Aria Romanov
'Heh! As expected of Corinne, she knows that Ava is not her biological daughter. Guess, I did not mistake Ava's existence this time. She is indeed my daughter, my blood and genes!'
Renna Amaryllis deliberately let the words slip out of her tongue in order to see Corinne's expressions, well of course she did not doubt her judgement but confirmation was even better than staying under the heap of lies.
After staying in the dark for six years Renna Amaryllis did not want to take any risk, or to leave a single minor detail about Ava or Ronan Ross.
The manipulator femme fatale was back in her actual avatar to deal with Corinne effortlessly, indeed Corinne was an easy target to eradicate for Renna. But perhaps the heiress wanted a revenge for her own murder attempt and for keeping her in the dark.
She was away from her home.
A mother was separated from her child.