Falling For My Ex's Uncle - Chapter 220: Chapter 220
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Sophina asked, "Has Rosemary really been kidnapped?"
I nodded, but something didn't feel right.
It was impossible for the kidnapper to find a woman similar to Rosemary in a short period.
This could only mean one thing, which was that the other party had it all planned in the beginning.
They asked for 10 million dollars, but why only 10 million dollars?
I called Marvin and learned from him that what the woman was carrying belonged to Rosemary.
However, it was confirmed that the woman was not Rosemary after the blood type test.
Marvin said, "Furthermore, Kayden has already confessed that Rosemary is actually his illegitimate daughter."
On the other end of the line, Marvin was silent for a while before saying, "The Herrera family is in a mess now. If that video is released, I believe the Herrera family will fall into a crisis of public opinion. Laurel, why don't we go back to Nifelheim City tomorrow?"
Hearing the worry and anxiety in Marvin's tone, I sighed softly. "Do you think I can hide?"
Rosemary being Kayden's daughter was something that the entire Herrera family did not expect. Presumably, this was why Alex rushed back to question me and then left in a hurry.
After all, with Raphael's personality, it was impossible for him to leave the family's descendant in the lurch.
Our video destroyed not only Austin and Rosemary, but also the entire Herrera family.
"Laurel, there's one thing that I find strange. When your husband heard Kayden say that Rosemary is an illegitimate daughter, he didn't seem too surprised." Marvin paused for a moment and lowered his voice to continue, "I suspect that he might have known Rosemary's identity long ago."
After I hung up on Marvin, Sophina looked at me curiously. Just as she was about to say something, I heard footsteps outside the door.
The servant came to pass the word that dinner was ready.
I stroked my hungry belly and dragged Sophina downstairs.
I finished the lasagne in one go. I was really famished. Moreover, I didn't throw up vomit after eating, which was rare.
I even felt like having more.
But Hector didn't let me. He forced me to have a bowl of bone soup, saying that it was good for the baby.
Moreover, if I ate too much at night, I would suffer from indigestion. It was not good for my health.
I finished the soup in the bowl quietly. Sophina looked at my tired expression and helped me back to my room before returning to hers.
Before she left, she even said that I could call her over if I felt uncomfortable.
I nodded, forcing a smile.
The moment she closed the door, tears fell uncontrollably from the corners of my eyes.
Actually, I wasn't tired. It was just that Hector's words reminded me of the dead Angela.
When I was in middle school, I had lunch at the school cafeteria, but the money in my meal card never lasted more than a week.
Of course, it wasn't because I ate too much. It was because if I charged my card at the end of the month, the girls who bullied me in school would snatch it away.
In order to prevent me from starving to death, they would leave me some money to buy toast. However, I was still growing. How could I get my stomach filled eating a piece of toast?
So when I went home every night, I always ate a lot.
Angela would always look at me with her eyes wide open. "I enjoy eating with you, Laurel. Seeing that you have a good appetite, I can eat more.
"Laurel. If you eat too much at night, you'll suffer from indigestion. It's not good for your health.
"Laurel, did you starve at school at noon?"
I shook my head in denial. I didn't want to cause trouble at school, and I certainly didn't want my mother to feel sad when she found out that I was being bullied at school.
So what if my grades were good? Most of the students who bullied me had powerful backgrounds.
Even the school teachers chose to turn a blind eye when they saw them causing trouble.
When Angela found out that I was bullied, she begged her dad to transfer me to the same private school as her.
I wiped my tears. For some reason, ever since Angela left, I had grown the habit of crying.
After crying for a while, I fell asleep.
I heard someone enter in a daze, but I couldn't be bothered to open my eyes.
Then, I had a dream. In the dream, Angela was still the pitiful crying little girl in a red dress and a pair of black butterfly shoes.
Then, I brought her home. The tears on her face had yet to dry when she stuffed the food into her mouth.
