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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

Author: Alina Vanette
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-26 23:41:05

The drive to the manor was the longest drive of Isabel's life.

It felt like it was never coming to an end, and in the latter part of the drive, she wished she could buy herself more time.

Although it has been eight years of seperation.it felt like an enternity, and her heart raced with anticipation and dread.

What would they be like?

What if they don't like her and refused to acknowledge her as their mother?

Of course she wasn't expecting them to jump for joy when they meet. She wasn't even expecting them to acknowledge her, since she wasn't legally their mother, and she doesn't know what the man have told them before now.

He wouldn't tell her when she asked him, but she suspected that he'd told them the truth.

"She was just a vessel to carry my heirs, and you don't need to know who she is."

However, a twinkle of faith lingered in her heart, giving her hope she didn't want to accept, but couldn't help herself.

The last time she saw them, they were both newborns weighing no more tha
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