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Later, your father met your mother by chance, and the two of them fell in love. When Mrs. Edith found out she
was pregnant, she hoped to use the situation to persuade your grandfather to approve their marriage.
But the Turner family was a powerful business dynasty, and at that time, your father was just a low-ranking
officer. Your grandfather was firmly opposed to your mother marrying a man of such modest means.
To make things more complicated, my own mother cback into your father's life around that time-bringing
three-year-oldwith her. Your father was torn, caught between two women he cared for and unable to decide
what to do.
In the end, your mother stepped aside to let my mother and your father be together. She returned to the Turner
family.
All of this, Stein only learned from his mother's stories. His father died on the battlefield, and his mother
succumbed to grief not long after. It was only when she was on her deathbed that she told Stein about the
tangled love of the previous generation—and revealed that, deep down, his father had always loved Victoria's
mother.
Stein's mother had always been a kind-hearted woman. She understood the burdens her husband carried, and
she didn't want him to leave this world with regrets. As she neared the end, she made Stein promise to find his
half-sister and to help her reclaim her rightful place in the family.
She never once blamed her husband for loving another woman. Instead, she felt guilty, as if she'd been the one
to cbetween two people who truly loved each other. If she hadn't returned to find Granville Campbell, none
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Edith wouldn't have married a man she didn't love while carrying a child who would never know her father's true
identity.
In the end, among these three people, it's impossible to say who truly interfered with whose happiness. There
was no betrayal in their story-only sacrifice, only the desire to do what was best for the ones they loved.
Stein took his mother's dying wish to heart. He eventually managed to find Edith, but sadly, Edith never told
Victoria the truth-not even at the end. All she ever said was that Stein was a distant cousin, and that no matter
what happened, Victoria could always count on her "big brother" to keep her safe.
By the tVictoria finished listening, her eyes were brimming with tears.
She'd imagined so many possibilities, but she'd never once suspected that Stein might actually be her brother by
blood.
"Granville, he..." Victoria's voice trembled. She'd met Granville a few times-he was just as gentle and refined as
Stein, nothing like Simms. She remembered how tenderly he'd treated her. She'd had no idea he was her real
father. Now that the truth was out, it crushed her to realize she'd never get the chance to truly know him.
"I mean... Dad and Mom-" The word "Dad" caught in her throat, and she broke down in tears.
It all felt so sudden, and yet, in hindsight, everything made sense.
Victoria couldn't stop crying, tears streaming down her cheeks as Stein looked at her with nothing but affection
in his eyes. His gaze was deep and calm, like an ancient, bottomless lake.
"Silly girl, don't cry," he murmured. "At least all these years, we've known about you. Edith probably kept the
secret to protect my parents’ memory-and to protect you as well."
They had all been watching over Victoria in secret. And as for Simms, at the very least, he'd given Victoria a
legitimate place in the world. That way, no one could look down on her or her mother, and they could walk
through high society with their heads held high.
Victoria looked up at Stein, her heart overflowing with emotion.
"If Simms isn't my real father... then everything finally makes sense."
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