The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1685

There was a lump in Carmel's throat.

She had never cared about the Liu surname. She would rather be called Sloane, the girl who grew up in the welfare home and she would have the same surname as the dean. But at this moment, she knew that there was a trace of warmth in her cold heart.

"I'll drink some water."

Carmel quickly turned around and took the opportunity to wipe away the tears in her eyes.

Frank felt bad when he saw his daughter like this, but the Liu family's tradition had to be maintained. So many people had been invested in the Liu family's goals for at least two generations, so they would not be willing to give it up.

But Carmel was his daughter.

His daughter had never been a member of the Liu family since she was a child, so why should he let her inherit the teachings of the Liu family?

Carmel didn't know what Frank was thinking now. Anyway, she couldn't stay here anymore so she hurried out of the room and met Rachel at the door.

"Carmel, the results have come out."

Rachel's attitude was very kind.

Carmel didn't think much of it.

After all, she was the descendant of the Liu family. She couldn't change her own blood, so the results would be the same even if Rachel did the paternity test ten times. She took the test report from Rachel and threw it into the trash can without looking at it before she walked away.

"Carmel, do you have some misunderstanding about me?"

Rachel looked at Carmel anxiously.

Carmel didn't say anything, but she looked at Rachel coldly as if she was looking at a stranger.

Rachel suddenly felt terrible.

"Carmel, you have to understand that I'm is doing this just in case. Everyone is keeping tabs on our family and you used to be a military officer, so..."

"Isn't it better for you to catch me directly back then?"

Carmel's tone was extremely cold.

Rachel was stunned.

She seemed to have seen her ex-husband through Carmel's hostile gaze.

After her husband knew Rachel's identity and what she did, he looked at her the same way.

It was as if the love and affection they had for so many years were completely gone overnight.

Rachel's heart ached for him.

"Carmel, we're family. Do you have to talk to me like this? There's no deep grudge between us, right?"

Carmel suddenly smiled and said in a low voice when she heard Rachel's words, "Rachel, I should call you aunt, but are you really happy after you've sacrificed so much for this family? I heard that you abandoned your husband for the sake of this family and you were busy with your family affairs several months after your child was born. Your child was left unattended and died after he fell into a hot tub. As a mother, weren't you sad at all?"

"Carmel!"

Rachel's eyes were red and her whole body was tense.

Losing her child was the deepest pain in Rachel's heart.

If it weren't for the baby, perhaps she and her husband wouldn't have become strangers.

But she didn't want that to happen either.

Her son was just seven months old and she could still remember his sweet smile. She could hear her son's crying every night when it was quiet.

She just went out for a while when her son fell into the hot pool and drowned.

At that time, she almost could not remember why she prepared a hot tub in the first place. Later, she remembered that she wanted to heat up the water to bathe her son. Everyone in the Liu family knew that this was Rachel's taboo and no one dared to mention it to her. However, Carmel directly said it to her.

If Carmel wasn't the daughter that her eldest brother had tried to find for many years, Rachel would really punch her in the face.

Carmel, however, didn't seem to notice Rachel's pain and sadness. She sneered and said, "What? Can't you stand it? Why did you leave Z Country back then? How did you lose me? No one told me what happened. What about you? Did you know? You said that you lost me when everyone was moving out, but why didn't you say that because there were soldiers chasing after us? My mother was weak, so she left me to you. But in order to block the soldiers, you left me at the supermarket door and abandoned me. How old was I then? Was I three or four? Did you come up to me because I was Frank's daughter? Was it really because of family love? Or do you feel guilty because you abandoned me?" "Carmel, you..."

Rachel was completely stunned.

She had kept this incident from everyone, so how did Carmel know about it?

Even her brother and sister-in-law thought that she had lost their child, but Carmel could explain the details so clearly. She couldn't help but be surprised.

However, Rachel felt relieved after being exposed.

"Yes, I lost you that year and I didn't dare to tell the truth to your parents. I didn't mean to use you to stop the pursuers at that time. I just wanted to go back to see my child and pay respects to him because I knew that I would never come back after I left. But it would attract a lot of people's attention if I took you with me and you might not be safe, so I placed you at the supermarket door. I thought I would come back soon and I told you to wait for me."

"How could I understand you when I was so young? You wanted me to wait for you? Even if I wanted to wait for you, have you ever thought of being human traffickers? What if they kidnapped me? Do you know what I have experienced? Since you can't protect me well, why did you agree to let my parents take me away? Why did you agree to do your own matters halfway? Rachel, you are not a good mother to your son, and you are not a good aunt to me. Do you want to tell me that all you have travelled all these years to find me? Do you really want to help my parents find me, or do you feel uneasy in your heart? In fact, all you want to do is to hide your mistakes. You ran everywhere, wandered around, sold weapons to other countries, accumulated wealth, and asked my parents to be grateful to you. You even wanted to protect your status in the Liu family. Is your pride that important?"

Carmel was completely ruthless. She immediately exposed Rachel's hypocritical kindness and exposed all of her crimes, which immediately made Rachel frown.

She felt that Carmel was too hostile to her.

But it was true that she lost Carmel that year. This was what Rachel owed her!

"Carmel, no matter what you say, at least you're back now. I will compensate you in the future."

"How are you going to make it up me? Do you know what happened after I was abducted?"

Carmel's eyes darkened a little and she saw a figure quickly flitting past her. The familiar hem of the person's clothes made her eyes redden slightly.