Chapter 320

Hayden's expression darkened. "What do you mean?" "Honey, do you think I don't know? Carly isn't your biological daughter!" Hayden pressed his lips together, his silence heavy with tension. "Carly comes from a powerful family. If you reveal her true identity, all those obstacles will disappear. She'll be able to marry Mr. Alvarez without a hitch," Lucy continued. Hayden rose to his feet. "I don't want to hear this again. You'd better keep it to yourself." With that, he turned and headed for the staircase. Lucy wasn't ready to let the matter go. "Honey, why won't you reveal Carly's true identity?" she pressed. Hayden paused mid-step, his figure still refined and gentlemanly but now cloaked in an air of solemnity. Finally, his voice came, "Because Carly's mother doesn't want her to return to the Capitol." That woman again! Lucy's eyes flashed with malice. No wonder Celine, even after being abandoned in the countryside, had managed to grow into such a genius. What kind of terri