Yet Tessa still was not satisfied.
If this had happened to Aurora instead, she would have been grateful beyond measure.
Only someone as insatiable as Tessa would always want more.
Grace also understood that there was no way back for her now.
She looked at the evidence showing years of contact between the man she once loved and Tessa, along with the final signature.
It was unmistakably Sean’s handwriting.
At that thought, Grace closed her eyes, the heavy weight pressing on her chest finally crashing down.
It turned out that everything was nothing more than her own misplaced devotion. What Sean wanted, from beginning to end, was the power in her hands.
Grace looked again at Tessa.
It seemed that Sean and his deceased wife were the true lovers.
Otherwise, how could Tessa have come into this world?
Grace collapsed weakly into her chair and finally covered her face, breaking down in tears.
All these years had been nothing but a lie.
In truth, over the years, Grace and Sean kept in contact.
Sean always spoke with gratitude, thanking her for helping raise Tessa.
Beyond that, he said nothing more, never made promises and offered anything real.
Only now did Grace finally understand that those words were nothing more than empty pleasantries.
It had all been an enormous deception.
Once the haze of first love lifted, Grace finally saw Sean for who he truly was.
Aurora watched Grace slump in the chair, sobbing, a faint ripple passing through her eyes.
When Aurora decided to reveal the truth at the banquet, she already anticipated Grace’s reaction.
She knew Grace would be heartbroken.
But if this had not been exposed, there was no telling what Tessa might do to the Walton Corporation.


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