Chapter 126Maureen was indeed her biological mother. As Arielle heaved a long sigh, a scary thought suddenly
dawned on her. Mom’s only been married to Henrick, who’s been recognizing me as his biological
daughter. In this case, wouldn’t it mean that Mom has… committed adultery? Henrick found out about it
and killed her?
Then again, he’s not the type who would allow someone who’s not his blood and flesh to enter the
family. It was then that Arielle realized she had a big mystery to solve. She had returned to investigate
her mother’s death but to no avail. In addition, she now was confused about who her actual father was.
Her mind was in a total mess. Carter broke the silence. “It’s still early. Why don’t you two have a chat
while I check if they’ve gotten any useful information from that guy?” With that suggestion, Carter went
out and shut the door behind him, leaving Arielle and Vinson alone in the ward. With a wry smile, she
looked at Vinson. “You must be thinking that I’m a joke. Neither am I the glamorous Ms. Moore nor Ms.
Southhall. I’m just… an illegitimate child.” He frowned at her words. Putting on a stern face, he tried to
correct her understanding. “I don’t know if you’re an illegitimate child.
So what if you’re one? To me, you are who you are.” Though he appeared to be icy-cold, his gaze was
unexpectedly warm. Arielle moved her stiffened fingers. His unswerving attitude and that one firm
sentence uttered had effectively cleared the doubts she had and given her the courage needed to sail
through these trying times. Vinson had once again reminded her that she would always be Arielle,
regardless of whose daughter she was.
noveldramaHe continued, “We can’t choose our parents and family background, so that’s no fault of yours. It’s the
adults who’ve made a mistake.” Biting her lips, Arielle shared, “From what I can remember, Mom wasn’t
that kind of a person… I don’t know why… why would she do that.” Vinson paused for two seconds.
“Actually, there’s something about your mom that I think you should know. I didn’t tell you this earlier
because I thought it’d be rude for me to say this.”Stunned, she lifted her head immediately. “About my mom? What’s it about? I’ve looked up a lot of
information about her before going back to the Southalls. I believe I know everything about her.” He
shook his head lightly. “There’s something not recorded in those files you read.” “What is it?” “Gossips
shared amongst the socialites in Jadeborough. It didn’t cross my mind until I saw your DNA paternity
report. Maybe you should hear this.”
Clenching her fists, Arielle fretted. “Go on…” He looked her in the eyes and articulated all the tittle-
tattles about Maureen within the Jadeborough social circles. “You should know that your mom and
Henrick got married in a flash. Based on her backgrounds, it would’ve deemed inappropriate for her to
be married into the Southall family.
The Southalls made a fortune from coal mines and then purchased properties in Jadeborough. He got
married with your mom not long after settling down here. Don’t you think that this is so strange?” “Yup,”
she acknowledged. “Rumor has it that your mom lost her virginity to a thug when she went hiking one
day.
As soon as she found out that she was pregnant, she looked for the Southalls anxiously…” Arielle’s
brows were knitted together. “You’re saying that my mom was rape… that’s why she had me? She
married my dad in order to give me a legitimate identity?”