Chloe Reed met his gaze, her clear eyes glacial. "You still want to yell at me?"
"I..."
Charles Reed was angry, but more than that, he was conflicted.
They had grown more and more distant from their daughter, but as far as they were concerned, all of that was in the past.
’Autumn Linton could be gone any day now. Faced with a dying person, surely she could tell a few white lies.’
’At the very least, it would let Autumn Linton pass on peacefully, without any regrets.’
"I know what you’re thinking. Anyone can put on an act, but I refuse." Chloe Reed’s voice remained cold. "I was wronged a great deal in the past. From the time I was ten, you stopped loving me. So, why should I play along with your charade?"
Autumn Linton wept silently, looking at her with sorrow-filled eyes. She never imagined that Chloe would say such things, especially not now.
Charles Reed’s expression was grim. "We gave you life, and this is how you repay us?"
"You’re not the ones who gave birth to me."
Chloe Reed promptly produced a paternity test report. "You were too biased. I started to suspect I wasn’t your biological daughter, so I had a paternity test done. The results confirmed it."
The old woman started, looking at her in astonishment. "Chloe?"
Chloe Reed’s features softened. "Grandma, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about this sooner, but I feel now isn’t too late either."
She squeezed the old woman’s hand. "Rather than letting them use our relationship to coerce me time and again, it’s better to just lay everything bare. If I’m not related to them, they’ll have no reason to make me do anything anymore."
"Impossible!"

His expression grew vacant. ’Then... where was their biological daughter?’

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