The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 871

“Miss, are you okay?”

The nurse’s hands shook as she hurried to gather the scattered reports, her voice trembling. “Mr. Hawk, I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to, I…”

“Quiet. Leave.”

Franco’s patience snapped at the sound of her nervous chatter. He leaned over Nora, concern creasing his brow.

Thankfully, Nora seemed unharmed.

Charlotte stood frozen, gripping the stack of medical reports. Under the brim of her cap, her eyes didn’t move from the two in front of her.

Steven’s words kept replaying in her mind.

Her mother’s organs had failed soon after giving birth. Overwhelmed by the pain, she’d jumped into the sea. The tide was high that day, and her body had never been found.

More than ten years had passed.

Everyone else had moved on, accepted her mother was gone. And yet, here she was, standing right in front of Charlotte. She looked exactly like the woman in her memories.

But if her mother was alive, why had she never tried to find her?

Nineteen years. Nineteen years gone.

Charlotte pressed her lips together, her gaze dropping to Franco’s back. She thought of the DNA report—“paternity not confirmed”—and her brow tightened.

There were only two explanations. Either Franco really was her father and her mother had kept her a secret. Or there was no connection between them at all.

But what she couldn’t figure out was why her mother never came back for her. And what about the Gates family? Was it her mother’s choice to stay away, or had Franco stopped her?

The more she tried to understand, the colder her eyes grew. There was a sharp edge there now, something dangerous.

“What are you staring at?”

Franco had finished checking on Nora. He turned and caught Charlotte’s icy glare, his own brow tightening. “Don’t try any tricks with me.”

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