Chapter 328


    328 My Mom Is Not A Cheater


    Ryan became uneasy when he noticed how coldly Anna treated him. He pinched his own hands,


    paused, and decided to tell her the truth about everything. He said, “Okay. I’m going to take you


    somewhere, Anna, because | want you to trust me.”


    “Where?”


    “You’ll know it when you get there. I’ve documented everything I’ve done over the years to be


    close to the Wrights.”


    Later on, Anna drove carefully through the snow. Then they arrived in front of an apartment building


    near Ryan’s school and took the elevator to an apartment on the fourth floor.


    Except for a bed and a desk, there wasn’t much furniture in that modest house. However, the wooden


    floor was piled high with various books, and the massive bookshelf was crammed with folders and


    labeled books.


    Ryan drew back the sheet that covered the bed, allowing the dust to float in the air. He exined, “This


    is where | used to live while | was working as a private detective. But | haven’t been here for quite some


    time.”


    “You see, there are a lot of notebooks on the shelves. That’s the records I’ve been writing in since | was


    thirteen years old, and I’ve arranged them in chronological order. My mother refused to tell me about


    them, so I’ve been investigating them little by little over the years.”


    Anna froze for a moment and hesitantly walked over to the bookshelf.


    She casually pulled out a hardback notebook and flipped it open. The 328 My Mom Is Not A Cheater


    saadl notebook had the date written on it. It seemed that Ryan had recorded it three years ago when


    he was a freshman.


    The first page of the book included a newspaper clipping with the heading “CEO of Carousel Group


    Richard Wright resigns, and Peter Wright’s only son takesmand.”


    Anna browsed the article and found that it was from a tabloid Flipping through the journal, she found it


    filled with records of Wayne’s interviews and some notes written by Ryan analyzing Wayne’s actions


    and words


    At first, he described Wayne with words like “cold,” “intelligent,” and “business genius.” Ryanter


    described him as “protective,” “not so scary,” and “a bit obnoxious.”


    Ryan wrote these notes as though he were talking to himself during adolescence. He couldn’t find


    anyone to share those secrets with, so he kept an eye on his brother’s every move all those years.


    Anna was moved when she finished reading the notebook. She put it back, gazed at Ryan for a long


    moment, and asked, “So, what motivated you to do this in the first ce? Why do you want to get to


    know Wayne if you’ve never met him?”


    Ryan said without hesitation, “Because of my mom. My mother used to cry when she was watching a


    few photographs when I was a child. She would even call Wayne’s name in her dreams in the middle of


    the night. At first, had no idea what she was talking about. Later, | discovered she had a son named


    Wayne, who kicked her out of the family when he was thirteen”


    A person would have a different perspective on the same thing if they were in a different stance. Anna


    could appreciate Ryan’s need to prove his


    mother’s innocence to everyone. But when she put herself in Wayne’s 328 My Mom Is Not A Cheater ol


    shoes, she knew Jennie had hurt Wayne deeply. As a result, Anna found it difficult to judge who was


    right or wrong in this matter.


    “So, you want Wayne to reconcile with your mother, right?” she asked.


    Wes”


    Anna said to him without thinking, “But I don’t think it’s possible. | can understand why you thought that


    way. Maybe you didn’t see the whole picture…”


    “My mother would never cheat on her husband,” Ryan abruptly cut Anna off.


    Anna went entirely still. When she looked up, she noticed Ryan was staring at her. “| know what you’re


    talking about. Believe me, there’s no way my mother would have an affair with another man,” he said


    firmly.


    Anna frowned and said, “Ryan, but your mother told me that you two were born to different fathers.”


    Anna wanted to say something but remained silent after some hesitation


    Meanwhile, Ryan looked preupied with this and had long since decided to do it. So, Anna didn’t


    think she could persuade Ryan, but she was also worried that things might be out of control if Ryan


    kept pressing on Wayne and Jennie to reconcile with each other.


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    To get closer to Wayne, Ryan even worked as a private detective and discovered the truth behind


    previous events, which was why Anna thought it was too risky for him to do so.


    Ryan tightened his fist and bitterly asked, “Do you believe my mother cheated on her husband, Anna?


    But my mother always told me that my father was James Wright.” (328 My Mom Is Not A Cheater —


    Hearing that, Anna’s eyes widened in shock. Wayne’s father James Was Peter’s only son. When


    Wayne was thirteen, James died in an ident.


    So, he kicked Jennie out of the house. For the next twenty years, they hadn’t seen each other for once.


    So, Anna was taken aback when Ryan imed that his father was also James.


    “My mother’s surname is Wright, but | am not. She said that we were no longer a part of their family


    because we had left the Wrights. My mother was an orphan who was adopted by Peter. I’m called


    Ryan because James liked this name. He and my mother made an appointment that they would name


    their second child James if it was a boy. So, I’m pretty sure he’s my father.”


    Anna got mixed feelings again. She didn’t know the whole story, and Jennie didn’t appear to want to


    bring it up again. However, Anna constantly felt that something shocking had urred twenty years


    ago.


    Then she said, “Let’s assume that you’re telling the truth. So, what caused your mother to leave the


    Wrights?”


    Ryan frowned and replied, “I’m looking into it as well. I’m not sure Who spread the rumor about my


    mother having affair with another man, but it’s unquestionably wrong!”


    Anna wanted to believe Ryan’s words but she knew she had to side with Wayne, After thinking for a


    while, Anna said, “Ryan, have you ever wondered why your mother has hesitated to tell you the truth?


    You see, perhaps she left the Wrights for a reason.”


    “What?”


    “Ryan, | believe what you’re saying. But you need to think about a few questions. Why would your


    mother take you away from the Wrights,


    give you a new surname, and never bring you back to Birmingham in all 328 My Mom Is Not A Cheater


    those years? It’s so simple for her to prove her innocence, so why didn’t she do that?”


    She didn’t think that Ryan would lie at this critical moment. Yet, her instincts told her that Jennie was


    telling the truth as well. She thought about it for a long time, recalling every bit of information she knew.


    Finally, Anna made a bold guess. But, because it was so bizarre, she hesitated to say it.


    At the same time, Ryan was perplexed and looked at her in confusion.


    “Ryan, don’t panic yet, because it’s useless. The most important thing we should do now is to hide this


    fact from Wayne,” Anna had no idea what to say, so she told Ryan to rx. She believed that theter


    Wayne discovered the truth, the less severe the situation would be.