Chapter 538
The father and son left the ward and went straight to the study.
“Don''t worry, Dad. It takes time for Bay to ept you. She was just terribly set up by her adoptive
father. That''s why she''s somewhat repulsed by it. I''m sure it will fade away in time.”
Steven waved his hand and sighed, “I''ve never fulfilled my role as a father. It''s only natural for her not
to ept me. Tell me, how do you n to resolve this?”
Zeke didn''t answer. Instead, he posed another question. “What do you think I should do? We already
know Bay''s identity. We can''t just let everyone insult her. Calling her an illegitimate child is the same as
calling everyone in the Shurmer family an illegitimate child.”
Steven sighed and suggested, “Zoey lived with the Shurmer family for several years. She''s already part
of the family. We can''t hurt her.”
Zeke scoffed and said coldly, “But she''ll kill your daughter. You must decide for yourself.”
Steven was taken aback for a moment. After some thought, he finally understood the situation. “Does
this matter have something to do with her? Is she also a part of this?”
“Yes. She invited all those reporters. Oh, by the way, Sophia isn''t dead yet. She disguised herself as
Sofie and had already met Zoey and her mother. Here you are, caring so much about the rtionship
between father and daughter, yet she plunged into her mother''s arms without looking back.”
Steven was shocked. “Sophia is all right? She even met Zoey?”
“That''s conceivable. However, even if she didn''t, what then?” Bay is the daughter of the Shurmer
family. She used to be kind-hearted and wanted to help Zoey assume her role as an heiress. That''s
why she tampered with the data of her blood check, which caused the paternity test to show that she
wasn''t my daughter.
Now that I''ve discovered her true identity, I can''t let the public criticize her. When she recovers after a
few days, I will hold a press conference to announce her true identity to the world.
Steven seemed to want to say something, but he brushed it away in the end. “Okay, I''ll have a talk with
Zoey. I''ll confront her and persuade her to try to ept Bay and also the fact that she was adopted. If
she ends up unwilling, then I have no choice but to give her up for my own biological daughter.”
“All right.”
At the Revelle residence.
Olivia stomped over and got very angry in front of Bill.
The man sat on the couch and listened to her in silence. Although his face was devoid of expressions,
his palms on the armrests slowly clenched into a fist.
“Mr. Revelle, I think I have made myself clear. As rude as it sounds, please discipline your daughter
properly and don''t let her trouble my son anymore. How dare a dying person drag my son down to the
grave together? If it were you, would you let your son marry a woman who couldn''t conceive?”
“That''s enough.” As her words became more and more outrageous and ill-mannered, Bill couldn''t help
but stop her.
His daughter inherited his legacy and achieved notable milestones in the medicinal industry. She was
his pride. He couldn''t just watch an outsider insult her as such.
“Mrs. Xuereb, I will advise my daughter. Also, you have to keep your son in check. If he can''t take
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responsibility, then tell him not to screw around. That sort of sc*mbag behavior will ruin his family''s
reputation.”
“Why you—”
“Mrs. Xuereb, don''t be too focused on criticizing my daughter. If you have the time, look at what kind of
person your son is. Getting hung up on the fact that he is marrying a dying person instead of a number-
one socialite is just foolish.”
“You—”
“I''ll pick up my daughter from the medical base and take her back to the Revelle residenceter in the
afternoon. If your son insists oning, I''ll let him be my live-in son-inw. Otherwise, he can forget
about seeing my daughter.”
“You—”
Olivia wanted to assert her dominance over Bill but didn''t expect him to turn the tables.
“Fine. Mr. Revelle, you better remember what you said. If you don''t take your daughter away this
afternoon, I will send someone to throw her out of the medical base.”
Bill snorted coldly. “By all means. You keep your son in check. Otherwise, the Xuereb family will be
humiliated if he bes the live-in son-inw of the Revelle family.”
At the Shurmer residence.
While Zoey and Shirley were chatting in the garden, Shirley passed out.
After some rigorous efforts, the doctor told the Shurmer family that Shirley had sessfully conceived.
Although it was only just a week or two, the embryo had already imnted sessfully.
Overjoyed, Waverly immediately called Zeke.
When Zeke heard the news, he was perplexed.
Shirley is pregnant? How is that possible?
After thinking about it, he found it usible. After all, they went all the way that night, and he also
climaxed in her. However, they forgot to take contraceptive measures, so there was a fifty percent
chance of conceiving.
“Mr. Revelle, I think I have made myself clear. As rude as it sounds, please discipline your daughter
properly and don''t let her trouble my son anymore. How dare a dying person drag my son down to the
grave together? If it were you, would you let your son marry a woman who couldn''t conceive?”
Coincidentally, he wasn''t lucky enough.
A woman he didn''t love was pregnant with his child, which disgusted him, and he found it difficult to
ept.
At that moment, he knew that Shirley''s pregnancy meant their wedding would happen sooner than
expected.
Last time, with the help of his nephew, he set the hotel on fire and ruined the engagement banquet.
However, he couldn''t use the same trick twice.
Besides, he wasn''t an irresponsible person. Since Shirley was already pregnant, he still had to be
responsible for the child even if he didn''t love her.
The Gourd family was afraid that Zeke might go back on his word. When the Shurmer family''s family
doctor diagnosed Shirley''s pregnancy, Richard and Genevieve secretly instructed someone to spread
the news.
In just half a day, the news about Shirley, the future wife of the prestigious pharmaceutical family, the
Shurmer family, being pregnant swept the world by storm.
The Hoffman family.
In the garden of the Luther residence.
Juliana sat on the ground while leaning against a leg of the swing and stared nkly at the horizon.
She just got wind of Shirley''s pregnancy half an hour ago.
So Zeke truly loved Ms. Gourd. Even after Zayron ruined their engagement, they still got together and
got pregnant with a child.
“He has a fiancée, and his fiancée is pregnant. Ms. Juliana, you should give up and let it go. You''re
both from two different worlds. He can''t marry you, and you can''t turn away from your family to marry
him. The sooner you let it go, the better.”
The voice came from Huntley, a young man dressed in casual clothing, leaningzily beneath an apple
tree.
Juliana turned her head to look at him. Her eyes were indifferent, and she uttered coldly, “Well, if it isn''t
Huntley. You seem to know everything. What now? Do you want to start a fight?
Huntley shook the petals off his body and said politely, “Ms. Juliana, you''re constricted and hurt by your
feelings. I''m afraid you might need a while toe to terms with reality. Even if I gave you a handicap
and used only a tenth of my efforts, you''re still no match for me.”
Juliana pouted.
She didn''t doubt his words. He became a core figure who held much power in the Hoffman family at
such a young age. His methods were far more terrifying than she imagined.
“Huntley, if I told you I did it with Zeke, would you still marry me?”