Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire

"Let's reintroduce ourselves. My English name is Blaine, but my real name is Samuel Irwin."

Everything around them seemed to come to a standstill.

Selena stared at him, completely taken aback.

She had always assumed that Blaine approached her because she reminded him

of someone significant in his life. Never did she imagine they shared the same

last name.

At this moment, Selena couldn't brush it off as mere coincidence.

After a long silence, she finally found her voice, though it was shaky. "You... you're my father's..."

She struggled to say the words, finding them hard to believe.

In her memories, her parents were deeply in love. How could there be... an affair?

Blaine chuckled softly. "Don't get the wrong idea. Your dad doesn't have any secret kids."

"I'm your uncle."

Uncle??

This meant they were a generation apart, so...

Selena swallowed hard. "Then you're... my grandfather's illegitimate child?"

But considering her grandfather's age, it didn't make sense for him to have a child Blaine's age.

She was completely baffled.

Blaine sighed. "Is it that journalist's imagination of yours?"

He decided to stop being mysterious. He pulled up a chair and sat down, his intense eyes meeting hers.

"I have no blood relation to your grandfather. You, your grandfather, and your father aren't related by blood."

Selena's hands clenched tightly.

"Are you saying... I'm adopted?"

Blaine nodded gently, confirming her suspicion.

The Irwin family was once a thriving dynasty, but betrayal from close friends led to their downfall.

Blaine was just a child, fleeing with newborn Selena to keep her safe. He entrusted her to Selena's parents, who were a distant branch of the Irwin family.noveldrama

Wyatt and Tasha wanted Selena

completely cut off from the main family, shielding her from danger by pretending she was their biological daughter.

Selena never imagined she had such a hidden past.

It felt surreal.

She swallowed a few times. "Then... after you handed me over to Mom and Dad, what happened to you?"

"Me?"

Blaine smiled.

He had fought his way up from nothing, using his cunning and grit to reach where he was now. Everything he had in France was earned through blood and sweat.

More than once, he narrowly escaped death.

Maybe he was too crafty for even the Grim Reaper, so he pulled through.

He didn't go into detail, just said, "I got lucky. Even after being betrayed, I survived."

Betrayed...

"Who betrayed you?"

The smile on Blaine's lips suddenly vanished.

He lowered his eyes, staring at his ring finger, twisting it absentmindedly.

After a pause, he quietly said, "My partner."

His tone was light, but Selena sensed his deep-seated anger and the sadness he tried to hide.

Suddenly, she was at a loss for words.

Yet Blaine still managed a smile. "Guess it runs in the family, both getting

betrayed by the ones we trusted."

Selena laughed along with him.

As they laughed, tears unexpectedly welled up in her eyes.

They were fools.

The biggest fools in the world.

Through her teary eyes, Blaine spoke again,

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"Staying here will only bring you pain."