Over the years, I had always been careful not to make Cadell feel inferior, which was why I had never told him about my true identity.
As a result, the entire Hartman family, except for Charles, who was living abroad in retirement, had no idea who I really was.
Even Charles only knew bits and pieces. He was aware I was wealthy, and that I helped save the Hartman family, but that was the extent of it.
So, whether it was Cadell or his parents, they all thought I was just an ordinary person.
When Cadell first started his company, he focused on jewelry.
To endow the jewelry with a sense of meaning, they deliberately publicized the story of Cadell and me—how a man from an old, wealthy family believed in true love and had a seven-year relationship with a "common" woman like me.
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