Chapter 1
 
On a rainy day in September, drizzle moisturized a mountain town and washed clean the stone streets with a refreshing earthy smell in the air. 

 

An eighteen-year-old girl was on her way to the principal’s office at the only high school in the town center. 

She dressed austerely, but it did not hide the fact that she was beautiful. However, her emotionless eyes made her look sullen and unapproachable. 

“Mr. Barrett, here comes Nicole.” Class teacher, Ms. Mills, led the way for Nicole. 

Nicole Wallace looked at her with some surprise, wondering why Ms. Mills was suddenly so nice to her. Ms. Mills was someone who placed great importance on family background in the selection of class committee members. 

“Let her in.” The principal was equally excited; even his voice was a little trembling. 

Nicole slowly chuckled as soon as she stepped into the principal’s office. 

It turned out to be because of him. 

On the VIP sofa in the principal’s office sat a tall man, dressed in an expensive suit, looking like a social elite, but his facial features were like hers. 

Nicole was studying the man just as the man was studying her. 

He initially planned to go to the hospital with her for a DNA test, but now it seemed unnecessary. 

She was a dead ringer for her mother with the same fine facial features and fair and delicate skin. Her beauty was hard to conceal, even if she dressed casually. 

thing was her

was a hint of unfathomable iciness in her eyes.

Nicole frowned and

not her grandmother’s biological granddaughter, and she had thought that one day her birth family would come looking for her.

her biological parents would come. This man was way too

eyes, and he said,

manager of the Riddle Corporation in San Joto?” Mr. Barrett could not

had just learned that, for god’s sake.

car accident, and only then her grandmother told her the truth — she was adopted by them when she was a child. No wonder her adoptive parents had been so cold to her and

to come to reunite with her. Nicole did not expect that this day would come, much less her brother was the general manager of Riddle Corporation, a famous name in

had a hard time believing such a plot

brothers besides me,” the man

what she had imagined all this time. She could hardly imagine what it would be like to have four elder brothers.

thought, Mrs. Wallace Sr. said to Sean politely,

a gift box from his

accept the gift.

said indifferently. “Mr. Barrett, Great Oak High School has nurtured my sister for so many years, and we will return the favor by donating money to build the

owe no

up. “That is great! Thank you, Mr.

last accepted the gift out of politeness.

Barrett gave some more flattery talks before he and his headteacher saw

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