Chapter 2104

Just as Beck was about to agree, the church doors swung open dramatically, and a stranger walked in carrying a baby.

The child was crying, barely two months old by the looks of it.

Instinctively, Beck was about to tell someone to escort the intruder out when the woman holding the child spoke up.

"Mr. Sanders, this is your child. The woman you spent that night with at the gala wasn't Miss Bess."

Her words sent a ripple of whispers through the congregation like a sudden gust of wind.

Beck's brow furrowed as he turned to Bess, searching her face.

A flash of guilt crossed Bess's face, and just as she was about to protest, Beck

was already moving toward the woman with the baby.

Bess's face turned ashen, and she grabbed his sleeve desperately.

"Beck, we're at this point already. Do you really want to call off the wedding? It would be disastrous for both our families. Are you sure about this?"

Beck asked just one question.

"Why did you lie to me?"

Tears welled up in Bess's eyes instantly.

"I had no choice. I've loved you for so long, and this was the only way I could keep you by my side. I don't mind if you have a child outside; we can raise it together. Beck, I've known you for years, and my feelings are real. Why can't you see that?" Bess started crying, and the murmuring in the crowd grew louder. Yet Beck had already reached the woman's side, looking down at the baby in her arms.

The woman was plain and honest-looking, and she handed the baby to him.

"Mr. Sanders, I'm just delivering a message. I have no idea who the mother is, but she insisted the father is definitely you."

at the

this

and held the baby a

Sanders and Moore families

reasonable enough. The whole marriage arrangement was based on Bess's claim of intimacy with Beck. Since it was all based on her lie, they had no

continued to cry, hoping Walter would intervene, but Walter simply

his arms, Beck joined the others at the Sanders household. Samples of his and the baby's hair were taken for

the results were delivered

look and saw there was no

as he glanced at

like him, thinking perhaps it

turned out the

family fell silent, perplexed by the turn of events. Why had this unrelated child been brought to

felt a headache coming on, unable

potential alliance with the Moore family dissolved, there was

wedding. Besides, Bess's actions had made it clear she wasn't

some comfort, but Beck was

fiasco

rose to

what you think is

dealing with the

out of the Sanders

up at a bar, drinking until

his fingers hesitated over

server appeared again, guiding him to

his tie, still in

leaned against the entryway, the server, having

revealing a shapely

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