Her eyes were bright, her face was fair, and she had two long braids.
After she ate her fill, I walked her home hand in hand. There was fog all around us.
We were wandering in the fog when we suddenly slipped and fell to the ground. I quickly staggered to my feet. When I stood up, Angela was gone.
I couldn't see the road ahead, nor could I find Angela.
I could only hear the wind blowing past my ears. Tears blurred my eyes.
I woke up crying and was in a daze for a while before I realized that Sophina was sitting by my bed and looking at me in confusion. "Laurel, what's wrong?"
I shook my head. "I'm fine. I had a bad dream."
Looking at Sophina's worried eyes, I patted her hand gently. "Go to sleep. I'm fine."
I wiped the tears off my face and let out a long sigh. "Angela, I'm having a baby."
For some reason, when I said this, the tears in the corners of my eyes could not help but fall again.
Angela liked children very much. Whenever she saw children, her eyes would always sparkle.
She used to say, "Laurel, I look forward to the day when you get married and have a baby. I would love to play with your child."
She would lean her head on my shoulder, her tone filled with anticipation and joy. "I bet your child will be very beautiful, Laurel. Do you know why I followed you home when we were young?"
I thought about it for a while. "Isn't it because you ran away from home and were starving?"
Angela shook her head and said with a serious expression, "That's because I liked looking at your pretty face. Such a good-looking girl can't be a liar."
I winced. "Don't you know that pretty people are the best liars?"
Angela grinned and held my arm. "Human traffickers would only catch you instead of me. So I'm sure you're not a liar."
I didn't tell Angela that she was actually the most beautiful and naive child I had ever seen.
Her eyes were too bright, so bright that they seemed to be able to withstand all the evil in the world.
The door was suddenly pushed open, interrupting my thoughts. At the same time, my heart couldn't help but thump.
I thought it was Sophina, so I wiped the tears off my face in a panic. When I turned around, I realized that a pair of bright eyes was staring straight at me. That gaze was so focused that I forgot to breathe for a moment.
I nodded, but something didn't feel right.
It was impossible for the kidnapper to find a woman similar to Rosemary in a short period.
This could only mean one thing, which was that the other party had it all planned in the beginning.
They asked for 10 million dollars, but why only 10 million dollars?
I called Marvin and learned from him that what the woman was carrying belonged to Rosemary.
However, it was confirmed that the woman was not Rosemary after the blood type test.
Marvin said, "Furthermore, Kayden has already confessed that Rosemary is actually his illegitimate daughter."
On the other end of the line, Marvin was silent for a while before saying, "The Herrera family is in a mess now. If that video is released, I believe the Herrera family will fall into a crisis of public opinion. Laurel, why don't we go back to Nifelheim City tomorrow?"
Hearing the worry and anxiety in Marvin's tone, I sighed softly. "Do you think I can hide?"
Rosemary being Kayden's daughter was something that the entire Herrera family did not expect. Presumably, this was why Alex rushed back to question me and then left in a hurry.
After all, with Raphael's personality, it was impossible for him to leave the family's descendant in the lurch.
Our video destroyed not only Austin and Rosemary, but also the entire Herrera family.
"Laurel, there's one thing that I find strange. When your husband heard Kayden say that Rosemary is an illegitimate daughter, he didn't seem too surprised." Marvin paused for a moment and lowered his voice to continue, "I suspect that he might have known Rosemary's identity long ago."
After I hung up on Marvin, Sophina looked at me curiously. Just as she was about to say something, I heard footsteps outside the door.
The servant came to pass the word that dinner was ready.
I stroked my hungry belly and dragged Sophina downstairs.
I finished the lasagne in one go. I was really famished. Moreover, I didn't throw up vomit after eating, which was rare.
I even felt like having more.
But Hector didn't let me. He forced me to have a bowl of bone soup, saying that it was good for the baby.
