I had previously asked my aunt about my background several times, but each time, the matter was left unresolved. Asking now, she would still not tell me anything.


    ing eyes.


    Jane agreed. She leaned back on the sofa, thinking for a while before turning to me with sparkling So, you''re the one Frank was betrothed to, the legendary little fiancee of his?" "Pfft, ahem..."


    I was drinking water when she suddenly said this, causing me to spit it out and choke badly.


    1 coughed for a while.


    Sheughed and handed me several tissues. "Why are you so nervous?"


    "Who''s nervous?"


    "The betrothed fiancee of Frank is nervous." She shook her head andughed.


    For two consecutive days, I was somewhat distracted. Just thinking about that paternity test, which could determine my future and negate my past 26 years of life, was overwhelming. It could erase every moment of my parents'' love in my memories.


    I had no sense of security.


    It felt like I had gone from being a person with roots and a foundation to a leaf floating on the ocean.


    Fortunately, even though each second felt like a year, I finally made it to the day the paternity test report would be released.


    Frank came to pick me up from the hotel.


    On the way to the Shaw family''s residence, despite it being spring, I could feel a thinyer of forming in the palm of my hand.


    It was from ner


    nervousness.


    I couldn''t bear to think about what if Mr. Shaw and Mrs. Shaw...


    If they were my parents, what would I do?


    sweat


    Especially Mrs. Shaw, the one who locked me in a small dark room and made me kneel in the snow... was she my mother?


    Frank held the steering wheel with one hand, and covered my hand with his other hand. "Are you scared?" "Yeah." I nodded, then nced at him. "Aren''t you scared?"


    He should be scared too.


    He had waited for Lily for so many years, always belleving I was her.


    Today''s oue, whether for me or for him, was likely one of the most important events in our lives. I''m okay." He smiled faintly, overtaking a car and then stepping down on the gas. "But no matter what


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    happens today, you need to trust me once."


    "What do you mean?"


    "I''ve checked the Lily staying at the Shaw family again in the past couple of days," Frank said casually, his tone slightly cold. "Her background is exactly as I previously found. She''s a person who grew up in an orphanage. By herself, she couldn''t have set up today''s situation."


    I couldn''t help but ask, "Do you know who did it?"


    "I have a pretty good guess."


    Frank''s fingers tapped rhythmically on the steering wheel. "However, it should be a bit moreplex. There''s a high possibility that other people were involved."


    I furrowed my brows slightly. "What was their purpose?


    "Desiring my good looks?" Heughed nonchntly.


    I gave him a sideways nce. "Feeling pretty good about yourself, aren''t you?"


    Frank cocked his brows. "Perhaps each had their own motives."N?velDrama.Org content.


    When we arrived at the Shaw family''s residence, Madam Shaw was waiting for us at the door. The three of us went in.


    We were not headed to Madam Shaw''s courtyard but to the Shaw family''s conference hall.


    In addition to the three of us, there were Mr. Shaw, Mrs. Shaw, Bethany, and Lily.


    Two days had passed, Lily looked not only pale but also had dark circles around her eyes.


    It was clear she hadn''t slept well.


    When she saw us enter, her body shook slightly.


    Frank pushed me into a chair, and Mr. Shaw said, "Frank, make sure nothing goes wrong this time."