Divorce Failed! My Wife's Secret Identities Shock the World novel Chapter 1035

At this point in the story, a lingering shiver ran down Maeve's spine.

"When my dad found out she had married another man, he lost his damn mind."

"Given his temper, he fully intended to eliminate me—the so-called unwanted baggage."

"Terrified he would kill me, she lied and claimed I was his biological child."

"He obviously didn't buy it and demanded a DNA test. And just like that, the truth exploded."

Maeve didn't have many clear memories from that age, just vague recollections of a chaotic, turbulent childhood.

"Long story short, the revelation drove him completely over the edge for a while."

"It was Griffin and Charlie's arrival that saved us and changed our entire destiny."

"Griffin took me in as his apprentice, and he also cured my dad's 'illness'."

"Turns out, my dad's insanity was a lot like Leonardo Salazar's recent situation."

"He'd been hit with a Dark Curse. And the mastermind behind it was one of my grandfather's mistresses."

To Andres, this kind of elite family drama wasn't surprising in the least.

Scheming women desperate for status were capable of unimaginable cruelty.

From what Maeve had shared, it was clear that despite Old Mr. Reed's endless affairs, he only recognized Julian as his true heir.

The Reed family placed paramount importance on bloodlines.

Julian's mother was a high-society heiress; naturally, her son was the only legitimate successor.

The mistress had wrongly assumed that if she drove the rightful heir insane, her bastard son would take his place.

The end result was that the treasonous mistress and her son were quietly and permanently erased from existence.

As Julian recovered from the curse, he slowly began to grasp the concept of genuine love.

Andres tilted his head. "If you're the Reed family heiress, why is your last name Vance?"

Maeve grinned. "My mom is just as stubborn. She flat-out refused to let the kids she carried take her husband's name."

"Did our parents ever make it official?" Andres asked.

It turned out a marriage license actually carried some weight.

If Julian and Serenity had signed the papers back then, Luka never would have had a chance to swoop in.

Maeve found his focus mildly amusing but answered anyway.

"They did, but they kept it incredibly low-key."

"You can probably guess why. He couldn't handle other people looking at her."

"Even cured, his core personality remained mostly intact."