The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon!-Chapter 1154: You Look Like My Dead Husband

Chapter 1154: Chapter 1154: You Look Like My Dead Husband

When Luca Jennings formally introduced himself and said she should know him, Magnolia Hearne realized he had always been aware of her.

Although she never thought there would be any development with Luca Jennings in this world, the fact is, right in front of her is a "karmic bond" she left during eighteen years in the Otherworld.

She thought that after returning to her original world, this Chapter would be completely closed.

Who would have thought she would return to the Otherworld.

Moreover, Luca Jennings from the Otherworld would seek her out.

"Luca Jennings... I know you."

Clearly, he’s her husband, but Magnolia Hearne inexplicably felt like an absurd situation where a lover has come knocking.

At this moment, facing Luca Jennings’ serious gaze, she could only continue to feign ignorance,

"Do you have something you need?"

She came to the Otherworld this time purely by accident; neither she nor Scarlett were planning to stay, so during this trip, she hadn’t planned to have any "engagement" with Luca Jennings.

Magnolia Hearne obviously pretended to be clueless, and Luca Jennings naturally saw through it.

But since he came, he wasn’t planning to be vague or evasive.

With intense brows falling on her face, Luca Jennings directly asked her,

"Where have you been for over two years?"

Magnolia Hearne was really dumbfounded now.

The person in front of her, no matter from the brows or other aspects, was exactly the way she knew. She was familiar with Luca Jennings from the original world, and naturally, she was also familiar with Luca Jennings in front of her.

His tone sounded like interrogation, but she knew he was seriously asking where she had been.

Just like back then... when she left for months to bring back relics from abroad.

Not contacting for several months, Luca Jennings at that time also opened his mouth and "questioned" her about where she had gone.

There was an uneasy speculation hidden in her heart.

Magnolia Hearne instinctively took a step back.

Her move in Luca Jennings’ eyes only seemed she was startled by his tone.

As the Family Head of the Jennings Family, he was always aware of what he looked like in other people’s eyes.

Luca Jennings pressed his lips together, slightly softened his expression, planning to speak again, when suddenly a clear female voice unexpectedly rang out from the villa,

"Mom, is it someone you know?"

Scarlett Jennings’ appearance made both Magnolia Hearne and Luca Jennings visibly astonished.

Magnolia Hearne looked at Scarlett who suddenly approached and replied belatedly, "Ah, sort of."

Scarlett looked at Luca Jennings.

Back then when she first arrived in the Otherworld, she was also curious about what the father from this world would be like.

It wasn’t her first time seeing him, so she was very clearly aware that the person in front of her was only Luca Jennings from the Otherworld.

He wasn’t her father.

Suppressing all emotions, Scarlett Jennings politely asked what Luca Jennings wanted.

It was only then that Luca Jennings suddenly jolted back to his senses, looking at the two standing together, and after a long pause, asked a question he found absurd even to himself,

"Is she your daughter?"

Magnolia Hearne found him silly but still nodded, "Yes..."

She thought it would be good for him to know she was married.

When she first arrived in the Otherworld, she had once been grateful that Luca Jennings from this world hadn’t married.

She was too lonely in the Otherworld, and when she missed him, she could only use him to miss that person from the original world.

But later, year after year, she watched him while the families of his younger brother and sister were complete and harmonious; he remained alone. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

From his thirties to forties, then fifties, he was always by himself.

She sincerely hoped he would find someone he loved to accompany him through his remaining years.

This Otherworld, even without her, he should be complete.

But ironically, it seemed that she herself was the obstacle preventing him from achieving completeness.

With a trace of sadness in her eyes, Magnolia Hearne looked at Luca Jennings in front of her, suddenly gathering some resolve, and said directly,

"I’m married, not only do I have a daughter, but also a son."

So, he shouldn’t come looking for her anymore.

Once they completed their affairs here, she would leave again and would never appear again.

She thought after saying that, with Luca Jennings’ pride, he would turn around and leave knowingly.

Unexpectedly, his expression did not change visibly; he still looked at her and stated outright,

"I investigated you, and according to the data, you have no daughter, nor are you married."

Luca Jennings said this about privately investigating her without a hint of guilt, and at this moment, he posed an attitude as if he intended to clarify the matter until the end. Before she could speak, he continued to ask her,

"May I know why you spent all those years hiding in the shadows and watching me?"

It wasn’t just once or twice, but several years.

Even her former work revolved around his periphery.

Luca Jennings couldn’t think of a reason for a married person to persistently "guard" him day after day despite constantly being chased away by security.

Unless she was some kind of industrial spy, or perhaps...

"Because you look a lot like my dad!"

Scarlett Jennings’ sudden interjection visibly startled both of them, although Magnolia Hearne, still dumbfounded, seamlessly caught on to the mother-daughter rapport, and instinctively echoed Scarlett Jennings’ signal, blurting out,

"Exactly! Because you... you look so much like my late husband!"

With those words out, fabricating the rest wasn’t hard at all.

Magnolia Hearne swiftly entered the narrative, telling a story half real, half fabricated,

"When we had been married for only a few years, an accident separated us, and the same year, my newborn daughter went missing. I lived alone in this city, every day feeling unable to bear it... until I saw you."

Magnolia Hearne thought of her eighteen years drifting in the Otherworld, her eyes reddened slightly,

"It was only when I saw you that I could find a little strength to cope with the loneliness of losing all my loved ones. I know my actions were wrong, like a voyeur, so I never dared really getting too close to you, nor did I intend to rashly disrupt your life.

I never anticipated my actions were always observed by you... It’s my fault, and I apologize to you. I guarantee that from now on, I definitely won’t appear before you again."

Magnolia Hearne spoke sincerely.

The half-true, half-false words also made Luca Jennings unable to detect any signs of fabrication.

He thought, what she said was probably true.

Over those years, he was merely a substitute for someone in another person’s eyes.

This should have been something that would make him angry and turn away, but strangely, he couldn’t bring himself to feel any anger towards her.

Instead, he felt a bit sorry for her...

Luca Jennings couldn’t understand what was happening to him. Clearly, he’d reached the age of knowing his destiny yet had begun to understand the feeling of pitying someone.

With a myriad of emotions in his heart, his face remained firm and serious.

After a long pause, he finally asked her,

"Did you leave those two years because you found your daughter?"

This statement was correct, so Magnolia Hearne nodded,

"Hm."

"Now, are you and your daughter relying on each other?"

The statement wasn’t entirely correct, but in the Otherworld, it wasn’t strictly wrong either, so Magnolia Hearne nodded again.

And then, Luca Jennings seemed to exhale lightly and solemnly spoke,

"If that’s the case, I hope you consider me. I am willing to look after you and your daughter."

Magnolia Hearne instinctively started to nod, but soon realized what he said, and couldn’t help widening her eyes in surprise.

"W-What?!"