NovelFinishChapter 1109: Now that Daniela was unable to have children, Joyce's pretense of warmth was merely a ruse to secure an inheritance for the child. The crowd's faces lit up with understanding.
With a smirk, Carol addressed the boy clinging to her neck. "But I'm not your auntie. She is." She gestured towards someone standing behind her.
The crowd turned to follow where Carol pointed.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJack grinned awkwardly. "Oh, I was only kidding! I know who is my auntie! Auntie, I missed you so much!" He then reached out towards Daniela's secretary, feigning warmth.
The onlookers were dumbstruck by the scene.
The boy confessed his mistake so effortlessly, revealing his knack for deception—it was clear he was no stranger to lying.
As Daniela's secretary hugged Jack, she questioned him teasingly, “Are you certain I'm your auntie?" Jack snuggled into her embrace, maintaining his act. "Absolutely! I know for sure you're Aunt Daniela!" His assertion only deepened the silence that had fallen over the crowd. Meanwhile, Joyce was outside, bragging to the press. When the noise from the crowd abruptly ceased, she grew concerned.
Elbowing her way through, she said, “Jack, stop mingling with them. Just wait here for your auntie." She paused, taken aback to see Jack in the arms of another woman.
The crowd's gaze shifted to Joyce, watching her confusion grow. Moments later, Jack, still in the secretary's arms, pointed at her and said, "Mom, look, Auntie is hugging me!" Joyce grabbed Jack from the woman's arms and stared coldly at Daniela, who stood at the doorway smirking. "Playing games with a child, Daniela? As an adult, you should know better. You've distressed him. How will you compensate him?" The crowd froze, then inhaled sharply.
Compensation? What exactly was Joyce after? Money, of course.
Joyce and Daniela weren't real sisters. Their bond never reached the heart. It was all about the gains.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmEveryone turned to Joyce, their faces sharp with judgment.
Heat rushed to her head, and the m veins on her forehead stood out. The N content is on novelenglish.net! That awful feeling crushing back.
Now she just felt humiliated again.
Daniela always seemed to ruin her plans as if it took no effort at all.
Joyce had tried to set her up. But in the end, she and Jack were the bhes who got burned.
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