Shattered Illusions

Summary

I am the other woman’s daughter.

For my first ten years, I was my mother’s cherished darling—the apple of her eye.

Then the truth crashed down: my biological mother wasn’t the one who raised me, but my father’s mistress.

The day I was born, they conspired to swap me with the true Hawthorne heiress.

After raising her enemy’s child for a decade, the only mother I knew wished she could cast me into hell.

She found her real daughter. They clung to each other, tears mingling.

My voice trembled. “Mom…”

Her eyes met mine, filled with pure hatred.