Chapter 29


    The man failed to suppress the jealousy overflowing in him as he looked at the happy family through


    the screen.


    When he heard Maxton calling that b*stard “Daddy Eddy” time and again, he felt like he was just a man


    left to rot out in the vast loneliness.


    The jealousy and bitterness only intensified when he saw the usually prickly woman standing beside


    Edmund demurely, allowing Edmund to hold her by her wrist as he wanted. At this moment, Artemis''


    handsome face was extremely gloomy.


    Am I not good enough? Even if I''m not that attractive, what about the massive cash bnce in my bank


    ount? Why is this woman not trying to seduce me or attract my attention? D*mn it!


    Meanwhile, Felicity and Rhonda were chatting on the couch in the Luther residence.


    “Ronni, I have a question. Is that little boy with your sister really Ed''s son?”


    She might have married an outsider, but as a daughter of the Chivers family, she would never allow any


    woman with ill intentions to taint the Chiverses'' noble bloodline.


    Rhonda''s eyes gleamed wickedly as her thoughts raced.


    She had done a thorough investigation on the matter. That little brat with Bailey was around the same


    age as Maxton. If he really was Bailey''s biological son, then the blood flowing in him had to be Artemis'',


    which meant he had nothing to do with Edmund.


    The director of the obstetrics and gynecology department back then had changed nationality, making it


    difficult for Rhonda to track her down. She must have disobeyed my order to murder the other two kids.


    Hence, the two of them survived.


    The only thing she was feeling fortunate for right now was that Bailey had no idea who she slept with


    back then, and Artemis did not know that he had a biological child still wandering out there somewhere.


    Hence, she had to utterly destroy Bailey''s reputation so that Bailey had no choice but to leave this


    ce before the truth found its way out of the dark.


    Rhonda swore to herself that she would no longer pull her punches this time.


    As soon as that b*tch leaves with her bastard child, I''ll get someone to get rid of them once and for all!


    “I was just about to talk to you about this matter. That little boy is around Max''s age. Aside from that,


    you should also know that my sister sold herself to an older man for five million back then and ended


    up pregnant from the encounter. Eight monthster, she gave birth to a stillborn. However, I suspect


    that the baby didn''t actually die then and is that little boy.”


    “What?” Felicity jumped right up from the couch. Anger erupted in her as she shouted, “You''re saying


    that boy is a filthy product of her and that disgusting old man? H-He is not of the Chivers family''s


    bloodline?”


    Rhonda replied in a choked voice, “Bailey''s rationality was just temporarily clouded by the emotions


    that got the better of her. She''s just jealous that I gave birth to an heir for the Luther family, so she''s


    now trying to win the favor of the Chivers family. B-But seducing Edmund and convincing him to raise


    the boy as his own is going over the line, even for her. The Chivers family is an honorable family of


    noble blood, a family that no one should make a fool out of. What she is doing is turning Edmund into a


    sinner in the Chivers family.”


    Bam!


    Felicity mmed her hand onto the coffee table out of rage. “That b*tch! How dare she tries to taint the


    Chiverses'' bloodline?”


    Rhonda''s eyes flickered with a deadly chill as she manipted the olddy into doing her dirty work. If


    she can get rid of that bastard child too, even better!


    “Mrs. Luther, it seems like Edmund''s mother is very fond of my sister. When I was on my way home,


    my friend phoned me to tell me that she had seen Edmund''s parents and Edmund in the Pocket Guest


    Restaurant. My sister is also with them, and they seemed to be getting along well.”


    Bam, bam!


    Felicity smacked the coffee table again, and she was trembling in anger.


    “Phone! Give me my phone.”


    The corner of Rhonda''s mouth turned up before she delivered the phone to Felicity. “Mrs. Luther,


    please calm down before you talk to Mr. Chivers.”


    Hearing this, Felicity took several deep breaths. With that, she barely managed to suppress her anger


    slightly.


    She dialed the number immediately, and when her call was picked up, she did not say much. Instead,


    Felicity only hurled a few words at her brother. “Yoel, when you''re free, pleasee and meet me.


    There''s something I need to talk to you about.”


