“Janet, you’re too considerate,” Beal said with a sigh. He and Johanna were happy to see that Janet had
grown up to be such a sensible young woman.
After all, they didn’t want to abandon Lila. She might’ve been a little arrogant and domineering, but she
was still
their daughter, albeit not biologically.
But Johanna was partial to Janet. She looked at her husband firmly and said, “We need to tell Lila the
truth when we get back: that she’s not our biological daughter, and that Janet is. Then, we can make an
announcement to the public. We have to bring Janet back as the daughter of the Whites.”
Johanna held her daughter’s hands and looked at her face intently. Janet looked so much like her when
she was younger. “If I don’t do this, it will be too unfair to you. You’ve suffered enough.”
Beal supported Johanna’s decision, but he was a bit hesitant. “Lila’s a spoiled child. She has never
experienced any setbacks in her life. If we tell her the truth now, I’m afraid it will be a big blow to her.”
Johanna sneered icily. “Do we have to make Janet suffer because of her inability to cope? We’re not
abandoning Lila. She is still our daughter and we will still treat her the same way. Anyway, somebody’s
going to be unhappy either way. And I’d rather it be Lila than Janet. We owe Janet too much. It’s her turn
to be spoiled.”
In Johanna’s youth, she had become famous in Barnes for being a decisive and sharp-tongued female
entrepreneur. She was still that same fierce woman even after decades.
“If Lila finds out she’s not our real daughter, do you think she’ll look for her biological parents?” Beal
asked warily.
Johanna looked at Beal as though she was looking at an idiot. “We’ve spoiled Lila for years. Do you
really think she’ll go looking for her real parents?”
Beal fell silent and didn’t say anything more.
Janet couldn’t help but look at her mother with awe. She was quick-witted and sharp-tongued, and she
spoke with a certain authority.
Ethan also found that Johanna was much smarter than he had imagined and that she was very sensible.
Janet, on the other hand, was naive and innocent. With a mother like Johanna looking after Janet, at
least she wouldn’t be easily cheated in the future.
Later, Beal and Johanna temporarily took residence in Ethan’s villa.
The two of them then discussed and made arrangements to take Janet back to Barnes, intending to
publicly announce that she was their biological daughter.
They were engaged in a heated discussion and didn’t even think to ask Ethan for his opinion. Rather,
they just ignored his presence.
Janet looked at Ethan questioningly. “You haven’t talked much today.”
Before, Ethan had made it clear that he wouldn’t let her leave him.
Ethan sighed helplessly. He smoothed Janet’s hair and said gently, “What can I do? You’ve finally found
your biological parents. I would never want to get in the way of that.”
In fact, he had already made up his mind. He would let Janet go back to Barnes with her parents. The
Larson Group could expand to Barnes so that Ethan could relocate there in the future.
Anyway, Janet was his wife now. She would never leave him.
Janet’s face lit up and she smiled at Ethan sweetly. She pinched his cheek and said, “Then I’ll go to
Barnes. Visit me often, okay?”
Ethan couldn’t help but chuckle. He kissed the corner of her lips when Beal and Johanna were looking
away and held her in his arms. “I will, my dear wife.”
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