Doted by Many: I became the Top-Tier Celebrity!-Chapter 544 - 538: Her Longing 3

Even though she knew her mother was protecting the daughter she thought had died, she still felt somewhat uncomfortable.

The feeling wasn’t very strong, but there was an uncomfortable sensation in her heart, and for a moment, she felt it was a little hard to breathe.

For a moment, she wanted to reunite with her mother, but she couldn’t.

Revealing herself without finding the murderer would only push her mom to desperation. She had checked, her mom had a heart condition and needed medication to maintain normal health.

If she found out her daughter wasn’t dead, she would definitely believe the twenty-year separation was her fault for keeping her brothers from looking for her.

This wasn’t a matter of probability, it definitely would be!

If the heart condition led to irreparable harm...

She didn’t dare to imagine, the consequences were unbearable for her, and especially for her mom.

She could only hold back; she couldn’t selfishly risk her mom’s safety just to gain her approval.

Once she found the murderer, the harm could be minimized.

Her mom had always educated her brothers to love this little sister; their devotion to her was related to their mom’s upbringing.

Her mom loved her this way, and she had to love her back a hundred times more.

Maxim Ford looked at the cold face of his mother; he knew that explaining more at this time would only displease his mother further and be worse for Tiana.

To smoothly bring Tiana back to the Ford family to reclaim her identity, he suppressed his inner discomfort and gently showed a reassuring smile, soft as unblemished jade: "Sorry, Mom, it was my oversight."

Her face turned to one side, unwilling to speak with him any further. More discomfort arose as she stood there with Tiana Thorne, who carried the scent of osmanthus—a pleasant smell but suffocating to her.

Looking at her even a moment longer made her feel intensely uneasy inside, and those eyes never looked at her again.

Tiana Thorne also stopped talking. Anyway, her mom disliked her whether she spoke or not, so she chose silence.

She remained optimistic, thinking that if she upset her mom today, perhaps tomorrow she’d earn a bit of favor back.

She was willing to slowly enter her mother’s heart, wanting her mom’s affection to be more than just because of blood ties.

After Tiana left, Rouge Jarvis, who had been keeping a cold face, finally couldn’t stop her eyes from reddening.

Making sure no one was in the library, unsure if Tiana had touched anything, she took out her wet wipes to wipe the door handle for peace of mind.

With red eyes, she pushed open the door of the room; the faint peach blossom fragrance in the room made her heart ache even more.

Once inside, she closed the door, lifted her eyes, and looked at the pictures filling the room; every breath felt painful.

She placed her hand on a large photo frame, her thumb gently caressing the cheek of the baby in the picture.

"I’m sorry, it’s Mommy’s fault for disturbing your peace and disrupting your reincarnation path."

Her voice was sad yet tender, a side never shown to others.

She didn’t trust anyone outside of the Ford family, fearing any ill-intentioned entrant would disturb Poppy’s peace. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Thinking about it made her eyes redder, yet she didn’t shed a tear, as her index finger lightly traced the faint brows of the baby in the frame.

The movement was gentle, as if it were a real baby and not just a picture.

Since Poppy was lost, her mind was filled with that adorable little chubby face of Poppy.

She had invited the famous painter Mr. Jimmy Tate to teach her painting, becoming his last apprentice.