "Give her some money to buy property in the most prosperous area of the city. We can also give her a dowry in the future. She won''t be able to earn so much money in her whole life. That can be ourpensation to her.


    "In short, I won''t let her take anything away from Sammy!


    "If she dares to harm Sammy, she won''t get a single dime!" Mrs. Lang said fiercely, her pretty face contorted a little by at protective expression.


    Ethan was about to say something when Jason and the


    others walked in.


    "Dad. Mom."


    Jason called out to remind them of their arrival.


    They had walked in on Mrs. Lang saying those words.


    Mr. and Mrs. Thompson''s eyes glinted with slyness, and they heaved a sigh of relief. They could tell that Mrs. Lang cared for their daughter very much.


    They were relieved to know that Isabe wouldn''t be able to


    rece Sammy in the Lang family.


    Isabe looked utterly unperturbed.


    She had anticipated the attitude of her biological parents


    and was thus not disappointed at all.


    She just wanted to see how far the Lang family and the Thompson family would go for Samantha.


    Isabe lowered her gaze with an indifferent expression.


    Mrs. Lang was stunned at the sight of her.


    She stared at Isabe''s face, speechless from shock. "She looks so much like me!" she thought.


    However, when she thought that Isabe had been raised in an ordinary family and grown into an ordinary girl with a sullen and reserved personality, she felt so exasperated.


    Like now, she expected isabe to do more than just stand


    there in silence.


    "She should at least say hi. She has no manners!" she remarked in her heart.


    Mrs. Lang took a deep breath to calm herself down and noticed that Isabe''s mood wasn''t any better than hers.


    Ethan also felt mixed feelings when he saw Isabe''s face, which bore a 70 percent resemnce to her wife''s face and 30 percent to his.


    He couldn''t help but feel disappointed when Isabe remained silent.


    Samantha was way more tactful than her.


    "Mom!"


    At that moment, Samantha called out softly.


    Mrs. Lang came back to her senses after hearing her daughter''s gentle voice and immediately cast her a loving look. Seeing Samantha''s graceful posture and thinking. about how she excelled in every aspect of her life, Mrs. Lang. finally looked less glum.


    When she detected sorrow in Samantha''s eyes, her heart throbbed for her.


    "Sammy,e here. You don''t look well."


    Mrs. Lang waved at Samantha, and thetter obediently walked over to her. Mrs. Lang grabbed her hands with at concerned face and was surprised by their coldness. "Sammy, why are your hands so cold?" "Mom..." Samantha buried her face in her mother''s shoulder like she had done as a child and continued with a choked voice, "I came back to say goodbye to you and Dad. I..."


    "Sammy!" Mrs. Lang''s expression changed dramatically, and she interrupted Samantha in a panic.


    Ethan got flustered too.