The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 613

"Yeah, honestly, who knows what kind of dumb luck Shirley’s had this time. Poor Cindy—just unlucky, I guess. Maybe the teacher made a mistake grading her exams."

Octavia refused, as always, to admit her daughter might not measure up to someone else’s child.

“If there was a grading error, you should be able to request a review. They’d fix the score if it was wrong,” Latham said, reminding Octavia gently. “You really need to get more involved with her.”

“How am I not involved?”

“She’s a wreck right now, and whose fault is that? Yours, for bringing that mistress into our lives!” Octavia’s anger had been getting the better of her lately, and the accusation slipped out before she could help herself.

Latham was stunned silent by her outburst.

He knew, deep down, this was an argument he couldn’t win.

“Fallon did switch the babies, but she realized her mistake and tried to make up for it. She spent a lot of time with Cindy over the years, helped her with her studies...”

“That’s why Cindy’s grades have always been solid.”

“It was only after Cindy came back to the James family that her grades started dropping. It’s probably been a tough adjustment for her.”

“Octavia, are you seriously never going to let this Fallon thing go?”

“There’s nothing between us anymore. I mean it.”

“She’s done everything she could for Cindy.”

“You can’t expect Cindy to hold this grudge forever.”

“Fallon treated her as if she were her own daughter.”

Fallon had already come to him once in tears, pouring out her side of things.

She’d confessed that at first, seeing Cindy had made her want revenge, but over time, she’d started to see Cindy as the baby she’d lost—her maternal instinct, displaced and confused, drawing her toward the girl.

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