For a moment, Bianca froze.


    She even forgot to cry, just staring nkly at Forrest, trying to read some sign on his face.


    But Forrest''s face was a mask of indifference. Nothing but coldness.


    The way he looked at her held not a shred of warmth.


    Bianca''s expression shifted from stunned silence to shock, then to utter disbelief.


    Finally, she desperately sought reassurance from Forrest. "Dad, you''re lying, right?"


    Without waiting for his reply, she began to answer herself.


    "You must be lying."


    "You''re just saying that to protect yourself, aren''t you?"


    "I understand! Once you''ve cleared your name from this mess and are back on your feet, you can figure out a way to get me and Mom out. I get it."


    She desperately tried to make excuses for him.


    But no matter how many excuses she made, Forrest remained cold and distant.


    He even personally extinguished thest flicker of hope in her eyes.


    He showed Bianca the paternity test he had brought with him. The results clearly stated that they were not rted.


    What was even more devastating was the date on the report: twenty-seven years ago.


    Which meant that Forrest had done a paternity test right after she was born.


    Biancapletely lost control, unable to ept this cruel reality.


    She shot up from her seat, reaching out to snatch the report from his hands and tear it to shreds.


    But the iron bars were between them. As she reached for it, Forrest simply lifted his hand, and she missed.


    The cold iron bars thwarted her frantic attempt.


    Her sudden outburst was so loud that a guard banged on the iron door with a baton, warning Bianca.


    "Sit down!"


    Bianca copsed back into her chair, her face ashen.


    She kept muttering, "It''s fake. The report must be fake!"


    In her memory, her parents had always had a loving rtionship.


    She had even used this to look down on Noreen, mocking her for growing up in a single-parent household; iming her psychology must be twisted.


    But the harsh reality hade back like a boomerang, pping her so hard she was left reeling.


    So, it was all a lie!


    Her parents'' love was a lie.


    The man she had called Dad for over twenty years was a lie.


    As Bianca''s world crumbled, Forrest watched her with a calm, detached gaze.


    He didn''t offer a word offort, nor did he show a hint of pity.


    Instead, as she fell apart, he revealed another cruel truth.


    "Your origins are not exactly honorable. Back then, your mother, in her quest to marry into wealth and power, used her position to steal a certainman''s sperm and had you through IVF She intended to use her pregnancy to secure her position, but he refused to acknowledge you."


    Forrest let out a soft, mockingugh.


    "So, you see, you''re not even as good as an illegitimate child."


    That sentence shattered the pride Bianca had built over two decades, leaving no room for recovery.


    She had mocked Noreen''s


    background countless times


    believing that high society wo


    never ept someone like her.


    But in the end... she was still inferior to Noreen.


    She wasn''t as smart.


    She wasn''t as capable.


    Even the one thing she had left, her family background, was worse than hers.


    The words Henry had said to her a few days ago echoed in her mind.


    *You''re not even fit to tie Noreen''s shoes!*


    The sessive blowspletely broke Bianca. She suddenly burst intoughter.


    Sheughed loudly, so hard that tears streamed down her face.