I Was The Fake Heiress—Then Found Real Heir Was My Ex Chapter 10
Two Stolen Children
Simon took over the investigation.
Within a week, his people found an old payment made to a hospital administrator.
The money came through a company connected to the Ashford family.
Not my father.
His younger brother.
Thomas Ashford.
The story came together piece by piece.
Twenty-two years ago, Thomas believed my father’s newborn son would block him from ever controlling Ashford Holdings.
So he paid to make the baby disappear.
Simon was sent out under another family’s records.
I was placed in his crib.
A random child.
A temporary solution.
According to the plan, once the family became unstable, Thomas would move in.
But nothing went the way he expected.
My parents raised me as their daughter.
They trained me as heir.
Simon survived and built Vale Capital from nothing.
I stared at the documents until the words blurred.
“My whole life happened because someone needed a substitute.”
Simon sat beside me.
“Daphne.”
“If I’m not really an Ashford, what am I?”
He didn’t hesitate.
“Daphne.”
I looked at him.
“That was enough for me before I knew your last name.”
For once, I had nothing sarcastic to say.