The Queen They Buried

Chapter 250

The test results were now in his hands, but Ronald suddenly hesitated to look. He had built his empire from scratch, and he had never encountered failure.

While Alice’s social standing had played a part in their relationship, the truth was, after all these years, he had remained faithful to her. It would be a lie to claim there was no affection between them.

He reflected on himself. As a person and as a father, he had fallen short in many ways. But as a husband, he had a clear

conscience.

Ronald looked at Bryan and said, “Do you know what Aubree said?” Bryan keenly noticed the subtle shift in the way his father referred to Aubree.

Ronald told Bryan everything Aubree had revealed. Bryan was stunned. “No way! That can’t be true!” he blurted out.

“So, Dad, you did the DNA test to see if Carmen is Mom’s illegitimate daughter?” Bryan asked.

Ronald didn’t intend to keep this from Bryan. In fact, he wanted Bryan to investigate why Alice had done all this.

“Let’s see the results,” Ronald said and flipped open the test report in his hand. As his gaze landed on the very last line, the heavy weight that had been pressing on his heart finally lifted. Alice wasn’t Carmen’s biological mother.

all this, at least the outcome is still a good one, Ronald

of relief and said, “Since that’s not the case, it’s a good

she didn’t cheat on me, and I didn’t dote on my wife’s illegitimate daughter and raise

please spend some time looking into why

you didn’t mention, I’ll look into it,’

he kept thinking about the time when Aubree was abducted by human traffickers. After all these years, he

also made Bryan sense that something was

Aubree, he wasn’t exactly a child anymore, but he still didn’t have the strength to fight back. He

if they were human traffickers, why didn’t they take me away too? It was as if they were specifically targeting

face. ‘The traffickers

find them, Bryan

results, Ronald had no intention of speaking with Alice any further. She clearly won’t reveal anything; there’s no point. I might as well investigate it on my own and

following day, she was discharged and returned to the Wilson family residence. The first thing she did was discuss the marriage alliance with

Ronald not

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