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Chapter 182

Author: Aurora Wells
There was one suspicion buried deep in my heart that I never dared to face.

From Dolly, I found out that five years ago, I recklessly invested the one hundred million my grandfather left me, under my name, into the struggling Moore Group.

That decision led my parents to publicly sever ties with me in the papers.

No matter how many times I asked, Dolly refused to tell me what happened to them afterward.

And then there was my brother.

Even though Nicholas and I had mended our relationship, every time I brought up wanting to see our parents or told him how much I missed them, he would always find a way to dodge the conversation.

All of this made me afraid to dig deeper.

I was scared the truth would be more than I could handle.

For now, my only focus was to recover that one hundred million dollars, along with the shares and dividends Julian owed me.

Family could be mended after being hurt, but the only way I could make up for my past mistake was with money.

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