Xenia was flabbergasted when she heard Blake suddenly mention her biological mother. It took her a long while to process it. She then looked up at Blake and asked, "Are you really doing this out of kindness?"
She did not believe Blake would be so kind as to bring her to meet her biological mother. She reckoned that he was just tricking her.
Blake was getting impatient. "Do you want to meet her or not?"
Xenia asked, "How do you know who my biological mother is? I don't even know who she is."
"Haven't you met her already? I found her based on the portrait you drew. It turns out that she's actually pretty wealthy, so we've actually met before."
Xenia then recalled the sketch she had once drawn. She did not dare to make it look too different from the actual person, but she also did not dare to make it too accurate.
But anyone who knew would be able to recognize who it was from a single glance. She wondered if Blake really did know who her biological mother was. She was also rather curious about her biological mother being wealthy, as he had mentioned.
Xenia's heart stirred at the thought. If her biological mother were rich, then she could finally live a good life. Maybe she could even take everything back and live a far better life than Noelle.
Xenia was still hesitant as she replied, "But my mom doesn't want me to leave the psychiatric hospital. She probably won't want to acknowledge me as her daughter either."
"Do you think your mother can deny you as her daughter if you went public about it? Just do a paternity test, and she'll have no choice but to take responsibility to look after you for the rest of her life."
Blake stood up and continued, "You have only this one chance. Think about it carefully."
Xenia stood up as well. "Why are you doing this?"
He replied, "Because I think that keeping you around us is just nothing but an invitation for disaster. Noelle doesn't want to see you around us either, so sending you away is the best option we have.
"Besides, I'm sure you've already seen Donovan's attitude toward you now. Do you really think you can live a good life with us?"

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