Moreover, if I ate too much at night, I would suffer from indigestion. It was not good for my health.
I finished the soup in the bowl quietly. Sophina looked at my tired expression and helped me back to my room before returning to hers.
Before she left, she even said that I could call her over if I felt uncomfortable.
I nodded, forcing a smile.
The moment she closed the door, tears fell uncontrollably from the corners of my eyes.
Actually, I wasn't tired. It was just that Hector's words reminded me of the dead Angela.
When I was in middle school, I had lunch at the school cafeteria, but the money in my meal card never lasted more than a week.
Of course, it wasn't because I ate too much. It was because if I charged my card at the end of the month, the girls who bullied me in school would snatch it away.
In order to prevent me from starving to death, they would leave me some money to buy toast. However, I was still growing. How could I get my stomach filled eating a piece of toast?
So when I went home every night, I always ate a lot.
Angela would always look at me with her eyes wide open. "I enjoy eating with you, Laurel. Seeing that you have a good appetite, I can eat more.
"Laurel. If you eat too much at night, you'll suffer from indigestion. It's not good for your health.
"Laurel, did you starve at school at noon?"
I shook my head in denial. I didn't want to cause trouble at school, and I certainly didn't want my mother to feel sad when she found out that I was being bullied at school.
So what if my grades were good? Most of the students who bullied me had powerful backgrounds.
Even the school teachers chose to turn a blind eye when they saw them causing trouble.
When Angela found out that I was bullied, she begged her dad to transfer me to the same private school as her.
I wiped my tears. For some reason, ever since Angela left, I had grown the habit of crying.
After crying for a while, I fell asleep.
I heard someone enter in a daze, but I couldn't be bothered to open my eyes.
Then, I had a dream. In the dream, Angela was still the pitiful crying little girl in a red dress and a pair of black butterfly shoes.
Then, I brought her home. The tears on her face had yet to dry when she stuffed the food into her mouth.
Her eyes were bright, her face was fair, and she had two long braids.
After she ate her fill, I walked her home hand in hand. There was fog all around us.
We were wandering in the fog when we suddenly slipped and fell to the ground. I quickly staggered to my feet. When I stood up, Angela was gone.
I couldn't see the road ahead, nor could I find Angela.
I could only hear the wind blowing past my ears. Tears blurred my eyes.
I woke up crying and was in a daze for a while before I realized that Sophina was sitting by my bed and looking at me in confusion. "Laurel, what's wrong?"
I shook my head. "I'm fine. I had a bad dream."
Looking at Sophina's worried eyes, I patted her hand gently. "Go to sleep. I'm fine."
I wiped the tears off my face and let out a long sigh. "Angela, I'm having a baby."
For some reason, when I said this, the tears in the corners of my eyes could not help but fall again.
Angela liked children very much. Whenever she saw children, her eyes would always sparkle.
She used to say, "Laurel, I look forward to the day when you get married and have a baby. I would love to play with your child."
She would lean her head on my shoulder, her tone filled with anticipation and joy. "I bet your child will be very beautiful, Laurel. Do you know why I followed you home when we were young?"
I thought about it for a while. "Isn't it because you ran away from home and were starving?"
Angela shook her head and said with a serious expression, "That's because I liked looking at your pretty face. Such a good-looking girl can't be a liar."
I winced. "Don't you know that pretty people are the best liars?"
Angela grinned and held my arm. "Human traffickers would only catch you instead of me. So I'm sure you're not a liar."
I didn't tell Angela that she was actually the most beautiful and naive child I had ever seen.
Her eyes were too bright, so bright that they seemed to be able to withstand all the evil in the world.
The door was suddenly pushed open, interrupting my thoughts. At the same time, my heart couldn't help but thump.
I thought it was Sophina, so I wiped the tears off my face in a panic. When I turned around, I realized that a pair of bright eyes was staring straight at me. That gaze was so focused that I forgot to breathe for a moment.
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