Chapter 448: Chapter 448

Upon hearing the question, Charles didn’t have much change in his expression. He answered calmly, “Since you asked so, I’d like to tell you all about it - I’ve adopted Phoebe. After I lay in the hospital for three months and woke up, all my family had disappeared in that explosion.

“I looked for you in all the orphanages in town. I thought that your mother and you had died. Right then, I met Phoebe. She was the same age as you.

For some reason, she was abandoned by her parents. She looked quite pitiful, so I adopted her. Shortly after I took her home, she got seriously sick.

After waking up, she forgot everything.

“Over the years, I’ve been treating Phoebe as my biological daughter. I don’t want her to know about this matter, and neither have I told anyone about it. When you showed up with Miranda’s relic, I insisted on thinking that Phoebe is my daughter because I didn’t believe you. I also didn’t want to break Phoebe’s heart. However, since your foster father has confirmed, I have no reason to disbelieve you.”

Upon hearing his answer, all the guests off stage didn’t look surprised. They expected to see more reversed things.

After Charles finished his words, he looked over at Stella, “Any other questions?”

Stella said indifferently, “As for what kind of man Jeffrey Radomil is, I guess you have already investigated, haven’t you, Mr. Steward?”

Charles squinted and didn’t answer.

“He’s a gambler, chased by usurers every day, and full of lies. Mr. Steward, how could you believe him so simply? Aren’t you afraid that we both are working together to get Steward Group?”

After a long while, Charles heaved a sigh in silence, “Stella, I know you still hate me now. No matter what I explain, it doesn’t work. I can’t wish that you would forgive me. As long as you are happy.”

“Mr. Steward, please stop saying that,” Stella said, “I have something that you must be quite interested in.”

Stella raised a Kraft paper bag and smiled, “There’s a DNA test result in this bag. Mr. Steward, would you like to take a look.”

Charles didn’t know what was in her mind, “Stella, why don’t we find a place to have a talk.”

Right then, an old man’s voice sounded in the crowd, “What kind of DNA test is it? Please show me.”

Cameron walked over to Stella while clutching the walking stick. Taking over the Kraft paper bag, he pulled out the paper and read through it. With a deep frown, he handed it to Charles, “What’s your explanation to this?”

Charles looked annoyed. However, he still kept calm and took it over.

It was the DNA test between Phoebe and him, which was done twenty years ago.

It was the copy in his house.

Charles answered calmly, “I don’t know what happened. I’ve never done such a test before.”

Cameron asked, “So you mean this is fake, don’t you?”

“That’s the only possibility.”

Stella raised her hand and loosened her fist slightly, a metal chain falling, “How about this? Mr. Steward, do you still want to say you don’t know what is going on?”

A half-burned pocket watch was shown in front of everyone.

Charles’s expression changed. His lips parted. He was about to speak something but swallowed his words back.

Seeing that, Cameron frowned, “Stella, give it to me, please.”

Stella withdrew her hand and handed it over.

Cameron looked at it carefully, frowning more deeply, “Have you brought that one that belonged to your mother?”

“Yes, I have.”

Stella opened her purse and gave another pocket watch to Cameron.

Cameron held each one with a hand, comparing. After a while, he said, “Those two pocket watched were customized by Charles back then. I’m absolutely certain. Although one of them has been badly burned, there are some traces.”

Upon hearing Cameron’s confirmation, Stella looked over at Charles, “Mr. Steward, what’s your explanation to them? This pocket watch and the DNA test were all found in the safe of your bedroom. Do you want to deny both belong to you?”

Even if Charles could deny the DNA test, he couldn’t deny the watch absolutely.

If he denied it, it meant that he wasn’t the real Charles Steward.

In a hurry, he adjusted his mood and answered calmly, “As you’ve seen, this pocket watch has been burned so badly. In the explosion twenty years ago, the pocket watch was lost. I don’t know where it came from. As for the safe, I don’t know what happened. I never have a safe in my bedroom.”

Stella said, “We can send someone to check if there’s any safe in your room.”

Right after she finished her words, one of Charles’s men rushed in. With a nervous look, he said, “Mr. Steward, bad news. Just now I got a call from the mansion, they said... they said...”

Charles said, “Speak it directly. Don’t hesitate.”

The man immediately continued, “They said the house is on fire. It’s burning now.”

Upon hearing it, all the guests were shocked.

Charles waved his hand and said to Stella, “Stella, is this what you want?”

Stella parted her lips. For a moment, she didn’t know what to speak.

She had never expected that the Stewards’ Mansion would be on fire, and it happened so coincidentally right at this moment. It made others think that she deliberately slandered her as if she was destroying the evidence.

Charles said again, “I do appreciate you all attending the anniversary ceremony of Steward Group. I’ve said whatever I should say today. Something happened to my house. I must go home. Please excuse me.”

After finishing his words, Charles rushed down the stage, heading to the gate. When he was about to reach the gate, a man’s voice was heard behind his back, “Wait, Mr. Steward.”

A dark light flashed through Charles’s eyes. He paused for a few seconds and turned around, “Hi, Mr. William, is there anything else I can do for you?”

William approached him with a gentle smile, “Mr. Steward, I’ve heard you talking so much. I’m quite curious about one thing.”

“We can talk later. My house is on fire now. I’m in a hurry...”

“Putting out the fire needs professional firefighters to deal with. If you rushed back, you can do nothing, Mr. Steward.”

Before Charles responded, William added, “Mr. Steward, you said you would give Steward Group to Ms. Radomil completely. May I understand that no matter what happens to Steward Group, Ms. Radomil will be responsible for it?

“That’s quite interesting. As far as I know, recently, Steward Group is suffering a huge loss. Even several months ago, a huge amount of money was gone. Currently, although Steward Group still looks development, it’s already an empty shell. Once the shell is ruined, Steward Group will bear Mr. Conrad Proposes to His Ex-wife Again Chapter 447: Reluctant to Go Back An Eight-year-old Princess Chapter 1410 Go And Return Quickly Critic Chapter 105: Missing Drake hundreds of billions of liabilities. Under such a circumstance, Mr. Steward, you have handed Steward Group to Ms. Radomil, do you mean you want her to bear the liabilities for you?”

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