Chapter 282 Darren took a deep breath and began to talk about what happened eighteen years ago.
Back then, Leanna was still a girl in her twenties. She was confident, positive, straightforward, and goodâlooking.
After Darren and Leanna met, they fell in love with each other and soon enjoyed an intimate relationship. Darrenâs father was also very satisfied with Leanna. Darren and Leanna had thought that they could live happily ever happily.
However, upon receiving the news of her pregnancy, they learned that her parents were seriously ill and she needed to return home to care for them.
At the time of their hasty marriage, he hadnât gone to visit Leannaâs parents. So he went back with her, only to discover her true background. She was actually a princess of Zosteylor, which came as quite a shock to Darren.
Ulrich Stark, Leanna and Kamilaâs father, was seriously ill, and their mother cried every day. Ulrich intended to pass the countryâs affairs to Leanna, but at that time, Leanna did not agree. Instead, she felt that her sister, Kamila, who was full of ambition and aspiration, was more suitable. And the country would surely prosper under Kamilaâs leadership.
It was Ulrich who said that Kamila was very ambitious but quite petty, unable to tolerate others, and not suitable to be a leader.
Somehow, these words reached Kamilaâs ears. She fed Ulrich slowâacting poison and accelerated his death, then poisoned Leanna as well. Therefore, the Queenâs Palace was not safe to stay in for long.
Staying there too long would be lifeâthreatening.
Ulrich gave the token of succession to Leanna, and Darren and Leanna fled together. However, as Leanna was poisoned, she couldnât truly take on the position. of leader. Moreover, Kamila often handled state affairs, and many people supported her. It was unlikely they would willingly accept Leanna, who only knew how to have fun, as their leader.
Therefore, they had to run away with the token at that time.
Without the token, Kamila couldnât succeed on the throne to be the leader. Even if she held power, she was far from that position.
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During that time, Leanna struggled against the poison. But she was pregnant, and doctors dared not administer medication, urging her to terminate the pregnancy. She refused to do so.
Even if she knew the child would be born with poison, she didnât want to give up the child. So, she didnât take medication or detoxify herself. Instead, during her pregnancy, she painstakingly rallied the people left for her by Ulrich.
They were finally able to return to the Queenâs Palace officially, but Kamila set them up. They didnât care about the danger, but Leanna was pregnant. She didnât want to take risks, so she wanted to wait a little longer.
To be on the safe side, they went back to Clusia. Instead of going back home, they stayed in the county town around Drieso, where medical technology wasnât too bad. They stayed there for two months until Harper and Cassandra were born.
When they were born, Darren had the doctor examine them. Harper was found to be carrying the poison in his body, while Cassandra was healthy. Leanna cried but also felt extremely lucky.
They thought that at least one of the babies was healthy and Cassandra could grow up healthily.
Their happiness didnât last long. On the third day after Leanna gave birth to Harper and Cassandra, they received news that Kamila had obtained the succession token and was about to hold the succession ceremony.
Then they couldnât sit still and let it happen. They had to stop the ridiculous ceremony.
However, they didnât know what to do with the two children. After Leanna gave birth to the children, her body was very weak.
Combined with the poison, she was almost exhausted. Darren and she couldnât take both children with them.
They watched Harper and Cassandra in a dilemma, unsure of whom to take.
However, the danger was approaching. Kamilaâs men had found them, leaving them with little time to think. If they didnât leave immediately, all of them would be in danger.
Darren said to Leanna, âLeanna, letâs take Harper and leave Cassandra to my father. My family will take good care of her. Itâs not far from Drieso here. Itâs only a threeâhour drive or any hour by plane. She will be fine.â
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âWe simply canât take both children with us. Youâre too weak now. We can take Harper with us. When you detoxify your body, he can get detoxified too. While Cassandra is healthy, my father will take good care of her,â explained Darren.
Leanna disagreed and argued, âBut what if Maximilian doesnât pick her up safely? What if she goes missing?â
Darren had been turning it over in his head, and then he threw out an idea. âIâll hack her DNA file. When anyone runs a DNA test, the system will mess with her results, making it look like sheâs part of Benjaminâs family. This way, nobody can track her back to us or to my dad.â
âBut Iâll tell Dad everything. When they see her, they can do the DNA test at the military hospital. I wonât change the system or data there, so theyâll be able to make sure who she is,â he added.
There was no more time to convince themselves.
The reason why Darren chose Benjaminâs family was that he had helped Benjamin once and hoped for him to repay his kindness. In addition, if Cassandra was unfortunately missing and found by Benjaminâs family, they would inevitably go. visit Maximilianâs family.
Then Maximilian would definitely be able to see her. As long as he saw her, he would surely recognize her.
They made a quick decision and left with Harper in their arms, leaving behind the necklace Darren often wore to Cassandra.
They hoped it would make it easier for Maximilian to pick her up.
However, he hadnât expected that there would be an accident. The nurse held Cassandra everywhere to look for her parents but failed to find them. When Maximilian and the others of the family arrived, the nurse just left with Cassandra in her arms. They only knew that Cassandra was lost, but they had no idea where to find her.
They exposed Kamilaâs conspiracy, presenting the true token of succession. With the support of their followers and those who only recognized the token, the majority supported them. The succession ceremony, which was designed for Kamila, became Leannaâs. As a result, Kamila was sent to the military court for disrupting national security and forging the token. But she escaped on the way.
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Chapter 282 Kamila, who should have been in prison, had been lingering outside for so many years.
When Leannaâs succession was settled, they began to look for Cassandra. They wanted to see if she had been taken back to the Yates family. If so, Darren would sneak back and pick her up because Kamila was no longer a threat, and he could. have Cassandra back with them.
However, when he hacked into the Yates familyâs surveillance, he found no trace of Cassandra, only hearing their guilt for not picking the child up.
With Cassandra gone missing, Darren felt like he was losing his mind. The hospital surveillance only showed a nurse carrying her away, with no clear identification of the nurse because all the nurses wore masks.
When Leanna knew that Cassandra was missing, her health deteriorated further all of a sudden.
She had fainted for several years.
The poison in Harperâs body was also making him painful. Therefore, Darren couldnât leave. He had no choice but to take care of Leanna and Harper.
And he was searching for Cassandra, which was quite difficult because there were no clues.
Darren could only pray that Benjamin had found Cassandra and raised her 1. up.
He had checked the surveillance of Benjaminâs house and found that they did have a baby girl.
Without further thought, Darren believed it was Cassandra, so he stayed with Leanna and Harper, feeling reassured.
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