The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming (Natalie and Marcus) novel Chapter 1

Victor Langley was sitting on the couch at the Langley residence when he shoved a credit card into Natalie's face.

"Go back to the Walkers, and let's stop contacting each other. You can keep the card; it has 200,000 dollars in it. Consider this the last gesture of affection from Mom and me after raising you all these years.

"Natalie, please don't blame us for this. Selena suffered in the streets for many years. You've lived 20 years of her life and enjoyed 20 years of wealth and splendor that was rightfully hers. We can't keep you here if it'll upset Selena."

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A month ago, the Langleys found their long-lost daughter, Selena Langley. After running a DNA test and confirming the fact, they decided to kick Natalie Walker out.

Victor felt slightly reluctant. After all, he had raised Natalie for 20 years. Hence, he decided to give her 200,000 dollars as he kicked her out of the house.

Natalie appeared calm. She carried only a backpack filled with her belongings, leaving everything that belonged to the Langleys behind.

"That won't be necessary, Mr. Langley. Thank you. The Langleys have taken care of me all these years. I've given my blood to Mrs. Langley countless times before. Let's call it even. I wish the three of you all the happiness in the world."

Natalie got up and headed out without turning back.

Guilt floated in Victor's eyes as he watched Natalie leave, remembering everything that happened over the years.

When Natalie transfused her blood to Diana Ashcroft for the first time, Victor found out that Natalie wasn't their biological daughter.

From that moment on, Victor and Diana had been secretly searching for their real daughter while taking care of Natalie.

On one hand, they were reluctant to do so because of the relationship they had built over the years. On the other, Diana wasn't in good health and needed periodic blood transfusions.

The hospital had run countless tests on potential blood donors, but Diana was afraid they weren't clean enough. She would have been devastated if she caught a disease from accepting donations from just anyone.

As such, they took care of Natalie well, allowing her to periodically transfuse her blood to Diana, considering this act a way to repay the Langleys for raising her.

Natalie had donated her blood for many years. A thousand times was an appropriate estimation.

In other words, Natalie had been Diana's living blood bag since she was a child.

Later, Diana's body was nursed back to health and didn't require blood transfusions anymore. Coincidentally, they found their real daughter around the same time.

Their real daughter, Selena Langley, was kidnapped at birth by a hospital maternity nurse and sold off for a few thousand dollars. Then, the family who purchased Selena as a newborn had a son when she was three. So, they despised Selena and sold her off once again.

Just like that, Selena was sold multiple times and experienced living in countless households. She suffered maltreatment and had gone through a lot of pain.

When she found out she was supposedly born of money and could have grown up with her parents' love and wealth, she went ballistic.

She wailed and screamed, unwilling to even look at the replacement daughter who took 20 years of her life.

Selena went as far as to swear that the Langleys had to choose either her or Natalie.

Why did she have to suffer so much on Natalie's behalf, only to end up living with the person who had stolen her identity?

Victor and Diana ached for their real daughter dearly, so without hesitation, they abandoned Natalie, whom they had raised for 20 years.

Even before Selena officially returned home, they quickly removed Natalie's last name, Langley.

Victor thought Natalie would cause a scene and be unwilling to leave. After all, they may have found Selena, but Natalie's birth parents were still nowhere to be found.

Victor had posted Natalie's information and contact number on the family search network. If Natalie's parents were looking for her, they would have contacted her by now.

That said, Victor was worried Natalie wouldn't leave if her parents had not found her, so he lied and said she was from the Walker family in Amberton.