Next Man, Better Plan novel Chapter 132

Almost every parent has told their child they were found in a dumpster as a baby.

But the Jacksons had never said that to her.

Stephanie later realized it was because the Jacksons were afraid she might actually believe it and suffer a second trauma.

After Susan remarried, Stephanie was left all alone in the vast Jackson estate.

At just sixteen, she inherited a colossal fortune that most people couldn't earn in a lifetime.

But her world was falling apart.

She couldn't feel any happiness at all.

If she could, she would have given up all the money just to have her father and brother back, safe and sound.

Nothing was more important than her family's well-being.

A sixteen-year-old girl couldn't possibly carry the weight of a massive company like Meridian Consortium.

She retreated into her own small corner.

No one knew that after the lawyers finalized the inheritance contracts, Stephanie had slit her wrists in the Jackson mansion.

But she didn't succeed.

Because the woman claiming to be her birth mother showed up.

Rora said she had no choice but to abandon her all those years ago.

Now, she was gravely ill and didn't have long to live. Her only wish was to be acknowledged as her mother.

Stephanie refused without hesitation.

She had grown up cherished by the Jacksons; of course, they were the only family she recognized.

As for this biological mother, she felt nothing for her.

Although Serena had made the online post, Stephanie knew someone else was pulling the strings.

Because besides the Jackson and the Gonzalez families, the only other person who knew about her relationship with Rora was Victoria.

Once, during college, Rora had found her at the university.

It was Victoria who had brought her to her dorm room.

But Victoria had promised she would never tell anyone this secret.

But now, she had broken her word.

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