“What did you just say?” Natalie's jaw dropped. “You had your own suspicions as well?”

“Yes.” Connor nodded in affirmation. “I bear a close resemblance to Mr. Shane, after all, so it was only natural for me to suspect that he's my father.”

Hearing that, Natalie dipped her head without saying anything further.

Well, that's true. Considering their striking resemblance, I dare say for certain that Shane was indeed the man I was with that night all those years ago! But... Why did the results of the paternity test indicate otherwise?

“Mommy, do you remember the first time he visited our house?” Connor took her hand. “That time, I accidentally yanked out a few strands of his hair.”

At that, understanding dawned upon Natalie. “It was deliberate on your part, Connor?”

“Yes. I suspected he was my father, so I deliberately acquired his hair and asked Uncle Stanley to do a paternity test between him and I. The results were exactly as he said. Sharon and I aren't his children,” Connor replied.

All at once, Natalie's vision blurred. Only her timely grasp on the banister saved her from a bad fall.

Even if the two paternity tests done by Shane were falsified, Connor's couldn't have been falsified, no? So, the kids are really not his children? But whose children could they be, then?

She propped a hand against her forehead, her entire body feeling as though it had been encased in ice.

had always believed the children were Shane's, so the results of the paternity tests made her feel as though a bucket of cold water had just been poured over her head. Thus, she couldn't quite accept the reality presented to

out to her in concern

met her son's concerned gaze, her heart

him into her arms and started sobbing. “I'm sorry, Baby. I'm

the kids have had no father ever since birth, and it's also because of

You've always loved Sharon and I

her son's understanding words, Natalie was both comforted and

after hearing the commotion from within her room. She had no inkling of what

both his mother and sister in

weeping for an indeterminate time, Natalie

does Mr. Shane not like me and Sharon now, but he also treats you indifferently. Do you still want to

that, Natalie gaped at him. “Baby,

however, continued, “If you still want to stay with him, Sharon and I will also help you patch things up with him. We'll figure out a way to revert him to

in a flash, her waffling was washed away by

this place?” she questioned while caressing the

loved Shane, so she was

children wished to leave, she would

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