In public, she was the noble daughter of the Muller family and the enviable young mistress of the Carrell family. But behind the scenes, she was a poor maid who had to wear a mask all day long and struggled for her livelihood.

Due to a conspiracy, she was forced to marry Ralph Carrell, son of the most powerful family in Northfield, in the name of Rayna Muller.

After the wedding, Ralph doted on her.

When Rayna showed up and claimed the place, she shed all her glory and left. She thought she would never see Ralph again, but Ralph took her into his arms and said, "Mrs. Carrell, you are not running away from me."

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"After that, she and Dad sat me down and told me that I had an older sister?"

"So I'm older?" Rowan nodded again.

"By three minutes." He got up from his seat and pulled out one of the drawers in the kitchen. From what I could see, it looked to be filled of papers. Rowan rummaged through the drawer until he found what he was looking for. He pulled it out and closed the drawer before making his way back over to me.

"What is that?" I asked, my curiosity getting the better of me. He placed the paper in front of me facing down. I flipped it over and a wave of emotion washed over me. It was the drawing that he was talking about only a minute before.

"Keep it," he said. I smiled and ran my hand over the waxy surface the crayons that were used on this made.

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