Bianca woke up, her eyes slowly opening and focusing until she could make out the person before her. Her lips moved slightly; having just awakened, she found it hard to speak and needed time to adjust.


    “Mum,” Meredith eximed with ecstatic joy. “Mum, you’re awake.”


    At Meredith’s call, Bianca’s eyes widened in confusion and surprise. She was startled-why was Meredith calling her ‘mum’? Was she hallucinating?


    “Mum, it’s me, Meredith, your daughter,” Meredith choked up, pulling out a paternity test. “Look, this is the result of our paternity test. I’m your daughter.”


    “Daughter?” Bianca’s voice was faint as she spoke with effort. “You are my daughter?”Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org.


    Tears rolled down Bianca’s cheeks as she looked at the paternity document. She was moved, overjoyed, and astonished that Meredith was indeed her daughter. Suddenly, Bianca understood why she always felt a certain closeness to Meredith, the desire to be near her, to cherish her. Whenever Meredith was in trouble, Bianca felt worried-an instinctive mother-daughter bond.


    Overwhelmed with emotion, Bianca sped Meredith’s hand tightly. “To think that I could meet my daughter, Meredith, in my lifetime, my daughter…”


    Bianca raised her hand, wishing to caress Meredith’s face. “Mum,” Meredith leaned in to make it easier for Bianca, sparing her any strain.


    As Bianca stroked her daughter’s face, tears streamed down her cheeks. “Even in the afterlife, I can face your father now, knowing he would be proud to see how wonderful his daughter turned out.”


    Meredith was emotionally torn; she would never see her father again. He had died in an ident while searching for her.


    “Mum, you need to get better,” Meredith insisted, cing Bianca’s hand on her belly. “You have a granddaughter on the way. Don’t you want to hear her call you ‘grandma’? Mum, don’t leave me. We’ve just found each other. I want to care for you, to feel loved by my mother.”


    “Alright,” Bianca replied, her eyes filled with tender love, although she knew her time was nearly up. These words were merely tofort Meredith. Meeting her biological daughter was her final wish fulfilled.


    Bianca suddenly asked, “Where are Joy and your aunt?”


    Her spirit seemed to brighten for a moment, herplexion rosier, as if experiencing ast burst of energy.


    “Joy Chaucer is at thepany. She’s about to take over as chairman today,” Meredith replied. “Chloe hasn’t arrived yet. Mum, do you want to see them?”


    Hearing that Joy Chaucer was about to take over thepany, Bianca became anxious: “Meredith, hurry, go to thepany to stop Joy. She must not take over as chairman, the Chaucer family cannot fall into her hands.”


    If her biological daughter was just an ordinary person, Bianca couldn’t protect her now. But Meredith was married to Terrence Sterling, backed by the powerful Sterling family. Bianca wanted everything in the Chaucer family to go to Meredith-that’s why she urged her to act.


    “Mum, Joy Chaucer has your shares…”


    “When did I ever transfer shares to her?” Bianca interjected. “Meredith, go find mywyer, Weston Wells, and go to the bank’s safe deposit box. The password is your father’s death anniversary, October 10th. Take what’s inside directly to thepany. There’s something in that safe that can stop Joy-hurry!”


    Bianca had resolved not to leave her legacy to Joy Chaucer, but there was so much she hadn’t had the chance to exin to Meredith. Once Joy took over as chairman, it would be toote.


    “Okay, Mum, calm down, I’ll go now,” Meredith nced at the time, realizing it was just over twenty minutes until ten o’clock.


    Rushing to the bank now was not feasible. To ease Bianca’s worries, Meredith had to first stop Joy Chaucer. She hurried out of the hospital, calling Selene to retrieve the items from the safe, while she and Linda headed to Falconer Holdings.


    “Meredith,” Linda questioned as they sped away, “can we make it to Falconer Holdings before ten?”


    “It’s unlikely,” Linda replied anxiously.


    “We’ll have to dy Joy’s meeting then,” Meredith thought of Terrence Sterling and quickly dialed his number, asking him to devise a n.


    Just as Meredith left, Chloe arrived at the hospital, pushing open the door to Bianca’s room and seeing her newly awakened mother.