Claimed By My Husband's Enemy novel Chapter 192

Chapter 192

Chapter 192

(Ari)

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The moon goddess had turned her back on me. I grew up believing exactly that. Good thing I had my dad. His memories were the only light in my usually gray world. But this man was telling me that Fabio Reese wasn’t my real dad.

I didn’t remember the images Lord Creed had shown me, but the feelings in my chest, and the cries of my wolf confirmed

the truth.

I shook my head, suddenly feeling so vulnerable. “No, I’m sorry. I don’t know who your daughter is.”

Creed’s shoulders sagged.

Mari had this light in her eyes that I didn’t have. She knew happiness. She was their bright and adorable kid while there was too much darkness in my soul. Compared to the girl in their memories, I felt… filthy.

Mari.

Ari.

Even our nicknames were the same as if the heavens were playing a trick on me.

“I don’t know who Mari is,” I repeated as tears leaked from my eyes. “She was lovely-”

“She ‘is’ lovely,” Creed corrected. “She will always be.”

If he saw the vicious wounds in the new Mari, would he still say that? If I drop this façade right now, would it be alright?

“I still don’t know her,” I repeated, both my head and my heart aching. “I only know one girl. Her name was Alexandra Reese. Her dad used to call her Ari. And she was anything but lovely.” My voice broke as all the insecurities I tried so hard to conceal resurfaced. “They said she was cursed. That she was the reason why her dad died. She was poor and after she lost her dad, she lived the next years of her life never knowing what peace is. She was anything but bright. She had to use mana to be able to read and write properly. Without that little trick, no school would have accepted her. She couldn’t protect herself the way your daughter could have. She was that weak. She even had to deceive anyone just so she could hide from her enemies.”

I looked up, ashamed. When the Blacks searched for their daughter, I was sure that this version of me was not the one they had in mind. That’s why they hadn’t found her yet.

Because she was so… different now.

“Look at me properly, my lord. Do I still look like your daughter?”

Creed nodded, softness didn’t waver in his eyes. “You are my daughter. Mari is never perfect. None of us are. But if there is one thing that our family can boast about her, it’s the fact that she is perfectly and adorably flawed. And that is what makes her perfect for us.”

I didn’t know what to say. I pulled my hair and turned my back, my wolf howled harder, stopping me from escaping the truth. And honestly, I was tired of escaping.

But how do I get over the fact that life cheated on me again? So, I was a princess all along? I had people who could protect me all this time.

But no protection came when I needed them.

As if reading my thoughts, the same vulnerability flickered in Creed’s eyes. “I am so sorry, sweetheart We tailed you didn’t

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Chapter 192

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Life failed me.

Spectacularly.

“We were late, weren’t we?”

I nodded.

So late.

Anguish crossed his face.

“What took you so long? Why did you come only now? I needed you. I needed all of you.”

My knees weakened. ‘I had to lean on the tree. I embraced myself like I often did the past years because no one else would

comfort me.

Creed’s face paled. “We’ve always wanted to come to you, Mari. We just don’t know where to find you but we never stopped searching. Can I… hold you?”

I nodded.

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