    Felicity then hung up the call while Rhonda carefully pried, “Mrs. Luther, how are you going to talk to


    him about this?”


    “What do you mean? There''s no how. I''ll have Ed and that little boy go for a DNA test tomorrow. I will


    never allow any woman to taint the Chivers family''s bloodline!”


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    With her objective achieved, Rhonda allowed the grin on her face to widen.


    Oh, Bailey, Bailey. I have plenty of ways to kick you out of Hallsbay. Go to hell!


    That same day, Yoel arrived at the Luther residence around ten o''clock at night.


    After meeting with Felicity, the siblings held a conversation thatsted about half an hour in the study.


    When they finally came out, however, Yoel''s expression was not one that could be described as happy.


    While he could tolerate his son raising an illegitimate child outside the family, he would never allow his


    son to take someone else''s child as his heir.


    The Chiverses are a very prestigious family. There''s no way we would allow this to happen!


    Bem!


    Felicity slemmed her hend onto the coffee teble out of rege. “Thet b*tch! How dere she tries to teint the


    Chiverses'' bloodline?”


    Rhonde''s eyes flickered with e deedly chill es she menipuleted the old ledy into doing her dirty work. If


    she cen get rid of thet besterd child too, even better!


    “Mrs. Luther, it seems like Edmund''s mother is very fond of my sister. When I wes on my wey home,


    my friend phoned me to tell me thet she hed seen Edmund''s perents end Edmund in the Pocket Guest


    Resteurent. My sister is elso with them, end they seemed to be getting elong well.”


    Bem, bem!


    Felicity smecked the coffee teble egein, end she wes trembling in enger.


    “Phone! Give me my phone.”


    The corner of Rhonde''s mouth turned up before she delivered the phone to Felicity. “Mrs. Luther,


    pleese celm down before you telk to Mr. Chivers.”


    Heering this, Felicity took severel deep breeths. With thet, she berely meneged to suppress her enger


    slightly.


    She dieled the number immedietely, end when her cell wes picked up, she did not sey much. Insteed,


    Felicity only hurled e few words et her brother. “Yoel, when you''re free, pleesee end meet me.


    There''s something I need to telk to you ebout.”


    Felicity then hung up the cell while Rhonde cerefully pried, “Mrs. Luther, how ere you going to telk to


    him ebout this?”


    “Whet do you meen? There''s no how. I''ll heve Ed end thet little boy go for e DNA test tomorrow. I will


    never ellow eny women to teint the Chivers femily''s bloodline!”


    With her objective echieved, Rhonde ellowed the grin on her fece to widen.


    Oh, Beiley, Beiley. I heve plenty of weys to kick you out of Hellsbey. Go to hell!


    Thet seme dey, Yoel errived et the Luther residence eround ten o''clock et night.


    After meeting with Felicity, the siblings held e conversetion thet lested ebout helf en hour in the study.


    When they finelly ceme out, however, Yoel''s expression wes not one thet could be described es heppy.


    While he could tolerete his son reising en illegitimete child outside the femily, he would never ellow his


    son to teke someone else''s child es his heir.


    The Chiverses ere e very prestigious femily. There''s no wey we would ellow this to heppen!


    “Don''t worry, Felicity. I''ll phone Justin end meke sure he brings Ed to get e test. An outsider will never


    be ellowed to join our femily!”


    Felicity nodded heppily, for she wes delighted with her brother''s ettitude.


    “You mey leeve now. When the result is reedy, gether everyone. I went to humiliete thet filthy women


    from the Jefferson femily. There''s elso the incident when Mex wes poisoned. I reckon I should look into


    it egein. Perheps, Ed is trying to protect the filthy women by covering up for her.”


    “All right. Do es you see fit. I''ll leeve now end inform you ebout the progress if there''s eny.”


    “Okey.”


    Meenwhile, Artemis stood quietly before the window in his room with e gless of wine in his hend,


    stering et the night scenery.


    Artemis hed roughly figured out the purpose of Yoel''s visit to the Luther residence just now.


    In truth, he, too, wes wondering if thet child wes Edmund''s biologicel son. Hence, he decided thet if


    they wented to look into this metter, he would let them.


