Chapter 264
Thugs came to take over the place, ransacked anything valuable, and even turned their packed luggage upside down.
After they moved into a rented apartment, she searched everywhere for those two diaries, but she couldn’t find them no matter how hard she looked.
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She always figured the thugs must’ve tossed them out during the move, and she was scared to death someone would find them.
Thankfully, she’d only ever written Leo’s name in those pages-never her own.
But after marrying Leo, she spent the first few years constantly anxious, worried those diaries might resurface.
When they never turned up, she figured they were gone for good and would never come
back to haunt her.
Who would’ve thought her ex-husband had been hiding them all this time, never breathed a
word about it?
If she’d known, she would’ve paid someone to make him hand them over, or made sure he kept his mouth shut for good.
Instead, every time he moved, she’d make his life hell until he had no choice but to move again.
Two years ago, he was forced to move once more, and then he just vanished-no one could find him anywhere.
Her life kept getting better, and she’d gotten over her old grudges, so she never bothered to send anyone after him.
Now she regretted it-she should’ve kept someone on his trail, just to make sure he never caused trouble again.
If she had, that bastard wouldn’t be out there stirring up trouble for her now.
Seeing her mom’s face turn ashen and stricken, Nicole felt a jolt of panic in her chest. “Mom, am I really his daughter or not?”
Her mom took a deep breath, her voice low and heavy with regret. “No, Nicole. He’s not your real dad.”
Honestly, she almost wished the gossip online was true-that her daughter really was Leo’s love child.
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But she knew all too well that wasn’t the reality.
Nicole’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Then whose daughter am I?”
Her mom covered her face, her voice heavy with regret. “I honestly don’t know who your real father is.”
She went on to explain that, back when she was at her lowest, she’d ended up spending the night with a stranger in a hotel-and that’s how Nicole came into the world.
Afterward, she’d tried to find the man, but it was like he’d disappeared off the face of the earth-she couldn’t dig up a single clue.
She never thought this secret would ever see the light of day.
Nicole’s face went pale, her voice shaky with disbelief. “How could this happen?”
The bigger her hopes had been, the harder it stung to have them crushed like this.
Her mom had actually gone that far-no wonder her ex-dad ended up treating them both
like that.
She could still remember her childhood so clearly. At first, her ex-dad spoiled her rotten, then one day, out of nowhere, everything flipped.
She’d never understood how someone could change so suddenly, but now she finally got it.
Nicole blurted out, her voice trembling, “Mom, do you think my stepdad knows about all
this?”
If he ever found out, who knows what he’d think of us-she couldn’t even imagine it.
Nicole knew her mom had totally planned to marry him from the very beginning.
With the way he is, if he ever uncovered the truth, who knows what kind of storm he’d unleash.
Her mom was scared out of her mind just thinking about what he’d do if he ever got his hands on those diaries and the paternity test results.
“This whole thing is already a trending topic on X-there’s no hiding it now,” her mom said, her voice trembling.
She was totally panicked, her voice shaking. “He must’ve found out already. What am I gonna do now?”
Nicole thought for a moment, then said, “You should really take the initiative and go talk to him. Just tell him you were head over heels for him, and that’s why you kept those diaries.
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“And maybe it’s time to be honest about how you planned everything to end up with him back then.
“You did all of it because you loved him so much.
“Honestly, he’s got feelings for you. If you just lay it all out and tell him the truth, that’s your best shot right now.”
If anyone really digs into what happened back then, the truth will come out-there’s always some evidence left behind when you do something shady.
Better for her mom to fess up first and say it was all because she loved him too much, rather than letting her stepdad uncover everything himself.
Her stepdad and Nicolas were totally different.
Her stepdad really did have feelings for her mom, but Nicolas’s heart belonged to Alicia alone.
So Nicole could never win Nicolas over with love, but her mom might just pull it off.
Nicole wasn’t about to lose her spot as the Hammond family’s heiress, and there was no way she’d ever let herself get kicked out of the Hammond family.
So whatever happened, she’d do anything to keep her mom and her stepdad together-no way she’d let them split up.
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Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.