Chapter 23

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Everyone started gossiping. With a calm face, Cecelia asked, “Ollie, I don’t know where you got that rumor from. What proof do you have?”

“I have proof! I know the general manager of Vera in the Cathail Republic. I can call him right away.

Let’s hear what he has to say.”

Ophelia wanted to ruin Cecelia’s reputation. And Heather didn’t stop hér because she couldn’t wait to see Cecelia be humiliated.

“Yeah! Call him!”

Cecelia smiled lightly and had a calm look in her eyes.

Ophelia made the call in public and got in touch with the general manager, whom she knew. Then, she put her call on speakerphone and asked him who had bought Vera’s couture dress.

Ophelia lifted her chin and waited for the general manager’s answer. And everyone around her listened carefully to the conversation.

Soon, a man’s voice came from the speaker. “Miss Linsey, the couture dress you were looking at last time was bought in full by a lady named Cécelia.”

His words left Ophelia in disbelief. “That’s not true! Didn’t you say last time that it was bought by a married businessman?”

“Miss Linsey, are you mistaken? You wanted to buy a couture dress, but it was already sold. Then, you chose another blue dress, but a businessman bought that one. You did not choose another dress after that. If you need anything, welcome to come to our Vera flagship store and choose…”

Ophelia didn’t listen to what the manager said after that. Then, in a pánic, she hung up the phone.

At first, she wanted to make a public spectacle of Cecelia. However, she had shot herself in the foot.

Now everyone knew that the dress she was wearing was not Vera’s dress at all, which proved that she was wearing a knockoff dress! The surrounding people started snickering and gossiping about her.

Seeing her daughter make a fool of herself, Heather rushed over and pulled Cecelia away. “Cecelia, it’s so nice to have you home. I’d like to introduce you to some friends. Come! Come on! Come on!”

Ophelia froze in place after Cecelia was dragged away. She felt the blood flowing backward throughout her body. And she had a faraway look on her face.

It was so humiliating!

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She felt so embarrassed!

She couldn’t wait to pass out.

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She had bought a knockoff gown because all the gowns she had an eye on had been bought by someone else. And she didn’t want to be ashamed at the party.

However, she hadn’t expected Cecelia to expose her in public!

How could Cecelia be such a pain in the as s!

Ophelia hated Cecelia so much that Ophelia’s nails dug into her pálms.

Kathrin came over and comforted Ophelia. “Ollie, don’t take it personally. It’s just a dress. She just said that to make you look bad and to humiliate you! Come on. I’ll go with you to change into a dress, and come back later!”

Kathrin pulled Ophelia out of the ballroom. Then, Heather dragged Cecelia into the ballroom and ran into Gary and a few of his friends.

A few of his friends kept complimenting, “Mrs. Linsey, congratulations on getting your daughter back.

Cecélia is so beautiful! She’s amazing!

“Mrs. Linsey, now, you have two daughters. You are so lucky. And, today happens to be your birthday.

What a blessing!”

“Thank you. Thank you…”

Upon hearing the compliment, Gary could only accept the guests’ congratulations and smile awkwardly.

In fact, he and Heather were very nervous because they both had bad feelings in their hearts. They were afraid that Cecelia would reveal what had happened back then!

After all, they knew that there had been a fire at the Linsey residence, but they had not called the police and had chosen to keep it to themselves.

With a smile on her face, Cecelia said, “Five years ago, there was a fire at the Linsey residence. I survived. The second month after the fire, my mother passed away. Now, I’m back home. And I’ve noticed how much the Linsey residence has changed. Dad, I didn’t realize that you and my aunt had been married for five years. How time. flies!”

The crowd was shocked at her words. When they came back to their senses, they also started pointing at Gary and Heather.

Whether Gary’s daughter was alive or dead in the fire that happened in the Linsey residence five years ago was unknown. However, Gary

romarried Leather not long after his wife’s death

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How could Gary be such an as shole?

Heather was so da mn calculating. She married Gary not long after her sister’s death.

Anyone would believe that Heather and Gary must have had an affair a long time ago!

Cecelia put Gary and Heather in an awkward position once she spoke up.

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After figuring out the Linsey family’s relationship, one of the guests said to Heather, “Mrs. Linsey, I now realize that Gary’s ex-wife Leila and you are sisters. You’ve gone from being an aunt to being the mother of your sister’s children. Cecelia and you have become much closer to each other!”

Heather felt her face burn with pain, but she smiled and explained, “I couldn’t help it. After my sister died, I was very sad. I just thought I’d help her take care of her kids. I treat Cecelia as if she were my own daughter. I want to help my sister take care of the Linsey family!” What a hypocrite! Didn’t Heather find her words ridiculous?

Heather didn’t even dare to mention how she abused, humiliated, and tortured Leila during her stay in the hospital.

She would do anything to marry Gary!

“Aunt Heather, you were so good to me. My mother only gave birth to my brother and me.

Unfortunately, my brother disappeared at a young age. I was in a fire five years ago. My mum has since passed away. I don’t know which child you helped my mother take care of.” Cecelia’s questioning left Heather speechless and embarrassed. Heather had nothing to say. Then, Gary quickly came up and said, “Cecelia, I’m so happy to have you back. It’s been five years since you came home. Your aunt and I have missed you so much!”

Heather was very good at acting and even squeezed a tear out of her eye. “That’s right, Cecelia. I missed you every day you were away. It’s good to have you back alive.”

“Aunt Heather, really? Since you’ve missed me so much, it seems I’ve come back at the right time.”

Cecelia forced a smile.

Heather continued to play nice. “That’s right. We’ll be family from now on. I’m sure I’ll treat you like my own daughter. And you and Ollie are sisters too.”

“Yeah. Ollie and I are sisters. You asked me to replace Ollie to marry the sick son of the Nelson family.

You must have wanted me to have

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a good life. I got you. I will do as you say from now on.”

Everyone around her knew how biased Heather was. How could Heather be so brazen as a stepmother?

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Cecelia wrapped her arm around Heather and patted her on the back. “Aunt, I can’t thank you enough.

You’re closer to me than my mother was. Don’t worry. I’ll take good care of you from now on.

Heather forced a smile. Why did she feel creeped out after hearing her say something like that?

After releasing Heather, Cecelia smiled, but her eyes were icy cold.

Cecelia thought, ‘I will never get along with you cruel creatures!

I have come back to collect my debt from you!

And you will all wait to pay for it!

Heather, I’m going to teach you a lesson right away!”