Chapter 160: Whose Daughter?
Eliza raised an eyebrow and said with deliberate calm, “Mom, Naomi is your biological daughter, right? You’ve spoiled her all her life, but look where that’s gotten you. Tell you what–beg me. Promise to kick Naomi out of the house, and I’ll give you the eight million back. How about that?”
She still remembered it vividly–how in her past life, just because she wanted to marry Zayden, Evelyn had convinced Nathan to publicly cut ties with her.
They hadn’t hesitated. They’d done it coldly, like she meant nothing.
Now, she wanted to see–would Evelyn make the same decision for a daughter who was truly useless?
“You’re insane! Naomi is my daughter–my real daughter! I’d never kick her out!”
The words flew out of Evelyn’s mouth before she could stop herself, pure reflex in her emotional state.
Eliza’s eyes narrowed. “So I’m not your real daughter, is that it?”
From childhood, she’d always been the one who worked the hardest. She never asked for anything, constantly sought their approval. She did all the housework, slept in the attic, gave up every comfort without complaint.
She thought it was her duty–as the elder sister.
But maybe… she had never belonged in that family to begin with.
Evelyn didn’t answer.
And that silence told Eliza everything.
She wasn’t the Rivers family’s daughter.
“Eliza!” Naomi shouted, her face dark. “How could you deceive us like this?! Even if Mom treated you unfairly, making the family lose eight million is going too far!”
“You’ve lived in our house for eighteen years! Mom and Dad raised you–don’t you owe them that much? Just because you’ve made some money, you think you can talk to us like this?!”
Eliza gave her a faint smile. “You actually said one thing that’s true.”
“What?”
“I did make some money. And because of that, I can kick you out of here with just one phone call.”
Without missing a beat, Eliza pulled out her phone and dialed the number for the building’s security office.
This was a luxury complex–every resident had a direct line to security. Anyone causing trouble would be escorted out immediately.
“Yes, hello? I thought this place had one–access–per–resident security. There are two people standing
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outside my door causing a scene. Send someone up to deal with it.”
She hung up without waiting for a response.
The building only had one apartment per floor. It didn’t take long for security to arrive.
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As soon as they saw Naomi and Evelyn, the guard’s face changed. “You two again? Didn’t you say you were here visiting relatives? Who let you cause trouble here?!”
“I’m her mother!” Evelyn snapped.
Eliza said blandly, “I don’t know these two. They’re acting like they escaped from a psych ward. You figure it out.”
“Eliza! How can you say that?!”
Naomi tried to protest, but the guard had already grabbed her by the arm.
“If you keep harassing residents, we’ll have to call the police.”
“She’s my daughter! Her money is rightfully mine! Let go
of me!”
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Evelyn fought to break free.
Eliza just smiled. “Ma’am, why don’t you show proof that I’m your daughter? If you can, maybe I’ll consider not pressing charges.”
Evelyn froze.
When she looked up again, Eliza’s faint, knowing smile sent a chill down her spine.
She knows… Eliza knows she’s not really my daughter.
“Let’s go. Stop causing trouble here.”
The guards didn’t waste another word–they dragged the two women straight into the elevator despite their struggling.
Only after they were gone did Eliza’s cold expression begin to fade.
Their reaction had confirmed it.
She wasn’t a Rivers.
But if that was true…
Then how did that anonymous message sender know before she did?
Her phone rang. It was Henry.
Seeing his name, Eliza finally relaxed. She answered, “Hey, what’s up?”
“It’s my birthday today! Come celebrate with me.”
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“Sure! Where at?”
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“We’re about fifteen minutes away from your place. Parking’s a pain in your neighborhood, so just wait for us at the corner. We’ll pick you up.”
“Okay.”
Eliza smiled and hung up.
She headed downstairs.
At the gate, the security guard gave her a respectful nod as she passed.
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