"It was my idea. Who told her to be so stupid and so easy to fool? It's just eighty million. The only daughter of the Harrington Group chairman—is she really not worth eighty million?" Ella, ever the one to stir up trouble, looked at her two "useless" brothers with disdain.
"He didn't deliberately refuse to acknowledge you. Your daddy doesn't even know you exist." For the first time, Sophie spoke these words in front of the children. "It's Mummy's fault. It's all Mummy's fault."
She crouched down and wrapped her arms around the three tearful little ones. "Mummy was too selfish. I wanted to keep the three of you all to myself. I didn't want your daddy to know he has three such adorable, brilliant babies. Otherwise, he would never have abandoned you."
Hot tears streamed down Sophie's face in long strings. "I'm sorry, my darlings. Don't blame Mummy. Mummy loves you too much. I shouldn't have been so selfish and left you without a daddy."
