Chapter 10 - The Woman I Thought Was My Mother Revealed the Truth About Where I Really Came FromMy mother took me somewhere private.
She sat across from me.
“You are my daughter.”
“But not by blood.”
“No.”
“Who were my real parents?”
She cried.
“Your father and I found you.”
“Where?”
“In a safe house.”
“Why?”
“Your biological parents were killed.”
“By whom?”
“People connected to the Crown Ledger.”
“What was their name?”
She whispered:
“Isabella and Michael Hart.”
My father's name.
My mother's name.
Different from what I knew.
My biological father was not Daniel Carter.
He had stolen the identity.
The real Daniel Carter was an intelligence officer.
He had been investigating the criminal network.
He died protecting me.
My mother had adopted me after.
She had loved me.
She was still my mother.
The bloodline didn't matter.
But the truth did.
I had been chosen.
Not born into this family.
Chosen.
Adrien found me later.
“You okay?”
“No.”
He sat.
“You're still you.”
I laughed.
“Am I?”
“Yes.”
“How?”
“Because I didn't fall in love with your blood.”
I stared.
“What did you fall in love with?”
“You.”
My heart broke.
He took my hand.
“You are Lena.”
“Nothing changes that.”
I looked at him.
“I thought blood was everything.”
He shook his head.
“No.”
“Then what is?”
“Choice.”
His word echoed through everything.
My father had used blood.
My mother had used love.
Adrien had chosen.
I finally understood.
That night, we created a new plan.
We would dismantle the Crown Ledger completely.
Every secret would be released to independent investigators.
No blackmail.
No power.
No hidden empire.
We uploaded everything.
The database became evidence.
The network collapsed.
Marcus was arrested.
The judges were charged.
Politicians resigned.
Banks cooperated.
The last part of my father's empire disappeared.
But he still had one secret.
The original ledger.
The handwritten one.
The source.
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He wouldn't give it up.
We needed him to.
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