Chapter 185 The Unforgivable Truth
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Lauren took a deep breath, trying to steady herself. “I want to know.” Her voice trembled slightly, but beneath the fragility lay an unshakable determination.
Felix hesitated, but in the end, he extended the thick stack of documents toward her.
Lauren reached out with deliberate slowness. The weight of the papers felt crushing in her hands, as if she were holding an unbearable truth. She turned the first page. The moment her eyes skimmed over the words, her face drained of color.
The documents meticulously detailed the schemes and cruelty inflicted upon her by the Bennett family. The once–foggy fragments of memory sharpened, replaying vividly in her mind like a nightmare refusing to fade.
She had always believed that she was kidnapped at birth by human traffickers. But the truth was far crueler!
The person who stole her and abandoned her at an orphanage was none other than her own biological father, David.
She had always thought Willow was adopted because her parents were heartbroken over losing her. Yet, the documents mercilessly revealed the truth. Willow was David’s biological daughter as well, born from his affair with Sharon.
When Lauren’s mother, Alice, was pregnant with her, David had already betrayed her with Sharon. The very doctor who had been conducting Alice’s prenatal checkups.
To make space for his mistress’s child, David had heartlessly abandoned his newborn daughter at the orphanage. And for the next twenty years, he helped that very woman rise to become the hospital’s director.
“David Bennett!!” Lauren gritted her teeth as she spat out his name. Tears welled in her eyes and spilled over, blurring her vision. She took a shuddering breath, forcing herself to suppress the sobs threatening to break free, then continued reading.
“Sharon had a hereditary kidney disease. Coincidentally, Alice was a perfect match. The moment David learned of this, he didn’t hesitate. The day Alice underwent a C–section to deliver Lauren, Sharon was also scheduled for an operation. A surgeon, who had long been bribed, removed Alice’s kidney under the guise of the C–section and transplanted it into Sharon.”
Lauren stared blankly at the words. Her mind went completely blank.
No wonder, for the three years after she returned to the Bennett family, her mother constantly suffered from lower back pain and exhaustion.
No wonder, whenever she and Willow argued, her mother would always scold her, “If it weren’t for giving birth to you, my health wouldn’t have deteriorated this badly! Why can’t you just get along with Willow? Are you trying to anger me to death? Will that make you happy?”
So, it was not childbirth that ruined her mother’s health. It was because Willow’s mother needed her kidney.
And Alice, she had unknowingly tormented her own daughter for the sake of her enemy’s daughter.
“Ha. Hahaha.” Lauren suddenly burst into laughter, a laughter so sharp and cold that tears streamed down her face. The sound was filled with indescribable bitterness and mockery.
Was this fate’s aan of delivering justice?
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The atmosphere in the room grew suffocating. Lauren’s laughter was not laughter at all. It was a guttural wail, ripped straight from the depths of her soul. Every sound carried an unbearable weight of grief, a lifetime’s worth of agony and despair.
Felix stood beside her, his deep eyes dark with conflicting emotions. He watched her, wanting to speak, but the words died in his throat. In the face of such a devastating truth, any words of comfort seemed meaningless.
Even Gael, who had witnessed countless tragedies, lowered his gaze, unable to watch.
Gradually, Lauren’s laughter faded. All that remained was a long, weary sigh, as if she were expelling decades of pain, resentment, and heartbreak in a single breath.
Alice, you always said I was the harbinger of your misfortune. But in the end, the true disaster in your life was not me. It was the man you loved so blindly. Every torment you suffered was because you failed to see him for who he truly was. I wonder, how will you feel when you learn that the daughter you raised so tenderly was your husband’s illegitimate child? That the kidney stolen from your body was to save his mistress? That the daughter you abandoned to die was your only real child?
Lauren closed her eyes, and in her mind, she pictured her mother’s reaction to the truth. A deep, unfathomable satisfaction surged through her heart.
When she reopened her eyes, she lifted a trembling hand to wipe away her tears. Then, once again, she‘ turned her gaze back to the heavy stack of documents in her hands. Her eyes darted across the words, her face, which was already pale from crying, suddenly darkening as if a layer of frost had settled over her skin.
She had always believed that the Bennett family’s vast wealth and success were built on David’s talent and relentless effort.
But she had been a fool.
David was no self–made businessman. He was a parasite, a man who married into the Pierce family as a mere live–in son–in–law, a pathetic social climber.
And Lauren had thought he only turned cruel after his affair, after having Willow. But the truth was far more terrifying…
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