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Chapter 10

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A cigarette rested between Luna's fingers.

She rarely smoked. The only times she did were when she couldn't sleep.

"You didn't sleep?"

She turned to look at me.

"Neither did you."

Humming in response, she stubbed out the cigarette and tossed it into a trash can.

After a moment of silence, she said, "I want to show you something."

She led me to a door deep within the estate. I had known about this door since I was a child, but I'd never seen it opened. Luna always told me it was a storage
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  • Adopted Double: Replaced at My Own Party   Chapter 13

    It was the fake heir. He was already in police custody. Today, he was here to identify the mastermind behind everything. He lowered his head, avoiding my gaze."I'm going to get justice for my parents," I said.The moment the words left my mouth, thunderous applause erupted below the stage.The live comments flooded my vision."Oh, my goodness! Abner is so cool!""Abner Rivers. Remember that name.""He finally gets to be himself!""Luna is so cool too. 18 years of sacrifice and protection is a lot. I can't stop crying.""This is the greatest stand-in story ever. Go, Abner!"After the press conference ended, I returned to my studio. I picked up the painting of the Parvue River and studied it for a long time. Then, I lifted it off the easel, rolled it up, and placed it inside a drawing tube.My phone chimed with a message from Luna. "The ticket has been booked. Your flight leaves for Parvue at 10:00 am tomorrow. Lionel will take you to the airport. Text me when you get there."

  • Adopted Double: Replaced at My Own Party   Chapter 12

    There was a sharp, calculating look in the man's eyes that made me uncomfortable."This is your uncle, Michael Rivers. He's your father's older brother."I stared at the picture. "He's the killer?""I suspect he is. After your parents died, all of the Rivers family's assets were transferred to your name. You are the sole heir of the Rivers family. If you die, all the assets will go to him." "So, he wanted to kill me?""Yes. He's been looking for you for 18 years. In those 18 years, he's sent three different groups of people to find you. Each time, I stopped them. This time, he found a man to impersonate you. It wasn't to replace your identity, but to force you to break down and make you destroy yourself."That way, he wouldn't have to get his hands dirty or leave behind any evidence. You'd be kicked out of the Rivers family and abandoned by everyone. Then, he could rightfully take everything from you."I finally understood everything. The car crash… The attempted murder at the

  • Adopted Double: Replaced at My Own Party   Chapter 11

    Luna was silent for a moment before answering, "I don't know. But I know that he was after you. He wanted you to break down and lose your mind. "He wanted you to do something you couldn't take back. That way, you'd be shunned by the Rivers family and everyone else. Then, he could rightfully…"She didn't finish, but I knew what she meant. He could rightfully take my place."So, you've been protecting me all this time?"She said nothing."So, the multi-million-dollar birthday celebration was meant to lure them out? So, you locked me in that room because you knew someone was going to make a move that day? And you accepted the fake heir because you wanted them to lower their guard?"She remained silent. But her hands were trembling."Luna." I stepped forward and looked into her eyes. "Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me the truth? Why didn't you let me know who I really was?"She stayed quiet for a long time. Then, she said something that made my heart stop. "Because I

  • Adopted Double: Replaced at My Own Party   Chapter 10

    A cigarette rested between Luna's fingers.She rarely smoked. The only times she did were when she couldn't sleep."You didn't sleep?" She turned to look at me."Neither did you."Humming in response, she stubbed out the cigarette and tossed it into a trash can.After a moment of silence, she said, "I want to show you something."She led me to a door deep within the estate. I had known about this door since I was a child, but I'd never seen it opened. Luna always told me it was a storage room for old junk.She pulled out a key and unlocked the door. The door swung open, revealing a staircase descending underground."Come."I followed her down the stairs to an enormous, brightly lit basement. Then, I saw it—an entire wall covered with photographs. The pictures were all of the same man, from infancy to adolescence to adulthood. Every photograph was labeled with a date and age. And the final photograph… was me. It was me on my 18th birthday, standing at the entrance of the ba

  • Adopted Double: Replaced at My Own Party   Chapter 9

    Blood dripped from my fingertips.Luna's expression changed, her cold composure shattering. "Lionel, call a doctor!""It's fine." I pressed a hand over the wound. "It's just a scratch.""That's not a scratch!" she shouted.It was the first time I'd ever seen her lose her composure.She squatted down, pulling a handkerchief from her pocket. Her hands trembled as she pressed it against my arm. In a shaky voice, she said, "Don't move."The woman who controlled everything was shaking.I looked down at her. Kneeling before me, she pressed hard against the wound on my arm. Blood soaked through the handkerchief, staining her fingers red."Luna."She hummed quietly in response."What was he trying to say just now?"Her hands paused. "Nothing.""He said I was the one who… the one who what?""Crazy." She looked up at me. "He said you're the one who's crazy. Everything he said was nonsense. Don't believe him."I looked into her eyes. There were too many emotions hidden behind them—a

  • Adopted Double: Replaced at My Own Party   Chapter 8

    "So, Luna knew he was fake from the start?""That can't be. Then why did she acknowledge him in the first place?""She did it on purpose? What is she trying to do?""The more I think about it, the more it seems like Luna was setting a trap."I looked at Luna. Her profile was hard and cold, like marble. She didn't show the slightest trace of anger or shock, only a chilling calm.She had known all along. From the very beginning, she had known this guy was a fake. Then why…"You thought I couldn't tell?" Luna suddenly laughed, sending a chill down my spine. "A brother who disappeared at three years old suddenly reappears 15 years later with the exact same face and the exact same scar. Don't you think that's a little too coincidental?"Jeremy trembled from head to toe. "You… you knew I was fake?""Not only did I know you were fake…" Luna said, pulling a voice recording from her coat pocket, "but I also know who sent you."She pressed play, and a voice sounded from the recorder. It

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