After the divorce, he begged

Chapter 168

Chapter 168

Rebecca was dumbfounded. Seriously? Is May really such a scaredy–cat? she wondered.

Tll go talk to him and put an end to his hopes for your mom,” May said quickly, trying to sound braver. “You

go on inside.”

Rebecca agreed.

A few minutes later, May and Ryan stepped into the hallway. May looked impatient but held back because Ryan was intimidating, and she did not want Ryan to say too much around Rebecca. “Whatever it is, say it quickly,” she said.

“Is Rebecca really the child between Amelia and me?” Ryan asked, locking eyes with May, his presence almost overpowering.

“Dream on!” May shot back without a second thought, her tone laced with pure hatred and disgust. “You told Amelia to get rid of the baby, remember? She almost died on that operating table.”

Ryan’s hand stalled by his side. Memories surged up from the past, leaving him stunned and silent for a

moment.

“Amelia doesn’t want to see you, and she never will,” May said firmly, practically kicking him out. “If you don’t want to send her into shock right after she wakes up, you’d better leave.”

“She looks just like me,” Ryan pressed, refusing to let it go.

May got savage with her comeback. “Oh yeah? Well, I look just like your dad. Should you start calling me Daddy now?”

Ryan’s expression darkened.

May swallowed hard, feeling a little jittery all of a sudden.

I’m already running a DNA test on her, Ryan replied, his tone cool and unhurried, carrying a kind of refined confidence. “We’ll know soon enough if she’s really my daughter.

“Then just wait and see.” May tossed over her shoulder, striding off without another word.

As Ryan watched her walk away, his secretary leaned in and whispered, “Judging by her reaction, Rebecca probably isn’t your kid.”

Vin’s eyes

went dark. “Find some way to get a sample from Rebecca. If you really can’t, forge one and bluff May with it.”

secretary nodded.

cutting all ties with Ryan, and the last thing Amelia wanted was for him to catch wind of

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rang up Jeffrey just before stepping into the hospital room. Tm back in

holding Amelia’s hand and chatting, ignoring everything outside. When May walked in,

May nodded. “Yeah.”

were a little afraid of him. Rebecca

pulling up a chair and sitting down, totally unfazed, “I just didn’t want

her mom’s story had more layers to it, but since May wasn’t about. to spill, Rebecca didn’t want to press

from them, May said after

Rebecca nodded. “Okay,”

had to make sure they didn’t get any of her stuff, like a hair or anything. But May couldn’t say it outright. Rebecca was

an hour later, May got a

neutral, May stood up. I’m just going to the restroom.

just nodded, not suspecting a

long before May was ushered into the top–floor and found herself sitting across from Jeffrey.

her, his manner polite and almost too formal.

here?”

the one who wanted this meeting?” May shot back. She didn’t even bother

curious about Rebecca’s mother,” Jeffrey said, sounding unhurried. “Would you be willing to

Amelia?‘ She hesitated for a moment, keeping her guard up, and then asked,

she returned. He guessed, “She’s a

that much, the rest should be easy to find.” She had no

replied, still calm as ever, “but she’s hidden this so carefully. It’s clear she doesn’t

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Chapter 108

I know about the backing thing is pure luck. I just wanted to check

his eyes, thinking to himself, Mr. Hanson is seriously the biggest scammer out

be awake soon. Just ask her yourself when she’s

and handing it over,

Rebecca in on this?

soon as she read what was on it, her eyes widened in

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