CHAPTER 88: CHAPTER 88: MY BIOLOGICAL DAUGHTER

"The video he shared must be about you."

"He sent that video to me!" Her tears fell, "Even if I don’t admit it, being involved in something like this is a stain that can’t be washed away. What will I do in the future..."

Florence Fuller’s eyes darkened.

If the video really gets out, the Sunworth Family could trace it back to James Fuller and throw him in jail. There’s no shortage of filthy dealings in wealthy families. Outwardly, they pretend to be entertained by such matters, but behind the scenes, everyone knows it’s all about the power struggles.

What’s more, there are political figures within the Sunworth Family. Chairman Sunworth’s cautious submission lately must have a reason.

Florence looked at her, "I can help you."

Miranda Sunworth widened her eyes, tears filled with hope.

"But not by sparing the Fuller Clan."

The hope in Miranda’s eyes faded, replaced by confusion.

She murmured, "Not sparing the Fuller Clan, then what other way do you have..."

"That depends on you!" Florence took a business card from her bag and placed it on the tea table.

Miranda looked at the business card on the table and then at Florence, finally fixing her gaze on the card.

Her eyes, once full of confusion, gradually deepened.

After leaving the teahouse, Florence went to the Long Island Hotel.

She went to find Laura Yates.

Laura, seeing her return, was eager, "Florence, where have you been these days? We haven’t been able to find you."

Florence drank some water, swallowing a large gulp, "What do you want with me?"

Laura hesitated, lowering her voice, "Little Gardiner has been looking for you."

Florence glanced at her, "I have something to discuss with you."

Looking at her, Laura grew nervous.

"What’s your plan next?" Florence leaned back against the armchair, casually crossing her arms, "Do you plan to keep staying in this hotel?"

Laura was silent. Florence just stared at her, waiting for her silence to end.

This woman, expecting her to solve everything for her.

Laura’s silence didn’t bring a response from Florence. After a while, she couldn’t hold it any longer and looked up, meeting Florence’s cold gaze.

Florence raised her eyebrows slightly, signaling her to speak.

"I... I don’t know. All my documents are with him, and I don’t know what to do," Laura said timidly.

Florence took a deep breath, "I’m not planning to renew the hotel here after this month. Once I finish up here, I’ll be leaving. By then, you won’t have a place to stay here. Where will you go?"

Hearing that, Laura grew anxious, "So soon? Then what about... what about me?"

Florence almost laughed out of anger, "What about you? You’ve been staying here for so long, haven’t you thought about what you’ll do next?"

Laura bowed her head and fell silent again.

Florence gritted her teeth, "No wonder Clara could persuade you to come find me to send her into Light Films with just a few words. When the Fuller Family faced this mess, you came back even though it was a trap. Have you ever thought about what would happen to you if I hadn’t come?"

"Florence." She started to sob, "You... you have to help Mom. I’m so confused and don’t know what to do."

"You don’t know?" Florence sneered, "Do you remember when you first came to SJ City to have that meal with me? No, it was when I still lived in Cloudsea City and hadn’t married into SJ yet."

Laura paused her crying, looking at her uneasily.

"The way you lorded over me back then is a far cry from how you are now. You seemed to think I was easy to bully, treating me like this, but when it came to Michael and his lover, you became so spineless."

"I didn’t...!" Laura wanted to argue, but she couldn’t find the words because Florence was speaking the truth.

"I just can’t understand, you all liked Clara so much. Why did you hold onto me and not let me leave? What, was I supposed to stay in the Fuller Family as the extra person while you played the role of a loving mother and daughter? You yourself know how well you treated her, but from the moment you returned to Cloudsea City until now, has Clara ever appeared?"

Florence’s words struck Laura like a hammer, leaving her at a loss. She opened and closed her mouth, not knowing what to say, and then started crying again, looking at Florence with tears, "I’m sorry to you."

"I feel like I’m idle and still meddling in your business." Florence mocked herself inwardly. Laura used to be so cold and indifferent. Anytime she and Clara had a conflict, Laura would always question her first, siding with Clara.

She unconditionally supported Clara, always by her side, seemingly forgetting the blood bond between them.

"Florence... but only you can help Mom. I... I’m begging you, please, don’t disregard me." She wiped her tears.

Florence looked at her calmly, "I’ll help you this one last time. Once these matters are resolved here, you should continue with your life, and we won’t interfere with each other."

"No!" Laura shouted, "You are my biological daughter. If you do this... won’t it mean severing ties with me?"

Florence sneered, her face full of ridicule, "Now you realize I’m your biological daughter, but when you helped Clara accuse me, did you forget I was your biological daughter? And then, when you knew I had feelings for Ethan, you invited him to our home under the guise of thanking him for taking care of me. What were you actually doing? You were helping Clara go after Ethan, weren’t you?"

"And when Ethan disappeared, I spent over two months trying to find out he was in France. But you all, having connected with the Gardiner Family, tried to keep me trapped in Cloudsea City. I was caught at the airport and brought back, my ID documents taken away, while Clara was sent to France. As for me, for the sake of the Fuller Family’s future, I was to be the sacrificial pawn, forced into a marriage alliance! The way you treated me in the Fuller Family, you are well aware, right? From start to finish, anyone who didn’t know would think I was the foster child."

Laura shook her head, still crying, "You can’t blame me completely. There’s also your father. He said you were to marry into the Gardiner Family. Clara went to France to find Ethan. If there was hope of marrying into the Harper Family, the Fuller Family’s future would be bright. It was all his idea."

"So you knew Ethan’s identity from the beginning?" Florence asked.

Laura shook her head, choking on her words, "At the start, we didn’t know... it was only when people from the Harper Family came to ask about you while you weren’t in the Fuller household that we found out."

Florence’s eyes reddened instantly, "Why didn’t you tell me then?"

"At that time, your dad was planning to send you into a marriage alliance. Clara was passionate about Ethan, knowing he was in France and wanted to go after him, so your dad let her..."

Florence sneered repeatedly.

"Who were the people who came looking for me?"