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\nReturn Of The Real Heiress: Secrets And Masks novel Chapter 143<\/p>\n
COMMENT<\/p>\n
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Roy\u2019s words attracted Cherise\u2019s attention, so she raised her eyes her expression showing no surprise slightly She said coldly.<\/p>\n
\u201cCool\u201d<\/p>\n
Roy slowly opened his vacant eyes, his mind wandering back to that year. \u201cWe were all students at Broania University, and Claire was famously known as the school beauty queen, celebrated for her talents and looks among our batch.<\/p>\n
\u201cBack then, many guys at school admired her, including Jacob, the heartthrob on campus.<\/p>\n
Jacob was the second son of the influential Leach Group, wealthy and powerful, and his good looks made him very popular among the girls at school.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for me, I was just a student from a small, remote village. While many guys were enarnored with Claire, I found myself drawn to Mandy, whose background was much like mine.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though the Lewis family had taken in Mandy and was officially recognized as their heiress.<\/p>\n
To the public, she remained a girl brought back from the orphanage, an illegitimate daughter the Lewis family was reluctant to acknowledge openly.<\/p>\n
\u201cMandy might not have been as stunning as Claire, but she was still charming. I quietly watched her, secretly having a crush and deeply admiring her.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knew I admired her and never looked down on me for being from a small town. She always treated me with great care. \u201cThere was a time when I thought she might like me too, which led me to be almost obsessed with her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI obediently followed her every word.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, at a friend\u2019s birthday party, after drinking, Mandy confessed her true feelings to Jacob in front of everyone. It was a huge shock for me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI realized then that the girl 1 had admired for so long had feelings for someone else, and I\u2019d foolishly thought she liked me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understood, who wouldn\u2019t want to be with a wealthy and charming man? I was just fooling myself.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut back then, everyone knew Jacob was interested in Claire and pursued her with determination.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, when Mandy confessed her feelings to him, Jacob showed no reaction at all, leaving her heartbroken right there. \u201cAfter the party ended that night, she came to me for comfort, and I couldn\u2019t help but feel deeply pathetic for myself. \u201cBut seeing her tear\u2013streaked, delicate face looking so helpless, couldn\u2019t stay indifferent.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe willingly sought a hug, and with her warm and inviting presence, our youthful emotions took over, and we couldn\u2019t resist that night.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis made me feel even more guilty towards her, and for the next four years, we kept our relationship a secret from everyone.<\/p>\n
A year after Jacob married Claire, she, unwilling to just be a housewife and being a top graduate in Journalism and Communications, volunteered to go to Astamia as a war correspondent.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith her gone, Jacob was left with their baby daughter, making him feel lonely and restless as a married man.<\/p>\n
\u201cMandy took advantage of the opportunity she saw,<\/p>\n
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\u201cHowever, less than a month, into her relationship with Jacobs, she realized she was already 14 weeks pregnant, which clearly meant the child wasn\u2019t Jacob\u2019s but mine.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat same year, I was hit with the unfortunate news of my mother\u2019s sudden cancer diagnosis, completely draining my savings and leaving me deeply in debt from my startup.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt helpless and guilty because I couldn\u2019t provide a happy life for Mandy and the child she was carrying<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, under Mandy\u2019s relentless pleading, I agreed to keep it a secret from Jacob and the whole Leach family. Our goal was to ensure our child could have a life everyone would envy, unlike her biological parents who had no future.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, the Leach family was quite influential, and even before the baby was born, Mr. Oliver Leach found out and repeatedly ordered Mandy to have an abortion<\/p>\n
\u201cMandy already saw the baby as her bargaining chip to tie Jacob down. There was no way she would give it up.<\/p>\n
\u201cCoincidentally, her brother Felix came back from Manesia. I recall that day was exactly a week before Mandy\u2019s due date. She said she would meet him, and the next time I saw her was two years after the baby was born.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat day I saw her and our daughter at the entrance of a luxury housing complex, where Jacob was holding the baby affectionately by her side.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing my own child in another man\u2019s arms caused an uncontrollable rage to erupt within me.<\/p>\n
The next day, I waited for Mandy near that neighborhood. She was taken aback to see me, but she quickly reassured me<\/p>\n
h this way, she gradually deceived and lured me<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring those years when my business was finally earning some money, she treated me like a backup and Jacob under the pretense of being her college friend.<\/p>\n
I hovered around her<\/p>\n
\u201cWhenever Mandy needed something, she would reach out to me. When she didn\u2019t, she treated me just like any other classmate.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen our child turned three, we got word from the front lines that Claire had died. That day was probably the happiest for Mandy.<\/p>\n
\u201cCoincidentally, during that time, the Leach family also fell into a financial crisis.<\/p>\n
\u201cPerhaps it was just the right moment, as Mandy\u2019s brother, Felix, inherited the family business and his ventures rapidly thrived during those years.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though Mr. Oliver Leach didn\u2019t like her, he was in urgent need of funds at that time. So, he agreed to Mandy\u2019s marriage to Jacob, with the only condition being that Shirley was publicly introduced as Mandy\u2019s stepdaughter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThus, with the 600 million dollars of dowry Felix gave her, Mandy married into the Leach family with my biological daughter less than six months after Claire, Jacob\u2019s first wife, had died.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter they got married, I chose to go abroad with another classmate to start a business, and this endeavor lasted for 12 years<\/p>\n
\u201cThree years ago, thinking I had enough money to bring my wife and daughter back so we could live together, I returned home.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut little did I know, this return home would trap me forever.\u201d<\/p>\n
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