Chapter 322


    Ian fell silent for a moment before he finally spoke up, “Did you figure it out?”


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    Edwin, seething with anger, gritted his teeth. “Ian, I thought of you as my best mate. You were the


    first person I told when this whole mess started. Not even my family knew. I trusted you. Why did


    you lie to me?”


    “You knew darn well that ra is the one I’ve been looking for. Why didn’t you tell me?” His voice


    was close to a roar.


    He had always believed that Ian was helping him find his sister, but he never imagined that his so-


    called friend would conceal the truth from him.


    Ian’s voice remained as cold as ever. “And what if I have told you? Could you have controlled


    yourself and not acknowledged her? Do you realize how much that would hurt her?”


    “So by not telling me, you think there’s no harm done? She still nearly got killed because of Heidi.”


    “That’s because you were careless. You didn’t even notice your secret was discovered. If you had,


    ra wouldn’t have been in such danger.”


    “Ian, don’t get too cocky. ra is my sister. If you think you can just marry her, you’ve got to get


    past both the Campbell and the York families first!”


    Ian stood his ground. “If you want to im ra back, keep Heidi in line first. If she tries to harm


    ra again, I’ll make sure it’ll be the end of her!”


    For the first time, the two friends who had grown up together were at each other’s throats, and the


    air around them was thick with tension.


    When faced with the truth, Edwin painfully closed his eyes for a moment. He knew that Ian must


    have done a DNA test. So, ra was indeed his mother’s daughter, his long-lost sister.


    After a tense silence, Ian finally spoke with a calmer tone. “When Grandpa Reed left, ra was


    devastated. Can you imagine how much more pain she would feel knowing her beloved father isn’t


    her biological dad?”


    “I get where you’reing from, but you also need to consider her feelings. This isn’t something to


    rush into. You have to think it through.”


    Those words gradually brought Edwin back to his senses. He still hadn’t found out who was behind


    his mother’s car ident. If he let ra im her rightful ce now and drove Heidi out of the


    Campbell family, it would only put her in greater danger.


    Facing his real sister yet unable to acknowledge her, Edwin felt his eyes moistened once more.


    When he thought of all the hardships ra had endured, and thevish affection Heidi had received


    since childhood, the resentment in Edwin’s heart grew heavier.


    After hanging up the phone, he sat alone in his room, taking a long time to digest everything.


    That was until the butler knocked on his door, who informed Edwin that his father, Paolo, had


    arrived.


    Edwin immediately got up and went to his grandfather’s study.


    Paolo was slumped on the sofa, looking utterly defeated. Michael, fuming with anger, grabbed a


    mug from the table and hurled it at Paolo.


    Paolo didn’t dodge, so the cup hit him square in the head. The blood immediately trickled down.


    Without tending to his wound, he sat there like a condemned man, head bowed in silence.


    Michael mmed the table forcefully, barking, “Paolo, cut the act. We’ve got all the evidence we


    need. You can’t deny it anymore. Tell me, who is that woman?!”


    Confronted by Michael’s pressure, James’ disdainful gaze, and the revulsion from his own son,


    Paolo clenched his fist weakly. He hadn’t foreseen that his mistake from years ago would lead to the


    loss of his wife and daughter.


    He watched Michael, tears streaming down his face, “Dad, I''m sorry. I failed May. But I never


    intended for this to happen. I didn’t know Heidi wasn’t May’s daughter. The affair with that woman


    ended years ago. I don’t know her name or even what she looks like. She always wore a veil when


    we were together.”