Free Web NovelChapter 140: You Owe Her An Apology
"So, you plucked a few strands of my hair because you wanted to do a paternity test?" Michael confronted Winnie as he stared straight at her.
This paternity test report was a fake, but Winnie wasn’t going to admit that.
She didn’t dare to meet Michael’s eyes, and when Michael stared at her, she instinctively looked down. But even though she was a little shifty-eyed, she sounded as adamant as before. "And so, what if I did? I’m your mother, so don’t I have the right to find out if this child belongs to you or not?"
"Mum, don’t you find yourself an embarrassment?" Michael pointed to all the employees eavesdropping on their conversation right outside the office. "Back home, it was just between family members, so we let you say whatever you wanted. But now, you’ve created a scene in the office! Even if you’re not afraid of being embarrassed, I am!"
"Tsk!" Of course, Winnie was afraid of being embarrassed. But her motive in coming here was to embarrass Wendy, not herself. "Michael, don’t you get it? Jake Stewart is not your son! I’ve already shown you the paternity test results!"
She pointed a finger at Wendy and sounded even more agitated now. "I really don’t understand how this woman has bewitched you! Why are you so protective over her? So, even if I provide you proof, you will still choose to stand on her side?!"
Michael still hadn’t said whether he believed the report or not, so Winnie assumed that he believed it but still wanted to defend Wendy.
Wendy looked at Michael as well. She was Curious to know if Michael believed the report or not.
His own mother had done a paternity test and supposedly proved that his son wasn’t actually his.
Most people would probably believe their own mother more than someone else. But Wendy hadn’t bothered explaining anything because whether Michael believed the report or not didn’t matter to her.
Five years ago, when she had knelt on the floor and begged Michael to believe her, he hadn’t believed her. So, she didn’t expect him to believe her now, especially since Winnie had appeared with evidence that Jake wasn’t his.
Michael turned and walked towards Wendy.
He really hoped that Wendy would explain things or at least defend herself. At least that would prove that she still cared about their relationship. But even though he had spent so much time arguing with Winnie, Wendy had kept silent all the way.
He had no choice but to walk over, look into her eyes and say a little pleadingly, "Wendy, isn’t there anything you want to say to me?"
Wendy was surprised that he decided to ask her first. But of course, she knew why he was asking too.
"I don’t have anything to say. Mrs. Lucas is your mother, and this is your family matter. I just hope that you can put an end to these ridiculous things because this is affecting my work."
Wendy didn’t dodge his gaze at all and stared straight back at him.
The look in Michael’s eyes was filled with sadness, some hurt, disappointment and loneliness...
Wendy had noticed all those emotions but pretended to have seen none of it.
After blinking her eyes a few times, she looked away and said, "I have never claimed that Jake has anything to do with the Lucas family, so I really don’t want to see anybody come up to me and talk about whether Jake is a child of the Lucas family or not. Mr. Lucas, do you understand what I’m saying?"
Michael suddenly thought of what happened five years ago outside that operating theatre.
Wendy had knelt on the floor and desperately tried to tell him that the child belonged to him, and she even offered to let him do a paternity test on the child. But back then, he was too blinded by his hatred for Christian and couldn’t think straight.
His choice back then had turned into regret, and he nearly had to bring this regret to the grave.
"See? Even Wendy Stewart says that the child has nothing to do with the Lucas family." Winnie hurriedly chimed in as she pulled on Michael’s arm. "So, stop thinking that the boy is your son. I don’t even know whose b*st*rd child he is..."
Her voice grew softer at the words ’b*strd child’.
Before this, she had always assumed that Jake wasn’t Michael’s, so she didn’t feel bad insulting him. Now that she knew that Jake was actually Michael’s child, insulting the little boy was as good as insulting her own son.
Michael was already very upset by Wendy’s response, and Winnie only made his mood worse.
In an outburst of anger, he flung Winnie’s hand off his arm which caused her to stumble backward and fall onto the floor.
She sat on the floor in disbelief and pointed a finger at Michael, "I can’t believe you! Michael Lucas, I’m your mother! How could you push me like that?!"
Michael shut his eyes tightly and tried hard to control the burning rage rising in his heart. If he didn’t do that, he was sure that extremely nasty words were going to spew out from his mouth.
He looked at Winnie and said in a stern and solemn manner, "Mum, I call you ’Mum’ because I still treat you as my mother. Did you think I would believe you? Five years ago, Christian schemed against me. But he had good reason to, so that’s fine. But today, even my own mother tried to use a paternity report to scheme against me. What on earth are you even thinking? I can’t believe you would even disown your own grandson. And worse still, you’ve even made a big fuss of this in the office."
