“But her wedding to Johan was ruined!” Tania persisted desperately “It doesn’t count!”


    “Wesley, pleasefort her. Only you can…….”


    Larissa was in terrible shape.


    “It’s just a wedding ceremony. They’re already married.”


    Wesley sounded impatient. “If you needfort now, go find Johan He’s her husband.”


    “But-” Tania clenched her teeth, only to be shoved hard before she could speak.


    “Enough! Don’t know your ce, do you?”


    Amelia jabbed a finger at Tania’s face, her voice dripping with


    contempt. “Can’t even keep your own man in check, yet you daree bothering Wesley? The audacity!”


    Tania’s temper red.


    “Why shouldn’t I?


    If Larissa hadn’t saved his life back then, hell be dead. Everything he does for us is owed!”


    Amelia sneered. “Nothing even happened! Her hymen’s still intact, isn’t


    it?


    Besides, after all these years, hasn’t Wesleypensated you enough?


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    You’re just greedy bloodsuckers.”


    “Your daughter seduced my son on purpose too. Serves her right.”


    “Mom, that’s enough.” Wesley’s expression turned thunderous


    Tania flushed crimson, then paled


    She lunged and pped Amelia across the face. “I’ll rip that lying mouth of yours apart!”


    Amelia fought back, trading blows and insults.


    They tangled in a messy fight.


    Finally, Wesley pulled them apart with both hands.


    “Enough.”


    “It’s not enough, Wesley! When those people tried to kill you back then, Larissa risked her life to save you. Even now she has nightmares about it. You can’t abandon her!”


    Tania’s shrill scream pierced the air,


    her heart aching for her daughter’s pain.


    “Wes has done more than enough for the Wilburn family over the


    years,”


    Mrs. Carlton stated coldly. “You’re strangers. I suggest you don’t push your luck”


    “Strangers?”


    Tania repeated the word, letting out a bitterugh “How could we be strangers? How is that possible


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    She murmured incessantly, her expression beginning to unravel.


    Pity filled her eyes as she stared at Mrs. Carlton


    “Why don’t you ask your son what rtionship Larissa has with him?”


    Mrs. Carlton sensed something unusual


    She whirled around to face Wesley. “What does she mean by that?”


    “What is Larissa to you?”


    Her voice trembled at the end–whether from rage or dread of the truth.


    Wesley’s steely eyes held firm. “Mom, you should go home now.”


    Tania’s voice suddenly rose. “What can’t be said? Are you nning to lie to your own mother?”


    She went all out for her daughter.


    Wesley’s expression turned icy.


    Amelia grew more furious the more uneasy she felt.


    She stared at her son, demanding in a low voice, “Speak.”


    Wesley met his mother’s gaze. “Mom.”


    Tania looked gleeful


    “She’s your husband’s biological daughter–Wesley’s half–sister”


    Amelia’s face turned ashen She staggered back a step, eyes locked on her son


    “Is this true?


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    You knew all along?”


    Seeing no point in hiding it now, Wesley admitted, “Yes”


    Amelia clutched her chest, despair washing over her pale face.


    After decades of marriage, her husband refused toe home–even threatened divorce.


    She’d endured public ridicule, clinging to the Mrs. Carlton title solely for her son’s sake.


    When their feud turned bitter, her ultimatum was clear: no illegitimate


    children


    All to protect her son’s inheritance rights.


    Yet her own son had helped his father conceal a secret daughter.


    Betrayal pierced her bones like shards of ice.


    Wesley steadied his mother. “Mom, I’m sorry.”


    He’d only learned the truth after Larissa ran away before the wedding.


    Tania hade to him then, tearfully pleading Larissa’s case.


    He despised illegitimate offspring, but Larissa was different–she’d saved his life, and she was his blood sister


    He couldn’t abandon her.


    Cecilia had been standing quietly nearby, and now she finally


    understood


    Why Wesley always put Larissa first.


    Why Larissa was so certain Wesley would take her side.


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    So they were half–siblings sharing the same father.


    No wonder.


    She curled her lips sarcastically.


    Tania, having achieved her goal, was especially pleased.


    “Wesley, you must help Larissa.”


    Amelia pped her across the face, eyes filled with venom.


    “Bitch.”


    Despite all her precautions, she’d never expected such a prominent illegitimate daughter to surface.


    Tania touched her stinging cheek, utterly unfazed, her voiceced with manic threat.


    “If you don’t bring Larissa back into the Carlton family, I’ll take this online. I’ll ruin every single one of you.”


    The Johnson family had always despised Larissa’s background. Now that she was the true Carlton heiress, she’d see how they dared look down on her.


    “Absolutely not.”


    Amelia red at Tania, wanting to tear her limb from limb.


    She would never allow Larissa to return to the Carlton family to im her birthright.


    “Wesley, I’ll await your decision.”


    Tania turned and left.


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    Amelia looked at her son, tears streaming down the corners of her


    eyes.


    She was disappointed.


    Filled even with resentment.


    “Mom.”


    Wesley called softly, “Let me take you home.”


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