After Divorce: Remarried to a Tycoon with Twin Babies-Chapter 65: Vivian’s Origins? The True and False Heiress Revealed!

Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Vivian’s Origins? The True and False Heiress Revealed!

At this moment, completely unaware that the secret she desperately wanted to hide had already been exposed, Vivian Sinclair was sitting downstairs, looking at Catherine Sinclair for their first face-to-face meeting.

This was their first formal encounter, and even conversation, since the truth about their identities had been revealed.

Vivian Sinclair broke the silence first, "Thank you just now."

That Catherine Sinclair would stand up for her was another unexpected surprise for Vivian Sinclair.

Catherine Sinclair replied, "It was just a small favor. Besides, seeing what followed, it seemed that even without my meddling, you could handle these troubles on your own."

Catherine was alluding to the hotel’s compliments and protection towards Vivian, which Vivian could not explain and could only smile about.

"Your attitude surprises me."

"I thought you would hate me."

But actually, now in the entire Sinclair Family, the only one not so hostile towards her was Catherine.

Catherine picked up her coffee, now able to elegantly present herself in front of others with practiced ease.

It must be said that the Sinclair Family had taught their daughter well.

Catherine indeed lived up to her true noble lineage, mastering these things quickly and skillfully.

Facing Vivian’s appreciative gaze, Catherine took a small sip from her cup before responding to Vivian’s words, "At first, I did resent you."

"I hated you for taking my life."

"I hated you for being loved by my parents and brother, hated you for enjoying everything that should have been mine."

"I hated that even after you, the fake heiress, had left the Sinclair Family, it still made mother secretly cry her eyes swollen."

"I hated that my brother left the country because of you, and father always sighed and lamented."

"I hated that even though they cared about you, they all regarded me and pretended not to care about you anymore."

Vivian felt a sudden bitterness in her heart and lowered her head.

She reached out to hold the cup, but found she had no strength to lift it.

And so had to let go.

Her hands placed on her knees, she rubbed them nervously.

"I’m sorry."

"I’m really sorry."

She only hesitated for a moment before Vivian almost bit through her lip.

"And there’s something I need to be honest with you about."

"Actually, a few months before the truth was revealed...I had already found out that I might not be a daughter of the Sinclair Family."

After saying this, Vivian bravely raised her head, eyes full of shame and guilt as she looked at Catherine.

"I’m not trying to explain myself."

"Compared to your honesty, I feel even more contemptible and shameless."

"At the time, I was terrified, lost, panicked...I was afraid of my parents finding out everything, so I hid it for a long time..."

"Until the day the truth was torn open, actually a weight was lifted from my heart, and I felt relieved."

"When I left the Sinclair Family, it was because I found that home could no longer accommodate me, and I didn’t want to owe you more and more."

"I’m truly sorry!"

Vivian’s apology was sincere.

She had used all her strength to confess her past disgrace.

Catherine was stunned into silence.

Perhaps not expecting...Vivian to have the courage to voice her own shame.

How many people in this world could do that?

After all, she could have hidden it all her life, and no one would have known, yet she chose to speak the unspeakable.

At this moment, looking into her eyes, Catherine seemed to truly empathize with her brokenness.

In a sudden inexplicable moment, Catherine smiled.

"Yet today, haven’t you also achieved your own sense of integrity?"

"Also... you only agreed to the Grant Family engagement because you knew the truth of your identity and wanted to win back your parents’ and brother’s hearts, right?"

"Given your personality, it’s impossible to marry a man whose heart still holds a first love."

"But you wronged yourself to marry into the Grant Family, and unexpectedly, after your identity was exposed, your parents and brother... chose to abandon you without hesitation to prove themselves and for the sake of avenging this wrong."

"So at that time, you chose not to leave the Grant Family, right?"

Vivian didn’t realize Catherine was so smart.

She had guessed Vivian’s situation so accurately.

So, how could their parents not have thought of it?

But even if they had, they still would have chosen the situation most beneficial to the Sinclair Family.

That was allowing Vivian, the fake heiress, to fend for herself in order to completely win back their biological daughter who had been neglected for over twenty years.

To prove that they were correcting an error and returning to the path the Sinclair Family should originally follow.

Vivian couldn’t hide the bitterness in her heart and just smiled, "To ruin a good hand, that must refer to someone like me."

Catherine replied, "What do you mean by someone like you?"

"What’s wrong with you?"

"Are you unforgiving?"

"Thinking it over carefully, what mistake did you make?"

"Listen Vivian, I haven’t finished yet."

"I did start by hating you, but later I realized you were also a victim of this incident."

"Though you did live comfortably for over twenty years, knowing the truth would have devastated you a hundredfold, a thousandfold more than me, right?"

"From heaven to hell, all the love taken back overnight, how many in this world wouldn’t go mad?"

"It wasn’t your family intentionally exchanging us for malice; rather, it was the enemies of the Sinclair Family dragging you, an innocent, into this."

"Moreover, you are not at all detestable."

"Neither spoiled nor capricious. You are gracious, bold in love and hate. Able to take up, able to let go."

