It was their superstitious beliefs that led them to abandon Luke as a baby!
“Five years ago, Steven Hughes got involved in an accident and wound up in a coma, and because of
this, the Hughes family requested our help tracking down their lost child,” Mr. Miller continued.
“Of course, Mr. Lynch, you know that Miller Group has substantial resources in the medical field, but
not only that, both our families had a marriage agreement since a long time ago as well.
“Therefore, the Hughes family agreed that if we helped Steven wake up from his coma, they‘d let their
son marry our precious Kate.” Joshua narrowed his eyes and tapped his slender fingers lightly against
the coffee table.
“So this was how you found Luke?”
Mr. Miller nodded.
“That‘s right. About a year ago, Luke came to seek our help, and just the first glance at him shocked us
all to our cores. He and Steven were like carbon copies of each other!
“We‘ve been searching for him for five years, and we never thought that he‘d appear on our doorstep!”
Joshua furrowed his eyebrows.
“What happened next?” Mr. Miller sighed and could not help feeling a little guilty when he thought of
this. “Well, you know full well that Luke had come to us because of his girlfriend, Gwen. “
After our medical experts conducted a thorough workup on her, they found that even though Gwen was
in ill health, she would, fortunately, be cured if she received a heart transplant from Luke…”
He sighed and continued, “Initially, we had planned to give Luke‘s to Gwen, whereas the rest of his
organs would go to Steven. That way, Steven stood a chance of waking up from his coma, but this
came with risks and complications, of course.”
Mr. Miller rubbed his glabella in frustration. “Therefore, we came up with another plan.
“Since Luke and Steven were identical twins, Steven‘s heart would also be able to save Gwen. course
of action was to transplant Steven‘s heart into Gwen‘s body, which would save Gwen and also allow
Luke to return to his family and become the rightful heir to the Hughes fortune.
“However, the Hughes family would never agree to this. After all, they had raised Steven since birth,
but not only that, they‘d never allow a gangster to take over the family fortune.”
A glimmer of malice flashed through Joshua‘s eyes. If Luke was still alive, he would not have wanted to
reclaim his family after knowing what kind of people they were. He was such an arrogant and prideful
man; he would never have imagined that his family would look down on him like this.
“We dabbled on this for a long time and finally came to a compromise.”
Mr. Miller turned his head away so as not to meet Joshua‘s gaze. “In the end, we used Steven‘s heart
to save Gwen as a tribute to Luke.
“The body you guys buried was, in fact, Steven‘s, and as for the real Luke…” Mr. Miller sniffed.
“We wiped all of Luke‘s memories away and instilled his mind with Steven‘s instead. To put it in simpler
terms, the man you now know as Steven is actually Steven‘s mind contained within Luke‘s body.”
Joshua narrowed his eyes.
“Does this mean that Luke has lost all his memories?”
“Well, not just his memories.” Mr. Miller shook his head.
“All the information in his brain. including his memories, higher thinking, and logical reasoning, are all
Steven‘s.
“We simply borrowed Luke‘s body as a vessel, but its core still belongs to Steven.
“This was the only way to bring Steven back to life. “The Hughes family were unwilling to accept a
gangster as their son, and we, the Miller family, are unwilling to let our daughter marry a man whose
heart belongs to someone else.
“Now, Steven is the perfect being, the one who strikes the perfect balance for both families.”
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