[If Natalie and Marie really were switched, doesn't that make Natalie the real Ms. Ward? Everything Marie has would actually belong to Natalie.]
Seeing these comments, Marie panicked and slammed her phone onto the floor.
Damn it, damn it! How could this happen?
She never thought she and Natalie would have been born in the same hospital. She knew she wasn't her parents' biological daughter, and Natalie wasn't that man's daughter, which meant... was Natalie the real heiress of the Ward family?
The realization nearly drove Marie insane with rage.
How could this be? How was this possible? She had assumed that with Marcus Ward dead, no one would ever go looking for the so-called "real" Ms. Ward.
She never in a million years imagined that Natalie would turn out to be the Ward family heiress.
Impossible. This was impossible.
Furious, Marie swept everything off the table, smashing it all. Victoria froze in place, not daring to get any closer.
She had seen just how vicious Marie could be the day before. How could she dare try to calm her down now?
Even after smashing everything, Marie's rage was not appeased. She couldn't accept that she wasn't Ms. Ward. What was even harder to accept was that Natalie was.
Victoria cautiously asked from a distance, "Marie, what's wrong? What happened?"
"It's none of your business! Get out! Get out!" Marie roared, her eyes bloodshot.
A year ago, Marcus Ward had told her she wasn't his biological sister, not their parents' real daughter.
He was going to find his sister but promised that even when she was found, it wouldn't threaten Marie's position.
Natalie had been married into the Cross family for five years, and Victoria had no idea when her birthday was. Natalie never celebrated it, but she always placed great importance on her and Darren's wedding anniversary.
In those five years, every time Marie had a birthday party, the Cross family threw a huge celebration, but Natalie had never said a word about sharing a birthday with Marie.
What was she thinking?
Victoria was alarmed. Seeing Marie's hysterical state made her even more uneasy.
Could it really be true, just like the article said? Were Natalie and Marie switched at birth?
After her initial shock, Victoria said, "Marie, don't be angry. The news will write anything for clicks these days. Even if you and Natalie were born in the same hospital at the same time, you're the real Ward heiress. How could Natalie be Ms. Ward? Even if she's not Martin Doyle's daughter, she's probably just from some ordinary family. It'll be easy enough to check. You don't need to get angry over rumors."
The last thing Marie wanted to hear about was an investigation into her identity, but Victoria had just hit her rawest nerve.

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