Chapter 146

Xenia hadn't heard that nickname in a long time. She had always carried a lingering doubt. Her father had been an abusive gambler who, whenever he lost money, would come home and take it out on her and her mother. Eventually, her mother couldn't take it anymore and ran away. As a girl, Xenia's life hadn't been any easier. Then, one day, her father died while trying to save someone. She was taken in by the Liddell family and started living with them. She had always felt something about this story didn't add up because her father hadn't been a good man, and it didn't make sense that he would have saved someone. But Xenia had never dared to voice her suspicions, afraid that she'd lose her comfortable life if the Liddell family looked into it. She'd tried to bury those doubts, accepting everything the Liddell family gave her. But now, panic surged within her after receiving a phone call from someone claiming to be her father. What if her father was still alive? Then what had really h