Chapter 667

Silver:

As soon as Elgin shoved my daughters away from him, my breath caught in my

throat.

Both of them stumbled backward and fell to the floor.

For a moment, panic seized me.

It looked like one of them had hit her head, but thankfully, both girls were unharmed.

My father rushed over and pulled Hailey into a hug, while I quickly picked Hannah up in my arms.

“Have you lost your mind?” I screamed at Elgin, tears streaming down my cheeks.

“What? What did I do wrong?” Elgin shouted back, pointing at his chest. “These two filthy pieces of shit were trying to get their hands on something that belongs to me, something bought with my money.”

I stared at him in shock. This was the man I had been in love with.

“So, just like that, you don’t remember anything?” I asked.

Gently setting Hannah down, I walked toward him so I could look him in the eye.

“All the time they spent with you means nothing now?”

I shook my head in disbelief.

“It’s astonishing,” I said. “After years together, people grow attached even to animals, don’t they? But the moment you found out they aren’t your blood, all your love disappeared?”

My voice cracked as I spoke.

“Was your love for them nothing more than pride in believing they were your biological children?”

Elgin placed his hands on his waist and scoffed, rolling his eyes.

I slowly nodded and let out a bitter smile.

“Of course,” I muttered.

“I should have expected that from you,” I hissed.

“The man who treated his own blood like shit. I should have known you would treat these two innocent girls, who had grown up believing you are their father, the same way.”

The moment those words left my mouth, Elgin snapped his head toward me.

He looked almost offended.

“You will not speak about my daughter,” he hissed.

My body tensed at the mention of Elara.

“Oh, so suddenly she’s your daughter?” I asked, laughing bitterly as I pointed at him. “This is the same man who didn’t even want her alive, and now she’s suddenly his entire world.”

I let out a mocking laugh before clapping my hands together.

“I understand. I know I fucked up. I made mistakes,” I said, the amusement fading from voice.

my

Suddenly, I remembered I wasn’t in a position to act cocky.

“But a father is supposed to be the man who watches his daughters grow up, who bonds with them and loves them.”

I tried to make him understand, but Elgin shook his head vigorously.

“I don’t fucking care. I’m not buying your shitty excuses,” he snarled. “The truth is, you’re a whore.”

His words hit me like a slap.

“You were worse than any woman

I’ve ever known, and you had the et

nerve to call Madeline a whore?” he

med in my face

At that moment, something finally clicked.

I had spent all this time blaming Madeline when the real villain had been Elgin all along.

He had treated her the same way he was treating me now.

What made me think he would treat me any differently once he found out the children weren’t his?

“So you lied to me,” Elgin continued. “You lied about sleeping with me and getting pregnant by me. You got pregnant by someone else, then took advantage of the fact that I was drunk and convinced me wed Stept together.”

He laughed bitterly.

“And my dumbass never questioned you once because I was so blinded by your father’s title.”

Elgin was speaking the truth now because he no longer wanted to stay with me.

I knew that.

I knew he had reached his limit.

Then my eyes landed on Kaylee.

She had come inside with her father, dressed up as though she were attending a wedding.

I didn’t even have to ask what she was trying to do. I already knew.

She was trying to take advantage of the situation.

“Are these toys not for us?” Hailey whimpered as she looked at my father.

My father still hadn’t managed to say a single word. I had shamed him too.

“No, these toys are not for you,” Elgin replied coldly. “They’re for my daughter. My blood. Elara.”

The same man who had spent so

much time cursing Elara was

suddenly singing her praises.el

pointed at his chest.

he

Hailey started crying, while Hannah took a few steps toward him again.

I caught her by the arm before she could get any closer.

I knew he might push her away again if she reached him.

“I want to be with Daddy,” Hannah cried. “I know he’s just angry, but he’ll never hate

me.”

Tears streamed down my cheeks as I listened to her.

I looked up at Elgin, silently begging him to see that little girl’s pain.

But his expression remained hard and unyielding.