Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 1320

"The day Mira was born, my father and his mistress orchestrated a baby swap. They presented the mistress's daughter to my mother, passing her off as her own flesh and blood."

Dominic gasped. "Are you telling me your mother never suspected a thing?"

"My mother fell into a coma due to complications during labor," Ethan explained grimly. "Medical tech back then wasn't what it is today. By the time she woke up, the baby had already been swapped."

"She's incredibly naive, so she never suspected a thing."

"What's even more infuriating is that she teamed up with my father to help Mara bully Mira..."

Dominic shook his head in disbelief.

"You have to understand," Ethan continued, "Mira didn't grow up with us. She had no emotional attachment to the Mercers. Her adoptive parents weren't rich, but they treasured her like absolute royalty."

Dominic nodded slowly. "You can tell just from her legal name—Pearl Finn. They literally named her after a precious gem. And given the incredible young woman they raised, those parents must be extraordinary people in their own right."

Mira seamlessly picked up the thread. "To tell you the truth, I inherited my medical knowledge from my adoptive mother."

George Finn was a simple, lifelong resident of his rural village, leaving no room for a mysterious backstory. But her adoptive mother, Sarah Creed, was a different story.

Mira couldn't exactly announce she was reincarnated. Even Sebastian Quinn kept his past-life memories a heavily guarded secret.

Spouting off about reincarnation would get her branded a lunatic—or worse, dragged off to a black-site lab for dissection.

But a person's skills had to come from somewhere. She needed a believable origin story.

Mira didn't have any maternal relatives back in the village. Her late grandmother used to say Sarah was an orphan who wandered into town from God knows where.

Starving and desperate, she had been introduced to the Finn family and taken in as a bride.

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