Mrs. Maskelyne slapped Poppy hard across the face.
Poppy looked at her with humiliation, but stubbornly kept her tears from falling.
She had always known that she was the young lady of the Maskelyne family on the outside, but Mrs. Maskelyne had only cared about her two birth daughters.
She and James were no better than a dog in the Maskelyne family, because both she and James were children of Tyrell and the maids.
"Bastard! Without the Maskelyne family, think you can study aboard and live a rich life? It's time for you to repay the Maskelyne family for raising you all these years."
Mrs. Maskelyne cupped Poppy's chin. "You have to sleep with Mr. King tonight or I will kill you!"
Poppy shook her head in horror as her eyes widened. Although she couldn't hear what Mrs. Maskelyne was saying, her intuition told her that it was definitely nothing good.
She choked, "Madam, I can't hear ... I can't hear anything."
She handed over the pen and paper with trembling hands.
A trace of mockery flashed through Mrs. Maskelyne's eyes. She took the paper and pen and wrote down some words.
When Poppy looked clearly at what was written on the paper.
She went pale.
"You are now a deaf. Since you still have some use, you sleep with Mr. King tonight! Mr. King promised to invest 300 million in the lab. Now it's time for you to support your father's career."
"No, I don't want ..." Poppy's chest was heaving. She reached out to grab the hem of Tyrell's shirt, raising her teary eyes to look at Tyrell's cold and hostile face, "Dad, please, don't ... don't let me sleep with Mr. King. I have a movie to shoot to make money now. I'll give you all the money I've earned. Don't ..."
"You have no choice! The Maskelyne family has raised you for so many years, and you want to do nothing in return? It's time for you to repay us!" Mrs. Maskelyne wrote quickly on the paper, "You're deaf now. What else can you do? It's good enough that someone still wants you!"
"You're a piece of shit!"
Tyrell coldly pushed Poppy's hand away, and Poppy fell onto the bed, feeling weak.
It was like pouring ice water over her head on a summer day. The icy chill ate into her bones..
Her parents did not hesitate to push her to the abyss for money's sake.
She murmured, "Franklin has money ... Can't he take out 300 million?"
"Mr. King is very interested in our research. He's my partner. Since I can use his money, why should I use Maskelyne Group's money? It can be saved to do more things!" Mrs. Maskelyne wrote again on the paper.
"Do you think your brother will get you the money? Do you think you are really worth 300 million? You're a loser. How could your brother possibly spend money for you?"
Poppy felt herself too naive.
What was she? She and Franklin were half siblings ...Franklin had been nice enough to her all these years!
"Yes ... Franklin and I are half siblings. He has been kind enough to me."
Poppy was so painful that she was almost unable to breathe.
"You're wrong. He's not your father's son at all. He's not even related to you." Mrs. Maskelyne cupped Poppy's chin and stared at her sharply, holding up the paper. "You have nothing but this pretty face."
Franklin was not related to her?
"How could it be possible? You're lying! You're lying! How could my brother not be related to me?"
Poppy's head went blank.
How could ...
Franklin was not her brother?
Franklin, who sheltered her, turned out to be unrelated to her.
Did that mean that Sylvia would have nothing to do with her in the future?
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The readers' comments on the novel: After divorce, Ex-wife Revealed Identities
I just started to read this because it said it is "finished". Np I am stuck on the middle of it. What it is all about?...
there is update for quite while....
Please update. I still hope to finish this story. I really like it....
Story says complete but it is incomplete...
please let franklin and sylvia back together. thanks...
Update please. Any chance of more than one update a day? Thankies....
Is there no chance of getting more than 1 chapter a day please?...
I hope his not getting parasite love poison too. And get untangle with other women....
I'm just wondering is this the last chapter? I know that this book is not finished but it does say completed. I love it and don't want it to stop just like that....