Chapter 62 Mister Quaker Will Reach The Battlefield In No More Than Five Seconds
After seeing Freddie, making sure that he was fine, and watching him fall asleep, Savannah came down from the third floor.
Seeing that Savannah had come downstairs, Sydney smiled and said, “You can stop worrying now. It’s almost lunchtime, why don’t you stay and have lunch with me?”
“No need. I’m not hungry. Just tell me what you want. I still have work to do.” Savannah looked at her dispassionately and didn’t even sit down.
“Since you’re being so frank, I’ll not waste any time then.” Sydney took out her pregnancy test report and handed it to her.
Glancing at the report, Savannah asked, “What does it show? Do you have anything else that can prove you’re carrying Osborn’s child?”
Sydney’s expression altered in a split second. “What do you mean? Osborn is the only man I’m seeing!”
Savannah sneered, “Do you think everyone in the Quaker family is a retard and they’ll just take what you said as it is? You need solid evidence to convince Agatha!” As she said that, Savannah eyeballed her belly which was yet to show any changes. In response, Sydney covered it quickly. “What are you trying to do?”
“I have an idea. You’ll have to wait until your baby is older to do an amniocentesis DNA test. When you have the result of this test in hand, it’ll be incontestable.” Savannah suggested in an aloof manner.
Exceedingly terrified, Sydney rubbed her belly. “How can you ask me to take such a test with an unborn baby in my belly? What if the child is hurt?”
Savannah asked her in return, “Well, do you have any other way to prove to the Quakers that it’s Osborn’s child you’re pregnant with instead of another man’s?”
“I have only been with Osborn alone. There’s no one else other than him.” Sydney returned aggressively, “You’re just making excuses because you don’t want to help me!”
Savannah laughed. “Please. Think about how I became the daughter-in-law of the Quakers. Even when the man I’m married to is just a retard, Sean had to forge my academic qualifications and experience. And to prove my relationship with the Avery family, we did DNA tests with three different institutions. It was only after going through all of these that Agatha was assured and agreed to the marriage.”
Strained of energy, Sydney lay back on the sofa. She looked at Savannah and knew that she was right. Even with Savannah’s help to pass her pregnancy test report to the Quakers, she still had to prove that the child was in fact Osborn’s.
“Alright, I’ll do a DNA test when the baby is old enough. When the time comes, you show the Quakers both the reports and you must get the elders in the Quaker family to call the shots and let me marry Osborn.” Sydney calmed herself down and said.
Savannah negotiated with her. “As long as you can provide any documents that can prove the relationship of your baby with the Quakers, I’ll spare no effort in helping you get married to Osborn. But you have to return Freddie to me when you marry Osborn and you must help me leave this place with my child. I need to go to some place where no one knows me and no one can find me.”
“How dare you negotiate terms with me? It wasn’t me alone who came up with the idea of asking you to replace me and marry Emmett. It was Dad’s idea as well. Without him agreeing, I can’t—”
“If you can’t promise me, then I can’t help you with this matter either. Why don’t you tell Sean how you’ve fooled around with Osborn until you’re pregnant with his child and ask him to talk to the Quaker family? Isn’t it better that way?” Savannah was very firm on her stance.
Sydney was visibly flustered. “No! Dad, Mom, and Ford must not know about this. They can only be informed about this matter when my baby gets older and when the Quaker agrees to accept me as a daughter-in-law.”
“Why? Don’t they like to take advantage of their daughters and force them into a marriage of interest? They should let you marry another Quaker to strengthen the bond and enhance the benefits and interests they can get out of these marriages.”
Sydney smiled and replied, “They’re only taking advantage of you. They’ve never thought about using me. Dad and Mom told me before that they didn’t want to make me a bargaining chip and only wanted me to marry a good man and lead a peaceful life. He doesn’t have to be very wealthy as long as we can live contentedly. They’ll never agree if they know the man I’m going to marry is Osborn. Osborn has a reputation but I don’t care about this. What I want is to get richer and richer…”
Savannah didn’t pay attention to what Sydney said after that because she was exceedingly upset. So these are my biological parents who used me as a bargaining chip for their own personal gains but in contrast, all they want for Sydney is a happy marriage and life.
She was envious of Sydney who was loved wholeheartedly by her biological parents. Nevertheless, it was a pity because Sydney wasn’t satisfied, nor did she think the same way as her parents.
“So do you agree? I’ll help you and in return, you have to do me a favor. It’s only fair in this way,” Savannah cut her off and asked. “If you don’t agree, I’ll relay this to Sean and Ford. And if you bully my son again, I’ll make sure that you don’t get to keep your child as well.”
Compared to Sean, Sydney was more afraid of Ford. If Ford knows about this now, he might think that it’s his child and reveal our unspeakable relationship recklessly. By then, not only will I not be able to marry Osborn, but I’ll also be chucked out of the Avery family. The last thing she would ever want was to lead an adrift and aimless life with Ford in anonymity.
Gritting her teeth, she turned and looked at Savannah. “Alright, deal.”
“Deal.”
When she came out of the Avery residence, Savannah was in a daze. She was deeply affected by Sean and Nina’s attitude toward Sydney’s marriage.
When she walked past Emmett’s car, she didn’t even notice Emmett was waiting for her inside.
Seeing as such, Nolan honked the horn which shocked Savannah who was still in a trance-like state. She turned around to look at the car behind her. Astounded, she wondered why Emmett’s car was there.
Emmett lowered the window in the backseat and said, “Hop in.”
Thus, Savannah walked back to the car, opened the door, and got in. Before Emmett could say anything, she told Nolan, “Head to the studio.”
However, Nolan didn’t start the engine and instead, he turned around to look at Emmett, waiting for his instructions.
Emmett nodded in response. “Do as she said.”
It was only then that Nolan started the car and sent them back to the studio.
Savannah explained to Emmett before he even asked, “Sydney was suddenly looking for me and that’s why I’ve left the studio and gone back to the Avery residence.”
“Was there anything important that made you left in such a hurry? Did something happen to your family?” Emmett pressed.
Savannah looked at him and pondered if she should relay the matter between Sydney and Osborn to him. Would he agree to let Osborn marry Sydney?
If he can help facilitate and make it possible for Sydney to get married to Osborn, then I’ll be able to leave this place with Freddie.
Nevertheless, she was still in two minds on whether to tell Emmett about it so she glossed over it, “They’re all fine and there’s nothing much. She asked me to come just because something happened and she confided in me.”
Emmett nodded and didn’t continue questioning her. It suddenly turned into a dead silence in the car.
Savannah clasped her own hands tightly and was still racking her brains on how she should run away with Freddie with the help of Sydney and without letting Emmett find out.
When they reached the studio, Nolan didn’t enter together and there were only the two of them.
Glancing around in puzzlement, Savannah asked, “Where’s the model I hired? Why isn’t she around?”
“I kicked her out,” Emmett returned irritably as he sat down.
“But the two women’s wears that I just came up with haven’t finished being fitted on yet. How could you just throw her out?” Savannah blamed him for simply driving her model out and now she had to find another model to continue her work.
Seeing that she was actually blaming him, Emmett said with a dour expression on his face, “You better select your model carefully. What kind of a model did you hire? It was as if she’s never seen any men all her life and… And she was so desperate when she saw me.”
Savannah instantly understood him. She couldn’t help but laugh and tease Emmett, “She threw herself at you? The criterion of hiring a fit model is whether his or her figure is ideal for the outfit. How do you expect me to find out the other attributes? Who knows which of them will be interested in you? Besides, I didn’t even know you’ll be coming over today.”
