A SUBSTITUTE BRIDE

Although she was very grateful to Nathan for saving her before, she could not tolerate deception.

Of course, Ines Dubois did not know her past with Nathan Dubois.

Now that Lyana had told William all about her past, she felt the weight on her chest disappear instantly. She heaved a sigh of relief.

As William listened to Lyana talk about her past, his eyebrows raised. Just hearing that she was going to fall off the cliff made him tremble with fear.

Fortunately, nothing had happened to Lyana at the time. Otherwise, Sugar would really be dead. He wouldn’t have met Sugar today, let alone been reunited with her.

William frowned and thought quickly. He said thoughtfully,

“Did he really say that at the time?”

– Yes.

Lyana nodded and agreed.

At first, she was too embarrassed to say such a thing. But now that she was over it, she thought it didn’t matter.

William narrowed his eyes slightly. After a while, he said thoughtfully:

– Could it be that when Jacob Dubois brought you back, he wanted you to be with Nathan Dubois?

The Dubois family actually treated their sister like a bride.

How infuriating!

William did his best to suppress the anger in his chest.

At that time, many people were looking for a young bride.

One category was poor families. In these poor mountains, many families wanted sons. They abandoned their daughters at birth because they feared they would not have the means to raise them.

Some poor families had sons. They were worried that their sons wouldn’t be able to find a wife, so they took girls and brought them home. When they were both adults, they could let the daughters marry their sons. By raising one more daughter, they would also have another person to work with.

There were also wealthy families. Some families were particularly superstitious. They found fortune tellers and asked them to choose a suitable girl for their son as a bride.

Not only did this girl have to match her son’s birth chart, but she also had to bring prosperity to her husband. Only then could their son rise into the sky and become a dragon among men.

Old Master Dubois lived in a time of war. At that time, the Dubois family was also a big business. It wasn’t until Jacob Dubois’ generation arrived that the Dubois family slowly fell.

Thinking about it this way, the Dubois family was obviously the last. They had to bring their sister back that way back then to make her Nathan Dubois’ wife.

If so, Nathan might have known from the start that Lyana wasn’t his biological sister. That’s why he told Lyana that they were made for each other.

However, what William couldn’t understand was that if that was the case, why did the Dubois family throw his sister into the mountains to fend for herself? Why didn’t they take care of his sister all these years?

– Sweetheart, do you remember when they sent you to the mountains?

Lyana thought about it carefully and said:

– I remember that shortly after Grandma passed away, I was sent there. I think I celebrated my fifth birthday with Grandpa.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

A golden light shone in William’s mind. He seemed to have grasped the key clue and asked directly:

– How is your relationship with Matriarch Dubois?

– I still remember very clearly what happened when I was five years old. At that time Grandma was still there. She was very good with me, much better than with Ines Dubois. Moreover, she even gave me part of the shares of the Dubois company.

William said thoughtfully:

– In other words, after the death of the Matriarch Dubois, Jacob Dubois and his wife were very cold with you and sent you to the mountains?

Hearing William’s words, Lyana seemed to understand what he meant. She asked incredulously:

– Brother, do you think the reason I ended up in the Dubois family has something to do with Grandma Dubois?

William nodded and said:

– As you said, when the Dubois Matriarch was there, the Dubois family treated you very well. However, after Matriarch Dubois left, the Dubois family abandoned you in the mountains and ignored you. It can only mean one thing. The Dubois family does not love you and does not want you to remain in the Dubois family, but the Dubois Matriarch wants you to live happily and remain in the Dubois family.