Chapter 741


    Jeffrey was seething with regret.


    "Why didn''t I just listen..." he muttered to himself.


    "Dad, I really messed up this time."


    Before he met Karen, Jeffrey felt a gaping void within him that he tried to fill with a parade of women


    and endless partying. But once Karen came into his life, he realized that all the space inside him


    could be perfectly upied by just one person.


    How could he undo his past follies?


    Was it Karen''s fault for entering his life toote?


    Huxley nced over at Paige. "Jeffrey, what others do to you, that''s their business. But if you leave


    yourself open to being hurt, that''s on you. Don''t y the victim. Remember this—you can only


    change yourself, not anyone else."


    Jeffrey hung his head, speechless.


    Over the years, he''d caroused through bars, living it up, ignoring his father''s repeated


    chastisements, even believing that his dad, consumed with his business, didn''t love him.


    Now, the bitter taste of truth was his to bear.


    "I was just too in love with him," Paige wept, tears falling freely. "I was young and reckless.


    Pregnant and terrified, I couldn''t bear to tell my family. If I wasn''t trulymitted to him, how could I


    have endured?"


    "That''s your concern, not the Turners''. I''m dealing with my son, so stay out of it."


    ...


    Leaning against the hospital wall, Jeffrey waited for the DNA test result, not wanting to utter a single


    word.


    His mind was consumed with thoughts of Karen and their unborn child. How could he possibly make


    amends?


    Her concerns were valid. If he put himself in her shoes, he''d probably think Jeffrey wasn''t worth a


    lifetime of trust either.


    "Paige, are you there?"


    Silence lingered until finally, the doctor came out with another test result.


    Paige, being closest, snatched the document.


    Her eyes scanned the page, then widened in shock.


    "No way... this can''t be..."


    The results confirmed a biological match between her and Iris. But the child wasn''t Jeffrey''s.


    "Jeffrey, this is impossible! I was so worried about going to the wrong room that day. I double-


    checked the room number before entering. I even called Arthur to make sure you were in there..."


    "Then go ask Arthur about it."


    Jeffrey had no time to untangle this mess now. He needed to save his child.


    As he and his parents hurried out of City Hospital, Jeffrey ran headlong into Arthur, who had just


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    The sight of Arthur clenched Jeffrey''s fists in rage.


    "Son of a—! You dared to screw me over!"


    Grabbing Arthur by the cor, Jeffreynded a fierce punch.


    Fortunately, they were in a hospital, surrounded by people. Several onlookers intervened and pulled


    Jeffrey back.


    But the punch left Arthur bloodied and sprawled on the floor.


    "She told you?" Arthur wiped the blood from his face, ring at Jeffrey.


    "What do you think? But too bad, the kid''s not mine! Your little scheme failed!"


    Arthur smirked, first propping himself up, then copsing back onto the hospital floor, erupting into


    laughter.


    "Of course, I know that kid isn''t yours! Jeffrey, Paige''s child is mine!"