At Mason Crawford's words, the color drained from Summer Thorne's face in an instant.
It wasn't out of panic or fear. A long-buried secret had been suddenly unearthed, catching her completely off guard and making it difficult to face.
After all, it had always been her deepest secret, a secret known to no one.
For the longest time, Austin Sutton and Iris Pryce had guarded this secret, never intending for her to find out.
But she had accidentally found out everything when she was seventeen.
From then on, it became a shared secret between her, Austin Sutton, and his wife.
Even though they never spoke of it, in her mind, everything had slowly started to become clear.
From that moment on, nothing was the same.
The only reason Mason Crawford knew this secret was because Austin Sutton, having witnessed her transformation, had hoped to use it to sway Mason.
