The Blackwood family had a big bash to welcome Vincent home and to hand over the reins of the Blackwood empire to him.

The thing is, Vincent showed up with a shiner, a sure sign he'd been smacked around.

Everyone was buzzing, trying to figure out who had the nerve to hit him. When asked, Vincent didn't dodge the question-he straight-up said it was Liam. The two never got along, and while fighting is usually nothing to brag about, Vincent's candidness kind of turned it on its head.

Liam was a no-show at the party.

He couldn't stand Vincent having such a well-behaved son and didn't want to think about the voices he'd heard that day at Blackwood group. "Mr. Parker"

Daniel came crashing in, the door banging against the wall loudly.

"What's going on?" Liam was already in a bad mood.

"You gotta see this!" Daniel was all worked up, his face showing pure shock.

He'd taken a tumble on his way in, but picked himself up and rushed to Liam with a tablet. "Check out the news."

Liam glanced at the screen, which showed the Blackwood family's fancy party, with Ethan looking cute in a black suit. "Vincent's got a good life, a great kid." Liam's voice was tinged with jealousy.

But Daniel didn't want him to look at Ethan.

"Look at this! Who's this chick?" Daniel was trembling as he showed him a photo of a woman, "Recognize her?!"

"Who..." Liam cut off as he saw the face in the photo.

He jumped up, his eyes turning red, disbelief written all over his face.

"Charlotte... Charlotte..."

His mind went off like a bomb.

It was Charlotte!

He hadn't been hearing things that day; it was definitely her!

She looked just like he remembered.

"Exactly!"

"I had someone check out this woman and Vincent's romance, it's flawless, Mr. Parker, but I suspect she's not actually Charlotte!" Daniel said.

The crash was horrific; all signs pointed to Charlotte not making it.

Mr. Parker didn't want to believe it, he'd been searching for four years straight. What did he have to show for it? Nothing.

"I don't want to believe it, but there's probably someone out there who looks a lot like her. Vincent probably had a thing for Charlotte for a while, so he might've found a double to bring home. Mr. Parker, this woman, she's not Charlotte," Daniel explained, struggling to get the words out.

Vincent's son Ethan was the living proof.

Charlotte was crazy about Mr. Parker. Even if she turned bitter and came back for revenge, she wouldn't have Vincent's baby.

Daniel was sure of it. Charlotte's love for Liam was too deep, her morals too strong to do something like that.

Liam was too worked up to listen to reason. Shoving Daniel aside, he stumbled out the door.

Daniel didn't want to block him but had to.

Daniel didn't want to block him but had to. "That woman is Vincent's wife, and they've got a kid! Rush over there now, and sure, you might embarrass yourself, you don't care, but what about her? How's she gonna deal with it?!" Liam's inner fire started to cool off a bit.

"I'm not being impulsive," he said, his voice shaking. "But I've gotta make sure who she is."

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Everyone knew about the accident that took a woman's life for Liam four years back.

And those who remembered Charlotte were in for a real show when they saw Serena.

Handing off the mingling duties to Vincent, Serena led Ethan away.

They hadn't gotten far when a man blocked their path.

"Charlotte!"

Dylan was fixated on the woman. "You're alive."

Serena backed up, fear in her eyes, and asked, "Who are you?"

Dylan realized she wasn't pretending.

Could she have amnesia?

"I get that I look like Charlotte, but I'm not her, and my husband didn't marry me because he missed her," said Serena, bringing Dylan back to the moment.

As she tried to leave, Dylan, manners out the window, grabbed her arm. "There's no way there's two of you, both linked to Vincent! Charlotte..."

He was cut off by a sharp pain in his leg. Looking down, he saw a little boy hitting him.

"Let go of my mom! You're a bad man!"

"Is he your kid?" Dylan hadn't seen the boy clearly before, but now he saw the resemblance.

The kid was the spitting image of Charlotte.

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His gaze turned sad. "And Charlotte couldn't have kids."

Serena froze, then looked disgusted. "You did that to Charlotte?"

Her reaction was so real, it's exactly what you'd expect from Charlotte.

A glimmer of hope rose in Dylan. "You..."

"Vincent's filled me in. I thought Liam was the bad guy, tormenting Charlotte, but I guess it's the whole Parker clan," Serena snapped back.

Dylan was speechless.

Serena shot Dylan a fierce look, and then she asked, "You're from the Parker family, right? Who are you?"

"Dylan," he said with a bitter smile. "You've probably heard my name before."

Serena suddenly smiled. "Oh, I've heard of you, Dylan. Vincent told me you and Liam have been at each other's throats for years. So, I guess you're one of the good guys."

"No..." Dylan started to say, but he stopped himself. He knew he wasn't a good guy.

In fact, he was the last person who could be called that.

He was the one who had erased all the evidence at the crash site, making Charlotte's death an unsolved mystery and hiding the truth forever.

But Serena didn't seem to care about that. "I hate Liam. He knew Charlotte despised Chloe, but he let Chloe live a good life anyway. A jerk like that should've been the one to die in the crash! I don't know why Charlotte wasted her life saving him. Ridiculous!"

As she spoke, she seemed to get more and more passionate, and then she said to Ethan, "When you grow up, don't turn out like him. Don't betray anyone, and don't be the one who gives up everything."

Ethan nodded, not fully understanding. "But Mom, what if Dad gives up everything for you? Is that bad?"

When Vincent's name came up, Serena's cheeks turned pink. "Your dad... well, he's not bad."

Dylan watched her, feeling conflicted. She wasn't Charlotte.

Charlotte loved Liam; she wouldn't have shown that kind of shy smile to Vincent.