Dear Ex Your Request For A Reunion Is Rejected novel Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Calista was actually the true daughter of the Marchand family, but she’d been kidnapped by human traffickers as a newborn and abandoned on the roadside. Her foster mother, Rebecca Jenner, found her on the way to work and raised her as if she were her own.

It wasn’t until Calista turned 18 that Rebecca told her the truth and brought her to the Marchands to reunite with her birth family. The moment the Marchands saw Calista, they knew without a doubt that she was the daughter they had lost.

However, by then, the family already had another daughter, Ophelia.

No matter how hard Calista tried, she could never break into the tight-knit family of three who’d been together for 18 years. To them, Calista was just a stranger who happened to share their blood, while Ophelia was the daughter they’d cherished and spoiled for nearly two decades.

The difference in how they treated her was stark, and it reached its peak when it came to marriage arrangements.

The Marchands and Fenwicks had a deep bond dating back generations. Their families had been through life and death together during the revolution, so an engagement had been arranged years ago.

The Fenwick son, Lucien, was the chosen match, and the Marchands selected Ophelia without hesitation. The Fenwicks were perfectly happy with this arrangement. After all, Ophelia and Lucien had grown up together.

To give the young couple more time together, both families arranged for Ophelia to join Fenwick Group before she even graduated. She was being groomed as the future daughter-in-law and became Lucien’s most capable assistant and trusted confidante.

Ophelia and Lucien were perfectly matched, both professionally and personally.

They attended galas together dressed in elegant attire, posing for countless photos under flashing cameras. Over time, everyone saw them as the perfect couple. All of Dorcan knew that Ophelia would be the future Mrs. Fenwick.

However, no one expected that just before the wedding, the Marchands would suddenly announce a change. For reasons no one understood, they wanted Calista to marry Lucien instead.

The Fenwicks didn’t have much ground to object. After all, Calista was technically a Marchand daughter. Thus, they reluctantly agreed to the switch.

In the end, Calista married into the Fenwick family as the Marchand heiress. However, she knew that neither family truly respected her.

The Marchands had never really accepted her as their daughter, and the Fenwicks couldn’t stomach the idea that Dorcan’s most prestigious family’s daughter-in-law was just a country bumpkin who’d grown up in a rural village.

Calista had been in the hospital for several days now, with Anthony taking care of everything. Apart from Clover’s brief visit, no one from the Fenwick family had bothered to come.

Wendy had never acknowledged her as a daughter-in-law anyway. She probably wished that Calista would just die and make room for Ophelia.

That day, Anthony brought a bank card containing all the money he’d saved from farming over the years. He used every penny to pay for Calista’s medical bills.

Calista sat in the wheelchair while Anthony handled her discharge paperwork. Looking at all the missed calls and messages on her phone, she felt exhausted. Most of them were from her so-called “mother”.

“Have you forgotten the rules I taught you? Now that you’re part of the Fenwick family, you’d better behave yourself. Just be a good Mrs. Fenwick and uphold the Marchand name.

“I know that you’re my biological daughter. The Marchands have acknowledged you. What more do you want?

“Calista, where the hell are you? You keep disappearing and making everyone worry. If you don’t start acting more mature, I’d rather pretend that I never gave birth to you!

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