MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

Savannah's expression slightly changed.

"My grandpa?" She caught the keyword, frowning.

She heard from her father that her mother was an orphan. She was brought up in an orphanage and had no relatives.

"Yeah." Lionel nodded. "Charlotte and I lost our biological mother when we were very young, and my father was widowed for many years. Your grandfather joined them together."

"My grandpa... Who is he?"

Lionel was surprised that she didn't even know Joanne's family background.

"The Morton family is a big and old family in Chicago. It's purveyed home textiles to the royal household for generations. Later, it created its first fashion brand and grew rapidly. Now it has many clothing brands and companies at home and abroad, such as MOYO, Violet, and Lynn. You may have heard of these famous brands, and they're all owned by MTN Group. Your grandfather is the chairman of MTN Group, and your mother is his youngest daughter."

MOYO, Violet, Lynn... These were all famous domestic clothing brands, also well-known overseas. Savannah was learning fashion design, and she often took the clothing of these brands as reference models, but she never thought that these brands were actually from her mother's family.

Her mother was not a helpless orphan, but a rich daughter of the Morton family...

How could it possibly be?

What did her mother go through? What kind of story was it?

Just as Savannah was still thinking, Lionel continued.

"Savannah, I really want you to stay and meet your mother. You haven't seen each other for so many years by accident, and you don't know when you will return home next time. If you have to go, at least see your mother first, okay?"

After a long silence, Savannah finally nodded to Lionel's earnest eyes.

She had to put love and hate aside first. She also wanted to know what had happened to her mother.

As the daughter of a big family, why did she grow up in an orphanage and married her father, the boss of a small factory? Then why did she leave them and disappear?

She had too many questions, and she wanted to find out the truth.

Lionel was relieved when she agreed.

"Savannah, about what Charlotte did to you..."

Although he was still angry with his sister for what she had done, she was his sister after all. He couldn't really send Charlotte to prison, and he had to protect the family's reputation.

Savannah knew what he was worried about. He was afraid that she would call the police.

"I don't have time for this. But tell your sister to stay away from me, and I will never tolerate such a thing again." She said coldly.

With that, she got up and left.

* * *

The next morning, Savannah came to Kevin's house with bone soup she cooked the night before.

Kevin's apartment was in a new community not far from Savannah's. People who lived there were mostly social elites.

Savannah handed the soup to the nanny for heating and sat down next to Kevin on the couch.

Seeing her hesitation, Kevin spoke first, "Savannah, is there something to tell me?"

"Yeah, I want to discuss something with you. I hope you... won't get angry." Savannah was a little sorry.

"When have I ever been angry with you? Go ahead." Kevin smiled softly.

"We've planned to go back to Italy this week, but something has come up, and I want to stay longer at home... Can we go to Italy later?" Savannah murmured.

"What happened?" Kevin's smile froze.

"It's not a big deal... I still have some work unfinished in the company. Although I've resigned, it's necessary to deal with it…" She tried to find an excuse.

She didn't want to tell him she had found her mother. If her mother was just an ordinary woman, she must be very happy to share with him, but… Now her mother became another man's wife from the Rowe family. That was a little too complicated, and she didn't want to make it a big mess.

In this case, she should say the less publicity, the better.

"But you said you'd finished your work… Did Dylan find another excuse to stay with you?" Kevin's voice was a little disappointed.

"No," Savannah said hastily, shaking her head, "I haven't seen him since we got divorced. I suppose we'll never see each other again, and he's completely given up on me."

Kevin didn't ask more. He just raised his hand and stroked her head.

"Okay, tell me if you need my help."

Savannah took a relieved breath and nodded.

* * *

Royal Villa

A slender figure stormed up to the second floor and burst into the study without knocking

"Lionel, I heard you left Savannah and arranged for her to meet Joanne?"

Lionel was reading a financial magazine, not surprised that his sister would burst in to find him.

"Yeah," he said drily, without looking up.

"Lionel, are you crazy?" Charlotte clenched her fist. "You've kept it for three years! Now, why... We have had a happy and harmonious life for so many years, but now Joanne suddenly had another daughter, the daughter of her ex-husband! What if the media knows it? What will the outsiders think of us?"

"I don't want to feel guilty forever." Lionel put the magazine down.

"For conscience' sake? So you'd rather destroy the peace of our family? No, you can't let mom know, Savannah!" Charlotte said anxiously.

"Savannah won't destroy anything," Lionel said, "She's the daughter Joanne had with her ex-husband, not illegitimate. If the relationship between our father and mother has always been good, nothing will change. What's more, our father learned very early that Joanne had a husband and a daughter before. Anyway, you needn't say anything more. I called Joanne last night and told her about it. She will come to LA with our father as soon as possible."

"What?" Charlotte froze, gasping.

"I wonder why you stop them from meeting each other. For the peace of our family? I don't think so. Dylan didn't even look at you because of Savannah, and you're just afraid that our stepmother would ignore you and love her more. Right? Don't try to stop Savannah by dirty means again." Lionel stood up and looked straight at his sister with sharp eyes.