Chapter 165

The noise around gradually died down as the old man arrived. Chloe and Kevin pushed Bernard over together. In that moment, Amelia felt like she had fallen into complete darkness—because she knew now, she had zero blood ties to the Shaw family. Her fingers dug into her palm, smearing the bright red nail polish, but she was too numb to feel the sting. "Wait, wasn't Mr. Shaw dead?" "Didn't they say he passed away? How is he still around?" "Then what about Mrs. Shaw? Was that faked too?" ... Bernard adjusted the blanket on his lap, his eyes clouded and heavy. "I'm here today to apologize to the Lewis family—for what I did twenty years ago." The room fell into a hush, everyone listening closely to his confession. "Back then, out of selfishness, I swapped my granddaughter with the Lewis family's daughter," he admitted, looking up at the sky, a bitter smile pulling at his lips. "I thought it'd bring my bloodline a better future. I was wrong. I didn't expect that the couple of traffickers who