"You even went as far as marrying into the Grant Family for the Sinclair Family, marrying such a man."

"I’ve thought, if I hadn’t drifted outside, would I have been forced to marry that man named Grant?"

"I ask myself, could I have done it?"

"When I think about it, haven’t you suffered for me too?"

"Besides, I don’t believe I’m more willing than you to sacrifice for the family. So, I definitely wouldn’t have agreed to marry into The Grant Family back then."

"Let’s put aside our hatred and live well from now on!"

"Vivian, you should also move on from your wrong choices!"

Catherine spoke with eyes flushed red, gazing at Vivian with a fate-laden glimmer in her eyes.

They were born in the same year, same month, same day.

Though fate played tricks on them by swapping their identities, they were both victims, so why should they hate each other?

Thinking this way, Vivian was truly shaken.

Could such a good thing really happen to her?

Catherine’s sincerity didn’t seem fake.

Yet Vivian had lost her ability to trust others long ago...

But she still slowly raised her hand.

Feeling the intent, Catherine also reached out, and the moment their hands touched, they immediately held onto each other tightly.

They lifted their heads and exchanged a smile, with many unspoken emotions instantly transforming into a mutual understanding.

"Thank you."

Vivian thanked Catherine for her forgiveness and also thanked fate for delivering them a small surprise amidst its trickery.

The Vivian on Catherine’s face suddenly became serious: "By the way!"

"What I want to tell you is that your relatives might have searched for you at the orphanage back then."

Vivian: "What?"

Could she have relatives in this world?

Vivian’s shock at this news was indeed unexpected.

As they were about to continue speaking, Catherine suddenly received a phone call.

She hesitated only briefly before putting the call on speaker.

Thus, Vivian immediately heard Wendy Warren’s questioning voice from the other end of the phone: "Catherine, what have you done to Miss Sutton?"

"Now The Sutton Family has called, demanding an explanation from us for them."

"Catherine, did you break some rules and offend Miss Sutton in some way?"

Catherine laughed directly into the phone.

"Isn’t she just crying foul first?"

"Mom, why don’t you ask what she did first?"

"I only..."

Wendy seemed to sigh, directly interrupting Catherine: "Catherine, recently there’s been one thing after another at home, and everyone’s overwhelmed."

"You’ve never received a good education since you were little, so you can’t assist the family much."

"But at times like this, could you try not to cause more trouble for the family?"

"Alright, I won’t tell your dad and brother about this, but I will find an opportunity for you to apologize to Miss Sutton."

"Come back quickly."

After speaking, Wendy was the first to hang up the phone.

Catherine’s face was full of distress and anger, as she punched the sofa.

"There’s no way I’m apologizing to that Jacqueline Sutton!"

After finishing, she looked up at Vivian, as if she had finally found someone to complain to, she immediately began rattling off: "You saw it too."

"Mom is weak and afraid of offending people, looks like she’s always thinking of you, and her words are always about how much she loves you. But when it comes to matters, she only knows how to compromise and play the role of a pushover!"

Catherine was so angry she didn’t even want to drink water.

How could Vivian not understand her adoptive mother?

Weak-willed, somewhat muddled in small matters, indecisive in major issues.

Nevertheless, her adoptive father liked such a timid rabbit.

This led to Simon Sinclair being the absolute authority at home, and even Elias inheriting his father’s traits.

Vivian came up with an idea for Catherine: "Go find Elias."

"He might not genuinely want to form an alliance with The Sutton Family."

"And when he’s caring for his sister, he would give her his heart sincerely. Since you’re his biological sister, he would naturally side with you even more."

Catherine thought for a moment and nodded.

"I’ll give it a try."

"Oh, regarding what I mentioned earlier, when I was little at the orphanage, someone went there seeking to find blood relatives."

"Why I’m certain they were looking specifically for you is because I later heard they were searching for a child abandoned at the hospital by a woman due to an accident."

"I fit their criteria very well, but unfortunately, due to our identity switch and intentional erasure of records at the orphanage, I couldn’t verify my identity even after three blood tests."

"I heard they eventually searched through all the orphanages in Ardis, but found nothing."

"Now I think, the person they’re looking for might be you!"

Upon hearing this, Vivian’s heart pounded wildly.

If there’s really someone searching for her in this world... should she try to find them too?

Catherine then received another urgant call from Wendy, she could only stand and bid a quick farewell to Vivian.

Vivian: "If mom insists, just tell her everything was for me."

"Let her scold me."

Seeing her willing to be the scapegoat, Catherine simply chuckled.

"If I can’t handle this little trouble, how will I survive in this complex circle later?"

"Don’t worry, see you next time."

After bidding farewell to Catherine, Vivian stood up, preparing to leave when a cold voice sounded from behind: "Miss Sinclair, let’s have lunch together."

Turning around, Vivian saw Julian Thorne appearing out of nowhere, hands in pockets, cloaked in an aura of menace.

Moreover, his eyes today seemed as if they were trying to bore a hole through her, making Vivian uneasy.

She suddenly felt a wave of alarm: could he... have discovered something?