The Ending She Read (And the One He Rewrote) novel Chapter 26

The living room fell quiet.

Harriet looked up, meeting Serena's quiet, assessing gaze.

As their eyes locked, Serena figured it out.

Harriet was here to declare war!

She didn't know who had been giving Harriet advice, teaching her not to act like the brainless, explosive idiot she used to be.

But a fool was still a fool at her core. She might play smart for a moment, but she couldn't keep it up forever.

Serena wasn't buying it. "Harriet, Caleb is coming back soon. Did he tell you?"

Caleb.

Harriet paused.

Alastair and Audrey had been unable to conceive for years after getting married. A medical check revealed Alastair had a low sperm count.

So, they adopted Caleb.

Whether it was good karma or just letting go of the stress, Audrey unexpectedly got pregnant when Caleb was three.

Then came the soap-opera-level tragedy of the swapped babies.

Harriet was switched out by a malicious nanny, dumped in the middle of nowhere, and ended up in an orphanage.

The nanny's daughter became the Sargent family heiress—Serena.

By the time Alastair and Audrey uncovered the truth and found Harriet, the girls were twenty years old.

The nanny had already been dead for over a decade.

In the book, Caleb grew up knowing he wasn't biologically a Sargent. He was incredibly devoted to Alastair and Audrey, and he spoiled Serena absolutely rotten. He accommodated her every whim.

As for the company, it went without saying. Caleb handled all the grueling work of expanding into overseas markets, doing everything hands-on.

It was widely acknowledged that the Sargent Group was where it was today because of Caleb.

Within the elite circle, everyone praised Caleb for his loyalty and integrity.

Compared to Alastair and Audrey, Caleb was Serena's true safety net.

Harriet understood exactly what Serena was implying.

But she wasn't scared!

If Caleb was truly as fiercely loyal to the family as everyone claimed, he needed to get his facts straight. Even if his parents had three children they loved, Harriet was the softest, most vulnerable spot in their hearts.

Because she was their only biological child!

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