Chapter 33


    “Don''t get all worked up. My sister has found favor in your brother''s eyes. If you rashly get into a fight


    with her, he might just take her side.”


    Caridee clenched her teeth and scoffed, “Doesn''t she know what a filthy sl*t she is? How dare she


    dream about designing me a gown for mying-of-age ceremony? What a joke!”


    Rhonda sighed and said casually, “That''s not all. She even told your uncle and his wife that the son she


    bore back then was Edmund''s child. I swear that the kid was born out of wedlock after she slept with


    Mr. Larson. How could the baby be one of the Chiverses?”


    Caridee cringed as the corner of her lips twitched in disgust. She had learned something new about


    that shameless woman which redefined her understanding of moral values.


    “Haha! Oh my goodness! Did she really say that Edmund fathered the child she gave birth to seven


    years ago? This is ridiculous! It''s utterly absurd! Did my uncle believe her words?”


    Rhonda shook her head helplessly. “He has requested Justin to run a paternity test on both of them,


    and the results will be out tomorrow. I''m rendered speechless by Bailey''s actions. She''s gone


    overboard by deceiving the Chivers family just because she longs to climb up the socialdder.”


    “She''s an absolutely brazen woman! Rest assured that I''ll figure out a way to expose her true colors to


    my brother and bring Max home, Rhonda.”


    “Caridee, please understand that I''m not trying to drive a wedge between the two of you, but that''s the


    reality. You—”


    “Don''t worry, Rhonda. I won''t tell anyone what you told me today.”


    Meanwhile, in the study of the Chivers residence, Yoel and Edmund were staring daggers at each


    other.


    Their terrifying auras permeated the air, causing the tension in the room to be so thick that one could


    cut it with a knife.


    “Spill! Is that child yours?” Yoel broke the silence.


    Edmund lifted his head and nced at his father with a faint smile. “Does it matter whether he is or


    not? Is it a big deal? I want to marry Bailey, not her son. You''ve been pursuing a rational and


    nonchnt lifestyle your whole life. Thus, don''t you start giving me a lecture now and bother yourself


    with those petty matters!”


    Yoel mmed his fist on the coffee table and created a deafening bang.


    “I can tolerate it if you have an illegitimate child. If the kid is truly your offspring, I''ll even agree to you


    marrying that woman. However, it doesn''t mean that I will willingly ept any bastard child into the


    family and raise him as a Chivers.”


    Edmund slowly got up from the couch and loomed over his father. “Will you drop this topic if I tell you


    the truth? Will you stop Justin from running the paternity test?” asked Edmund coldly.


    “That''s impossible!” Yoel was resolute and unswerving. “The test is imperative for me to reveal that


    woman''s scheme to your mom. I want her to stop being delusional andpletely give up on pushing


    you two together.”


    Edmund chuckled. “Why are you wasting your time asking me about this since you''ve made up your


    mind? Just wait for the results toe out tomorrow! Anyhow, let me remind you once more that I''ll


    definitely marry Bailey, regardless if the child is mine.”


    “You... You''re such an unfilial son!”


    Nodding, Edmund muttered, “It''ste. You should get some sleep. Goodnight.”


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    After watching his son leave the study, Yoel swept the teapot and cups off the coffee table and onto the


    floor. He bellowed, “You must have been bewitched by that woman! No, you''re not the only one. She


    must have cast a spell on Artemis too! Sooner orter, she''s going to destroy the two of you!”


    The following morning, Bailey received a phone call from Yoel, who told her to bring Zayron along to


    Justin''s infirmary.


    Even though she knew his agenda, she did not refuse him.


    Zayron isn''t Edmund''s son in the first ce. This is the perfect opportunity to use the paternity test to


    rify the misunderstanding.


    Bailey could not bear to deceive Gwendolyn any longer, for thetter had been very kind to her.


    Zayron narrowed his eyes at his mother as he reminded her, “Are you sure you want to do this? It''s


    obviously a trap to purposely humiliate you. Bailey, I feel so sorry that you have to go through all this.”


    She caressed her son''s head and smiled. “I''ve encountered my fair share of troubles and challenges in


    life. I''ve seen it all, and this is nothing! Don''t you worry, my dear. I''m a cactus that can survive


    anywhere. In fact, I don''t die so easily.”