"Tell me, are you hoping that I’ll never reconcile with my wife and son for the rest of my life and live a life of loneliness? Would that make you happier?" freewebnøvel.coɱ
Winnie shook her head. of course, she didn’t wish for a life of loneliness on her own. But she believed that once he gave up on Wendy, he would gradually fall for Yonina, get married to her and have children of their own.
Winnie did want grandchildren, but she just didn’t want any grandchildren that Wendy gave birth to! She wanted them to be borne by Yonina!
"Michael, are you suspecting me?" Winnie was already feeling antsy for lying to her son, and Michael’s words only made her feel less confident of her ruse. But there was no way she was going to admit to lying to him.
"Ha!" Michael scoffed as he looked at her. "I know very well if the child is mine or not. Did you think I would believe you after you come to me with a faked paternity test result? Christian used this on me the last time and you’ve actually tried to use the same trick on me. If I fall for the same trick twice, I must be really stupid."
"But this paternity test was done by the best hospital in this area, so..." Winnie tried to persuade him again.
But this time, he didn’t let her finish speaking.
"Firstly, if this report is accurate, then what you sent for testing wasn’t my hair and Jake’s hair. Secondly, if you had really sent my hair and Jake’s hair for testing but got this result, then this report is a fake."
"Is that what you think of me?" Winnie refused to give up and tried emotional blackmail instead. "Do you think I would try to hurt my own son?" Michael couldn’t help but laugh bitterly at her words.
These words hurt him even more. Words of emotional blackmail had hurt so many people since time immemorial.
"Mum, tell you what..." Michael sounded very disappointed now. " l take Jake to do a paternity test right now."
Winnie immediately panicked when she heard Michael say that he wanted to do another paternity test.
"I’ve already done it once, so why do you want to do it again?" she quickly retorted.
"Since you insist that this report is real, then let’s just do it again. But of course, we’re not going to do this just for fun." Michael turned to glance at Wendy and said, "if the result shows that Jake and I are not father and son, then I will marry whoever you want me to."
Winnie instantly lit up at these words. "Are you serious?"
"l am serious," replied Michael in an exceptionally stern voice. "However!" He paused for a moment and quietly clenched his fists. "If the result shows that Jake is indeed my son, I will not call you ’Mum’ for the rest of my life."
"What?!" Winnie was in disbelief.
Wendy was surprised too.
She was already surprised enough that Michael believed Jake was his son. She thought that he would continue to think otherwise. But to her surprise, he had made a public declaration to disown his mother in front of so many people.
That was a promise to cut ties with his mother if Jake turned out to be his son.
Was he going so far just to protect her? She had an answer in her heart, but she wasn’t sure if she could trust it.
Michael seriously believed her so much that he was willing to sever all ties with his own mother? That seemed really crazy.
"Michael Lucas, you’re going as far as to cut ties with your mother for the sake of this woman?"
Winnie was still reeling in shock. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
"You’re the one who brought this paternity test report here and you’re the one who barged into the office to make trouble for her. Wendy is an employee of my company now, so if she has been wrongly accused by someone else, then as the president of the company, I have a duty to make sure justice is served," said Michael in a righteous manner.
"She’s your employee, but what about me?" Winnie pointed at herself. "I’m your mother!"
"If you weren’t my mother, I would have gotten security to haul you out by now," said Michael heartlessly.
"You..." Winnie didn’t know what else to say.
She finally realized that her son was now utterly fixated on Wendy, and he was willing to do anything to make her happy.
Winnie got up from the floor herself and her face was flushed red from being so angry.
There was no way she was going to let Michael run a second paternity test. But he was her only son, so if he really cut ties with her, she would be on the losing end.
She decided to just swallow her pride now and find another chance in the future.
With that in mind, she spun around angrily and started storming out of the office. But just after she took one step towards the door, she heard Michael call out to her, "Mum, if you aren’t going to take up my offer, then you owe Wendy an apology."
These words made Winnie freeze in her footsteps.
This son of hers was really a big bag of surprises. Every statement he uttered was enough to give her a heart attack.
She couldn’t believe he wanted her to apologize to Wendy. She had come with great fanfare to wage war on Wendy and now she had to apologize humbly like she had been defeated?
If word of this got out, she would be so embarrassed.
Michael could guess what his mother was thinking about, so he warned her, "Mum, if you don’t apologize, this matter will only blow up. You’d be even more embarrassed when that happens."
Are you threatening me? Winnie turned to face her son in shock. Her eyes were wide and bloodshot.
"You can say that." After all, Winnie had picked on Wendy again and again, and she even made such a big scene at this office this time.
Michael figured that if he continued to let her have her way, this sort of thing was only going to happen even more frequently.