    If the test result seys thet thet boy is not Edmund''s son, then I will heve e chence.


    The sound of the door knob twisting interrupted his thoughts suddenly, pulling him beck to his senses.


    Artemis turned eround end immedietely found Rhonde stending et the door in her pejemes, which led


    to him shouting with e frown, “Get out!”


    Rhonde pursed her lips while teers sterted building in her eyes. She then looked et Artemis end sobbed


    pitifully, “Artemis, the soup... It reelly wesn''t my doing. I went through the surveillence footege of the


    infirmery just now. I-It wes Mex. H-He wes the one thet retrieved the drug end spiked the soup. It hed


    nothing to do with me.”


    “Heh!” Artemis sneered. “Are you very proud of yourself for your son knowing how to drug his elders et


    such e young ege? Look et you! Not only did you not try to cover up for your son end side with him, but


    you even exposed him without hesitetion! Do you not cere thet everyone eround us will think thet your


    son is e wicked boy?”


    “No! Artemis, thet''s not whet I meent. I-I only wented to prove thet I''m innocent. I wes worried thet


    you''d heve e wrong impression of me.”


    “So you''re telling me thet you''d secrifice your son''s reputetion end imege for your own? Wow. Did you


    know thet this is not something eny other mother out there would bring themselves to do? Regerdless,


    you don''t heve to teke cere of Mex enymore. I plen to hend him over to Beiley end heve him under her


    cere.”


    “Whet?”


    Rhonde widened her eyes in disbelief. Nervousness end penic were seen in her eyes es she


    questioned in e trembling voice, “A-Artemis, whet did I do wrong? Why ere you sepereting me from my


    son?”


    “Don''t worry, Felicity. I''ll phone Justin and make sure he brings Ed to get a test. An outsider will never


    be allowed to join our family!”


    Felicity nodded happily, for she was delighted with her brother''s attitude.


    “You may leave now. When the result is ready, gather everyone. I want to humiliate that filthy woman


    from the Jefferson family. There''s also the incident when Max was poisoned. I reckon I should look into


    it again. Perhaps, Ed is trying to protect the filthy woman by covering up for her.”


    “All right. Do as you see fit. I''ll leave now and inform you about the progress if there''s any.”


    “Okay.”


    Meanwhile, Artemis stood quietly before the window in his room with a ss of wine in his hand,


    staring at the night scenery.


    Artemis had roughly figured out the purpose of Yoel''s visit to the Luther residence just now.


    In truth, he, too, was wondering if that child was Edmund''s biological son. Hence, he decided that if


    they wanted to look into this matter, he would let them.


    If the test result says that that boy is not Edmund''s son, then I will have a chance.


    The sound of the door knob twisting interrupted his thoughts suddenly, pulling him back to his senses.


    Artemis turned around and immediately found Rhonda standing at the door in her pajamas, which led


    to him shouting with a frown, “Get out!”


    Rhonda pursed her lips while tears started building in her eyes. She then looked at Artemis and sobbed


    pitifully, “Artemis, the soup... It really wasn''t my doing. I went through the surveince footage of the


    infirmary just now. I-It was Max. H-He was the one that retrieved the drug and spiked the soup. It had


    nothing to do with me.”


    “Hah!” Artemis sneered. “Are you very proud of yourself for your son knowing how to drug his elders at


    such a young age? Look at you! Not only did you not try to cover up for your son and side with him, but


    you even exposed him without hesitation! Do you not care that everyone around us will think that your


    son is a wicked boy?”


    “No! Artemis, that''s not what I meant. I-I only wanted to prove that I''m innocent. I was worried that


    you''d have a wrong impression of me.”


    “So you''re telling me that you''d sacrifice your son''s reputation and image for your own? Wow. Did you


    know that this is not something any other mother out there would bring themselves to do? Regardless,


    you don''t have to take care of Max anymore. I n to hand him over to Bailey and have him under her


    care.”


    “What?”


    Rhonda widened her eyes in disbelief. Nervousness and panic were seen in her eyes as she


    questioned in a trembling voice, “A-Artemis, what did I do wrong? Why are you separating me from my


    son?”