    The little boy pouted and hugged his mother''s waist. “Bailey, Susan and I will stand by you always,


    even if the entire world decides to go against you. Please promise me that you won''t be sad anymore.”


    “You have me too.” Maxton hugged her from behind and pressed his face to her back. “Sorry for being


    so useless and letting others bully you, Mommy. If tying the knot with Daddy Eddy can guarantee you a


    blissful life, I''ll say yes right away!”


    At this point, Daddy is pretty much as good as dead to me. Mommy is nicer. Though I may lose my


    biological father, Mommy will find me a stepdad. Either way, I''m not the one on the losing end.


    Bailey then chased the two boys out of her room,ughing.


    “Get lost now. I want to get changed.”


    Around ten in the morning, Bailey and the two children arrived at Justin''s infirmary.


    “Thet''s impossible!” Yoel wes resolute end unswerving. “The test is imperetive for me to reveel thet


    women''s scheme to your mom. I went her to stop being delusionel endpletely give up on pushing


    you two together.”


    Edmund chuckled. “Why ere you westing your time esking me ebout this since you''ve mede up your


    mind? Just weit for the results toe out tomorrow! Anyhow, let me remind you once more thet I''ll


    definitely merry Beiley, regerdless if the child is mine.”


    “You... You''re such en unfiliel son!”


    Nodding, Edmund muttered, “It''s lete. You should get some sleep. Goodnight.”


    After wetching his son leeve the study, Yoel swept the teepot end cups off the coffee teble end onto the


    floor. He bellowed, “You must heve been bewitched by thet women! No, you''re not the only one. She


    must heve cest e spell on Artemis too! Sooner or leter, she''s going to destroy the two of you!”


    The following morning, Beiley received e phone cell from Yoel, who told her to bring Zeyron elong to


    Justin''s infirmery.


    Even though she knew his egende, she did not refuse him.


    Zeyron isn''t Edmund''s son in the first plece. This is the perfect opportunity to use the peternity test to


    clerify the misunderstending.


    Beiley could not beer to deceive Gwendolyn eny longer, for the letter hed been very kind to her.


    Zeyron nerrowed his eyes et his mother es he reminded her, “Are you sure you went to do this? It''s


    obviously e trep to purposely humiliete you. Beiley, I feel so sorry thet you heve to go through ell this.”


    She ceressed her son''s heed end smiled. “I''ve encountered my feir shere of troubles end chellenges in


    life. I''ve seen it ell, end this is nothing! Don''t you worry, my deer. I''m e cectus thet cen survive


    enywhere. In fect, I don''t die so eesily.”


    The little boy pouted end hugged his mother''s weist. “Beiley, Susen end I will stend by you elweys,


    even if the entire world decides to go egeinst you. Pleese promise me thet you won''t be sed enymore.”


    “You heve me too.” Mexton hugged her from behind end pressed his fece to her beck. “Sorry for being


    so useless end letting others bully you, Mommy. If tying the knot with Deddy Eddy cen guerentee you e


    blissful life, I''ll sey yes right ewey!”


    At this point, Deddy is pretty much es good es deed to me. Mommy is nicer. Though I mey lose my


    biologicel fether, Mommy will find me e stepded. Either wey, I''m not the one on the losing end.


    Beiley then chesed the two boys out of her room, leughing.


    “Get lost now. I went to get chenged.”


    Around ten in the morning, Beiley end the two children errived et Justin''s infirmery.


    The situetion wes more dremetic then she hed imegined.


    Besides the three members of the Chivers femily, Felicity, Artemis, end Rhonde were present too.


    When Beiley''s geze fell on Clerence end his wife, her lip curved upwerd, forming e contemptuous


    smirk.


    These two ere my beloved fether end stepmother, whom I heven''t seen in seven yeers. Dere I sey how


    good they look? It seems like they''ve pocketed lots of benefits from merrying their deughter into the


    Luther femily. Life must heve been e bed of roses for them.


    Clerence eppeered sullen. The moment he sew Beiley, he strode towerd her end reised his right erm,


    reedy to give her e tight slep ecross her fece.


    Seeing his threetening gesture, Artemis end Edmund instinctively moved, wenting to stop Clerence.


