Chapter 277

Everyone was totally stunned. "What?!" "Leslie isn't Vivian's biological daughter?" "Vivian, come on now, stop hiding it. Just tell us what's going on." "Yeah, wasn't Leslie always super close to you? She used to stick to you like glue, always sweet-talking. We all saw it and were honestly a bit jealous." "No kidding. My own daughter only calls me 'mom' when she wants pocket money. But Leslie? She was basically sugar-coated in front of you every single day." Vivian took a deep breath, her voice unusually low and heavy. "You're right. Maybe I really did mess up in how I raised her. Leslie... she's adopted. I found her and brought her home. I was scared the truth would mess her up mentally, so I always told people she was mine by blood. And over the years, we treated her like our own-honestly, even better than Lydia." "What?!" Everyone's jaws dropped again. Now, people's thoughts were all over the place. Adopted? And treated even better than your biological child? In public and everythin