"You!"

Mrs. Chambers was so furious her face went pale; she hated bringing up the past more than anything.

So what if she’d been a mistress!

Didn’t she give birth to a "son" and make that son Young Master Chambers!

Didn’t she become Mrs. Chambers!

"I really did give birth to such a wonderful daughter!"

Mrs. Chambers ground out between clenched teeth; if she didn’t need to rely on Finn Chandler to stand firm in The Chambers Family, why would she have to swallow this humiliation!

"Finn Chandler, what do you want!"

Pearl Chambers’s face didn’t look good either; her status as an illegitimate daughter was her sore spot.

"You want to marry Julian Ford?"

Pearl scoffed. "You’re way too naive!"

"You think just because you’ve become Miss Chambers, he’ll marry you? You say Mom’s a mistress and a homewrecker—then you’re an illegitimate daughter too!"

"Since you’re an illegitimate daughter, The Ford Family will never look twice at you, and he won’t want you either!"

Seeing Finn Chandler stay silent, Pearl softened her tone. "Listen to us."

"In the future, even if you get pregnant with Julian Ford’s child, we can help you hide it. When the baby is born, we’ll say it’s Ling’er’s. Isn’t that the perfect solution?"

She really couldn’t understand it. They’d given her such a good plan—why wouldn’t Finn Chandler agree.

"What a great idea."

Finn Chandler laughed, sounding like she was agreeing.

She slowly pushed herself up from the chair and smiled again.

But she still wanted Julian Ford to know who she really was; she wanted to give everything up and just be with him.

The Chambers Family, The Chambers Corporation—what did she even want them for!

"But..."

Finn Chandler turned, her voice going cold as she walked toward the door. Before she’d come in, she’d told the servants not to close the front doors of The Chambers Family estate.

Inside, she hadn’t felt that cold, but the closer she got to the entrance, the more she felt the wind from outside slicing in, icy and sharp.

"But what!"

Pearl Chambers rushed up behind her, demanding.

Finn Chandler didn’t answer. She strode quickly to the doorway, reached out to grab the handle, and the moment she pulled the door open, she saw a man standing outside.

"But he already heard every last word."

Looking at Julian Ford in front of her, Finn Chandler said with a smile.

She kept smiling, and her eyes reddened, but she still forced the tears not to spill.

"Julian Ford, I’m Finn Chandler."

Today Finn Chandler was dressed as Young Master Chambers; the moment she smiled, there was no way Julian Ford could keep mistaking her for Chloe Finch.

"And I’m also Chloe Finch."

She introduced herself to him, while her heart pounded faster and faster.

Like a storm brewing over a tower, when she’d been arguing inside with Mrs. Chambers and the others, she had never stopped paying attention to what was happening outside.

On her way here, she’d told someone to stop Julian Ford outside The Chambers Family gates, then sneak him in.

Julian had come in without a sound. Mrs. Chambers and Pearl were so focused on talking to her they hadn’t noticed a thing—but she had.

"Mr. Ford!"

Hearing Finn Chandler’s voice, Pearl walked toward the entrance, and when she saw Julian Ford standing there with a dark expression, she froze.

"Mr. Ford, what brings you here?"

Pearl panicked on the spot, and Mrs. Chambers, who had followed her over, was scared out of her wits as well.

How could Julian Ford be here!

Why hadn’t the servants informed them!

They rushed to explain to Julian Ford. "Mr. Ford, did you hear anything just now? None of that is true!"

"It’s Finn Chandler!"

"She actually likes some other man. For your sake, she..."

Just to keep Finn Chandler’s real identity from being exposed, they were willing to slander her sexuality.

"You didn’t mishear."

When Finn Chandler had come over, she’d been terrified, and when she’d deliberately brought up all this with Mrs. Chambers and Pearl, she’d been scared then too.