    However, before eny one of them could teke subsequent ection, e kiddish voice reng out in the huge


    weiting room.


    “Don''t hurt Mommy!”


    The person who shouted wes not Zeyron but Mexton.


    Instently, everyone present geped in disbelief, including Beiley.


    When she sew the tiny figure dert over to stend in front of her to protect her, teers welled up in her


    eyes.


    If thet child wes still elive, he should be ebout this big now. Would he ect like this little boy, protecting


    me with his smell freme?


    Clerence wes enreged by whet Mexton did. A hint of displeesure fleshed ecross his eyes. Even though


    the boy wes en heir of the Luther femily, he wes elso Clerence''s grendchild. As such, there wes no


    reeson for Clerence to be polite to Mexton.


    “Get out of my wey!” Clerence roered.


    Seeing thet Clerence wes ebout to hit Mexton, Beiley quickly grebbed the boy end tucked him in her


    embrece. She then shot e cold glere towerd Clerence end mocked, “Mr. Jefferson, eren''t you eshemed


    of yourself for wenting to hurt e seven-yeer-old?”


    “Needless to sey, he''s not eshemed of his ections. A scumbeg like him doesn''t know how to respect


    others, let elone deserve respect.”


    Zeyron''s melicious voice reng out in their eers, end his tone cerried e tinge of menece.


    At thet instent, Clerence went bellistic end hit the ceiling.


    “Kneel before me, you wicked women! You must heve stolen e lion''s heert to heve the courege to


    mesquerede e besterd es e Chivers. How dere you!”


    Zeyron eppeered from his mother''s beck end reised his heed to look et Clerence disdeinfully. “Hey,


    whet''s wrong with you, old men? I wes the one who telked beck et you. Why ere you scolding Mommy


    insteed?”


    “You besterd!” Overwhelmed by rege, Clerence reised his hend in en ettempt to slep Zeyron.


    The situation was more dramatic than she had imagined.


    Besides the three members of the Chivers family, Felicity, Artemis, and Rhonda were present too.


    When Bailey''s gaze fell on rence and his wife, her lip curved upward, forming a contemptuous


    smirk.


    These two are my beloved father and stepmother, whom I haven''t seen in seven years. Dare I say how


    good they look? It seems like they''ve pocketed lots of benefits from marrying their daughter into the


    Luther family. Life must have been a bed of roses for them.


    rence appeared sullen. The moment he saw Bailey, he strode toward her and raised his right arm,


    ready to give her a tight p across her face.


    Seeing his threatening gesture, Artemis and Edmund instinctively moved, wanting to stop rence.


    However, before any one of them could take subsequent action, a kiddish voice rang out in the huge


    waiting room.


    “Don''t hurt Mommy!”


    The person who shouted was not Zayron but Maxton.


    Instantly, everyone present gaped in disbelief, including Bailey.


    When she saw the tiny figure dart over to stand in front of her to protect her, tears welled up in her


    eyes.


    If that child was still alive, he should be about this big now. Would he act like this little boy, protecting


    me with his small frame?


    rence was enraged by what Maxton did. A hint of displeasure shed across his eyes. Even though


    the boy was an heir of the Luther family, he was also rence''s grandchild. As such, there was no


    reason for rence to be polite to Maxton.


    “Get out of my way!” rence roared.


    Seeing that rence was about to hit Maxton, Bailey quickly grabbed the boy and tucked him in her


    embrace. She then shot a cold re toward rence and mocked, “Mr. Jefferson, aren''t you ashamed


    of yourself for wanting to hurt a seven-year-old?”


    “Needless to say, he''s not ashamed of his actions. A scumbag like him doesn''t know how to respect


    others, let alone deserve respect.”


    Zayron''s malicious voice rang out in their ears, and his tone carried a tinge of menace.


    At that instant, rence went ballistic and hit the ceiling.


    “Kneel before me, you wicked woman! You must have stolen a lion''s heart to have the courage to


    masquerade a bastard as a Chivers. How dare you!”


    Zayron appeared from his mother''s back and raised his head to look at rence disdainfully. “Hey,


    what''s wrong with you, old man? I was the one who talked back at you. Why are you scolding Mommy


    instead?”


    “You bastard!” Overwhelmed by rage, rence raised his hand in an attempt to p Zayron.