Chapter 1851 The Birth Father
“Uncle Rodney, what your wife has said about Janice cheating with Nicholas while having Wilbur’s child isn’t right. We live in modern times, so we can do paternal tests while the baby is still in the womb. In fact, I’ve had someone run the test secretly, and I’ve found out that the child in Janice’s stomach isn’t Wilbur’s but Nicholas’!
Here’s the report. You can take a look at it. Of course, if you have any issues with the results, feel free to redo the test. However, I’m sure that the results will be the same no matter how many times you retest it.
Also, I’ve sent someone to look into the recording of Wilbur and Janice entering the hotel suite together. That person wasn’t Wilbur at all. It’s an impostor, and I’ve found out who that impostor is. Uncle Rodney, would you like to meet that person?”
Rodney stared at Emmanuel in solemn silence for a while. “Emmanuel, what are you trying to achieve by showing these to us now?”
“Uncle Rodney, your first wife—my aunt—had passed away early on, but I’m sure she wouldn’t want my cousin to marry a woman like Janice and ruin the family’s reputation. Therefore, Uncle Rodney, I’d say it’s best to reconsider the engagement.”
The more Mabel listened, the tighter she clenched her fists. She could not understand why Wilbur had not shown them the evidence early on to object to the engagement. At the same time, she could not fathom why he had pretended to agree to it early on, only to have Emmanuel reveal everything just before he was about to get engaged.
Staring at the ghastly pale Mabel, Wilbur could guess that his two-faced stepmother was wondering why he had chosen that point in time to unmask everything.
Don’t fret. Just keep watching.
“Nicholas’? I’m surprised that it’s still a Simpson.” Wilbur turned to cast Nicholas a look of astonishment. “This woman’s pregnant with your kid, but why does she insist that it’s mine?”
“H-How am I supposed to know?” Nicholas blurted out and stole a glance at his father at the end of his sentence.
“Even if you don’t know, Janice would. She’s putting on her makeup in the room next door. Why don’t we get her here and ask her?” Wilbur suggested to Rodney.
Rodney’s mind was exploding with the number of thoughts swirling in it. He was contemplating how he should deal with the farce. Many rich and influential figures were there for the party. If he did not handle it well, the Simpson family would become the laughingstock of the city.
Of course, he could not have Wilbur and Janice continue with the engagement. However, if he were to cancel it without a good reason, others would gossip about it. When that happened, there would be countless insinuations about the Simpson family, which would affect their family businesses and stocks.
Moments later, Janice, whose makeup had just been completed, was summoned over. At her arrival, Rodney demanded that she give them an explanation for everything they had just discovered.
Janice never thought something like that would happen, especially when she had been relishing her moment of bliss minutes ago. The abrupt turn of events stunned her into a brief silence.
“I-I—” The woman fumbled for words as she rubbed her fingers, her mind blank.
“Janice, I never thought you were a crafty woman like this! The Simpson family would never let a promiscuous woman like you into the family. Luckily, Emmanuel looked into this matter, or you would have successfully tricked the brothers!”
Mabel fumed, her words immediately making Nicholas a victim in the incident. At the same time, she pushed all the blame on Janice.
Surprised to hear her condemnation, Janice countered, “How can you say I’m a promiscuous woman? How can you say that I’m a crafty woman?
It’s true that I like Wilbur, but I’ve only been with one man, and that’s Nicholas. Even the baby in my womb is Nicholas’ flesh and blood! The one who’s crafty isn’t me. I’m a victim too! Nicholas is the culprit. He made me drunk and knocked me up!”
“If you’re pregnant with Nicholas’ child, then why do you have to say that it’s Wilbur’s?” Emmanuel chimed in. “Also, who made that video for you? Who asked you to do this?”
