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Darren took a deep breath and began to talk about what happened eighteen years
ago.
Back then, Leanna was still a girl in her twenties. She was confident, positive, straightforward, and good–looking.
After Darren and Leanna met, they fell in love with each other and soon enjoyed an intimate relationship. Darren’s father was also very satisfied with Leanna. Darren and Leanna had thought that they could live happily ever happily.
However, upon receiving the news of her pregnancy, they learned that her parents were seriously ill and she needed to return home to care for them.
At the time of their hasty marriage, he hadn’t gone to visit Leanna’s parents. So he went back with her, only to discover her true background. She was actually a princess of Zosteylor, which came as quite a shock to Darren.
Ulrich Stark, Leanna and Kamila’s father, was seriously ill, and their mother cried every day. Ulrich intended to pass the country’s affairs to Leanna, but at that time, Leanna did not agree. Instead, she felt that her sister, Kamila, who was full of ambition and aspiration, was more suitable. And the country would surely prosper under Kamila’s leadership.
It was Ulrich who said that Kamila was very ambitious but quite petty, unable to tolerate others, and not suitable to be a leader.
Somehow, these words reached Kamila’s ears. She fed Ulrich slow–acting poison and accelerated his death, then poisoned Leanna as well. Therefore, the Queen’s Palace was not safe to stay in for long.
Staying there too long would be life–threatening.
Ulrich gave the token of succession to Leanna, and Darren and Leanna fled
together. However, as Leanna was poisoned, she couldn’t truly take on the position. of leader. Moreover, Kamila often handled state affairs, and many people supported her. It was unlikely they would willingly accept Leanna, who only knew how to have fun, as their leader.
Therefore, they had to run away with the token at that time.
Without the token, Kamila couldn’t succeed on the throne to be the leader. Even if she held power, she was far from that position.
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During that time, Leanna struggled against the poison. But she was pregnant, and doctors dared not administer medication, urging her to terminate the pregnancy. She refused to do so.
Even if she knew the child would be born with poison, she didn’t want to give up the child. So, she didn’t take medication or detoxify herself. Instead, during her pregnancy, she painstakingly rallied the people left for her by Ulrich.
They were finally able to return to the Queen’s Palace officially, but Kamila set them up. They didn’t care about the danger, but Leanna was pregnant. She didn’t want to take risks, so she wanted to wait a little longer.
To be on the safe side, they went back to Clusia. Instead of going back home, they stayed in the county town around Drieso, where medical technology wasn’t too bad. They stayed there for two months until Harper and Cassandra were born.
When they were born, Darren had the doctor examine them. Harper was found to be carrying the poison in his body, while Cassandra was healthy. Leanna cried but also felt extremely lucky.
They thought that at least one of the babies was healthy and Cassandra could grow up healthily.
Their happiness didn’t last long. On the third day after Leanna gave birth to Harper and Cassandra, they received news that Kamila had obtained the succession token and was about to hold the succession ceremony.
Then they couldn’t sit still and let it happen. They had to stop the ridiculous
ceremony.
However, they didn’t know what to do with the two children. After Leanna gave birth to the children, her body was very weak. Combined with the poison, she was almost exhausted. Darren and she couldn’t take both children with them.
They watched Harper and Cassandra in a dilemma, unsure of whom to take.
However, the danger was approaching. Kamila’s men had found them, leaving them with little time to think. If they didn’t leave immediately, all of them would be in danger.
Darren said to Leanna, “Leanna, let’s take Harper and leave Cassandra to my father. My family will take good care of her. It’s not far from Drieso here. It’s only a three–hour drive or any hour by plane. She will be fine.”
He made the decision, but Leanna didn’t fully understand it. Both children were
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theirs, so she didn’t know the reason why they should have to make such a decision.
“We simply can’t take both children with us. You’re too weak now. We can take Harper with us. When you detoxify your body, he can get detoxified too. While Cassandra is healthy, my father will take good care of her,” explained Darren.
Leanna disagreed and argued, “But what if Maximilian doesn’t pick her up safely? What if she goes missing?”
Darren had been turning it over in his head, and then he threw out an idea. “I’ll hack her DNA file. When anyone runs a DNA test, the system will mess with her results, making it look like she’s part of Benjamin’s family. This way, nobody can track her back to us or to my dad.”
“But I’ll tell Dad everything. When they see her, they can do the DNA test at the military hospital. I won’t change the system or data there, so they’ll be able to make sure who she is,” he added.
There was no more time to convince themselves.
The reason why Darren chose Benjamin’s family was that he had helped Benjamin once and hoped for him to repay his kindness. In addition, if Cassandra was unfortunately missing and found by Benjamin’s family, they would inevitably go. visit Maximilian’s family.
Then Maximilian would definitely be able to see her. As long as he saw her, he would surely recognize her.
They made a quick decision and left with Harper in their arms, leaving behind the necklace Darren often wore to Cassandra. They hoped it would make it easier for Maximilian to pick her up.
However, he hadn’t expected that there would be an accident. The nurse held Cassandra everywhere to look for her parents but failed to find them. When Maximilian and the others of the family arrived, the nurse just left with Cassandra in her arms. They only knew that Cassandra was lost, but they had no idea where to find her.
They exposed Kamila’s conspiracy, presenting the true token of succession. With the support of their followers and those who only recognized the token, the majority supported them. The succession ceremony, which was designed for Kamila, became Leanna’s. As a result, Kamila was sent to the military court for disrupting national security and forging the token. But she escaped on the way.
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Kamila, who should have been in prison, had been lingering outside for so many
years.
When Leanna’s succession was settled, they began to look for Cassandra. They wanted to see if she had been taken back to the Yates family. If so, Darren would sneak back and pick her up because Kamila was no longer a threat, and he could. have Cassandra back with them.
However, when he hacked into the Yates family’s surveillance, he found no trace of Cassandra, only hearing their guilt for not picking the child up.
With Cassandra gone missing, Darren felt like he was losing his mind. The hospital surveillance only showed a nurse carrying her away, with no clear identification of the nurse because all the nurses wore masks.
When Leanna knew that Cassandra was missing, her health deteriorated further all of a sudden.
She had fainted for several years.
The poison in Harper’s body was also making him painful. Therefore, Darren couldn’t leave. He had no choice but to take care of Leanna and Harper.
And he was searching for Cassandra, which was quite difficult because there were no clues.
Darren could only pray that Benjamin had found Cassandra and raised her
- up.
He had checked the surveillance of Benjamin’s house and found that they did have a baby girl.
Without further thought, Darren believed it was Cassandra, so he stayed with
Leanna and Harper, feeling reassured.
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