They were out in the light, while their enemies lurked in the shadows, sneaky and unpredictable.


    The search for her daughter had been a covert operation until Summer was mistakenly acknowledged.


    Only a handful knew, each one trusted implicitly. But somehow, a leak had given their foes an opportunity.


    Be thought about her attitude towards Jane, her heart clenched, "What if I was wrong, and my real daughter is Jane... right?" "Yes."


    Ivy''s response was crisp, "Don''t you see it, the resemnce between Jane and you?"


    "In looks?"


    "That too."


    Ivy nodded, then shifted gears. "But it''s the spirit, don''t you think? The way she handles breakups, so clean and decisive. Just like you were at her age."


    Be frowned, "What do you mean?"


    "Remember how you dealt with those lousy boyfriends? Swift and ruthless."


    Ivy chuckled, "Jane and Bryant, didn''t she end that cleanly?"


    Be disagreed, a bitter smile on her lips, "She''s softer than I was. If only I hadn''t been so harsh, my real daughter... she might have suffered less." Strangely enough.


    The thought that her biological daughter might be Jane brought an unexpected sense of anticipation.


    ...


    Summer, trembling all over, sat at her vanity, headphones on, unable to believe the turn of events. Be was close to unraveling the truth, much faster than she had anticipated.


    The thought that Be''s daughter might once again be Jane made her drop her moisturizer in shock. The ck, round container rolled across the floor, taking a turn before halting with a thud against the wall. Why Jane again?! Why did Jane always get the good fortune, being Ms. Myers and now Be''s daughter?


    And what about her? Was she


    doomed to be nothing, not even a ceholder in someone''s life? Was she meant to wallow in the mire forever?


    No, she refused to ept it! She wouldn''t stand for it!


    Summer frantically searched her


    bed for strands of her hair, despiteet hometiculous cleaning by the`


    the


    e staff, she found a fem


    After searching the bed, she moved to the floor, wishing she had a magnifying ss not to miss a single one.


    As she searched, her shoulders shook violently, and she copsed, sobbing silently on the floor, trying not to make a sound.


    If only Be had taken longer to


    discover the truth, she could have et


    finished recording the reality show, leveraging the massive attention being Be''s daughter brought.


    She could have be a familiar face to the audience.


    Even ifter it turned out she wasn''t Be''s daughter, she could have used the fame to stay in the limelight.


    But now, what was she to do?


    Paternity tests take only a few days; she hadn''t even finished filming when Be had intercepted her!


    What now...


    After a while, as her emotions stabilized, she heard her phone vibrating incessantly on the bed.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    It was from Mark.


    Suddenly, seeing a glimmer of hope and a sense of direction, she scrambled to answer, "Hello, there''s been a problem!"