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Chapter 49 Mother-in-law vs Daughter-in-law
Author: Anderson José
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Cindy could hardly believe that she was standing before the heir to the Starling Empire. So it wasn't a joke! This explains a lot...

Cindy maneuvered the car to park near the sidewalk before she started blocking traffic.

"What's up, darling?" Matthew jokes, "Say something!"

Cindy can't articulate entire sentences, "Honey... My love... But how about you... And the favela? Your smelly job, your dirty clothes—"

"OK, let's answer calmly." Matthew has fun, laughing non-stop. "I didn't know I was Matthew Sterling. My mother hid that fact from me since I was a child. I had no memory of my life as a rich man."

"Didn't your mother show you photographs?" Cindy is horrified.

"No, I was totally in the dark." Matthew states, "By an incredible coincidence or divine maneuver, my grandfather Abner Sterling built the headquarters and university here in town. When I started studying, he probably saw me and wondered... Well, he said he had been looking for me for years. Now he found me."

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