After Kylie left, Lydia wandered into the walk-in closet to pick out something to wear. It was obvious how much effort Kylie and Cameron had put into this. Every single item was handpicked, all designer, all top of the line. Most of them were from LYLX, that brand every rich girl in the Capital dreams about.
She settled on a crisp white shirt, blue jeans, and her favorite white sneakers. Her long hair just draped over her shoulders, no need for any fuss. With her glowing skin and delicate features, she didn’t bother with makeup. She looked like any college student, fresh-faced and effortlessly beautiful.
Just as she was about to head downstairs, she heard Cameron’s voice floating up from below.
“Is everything ready? My baby girl’s about to come down!”
“We’re all set, sir!”
Lydia couldn’t help but feel curious. What exactly had Cameron and Kylie done for her? She moved to the window and pulled back the curtain for a peek.
She stopped in her tracks.
Out in the garden, the emerald grass was decorated with a huge, three-dimensional pink heart made entirely of Ecuadorian roses. Right in the middle, red roses spelled out, “Welcome Home, Baby Girl!” Underneath, another line read, “Mom and Dad Love You!”
Something shifted inside Lydia. So this was what it felt like to be cherished by your parents. It was unfamiliar, yet so warm.
The guards at the gate spotted her and immediately bowed. “Welcome home, miss.”
Lucinda had just heard someone call out “honey” as her car stopped, but she didn’t think much of it. She did notice the guards just called her “miss” today, not their usual “Miss Norwood.”
She glanced at her longtime nanny. “Grace, I thought I heard Mom’s voice just now. You didn’t tell her I was coming back today, did you?”
Grace, who had looked after Lucinda since she was little, smiled with her eyes crinkling. “Miss Lucinda, we wouldn’t dare say a word. Maybe she found out on her own.”

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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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