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    Her eyes were icy. “You don’t deserve to be called a mother.”


    Holley’s face flushed with rage.


    Inwardly, she sneered, “You’re not even my biological daughter. Why should I care about you? Raising you instead of abandoning you was already kind enough of me!”


    If Holley had known Belinda would bring her such trouble and harm her biological daughter, she would have strangled her right after swapping daughters with Car.


    Regret gnawed at her as she thought about this.


    Belinda’s piercing gaze locked onto Holley. “And the dark spots on my face? How did theye about?”


    Belinda was convinced the disfiguring blemish on her face was Holley’s doing as well.


    Holley’s eyes flickered with unease, and she instinctively tried to deny it, saying, “I didn’t—”


    Belinda interjected sharply, “Holley, you know it’s only a matter of time before the truthes out. But I don’t think we need to drag this out, do we?”


    Holley fell silent, her words caught in her throat.


    To keep Lucas from digging deeper into her secrets, she relented. “Fine, yes, it was a special solution. Once applied, it bonds to the skin and can’t be washed off. But Belinda, I swear, it’spletely non-toxic. It would never harm your body.”


    Belinda’s eyes narrowed, a glint of cold rity in them.


    A special solution?


    So that was what it was.


    At that moment, a bitter realization hit her, and she let out a hollow chuckle. “No wonder you went to such lengths to stop me from going abroad back then. You were afraid you would lose your chance to ruin my face.”


    Reflecting now, she recalled her first year in Chixdon. If not for apetition that took her overseas, keeping her from Holley’s reach, her face might still bear that ugly mark.


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    The thought sent a wave of sorrow surging through her.


    Kenia shut her eyes, anguish etched across her face.


    Even now, she struggled to ept that her own daughter could do such things.


    When she opened her eyes, her resolve had hardened.


    She fixed Holley with a steely gaze and pointed toward the door. “Get out. From this day forward, you are no longer my daughter.”


    “Mom!” Holley’s voice cracked with panic and disbelief.


    She couldn’t believe that Kenia had actually said that.


    Even during the fallout over Sarai, Kenia had been furious but never disowned her.


    But now…


    Holley really panicked.


    Belinda wasn’t her biological daughter, but Kenia was her real mother.


    But now, her mother was disowning her for Belinda’s sake.


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