Chapter 4

Catching sight of me from the corner of his eye, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

"Oh my God, Mr. Reed, you really do have a twin brother!"

"Steven..."

I looked at him in surprise.

He raised an eyebrow, his gaze full of disdain.

"Here's the 'good brother' I mentioned-the one trying to crawl into his sister-in-law's bed."

I clenched my fists.

"No wonder Ms. Hayes handed you a whole building out of nowhere. Gotta prove her loyalty, right?"

"Everyone knows how devoted Ms. Hayes is. Even if you two look the same, it doesn't mean a thing."

"Honestly, real love can tell twins apart in a heartbeat. This homewrecker should quit his cheap tricks."

Those high-society types I used to laugh with couldn't even tell us apart.

Just because Steven showed up first, they accepted him as the "me" they once knew.

Steven continued along with their narrative.

"I was afraid you'd have those crooked thoughts again, which is why I never introduced you to your sister-in-law.

"But all these years, I've never treated you unfairly.

"Every time you said you had no money, didn't I send you money? What, now you want to skip over me and ask your sister-in-law for money directly?"

"You!"

Rage surged through me.

Just as I was about to step forward to argue, a look of panic suddenly flashed in my brother's eyes.

My hand hadn't even touched him when he stumbled and crashed into the champagne tower.

"Why are you pushing me!"

The champagne tower toppled as he hit it.

Countless glasses fell on him, drenching him.

Everyone hurried to separate me from him.

"You're too ungrateful! You were the one who seduced your sister-in-law, and now you're pushing your brother!"

"Coming here dressed in the same clothes as your brother! Have you no shame!"

"Don't think being identical to your brother makes you special. Ms. Hayes wouldn't want someone like you who sells himself!"

Just as I was about to say something, a familiar voice came from behind me.

"What are you all doing!"

"Clara!"

I turned around.

But that figure walked right past me and helped Steven up.

"Baby, are you hurt? Let me see."

Steven just kept biting his lip, his eyes rimmed red, shaking his head.

He didn't utter a word, yet his silence made everyone feel the overwhelming weight of his grievance.

"Daddy!"

A small figure rushed over and clung tightly to my brother.

"Daddy! Are you okay?"

Seeing the daughter I had raised, my brother first froze.

Then he smiled with reddened eyes, touching her face and shaking his head.

"Daddy..."

Emma hugged my brother and cried her heart out.

I suddenly realized that with my brother, she showed far more emotion than she ever did with me.

They say blood ties are the hardest bonds to break.

It turned out that even though Emma hadn't seen her father in ten years,

as long as that blood connection existed, Emma could still recognize her father at first glance in a sea of people.

And then run to her father.

"Sir." Clara helped my brother stand up and looked at me coldly.

"Although you're my husband's twin brother, that doesn't mean you can bully my people.

"He's your brother, but more importantly, he's my lover."

I clenched my fists.

"For what you did today, I'll contact a lawyer to pursue your legal responsibility."

I suddenly laughed.

Yesterday she said that if an identical face didn't matter, it was only because the love wasn't deep enough.

So Clara didn't love me enough after all.