Chapter 412 All for Love
Everything was to keep her alive.
For a moment, Paige didn't know whether to feel relieved or to continue hating.
Clearly, she was also suffering inside.
But Gregory and Francesca did it to keep her alive.
At least she was still alive now and the reason wasn't because she was a girl, so they chose Louis and abandoned her.
.
No matter what, Paige felt uneasy.
Gregory spoke, and Francesca looked at her with tearful eyes, as if eagerly anticipating a true reunion.
But Paige couldn't go over.
She couldn't just listen to Gregory's explanations and then run over to hug Francesca and cry, pouring out her grievances of growing up without her parents' protection.
She couldn't do it!
Francesca's eyes were full of expectation, as if hoping that after revealing the truth, they could at least formally acknowledge their mother-daughter relationship.
Paige sensitively glanced at Francesca's eyes and immediately looked away.
She couldn't do it!
Gregory explained to Paige that they didn't want to abandon her; they were just making a painful sacrifice to protect her and keep her alive.
But even after explaining, Paige had no reaction.
Gregory knew very well that Paige couldn't change her feelings so quickly.
He knew in his heart that Francesca must be extremely heartbroken.
He still remembered how complex, expectant, and excited Francesca's emotions were the day she discovered Paige was their daughter.
Now, they had told Paige the truth and cleared up the misunderstanding.
Paige seemed unmoved, which worried Gregory.
How many more times could Francesca endure such heartbreak?
The entire hall was so quiet that everyone could hear a pin drop.
Wesley turned his face away, making it hard to read his emotions.
Perhaps Wesley, who had also been searching for his daughter for many years, could deeply understand this feeling at this moment.
Fortunately, Paige finally spoke.
She asked, "Your face..."
As long as Paige could still speak, there was a chance for reconciliation.
Gregory immediately began to explain this matter to her. "To hide my identity, I staged that car accident. At the same time, I stole the new material mask developed by the Universe Group's tech department. Paige, you are really smart. When you brought the technical analysis of the car accident photos to me, I was deeply moved. You didn't grow up with your mom and me, yet you turned out so well. At that moment, I was almost bursting with pride."
Gregory said, but then immediately sighed, "Unfortunately, the mask technology wasn't mature enough. Wearing the mask did change my appearance and could fool anyone, but it also gradually damaged my original face."
Paige asked, "Since it damaged your face so much, why did you keep using it?"
Gregory replied, "The clues to the secret funds you wanted, and the maps your mom and I have found over the years. For us, each additional clue meant additional life-threatening danger. Wearing the mask, I was no longer Gregory. Your mom hid her identity, and I exposed myself to the enemy's sight, so I wouldn't implicate her or my father. And I would never expose you as our daughter, putting you in danger. So what if my face is ruined? At least we are all still alive, and that's the most important thing."
Paige asked, "Why do you have so many clues?"
When Paige asked this, she also looked at Francesca.
She was the one from one of the five families, and she was the one who knew these clues to the secret funds.
Gregory was just the heir of the Carnegie family's subsidiary. He hadn't even reached the point of inheritance and didn't know his family was a subsidiary of the Carnegie family.
So, he couldn't have known about the secret funds.
This question could only be explained by Francesca.
Francesca's emotions had calmed down a lot by now, at least enough to speak.
And seeing that Paige was relatively calm and not eager to drive her away, she felt more at ease to talk. "This is from the Douglas family. On the day they were massacred, my mother and grandmother told me. The five families, no matter which one, besides knowing their own clues, would also try to find out others' clues. I know the Douglas family and..."
As she said this, Francesca glanced at Wesley. By now, she understood why the Douglas family knew all the clues to the Ellison family's secret funds.
Francesca continued, "And the Ellison family's secret funds, including a map my mother hid in the wine cellar of this house."
When Francesca said this, Wesley reacted, "Your mother hid clues in the wine cellar?"
Francesca didn't answer; she didn't want to talk to Wesley.
Wesley quickly asked, "Did you go to the wine cellar?"
Paige said, "I already took the map out."
Wesley anxiously asked, "What about the wine in the wine cellar?"
Paige replied, "It's intact. I had Austin move it all to a new wine cellar for safekeeping."
Hearing this, Wesley breathed a sigh of relief.
Paige suddenly remembered, "All the wine in there is handmade, and the raw materials seem to be grapes from Winemont Estate. But was 1975 a particularly important year?"
After Paige asked this question, Wesley's gaze turned to Francesca.
His face was full of complex emotions, but his eyes didn't move away from Francesca's face.
Seeing Francesca again, it had been decades.
Francesca was no longer the little girl he could easily pick up and pinch her cheeks.
And he had grown old.
Fortunately, it was within his lifetime; otherwise, it would have been a lifelong regret.
Looking at Francesca, Wesley slowly began to answer Paige's question, "Yes, 1975 was a very important year."
When 1975 was mentioned, Francesca couldn't help but glance at Wesley.
That year still touched her heart.
Wesley continued, "That year, my daughter, my only child in my life, was born. Those wines were all handmade by my beloved and me for our daughter. It was the first gift we planned to give her. We used the best grapes in the world that year, and when we made the wine by hand, our hearts were full of hope. We hoped she would be born and then grow up safely and healthily. The wine was also a beautiful wish, our hope."
As Wesley spoke, he became more afraid to look at Francesca.
And Francesca suddenly turned her face away. For her, touching these emotions was also a kind of pain.
Paige looked at Francesca and then at Wesley. Even now, she still found it hard to believe the blood relationship between herself, Wesley, and Francesca.
How could it be such a coincidence?
She refused to acknowledge Francesca as her biological mother, and Francesca didn't acknowledge Wesley as her biological father.
The gap between three generations seemed deep!
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