Kneeling for a Second Chance Novel

---- Chapter 389 "Nope. Wendy hasn't contacted Great -Grandma ever since she left. Great-Grandma tried calling Wendy because she knows Wendy's daughter is having her engagement party tomorrow, but Wendy never answered," Selena said. Valeria sighed internally upon hearing Selena's words. It was just as Valeria had guessed-Wendy had never truly cared about Margaret. All this time, she'd only been using Margaret as a way to gain leverage against Valeria. Margaret had suddenly reunited with her missing daughter who was gone for decades, only for said daughter to vanish right after.

Such great joy followed by equally great disappointment must've been really hard for an old woman who'd had such high hopes of reuniting with her beloved daughter. What was more, Margaret was still recovering from an illness. Valeria truly couldn't begin to imagine the sort of emotions Margaret was going through right now. She suddenly felt great hatred for Wendy. She got up and went to Sebastian's study. She wanted him to know that she would head back to Broburgh City and spend some time with Margaret right after Gabriella's engagement party, as she really couldn't wait a second longer.

But Sebastian was on a phone call, so Valeria didn't barge in. She only knocked on the study door and entered after several ---- minutes had passed. Sebastian gazed firmly at Valeria. Calvin had given him a phone call just now to inform him of Lucas and Gabriella's recent whereabouts. Calvin had also found out that Gabriella had secretly received a package from aDNA test center. But he hadn't done anything to stop it so as not to alert Gabriella. Sebastian had ordered Calvin to look into the contents of said package. What could Gabriella be testing at a DNA test center?

There 'was no question that she wasn't related to the Grant family by blood. Could Gabriella have found her birth parents then? Or did she have something else up her sleeve? Lucas and Gabriella's engagement party was a very grand event, given that it was an alliance between the Young and Grant families. Hundreds of media journalists and reporters had already gathered outside the venue at 9:30 am, eager to get the earliest news scoop. Gabriella's fans had congregated outside the venue as well, many of them cheering and chanting Gabriella's idol slogans. They even waved banners in the air.

Gabriella was the Grant family's only daughter, so today's engagement party was especially grand. Lucas and Dahlia also ---- had many connections , so the venue today was quite riotous. The party would officially begin at 12:00 pm. Though the guests weren't required to arrive earlier, the venue was already filled with people. The Grant and Young families! relatives and friends had all come earlier to lend a hand with the preparations. Martha was dressed in a wine-red bodycon dress as she beamed with joy. She leaned against her walking cane, fretting and nitpicking the details.

"Oh, why isn't the lighting bright enough now? It was just fine when we tested it yesterday. How about these silk drapes? Do you think they'll look nicer if they were tied into ribbons?" 'There was a smile on Nicholas! usually stern-looking face too. Wendy was in the dressing room with Gabriella, watching her get ready at the dressing table in her white wedding dress. Wendy had raised Gabriella for 30 years, so she should be feeling happy right now, right? Yet there was an uncomfortable feeling in Wendy's chest. Was it because Wendy knew that Gabriella was the one who'd sent her that email?

Could the fact that Gabriella was only an adopted child have made it difficult for them to truly grow close? Leaving whatever connections Alexander might or might not have with Valeria aside, what could Gabriella's motivation have been behind sending Wendy that photo? 'The fact that Gabriella emailed it to Wendy anonymously ---- meant that Gabriella knew she was doing something wrong too. Wendy had raised Gabriella as her own for 30 years. Had Gabriella's sweet and kind demeanor been false all this while?