Chapter 692

They had not fulfilled their duties as parents and grandfather, so why were they so harsh and unloving towards her?

She hated them. Her downfall was entirely their fault!

"No matter what you believe, those are the facts," Nash stated.

"No! They never loved me. Only you did. You love me!" Miranda clung to the bars. She refused to accept that Nash's kindness was just an obligation, following his grandfather's wishes.

"Grandfather was a rational man," Nash continued. "He knew the difference between right and wrong. The York family wasn't left to William but to an outsider like me because he knew the family couldn't be destroyed."

This was why Miranda could never return to the York family. Her malicious intent was clear to Grandfather. Even if he knew she was his granddaughter, he had to think about the family's well-being. Revealing her identity would have been disastrous.

For Miranda, this was a heavy blow. She had lived, believing in Nash's love, confident he would fall for her a