"All these years, you and your mom hid it well, didn't you?"
The self-service barbecue restaurant was already quite crowded, and now the people at the neighboring table had started to look over at Elliana Lyle and the others.
Upon hearing this, a girl whispered to her friends, "Isn't that Elliana Lyle? The one across from her must be the illegitimate daughter, right?"
The girl with chestnut-colored curly hair in a white dress quickly took out her phone, opened the camera, and began to secretly take pictures behind the cover of her friends.
...
After hearing what Emily Lyle said, Elliana Lyle was momentarily at a loss for words. She was initially shocked and angry, then tolerant, and now astonished.
Emily Lyle didn't seem to have done anything wrong, yet she still couldn't accept this fact. Ever since her mother died, she always thought her family was happy and that her parents both loved her.
