Chapter 156
“There’s no reason. I just don’t want to marry you.”
Phoebe was annoyed, “rence, do you think marriage is a child’s y. You decide whether you want
to marry me ording to your mood. Now everyone knows that we are getting married, and you…”
“You are the one who decides to announce the news.”
“But you also promised to marry me at that time, didn’t you?”
rence said, “Phoebe, you should know very well why I promised you at that time.”
Phoebe bit her lower lip tightly before asking, “It’s because of Ms. Radomil, right?”
rence said coldly, “Phoebe, the purpose of us getting married is just to give benefits to both of our
families. It has nothing to do with who I am promising it for. In the past month, the share price of the
Steward Group has increased by three percent, so you are not at a loss.”
Listening to his voice which sounded like he did not love her at all, Phoebe felt that he treated their
marriage as a in business contract. She took a deep breath and said reluctantly, “But now that the
marriage has been announced. You are making me ashamed if you break your promise of marrying
me. Moreover, how are you going to exin to my father?”
“Don’t worry, Ms. Steward, the reason that this wedding is canceled is that I am an illegitimate son who
doesn’t match you.”
Hearing his words, Phoebe’s face turned pale, “rence, you…”
“I still have things to do. Ms. Steward, please help yourself.”
With that, rence hung up the phone.
Nathan stood at the side and he did not even dare to speak.
Mr. Conrad was so ruthless as he did not only make Phoebe ashamed but also making himself in hot
soup.
In fact, by now, when the Conrad family realized that they could no longer use the child in Ste’s belly
to achieve their goals, they had already shifted their focus to the marriage between rence and
Phoebe.
Even though they did not agree to their marriage at first, they felt that it was too tempting as the
Steward family was wealthy and had many estates. Moreover, they had no heir to inherit their fortune.
If rence canceled the wedding now, Dempsey would probably be very furious.
rence got on the lift and faintly instructed Nathan, “Prepare a statement to send out to the public by
tomorrow.”
Nathan thought for a moment and asked, “Mr. Conrad, how should we write the statement?”
He couldn’t write… rence was breaking the promise, right?
rence gave him a sideways nce and said, “If you cannot hear my words clearly, go see the
doctor.”
Nathan was speechless.
rence averted his gaze and snorted, “Joanna Perez has spent so much time to make me in trouble,
I must get back at her now.”
“What does Mr. Conrad mean?”
“All these years, the only reason she can ept my existence in the Conrad family is that she wants to
protect her reputation and the reputation of her family. Other than that, do you think there is any more
reason?”
Nathan listened to his words while keeping silent and he did not dare toment anything on it.
rence said indifferently, “Didn’t she try to harm Ste because she expected me to be afraid to do
anything to her for fear of her revealing that I am an illegitimate child?”
Nathan said, “Mr. Conrad, I will order the subordinates now.”
It was only when he heard this that Nathan understood that rence was going to make the Perez
family in trouble.
Admitting his identity of being an illegitimate child was just the first step.
Half an hourter, the car stopped at Anqiao Street.
The approval of the demolition work had been issued in the past two days, so the work would start after
the Chinese New Year. Therefore, many residents had already moved away from the street.
The street which had been bustling previously had be deserted.
rence opened the car door and strode into the house.
Dolores heard a noise outside and came out.
rence stood in the courtyard, putting his hands inside his trouser pockets. He was looking at the
flower that had just sprouted in the corner of the flower bed.
It looked like the flower was trying to grow with a tenacious vitality.
Dolores sat at the stone table, “Don’t you want to go in and have a look?”
rence said, “He’s too ugly. I don’t want to see him.”
Doloresughed, “You were also quite ugly when you were born.”
rence was speechless.
After a while, Dolores sighed softly again, “Are you really not going to tell Ste? She has the right to
know it anyway…”
rence averted his gaze from her and said faintly, “It was hard to save the baby after her car
ident, but because she was giving birth prematurely, her body is very poor. The doctor said that she
was still in a dangerous state during these months. She could have an ident at any time. There’s no
need for her to know that.”
Instead of letting her experience the pain of losing the baby again, it would have been better to tell her
the worst oue from the start.
Dolores was so angry yet she felt funny hearing his words, “So you’re sending him here? Wouldn’t I be
sad?”
“You are different from her.”
“What’s the difference?”
rence said, “You already have a perfect son. She doesn’t have anything.”
Dolores was speechless.
After a moment, rence said again, “He’s safest with you here. I’lle to pick him up once I’ve
settled the things there." After a moment of silence, he added in a low voice, “If he is still alive.”
Dolores sighed, “rence, don’t say such pessimistic words. I think the little one is in good health. He
can eat and make noise now. He will get better slowly.
“I’m just trying to ept the reality. I will not be disappointed if I don’t expect anything great.”
…
That evening, Conrad Group issued a statement announcing that the wedding between rence and
Phoebe was canceled.
The whole statement was very concise and clear. Although it did not directly point out that rence
was an illegitimate son, it was stated that Phoebe was a rich youngdy from a distinguished family
and rence could not match her.
After the statement was issued, many passers-by rushed to the scene in a hurry.
“rence could not match her? Seriously? Conrad Group is more powerful than the Steward Group,
right?”
“Fuck, this statement really makes me curious. Wasn’t there someone who said a while ago that the
president of Conrad Group is an illegitimate son? Is the cancetion of the wedding rted to that?”
“I agree with you. However, Mr. Conrad is taking the initiative to admit it now. If that’s the case, he’s too
ruthless.”
“If he isn’t ruthless, how could he be the president of Conrad Group? But I think the life of rich
families is tooplicated, many of them are having illegitimate sons and daughters. In order to
protect the reputation of the families, they can only pretend as if nothing has happened.”
When Dempsey saw the statement, his whole body was trembling with anger. He cursed, “Bastard!
rence is such a bastard!"
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With this statement, rence had not only admitted his identity of being an illegitimate son, but he also
made the entire Conrad family and Conrad Group in trouble.
Dempsey was a person who valued the continuation of bloodline and family reputation the most. The
marriage between rence and Phoebe had been finalized by Dempsey, but he never thought that
rence would ruin the marriage in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the news, Joanna did not look surprised. She only snorted slightly.
She felt that rence was really a shameful person.
After taking some time to calm down, Dempsey asked the housekeeper again, “What did the Steward
family say?”
“The Steward Group hasn’t responded yet.”
Dempsey touched the head of his walking stick. He frowned and said in a low voice, “Things have
come to such a head. ording to Charles’ characteristic, there’s no way to turn things around.”