Chapter 517


    Chuck was on the phone when Frederick beckoned him out of the hospital room. He quickly hung up


    and reported with due respect, “Mr. Winston, the adult willing to donate blood for Manley has been


    contacted. We should be able to proceed with the surgery tomorrow. As for the blood drawn from


    Hayes, it’s been transfused back into him. He should recover in a few days.” Frederick nodded slightly,


    a trace of frost and dominance in his deep gaze. “How’s the investigation going on Yuna’s pregnancy at


    the ind retreat three years ago?”


    Chuck’s face immediately creased with worry. He nervously rubbed his fingers, his facial features


    twisting with tension.


    “Mr. Winston, I’m digging for leads, but so far… not much to go on. I’ve talked to the staff from back


    then, and they say Ms. Yuna hardly left her room on the ind, keeping to herself. No one knew what


    she was up to.


    Except for meal times, she was hardly seen around. She imed to be resting in her room, but no one


    knew what she was actually doing during that time.


    Frederick’s dark eyes sharpened, his brows furrowed with frustration as he strode to the end of the


    hallway, lighting up a cigarette and taking a drag.


    The ember glowed intermittently, casting his striking features in a harsher light, especially his chiseled


    jawline, sharp as a de’s edge, surrounding him with an aura of icy menace.


    “Mr. Winston, I find Ms. Yuna’s actions baffling. If it was simply about using Hayes’ wellbeing to save


    Manley, I could somewhat understand. There are countless stories where parents have another child to


    save their first from illnesses like leukemia when they can’t find a matching donor. What I can’t fathom


    is why she persisted in her ways when there was already apatible adult blood donor for Manley.”


    The thin smoke curled from Frederick’s lips, his voice rough with a hint of gravel and his gaze


    narrowing more hawkish. “You don’t understand, neither do I. What are her true motives?”


    Hayes was, after all, the son of Chuck’s boss, and the thought of the young master’s suffering over the


    years clenched his heart with pain.


    He sighed heavily, his wordsced with bitterness. “I just heard from Manley that Ms. Yuna has been


    badmouthing not only Marguerite but Hayes as well. She subtly poisoned Manley against Hayes,


    painting him as a child beyond redemption. This isn’t just simple favoritism! Mr. Winston, Marguerite


    had a point. A child is a mother’sst stand, but Ms. Yuna has never treated Hayes as her own!”


    Hearing this, Frederick felt an ufortable chill.


    These were conclusions he could have drawn himself, weren’t they?


    But it was as if something clouded his vision, preventing him from seeing the truth.


    He couldn’t grasp why, as a mother, Yuna could inflict such cruelty on her own child.


    Nor could he fathom her motives!


    Since Barnes’ arrest, it seemed like the truth was slowly surfacing, yet there was still a crucial piece


    missing.


    Chuck paced back and forth, his eyes suddenly shing with a startling realization.


    He braced himself, seeing Frederick’s expression, and ventured a bold suggestion, “Mr. Winston…


    perhaps you should take this opportunity to do another maternity test.”


    Frederick’s gaze cut through Chuck like a de, “It was done at birth. Manley and Hayes are both my


    sons!”


    Chuck shivered with fear. He swallowed hard, hesitated, then added, “There’s no doubt Manley and


    Hayes are your sons, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Hayes is Ms. Yuna’s.”


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    Frederick suddenly realized something, his body freezing in ce as the umted ash from his


    cigarette unexpectedly fell to the floor.


    Chuck edged closer to Frederick, his eyes gleaming with a mixture of cunning and sincerity. “What I


    mean is, why not test Hayes and Marguerite?”