Farewell to Love: The CEO's Desperate Chase novel Chapter 710

"You are so incredibly lucky to have a daughter like her," Stella finished warmly. With the contract finalized, she gathered her things, said her goodbyes, and happily departed the estate.

Paisley stood frozen on the patio, watching the woman walk away.

Her face was an impenetrable mask, revealing none of the turmoil churning inside her.

The butler watched her carefully, hoping to see a glimmer of softening in her eyes, but he found nothing.

He let out a quiet, resigned sigh.

Paisley turned and walked away. She took a golf cart back to her secluded guest house, barely glancing at the massive, brightly lit main mansion where Emilia and Theodore lived.

...

Inside the sprawling master suite of the main house.

Emilia sat at her vanity, slowly wiping away her makeup.

She stared at her reflection in the gilded mirror.

She was a flawless, younger replica of Paisley.

Yet, despite sharing the exact same face, the chasm between them was terrifyingly deep.

Even when preparing for the Inceptus launch, she had tried to include her mother, only to be met with immediate hostility.

"Keep me out of it. I refuse to have my name tied to his," Paisley had spat, referring to Emilia's late father.

So, Emilia had quietly arranged the silent shares and guaranteed dividends, requiring nothing from Paisley but a bank account number.

That was the only way her mother had accepted the gesture.

Staring into the mirror, the ghosts of the past clawed their way back to the surface.

After her father's tragic death, they had lost everything.

Paisley, a pampered socialite, was forced into grueling, back-breaking labor just to keep them from starving.

The endless, grinding poverty had broken her spirit.

Then, they met Absolon Foster.

Paisley was exhausted and terrified of living in the slums, so she made a choice.

She married the monster to secure a roof over their heads.

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