Chapter 572

“Leslie, do you ever think about finding your real parents?” Leslie Green’s lazy smile disappeared. “Nope. Don’t feel like it.” She sighed. “I mean, what if they dumped me just ‘cause life was too hard, and then one day I track them down… they see I married rich, and start trying to leech off you? What then?” Broderick Ackerley gave her hand a gentle squeeze. “They wouldn’t dare. If that’s the kind of people they are, they’d know better.” Leslie shrugged. “True. If they try that, I’d cut ‘em off before they say a word.” “Then... what if they thought you were dead this whole time? That’s why they never came looking. Would you still want to meet them?” Leslie blinked. “Thought I was dead? Wait, what? I’m right here and very much alive. Unless…” Her mind was already spinning. “Broderick, you know something, don’t you? Did you find them?” Broderick hadn’t expected her to catch on that quick. Before he could answer, she waved him off. “No way. Can’t be that easy. If it were, there wouldn’t