Chapter 168: Chapter 168



A gift?

Henry narrowed his eyes. “What kind of gift is it?”

Could it be that Nora’s conscience was itching, so she was planning to give him some money as a gift? After all, she had grown up with them, hadn’t she? When she was still a child, she even used to look at him with anticipation, waiting for him to hug her.

Henry’s eyes glittered as if they were filled with greed.

Nora, who didn’t know what she had imagined on her own, handed him the other DNA test report she had printed out with the bank statements. She said, “I hope the gift is to your liking.”

It was a document…

Could it be an agreement to transfer ownership of the company? Had his daughter’s conscience been pricked and she had decided to transfer ownership of the small Idealian Pharmaceuticals of California to him?

With that thought, Henry opened the document.

Wendy, standing next to Henry, also breathed a sigh of relief. They had no savings, so they were totally dependent on dividends to survive. After all these years, they had also become accustomed to spending extravagantly and couldn’t kick the habit right away. The lack of income for the past two months had really stifled them.

Nora said with a smile, “Although we are not blood relatives, it is true that we have kept each other company for over twenty years. In view of the fact that you have called Henry your father all these years, thank you very much for your help this time~”

After speaking, he turned to Henry and asked, “What’s that, Henry?”

Henry was already frozen in place. He raised his head in disbelief and looked at Wendy.

When an excited Wendy asked him that question, at last, he could no longer contain himself. Suddenly she reached out and clamped her hand around his neck. She looked wild as she demanded, “Tell me, whose daughter is Angela?”.

Being questioned like that all of a sudden, Wendy was stunned. Then, as if she had just realized something, she rushed to grab Henry’s arms and said, “Let go of me first, Henry. Let go of me… Angela is your daughter, of course. Don’t be fooled by that woman.”

Henry loosened his grip a little when he heard what she said.

Wendy pushed Henry away and backed up several steps. Then she looked at Nora menacingly and dropped all her usual pretense. “What did you say to Henry, Nora?”

Nora looked down and replied, “Not much. I did an additional DNA test, that’s all. Of course, if you both doubt its authenticity, feel free to ask another lab to redo it.”

Then his lips curved into a smile and he added, “Oh, I forgot you’re out of money. I can pay for it so it won’t cost them anything.”

He spoke casually and matter-of-factly, but also with assurance.

The test had been done by Lily herself, so there could be no way there could be any mistakes!

Henry looked at Wendy again. “Tell me, is Angela my daughter or not? Wendy, you better not be lying to me!”.

Wendy swallowed hard. Now that things had gotten to this point, she knew Henry would no longer believe her. Besides, the result would still be the same anyway, even if they did the DNA test again.

She ran a couple of steps toward the police and hid behind them. Then he poked his head out and said, “It’s true, Angela is not your daughter! But all this is because you had forced me into it.”

Henry was shocked.

A sobbing Wendy said, “So you abandoned me for money and prestige! After you married that slut, you said you’d marry me when she died. But what happened after she died? What did you do? You started fooling around with a pretty young woman! And you never brought up the subject of marrying me.”

A fierce look appeared in Wendy’s eyes as she said, “You said that woman, Yvette Anderson, refused to let you touch her, so you were with me during the marriage, but what happened in the end? After using me to vent your sexual desires, you decided to deny responsibility? What makes you think you can do that, Henry, did those years of my youth go to waste?”

Wendy began to cry as she spoke. She said, “I had no choice. Since you refused to marry me, I couldn’t waste my youth like that. Besides, it seems I could never get pregnant when I was with you, so I simply decided to go to another man instead…. It was only after I got pregnant and cornered you with the baby that you finally gave in!”

Henry flew into a rage and lunged at her to hit her. He shouted, “You bitch! How dare you lie to me and trick me into raising someone else’s daughter for over twenty years!”

Wendy grabbed onto the arm of one of the policemen and screamed, “Sir, someone is trying to kill me! You have to help me!”

Ford didn’t move. However, the rest of the cops held Henry back and said, “Talk if you have a problem with each other. Assaulting someone is against the law.”

Henry’s chest rose and fell in anger. “You! It’s because of Angela that I didn’t ask for more children! I didn’t think you had really kept me from having a daughter of my own for the rest of my life!”

Wendy scoffed, “I’m the cause? With that body of yours, how is it possible for you to have children? We’ve been together for many years, but I never got pregnant by you. On the contrary, I simply spent the night with another man once and immediately got pregnant. Why don’t you say it’s because you’re impotent?”

Impotent…

Henry, who had been accused of being impotent in front of a national broadcast, had been completely embarrassed inside!

He roared angrily, “Shut your mouth!”.

Wendy, however, was not frightened. In fact, she even said arrogantly, “You’re too old to have children now, so I advise you to calm down. Then I can continue to support Angela as her father. If you continue to verbally abuse me, both my daughter and I will no longer recognize you as a father and husband.”

They would no longer recognize him as a father and husband….

Henry felt a sharp pain in his heart.

There was no father who did not love his children in this world.

Honestly, he had given all his love to Angela, but in the end, the moment he thought she was not his daughter, he could not help feeling conflicted and agonized….

Wendy stepped forward and held his arm. She said, “You’d better stop making a scene, Henry. Otherwise, everyone’s going to see you as a joke! Get used to the idea that this never happened. Our family of three can go on living as in the past.”

Wendy’s eyes twinkled as she said that.

The California villa was still in Henry’s name!

Henry looked at her. A moment later, he shut his mouth.

Old people were the ones who feared the most not having anyone to confide in in old age. He had given all his love to Angela. In that sense, Angela wouldn’t treat him so badly in the future either.

Even if she wasn’t his biological daughter, he could only live with it now!

Henry felt a tightness in his chest, as if something was stuck there. Suddenly, he felt a sweet taste in his throat, coughed up a mouthful of blood, and passed out.

Wendy rushed to call an ambulance and sent him to the hospital.

The fiasco finally ended.

Roxanne and the cameraman tried to sneak out during the chaos, but were caught by Ford. He told them, “For trespassing on private property without the owner’s consent, damaging another person’s reputation through a live broadcast, and infringing on another person’s portrait rights, you are under arrest for multiple offenses. Come with us to the police station.”

As the police detained them, Nora thanked Caleb. She picked up the tape recorder and said, “Looks like my mother trusted your family a lot.”

Caleb smiled softly when he heard what she said. His melancholy eyes were deep and bottomless as he said, “I thought you might ask me who your biological father is.”

Nora looked at him and asked, “Do you know who that is?”

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