Chapter 25
Chapter 25
Dante’s POV.
There wasn’t much that bothered me about pretty much any thing. The reality of my life was that | was either too busy to worry
about what ever was secondary going on around me or | simply could not be bothered by any thing else enough to show greater
interest in it
But this was different.
After spending about over an hour with Sophia and her interesting daughter, Hayley, some thing just did not sit right with me. The
child bore no resemnce to Adam Huxley what so ever and the bull shit excuse fed to me defending that was just asughable.
Sophia may have taken me for a fool but | was familiar with Adams family. Many people were. They were influential in their time
and managed to keep one of the most profitablepanies running. Adam’s mother’s side possessed looks on the lighter side.
From the hair to the eye colour and even their features.
| tried to get a hold of Frederick. There were things that | needed him to find out for me before 1 made a proper approach or
confrontation but | was still waiting for him to give me a call back.
“Dante, sweetheart.” The voice called me as it approached and | immediately became irritated.
| was yet to confront her about the lies and deceit that she kept up for years. The timing wasn’t right and | needed to figure out
bigger things at present.
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| reluctantly shifted my attention from the phone in my hand to find Pheobe stand in front of my. sitting figure. The bright red wrap
dress she wore used to be one of my favourites until she started wearing it at every turn she could when we were alone at home
causing it lose its luster.
“There you are. | thought you’d left already. She settled herself in myp and | quickly turned my phone over and gently ced it
to my thigh.
“My mother calledst night when you were out on your meeting. She thinks that we should have dinner this weekend at the
Lamshire estate.” Phoebe pressed her I*ps against my jaw and | resisted. the urge to turn away.
“You can go if you''d life. | don’t think I''ll make it.” | responded not being able to keep the impatience out of my tone.
Her eyes immediately stared me up and down before her I*ps contorted in to a disapproving line. Here we go.
“Now that is unfair. You don’t ever attend any gatherings with my family! She whined but her eyes. were nted in a fiesty angle.
“Exactly so they won''t be disappointed when they know that I can’t make it to this one, too.” Pheobe’s family were not people |
liked being around.
They pretended to be sophisticated around me but | knew better. Her father was known to be an avid gambler that was so
engrossed in his filthy habit that he thought nothing to gamble away his
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entire lifes earnings until he had be a pauper. As for her mother, the woman looked at me as if | was a walking gold mine.
Their pretense was feeble and | could see right through it, more clearly so, now that | knew the truth.
“You are being such a brute recently and | have some idea as to why that is.” She leaned away from me until she was at the
edge of my knee.
“It is just work, Pheobe. Things are changing and require my full attention. | simply have no time at present to relish in social
gatherings when | could upy myself with more beneficial matters.” | tried to diffuse the situation before she ran with her wild
assumption.
Knowing Pheobe, Sophia was already a problem in her mind. Regardless of what | did, she would use her as the reason should
it not be favourable for her.
“And these changes don’t have anything to do with the reappearance of your ex-wife frolicking about in the arms on Adam
Huxley?” My jaw tightened immediately, almost like an instinct that was triggered by the imagery her words illicited.
My hands gripped the side of her waist and moved her until she was of of me and back on to her
feet.
“| will see you in the evening, Pheobe.” | muttered sternly before leaving the living room and house. altogether.
My phone buzzed just before | reached my car and | looked at it to see an iing call from Frederick. We agreed to meet at
his offices in about thirty minutes and | didn’t make any other stops. instead, | went straight to him.
His office was nothing fancy let alone up to date with modern interior and colour schemes and, had | not known first hand how
good he was at what he did, | wouldn’t have even considered his services at all based on his location.
The chair beneath my weight creaked but it felt secure. There was no desk but a medium sized coffee table between where he
had sat and |. | didn’t care if it got me the answers | was looking for.
“| hadn’t been expecting to see you so soon again, Mr Crawford.” He crossed his one leg over the opposite knee.
“| need to know if you have any more information about Sophia’s daughter? Any DNA samples or paternity proof. | rified
cutting right to it.
| didn’te here to waste any time and | didn’t want my time to be wasted.
Frederick looked at me nkly before shaking his head. “That is information | don’t have ess to because those are
documents that do not exist for me to get my hands on.” He exined but | didn’t want to hear it.
“Well, | need it and | want you to get it for me. I’ll pay you double what | normally do.” His brows lifted knowing that was a hefty
sum but they fell slowly and back on to ce.
“Tempting as that is, | can’t do it. Unless | have ess to the child or Sophia actually agrees to a paternity test, I''m afraid | can’t
do a thing for you in this regard.” He said with finality not event
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giving me any hope.
| swore under my breath before running a hand through my hair. | couldn’t ask Sophia for a paternity test urider the current
circumstances. She wouldn''t agree and it would be a challenging ordeal trying to request such a thing with no evidence or
reasoning.
“Unless...” Frederick rose from his chair and paced the boundaries of the carpet.
“What?” | persisted.
He stopped pacing and tapped his fingers against his cleanly shaven jaw. “Unless you bring me some sort of DNA sample from
the kid. | could run the necessary tests and you would have an answer. Frederick''s I*ps spread in to a satisfied smile, proud at
what he had just thought of
“It could be hair or saliva.” He spoke and | knew that | needed to force another encounter which could p
get me close enough to Hayley for me to get a sample.
“| think hair would be easier to retract.” He suggested but | already blocked him out.
Barging in to her home may not be the easiest of tasks yet again. Sophia was protective of her daughter and it was evident that
she did not want me any where near the kid but something didn’t sit right with me. If Adam was not the father based on gical
appearance, then who the hell is?
Did Sophia have more than just one lover during the time we had been married? Is that the reason. why it was so easy for her to
walk away and leave me all these years ago?
My hands balled in to fists and | sprung up and out of the chair. | needed to think of some thing. | needed to get that DNA sample
to prove just who Sophia had thought she was toying with.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.
Regardless of my refusal to attend dinner with Pheobe’s family this weekend, | might as well make use of the kidsmon.
interest and like in chocte as mine. | knew the owner of a luxury chocte store and securing a private tour and tasting would
be a piece of cake.
| hopped in to my car and immediately worked on setting up the n for this weekend. Sophia will
be furious but I can handle her. As
for the kid, she was fond of me in an acquaintance level way and that was enough.
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