Stella’s doubt only made the situation more amusing for Charlene.
Clearly, Stella wouldn’t believe it until she saw it with her own eyes.
With a dismissive snort, Charlene handed over a stack of documents.
“Words can be hollow, I get that. Go ahead and see for yourself who has really been lying to you.”
Locking eyes with Charlene’s self-assured gaze, Stella took the documents from her hands.
She opened the first page, and as her eyes landed on the blunt, damning words, she felt a bone-chilling sensation envelop her as if being punctured by a thousand tiny needles.
Her face gradually whitened, her hands began to tremble, and her legs wobbled, threatening to buckle beneath her.
“Grandpa…” Stella faced Clint, her voice quivering.
“You know the truth as well, don’t you? Please tell me, is Maverick actually Matthew?”
“Stella…” Caught off guard by the depth of Stella’s emotion, Clint knew he could no longer withhold the truth.
With a brief closure of his eyes, he nodded softly, then clarified, “We never meant to deceive you, Stella. There’s a reason for all of this.”
“There’s no need to say more.” Stella cut him off, tears freely flowing down her cheeks.
Taking a shaky breath, she wore a forlorn smile, her voice raspy as she murmured, “I get it.”
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She sought to rationalize everyone’s motives but found no justification.
She could comprehend the Clark family’s deception, but why would Clint lie to her?
He was her grandfather!
ALL at once, the reality seemed to fragment for Stella. The world hushed, leaving her with a pulsating headache and a high-pitched ringing in her ears that rendered her incapable of coherent thought.
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Ever since realizing her affection for Matthew, she had shouldered a tremendous emotional weight.
She’d loathed herself for being enamored with a married man.
Yet, it turned out she had been misled. The man she’d fallen for was actually her spouse, a man she’d never met.
Everyone had been deceiving her.
She was simply a pawn in a game of familial alliances, and no one cared about her feelings.
Stella’s heart constricted painfully, her body trembling.
Charlene, watching the scene unfold, felt a sense of satisfaction but believed it was insufficient.