The Biological Daughter My Husband Bought Home was Actually His MistressChapter 1
After twenty years of marriage to Simon Barnes, that man suddenly told me that Ella Barnes, the girl I thought was our biological daughter, was, in fact, not ours. Eighteen years ago, just when she was born, one of Simon's enemies swapped her with the fake one.
Now, our daughter, the real Barnes's daughter, was standing behind Simon. Her name was Cassie Curtain.
As I looked at the young girl who was peeking timidly from behind my student, sorrow filled my heart.
"Are you Cassie?" I asked with teary eyes.
I couldn’t believe that for eighteen years I had been oblivious to the truth, that I had raised someone else’s daughter. How could I have been fooled for so long?
The girl in front of me wore a simple T-shirt. Her frame looked fragile, as though a breeze could blow her away. Yet her delicate and innocent beauty stirred an undeniable urge within me to shield and protect her.
I stepped forward, one step at a time, wanting to touch her face despite my teary eyes. Yet, when my hand reached her face, she became scared and instinctively stepped back then called out with a soft voice, “Auntie Sarah ….
"Don't call her Auntie Sarah," my husband interrupted. "She’s your mother and I’m your father. You're ours. Just call her, Mom."
His eyes were also in tears as he lovingly grabbed Cassie's hand and mine, then held our hands together. He said, "Cassie, from now on, you’re the true daughter of the Barnes Family. Our most cherished child!”
Simon's declaration brimmed with fervor, as though he couldn’t wait to bestow everything the Barnes Family had upon Cassie.
As I watched my husband and biological daughter before me, a pang of dissatisfaction twisted in my chest. I kept my mouth shut until the housekeeper had guided Cassie upstairs. At that moment, I pulled Simon aside and berated him with a hushed voice, “What do you mean by saying Cassie is our ‘real’ daughter and the one we’ll love the most? What about Ella? Even if she’s not our biological child, we’ve raised her for eighteen years. Are you just going to cast her aside?”