The Ex-Wife He Can’t Have novel Chapter 289

The records were painfully straightforward. Stella was trafficked as an infant, rescued, and bounced through multiple welfare systems. The file detailed her daily life in the orphanage, her medical records for several surgeries, and the complete paper trail of Jillian's adoption.

From start to finish, she looked like a completely ordinary orphan with a tragic past.

Because she had been trafficked when she was only a few months old—long before she could speak—there were no testimonies or memories of the abduction. She had been passed through the hands of human traffickers like a piece of cargo.

Killian tossed the file into his drawer and pressed hard against his throbbing temples. A heavy cloud of suspicion refused to dissipate.

It was all just too convenient.

He kept asking himself if he was just being paranoid.

People had doppelgängers. Maybe the resemblance between Jillian and Stella really was just a freak coincidence.

But he couldn't let it go.

The dates aligned perfectly. Stella and Connor were exactly the same age.

After Jillian gave birth to her son, she had been stuck at home acting as a full-time mother. She simply hadn't had the time or the freedom to have an affair.

Yet, his gut was screaming that something was fundamentally wrong.

If Stella really was Jillian's biological daughter, then who was the father?

During their marriage, the only man Jillian had ever been close to was Daniel Langley.

Stella had been introduced to them through a charity project run by Mallory Vaughn—and Mallory was the exact person Daniel had originally introduced to Jillian.

A wild theory began to take root in Killian's mind. What if Daniel, constrained by their respective situations, couldn't openly claim his illegitimate daughter? What if he had orchestrated this entire charity setup, letting Jillian 'adopt' the girl so she could raise her own flesh and blood in plain sight?

But seconds later, he tore the theory apart.

With the Langley family's immense wealth and power, even a child born out of wedlock could be comfortably provided for. Daniel would never need to construct such an elaborate, convoluted scheme.

"Get out."

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