Chapter 41
Chapter 41
Silvia’s pupils contracted, her breath catching for a moment as she tried to steady herself.
“Why?” she whispered, her voice strained. “Why don’t you find them?”
Aria gave a cold laugh, her eyes narrowing in mockery. “If they can’t even get their own child right, what makes you think I’d bother with them?”
Stall silent, suddenly feeling the weight of her words. With Aria, there was always this pressure an invisible weight that made it hard to breathe.
Sikia said, “If we’d swapped back earlier you wouldn’t be in this mess.”
Aria replied, her voice casual, yet sharp, “But even if we had, the result would be the same. You were always more suited to be Saxon family’s daughter
than ever was.”
Aria’s features were a carbon copy of Zoe’s—her small face, large eyes, the softness that suggested innocent
But the coldness in her gaze, the constant distance she kept from everyone, made her unapproachable
The Saxon family believed Aria’s aloofness was due to her upbringing, but it wasn’t.
She had always been this way. It wasn’t the environment that had shaped her; it was just her nature.
Even if she hadn’t been switched at birth, the outcome would have been the same. The family wouldn’t like her.
What they wanted was a cheerful, lively, optimistic, and kind hearted daughter–someone like Silvia
Aria could never be that..
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Silvia took a step forward, about to speak, when suddenly the lights flickered and then went out, plunging them into darkness.
Instinctively, she screamed, but before she could process anything, a firm hand yanked her forward. Something whizzed by her ear, so close that could feel the air shit, it embedded itself in the wall with a soft thunk.
Her heart raced, and before she could comprehend what had just happened, Aria had already pulled her into the living room, slamming the door shut behind them and locking it
Silvia’s hand trembled as she tried to steady herself. “W–what just happened?”
Aria didn’t answer.
Only Silvia’s erratic breathing filled the room.
A few long moments later, the lights flickered back on.
Aria’s expression remained unreadable as she casually pulled something from a drawer and began extracting the needle lodged in the door.
Silvia’s gaze followed the needle, her mouth going dry. “What… What is that?”
Her fingers instinctively went to her ear, where she could still feel the faint sting. She glanced down and saw a speck of blood on her fingers.
The same needle that had whizzed past her head.
Her heart pounded in her chest.
She thought, Aria hadn’t pulled me just then, that needle would have stabbed right into my temple!”
She swallowed hard, her mind racing. What’s going on? Had it been meant for me? Or for Aria?
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Aria didn’t respond as she neatly placed the needle into a small sealed bag, setting it on top of the shoe cabinet.
Silvia’s gaze shited, and the noticed the faint scars on Aria’s pale shoulder–thin
Then her eyes darted down. A small scar–still raised–peeked out from under Aria’s sleepwear, and Silvia’s phone slipped from her grasp, clattering to
the floor.
She couldn’t help but stare, her breath catching in her throat.
Aria glanced back at her, then bent to pick up the phone, placing
git in Silvia’s hand.
“Don’t come here again,” she said, her tone as cold as ice. “Whatever happens tonight stays between us. Otherwise, the consequences are yours to beac
Silvia didn’t speak. She was still frozen, staring at Aria
There had been another scar starting from the left shoulder and going downwards. It hadn’t been deep, but it had been quite noticeable.
Aria hadn’t even worn the expensive dresses Zoo had bought her when she first came home–dresses that still hung untouched in the closet.
Silvia
a had assumed Aria didn’t like them, thought she was being stubborn or resentful, and that’s why she refused to wear them.
Now, she felt foolish even thinking that.
Ana turned away, heading further into the house
Silvia hesitated, then reached out, her hand brushing against Aria’s arm. “This place is dangerous Please come with me. Let’s go back together.”
The needle was most likely meant for Aria, not her.
She wondered, “And the scars on her back… what had Aria been through?”
She felt a pang of guilt, realizing just how sellish she’d been, resenting Aria’s position.
She thought, “My biological parents came to me asking for money. I hoped they would go to Aria
