Upon hearing all this explanation, Valencia felt as if she had been doused with cold water, causing her to feel cold all over. Her face turned pale as a sheet, and she trembled. No. No.

No, it couldn’t be. Raquel wasn’t her mother. Mr. Carter wasn’t her father. Rather, she was the daughter of a wealthy family, and she wasn’t even from the country she had grown up in.

Then what had been the truth in her life? What was?

Maverick’s expression turned cold and solemn. He hadn’t ...