Chapter 65

Emily was transfixed when she heard Jared's words. She couldn't understand why he was calling her names and likening Emily to herself. Was it Emily who didn't understand where this conversation was going?

"Emilia? Isn't that my name, Jared? The name dad gave me. Not unlike Emily, my real name. Emilia is beautiful," Emily replied with a puzzled smile.

Jared laughed lightly, realizing that Emily didn't recognize who Emilia was, and it was only natural for her to ask.

"You don't know, do you? Emilia is ... she's our sister. Our parents' eldest daughter," Jared explained, earning an increasingly confused reaction from Emily.

"I don't understand, Jared."

Jared had already fallen into the hole he had deliberately dug for himself. He didn't want Emily to be the only one who didn't know Emilia—she was a famous model, and her beauty seemed to fly freely until a man captured her heart.

"Dad did hide this from everyone, Em. He also didn't want anyone to talk about Emilia. He buried Emilia w