Five Years Wasted Now They Beg Her Back novel Chapter 570

When the door swung open, Lottie had her dress bunched in her fists, ready to bulldoze her way in, while Mark was right behind her, yelling, "No! No!" and scrambling to hold her back.

Spotting Grace, Lottie instantly dropped the fabric.

"Grace, you scared the hell out of me!"

She lunged forward, grabbing Grace and scanning her from head to toe. "Well? Are you okay? Where's Gianna?"

Grace stepped aside, revealing the older woman. "Lottie, she... she's our biological grandmother."

Fiona offered Lottie a tentative nod and a deeply affectionate smile.

Lottie wasn't buying it for a second.

She yanked Grace closer and hissed, "Are you being conned?"

"That's what I need to explain to you."

Grace pulled her sister into the house and quickly relayed everything Fiona had just told them.

Even after hearing the entire tragic history, Lottie's reaction remained ice-cold.

"So," Lottie drawled, crossing her arms over her chest, completely unfazed. "Do you have any actual proof that you're Lauren's mother?"

The question hit Grace like a bucket of cold water.

Right. Why did I just blindly believe her without asking for proof?

She shot a glance at Damien, only to find him clearing his throat, the tips of his ears burning red.

Clearly, it had completely slipped his mind too.

Fiona gazed at this second granddaughter—equally beautiful but carrying an entirely different, fiery aura—and felt a complex knot of emotions.

She retrieved a photo album, along with the stacks of letters she and Melissa had exchanged over the years, handing them over for inspection.

Lottie scrutinized the evidence for ages, still heavily skeptical.

"Child, I know you blame me..."

"I don't blame you."

Lottie cut her off sharply. "Honestly, I don't care for this whole sob story. I grew up in Sorentia. I had an adoptive mother who loved me, and I've never felt abandoned."

She pivoted to face Grace. "I'm just furious on Grace's behalf."

Lottie jabbed a finger at her sister. "She is also Lauren's daughter. She carries the same Helix Line blood as me. While I was painting in Rome, sipping coffee, and falling in love, she was rotting in the Hart family's personal hell."

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