Chapter 1

My billionaire parents publicly announced to the high society crowd that I, the biological daughter of the Andrews family, was actually just an adopted child.

Mrs. Gable, our nanny, leaned against the doorframe, stabbing her words directly into my heart.

"So what if you’ve been back for ten years? Your parents look down on you from the bottom of their hearts. The family shares, the company, the real estate—everything belongs to Evie."

"They’ve never missed a single birthday for Evie. But what about yours?"

She sneered, her eyes filled with contempt. "An uncultured country bumpkin like you is only fit to be an adopted daughter who gets nothing."

I said nothing.

But the floating comments in front of my eyes were flashing like crazy:

[Don’t believe her! Every time your dad finishes yelling at you, he sits in his study all night! Your mom cried holding your childhood picture at midnight!]

My mind was still stuck on the phrase "gets nothing".

There is no such thing as "unspoken love" in this world.

Where the money is, that's where the love is.

I learned this truth when I was very young.