Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 400

The old lady pleaded with heartfelt sincerity, her words gentle yet firm.

This time, Sean finally reacted.

"Isn't there a sample of my sperm at the Northcrest Hospital's sperm bank? Just use that."

It had been the old lady's idea to freeze Sean's sperm in the first place.

She'd noticed her eldest grandson had absolutely no interest in women, and, fearing that the quality of his sperm would decline as he got older, she'd urged him to have it preserved while he was still young.

If he was truly set on never having a child the traditional way, at least this gave him another option to continue the family line.

The old woman let out a weary sigh. "Very well. But do you have any preferences for the mother of your child?"

Sean stared blankly ahead, his eyes cold and unblinking. "I don't care," he replied flatly.

If it wasn't Claire, any other woman's egg was all the same to him.

Seeing the emptiness in Sean's eyes, the old lady felt a sharp pain in her chest.

"All right," she said softly. "I'll have Jeffry handle the arrangements."

react at all. He just sat

the old lady said nothing more. With Grace's help, she slowly left the

Three days later.

Foster estate, clutching

uncovered something very important,”

up, his gaze still hollow and detached. "What

deep breath, steadying himself before he spoke. “Sir, your sperm sample at Northcrest Hospital's sperm

Sean simply replied, "Oh."

as if he were hearing about something that had nothing

out a silent sigh. He knew

about to reveal next would shake Sean to his

moment to compose himself, Jeffry shared everything he had discovered over the past few days,

began to appear in Sean's icy façade. The lifeless look in his

stared hard at Jeffry, his voice raw and hoarse. "Claire and I... we have

sir." Jeffry

jolted, his hands

slipped from his grasp and fell to

it turned out, after