The CEO's Regret: His Lost Wife's Secret Twins novel Chapter 109

Chapter 109

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Matthew squared his shoulders and looked directly into my eyes. His expression shifted from anger to cold contempt.

“You want to know what happened while you were out? Fine. You’ve been unconscious for three days while everything went to hell,” he

said.

“Three days?” My voice was hoarse. My mind struggled to piece together what happened after the cliff.

“The Grants held a press conference. They announced what you already knew-Emma isn’t their biological daughter. Christine switched

the babies twenty-three years ago.”

I nodded weakly. But Matthew’s tone told me there was more.

“Emma also decided to tell the truth about the Boston accident ten years ago.”

My chest tightened. “What truth?”

*Emma was a witness. She saw Christine tamper with Aaron’s car. Christine cut the brake lines.”

Even though I’d suspected something, hearing it confirmed made my stomach twist. “And Emma knew all this time?”

“According to Emma’s tearful confession, she was just a helpless victim,” Matthew said sarcastically. “She told cameras how Christine threatened to kill her if she spoke up. How she was just a scared little girl with no choice.”

“People believed that?”

“They ate it up. Emma positioned herself perfectly.”

Matthew showed me his phone. Emma’s face filled the screen, tears streaming as she spoke to reporters.

‘Look at this performance, Matthew said bitterly. “Every word calculated. Every tear on cue. She’s painting herself as Aria’s champion while ignoring that she watched Aria suffer for ten years.”

I watched, jaw clenching. Emma looked broken, vulnerable. The perfect victim.

“But it gets better. She’s claiming she had no idea she wasn’t a real Grant until recently. Says Christine kept her in the dark her whole life. She’s acting like she’s just as much a victim as Aria.”

“That’s insane.”

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‘That’s genius. She’s distanced herself from everything Christine did. The baby switch? She didn’t know. The car accident? She was

threatened. Aria’s suffering? Not her fault-she was Christine’s victim too.”

Matthew scrolled through comments on his phone.

“Her fans are calling her brave. They’re saying ‘Emma couldn’t choose her mother’ and ‘She was just a child, how could she speak up? Some even think the Grants should keep her as their daughter because she’s suffered enough.”

“You’re joking.”

“I wish I was. And the best part? They’re all saying you should accept her as the future Mrs. Morgan. After all, she’s the one who finally

gave Aria justice.”

My fists clenched so hard my nails broke the skin of my palm. “She gave Aria justice? She watched Aria take the blame for ten years!”

“Try telling that to her fans. They’ve already decided Emma is the hero of this story.”

“Some reporter asked me if I would thank Emma for coming forward,” Matthew said, his hands shaking with rage. “Can you believe that? Thank her? I told them I don’t believe a single word of her garbage explanation.”

“You think she’s lying?”

‘I know she’s lying. Emma has been living as a Grant for twenty-three years. She’s had every privilege, every opportunity that should have been Aria’s. And now she gets to walk away from all of it as the victim? As the brave witness who finally spoke up?”

Matthew’s voice rose with each word. “She knew Christine tampered with that car. She knew Aaron wasn’t drunk. She knew Aria was innocent. And she said nothing. For ten years, she said nothing while Aria was called a murderer’s daughter.”

‘Maybe she really was threatened-

“Don’t.” Matthew cut me off sharply. “Don’t you dare defend her. Emma Grant is Christine’s daughter through and through. The only difference is Emma is smarter. She knows how to play the victim. She knows how to make people feel sorry for her.”

He put his phone away, his entire body tense with anger.

“You know what makes me sick? It’s working. Public opinion has completely flipped. They’re not just forgiving her they’re praising her. Emma has successfully rewritten the narrative so that she comes out looking like a saint.”

“What about the drunk driving accusation?” I asked. “How did that start?”

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