Chapter 496 – Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel

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“No, I heard that he asked to marry this girl himself.”

Anastasia exchanged glances with Elliot. Arthur wasn‘t forced into marriage, and he was the one who wanted to marry the girl instead? What about Sophia? Did he really have no love for her?

“We‘ll go see him for a bit.” Elliot was a little anxious to see for himself what had changed about Arthur.

“Okay! Anastasia, you can rest in the meantime. We’ll be off.” With that, Richard headed outside.

Behind him, Eliot also said gently, “Wait for my return, and call me if anything happens.”

“I‘ll be fine. Go ahead!” Anastasia was actually a little tired, and she wanted to rest for a bit.

Eliot and Richard went out together. They asked about Arthur‘s whereabouts, then went straight to him.

Just then, Arthur was in the garden walking his beloved pet. He was sitting on the couch as he watched the Doberman dig holes in the ground. He usually cared for it like it was his own son, but he just told it to stop in a lazy tone, saying, “Gritt, stop it.”

Gritt let out a pampered whine, then immediately went over to him and rubbed its head against his arms. Then, it sniffed all around him, perhaps also noticing that its master was less enthusiastic now, thinking that Arthur probably didn‘t love it anymore.

“What‘s wrong?” Arthur frowned as he looked at the dog, then reached out and patted it. “You like walks, don‘t you? Go and play!”

However, Gritt remained in his arms, reluctant to leave. Its large mouth rubbed against his arm as it let out more whimpers.

“You‘re making my clothes dirty.” Arthur pushed its big mouth away, then picked up a ball beside him before throwing it into the distance. “Fetch.”

Just then, Gritt‘s ears perked up when it sensed someone coming.

Soon, Gritt started barking before it ran over to the visitors, letting out another type of joyful whimper.

Richard and Eliot both smiled as they looked at this large dog with loving gazes. Gritt was a puppy they had picked out together, and the little guy in the past was now enormous.

Arthur turned to look at the two. He simply looked at them, not even expressing welcome.

Eliot‘s emotions right now were undoubtedly the same as Richard‘s not long ago. He looked at Arthur, who was seated there and didn‘t even seem to bother getting up. There was a faint smile in Arthur‘s eyes. “You‘re here.”

“See? With your expressions like that, I might even think that we‘re not welcome to your wedding!” Richard complained. He was a man of few words, but this time,

Arthur had stimulated the expansion of his words.

Eliot had prepared himself beforehand, so he calmly took a seat across from Arthur. then chatted with the latter as usual.

“Congratulations, Artie. I never thought I‘d attend your wedding this soon.”

“Did you come here alone? Where‘s Anastasia and Jared?” Arthur asked.

“I didn‘t bring Jared this time, but Anastasia is resting in the room. She‘s looking forward to meeting your wife; perhaps you can arrange for them to meet tomorrow,” Eliot said.

“Sure, I can do that.” With that, Arthur glanced at his watch. “I have a video conference to attend, so I‘ll go back to my study now. We can talk more tomorrow.”

“Hey, you can‘t leave like that.” Richard didn‘t want Arthur to leave, so he went up and stopped the latter.

Arthur frowned, retracting his hand reluctantly. “Let go, Richard.”

“We just arrived, but you‘re already leaving? That‘s no way to treat your best friends.” Richard wanted to evoke even stronger emotions from Arthur.

However, Arthur just said in exasperation, “Pardon me if I‘m lacking in hospitality.”

“What about a fight?” Richard wanted to throw hands now.

“I can‘t win against you.” Arthur wasn‘t stupid.

“Right, you‘ve never won against me. What I meant was that I‘ve never lost since day one.” Richard continued provoking him.

At the side, Eliot didn‘t stop the fight; he simply observed the reactions on Arthur‘s face. There was indeed something wrong.

Arthur used to be a competitive person, but now, he only wore a bored expression as he retracted his hand and said, “I do admit that I can‘t win against you. If there‘s nothing else, I’ll take my leave now.”

Richard simply watched him leave, wide–eyed. Then, he turned back to Eliot and said, “See? He‘s just so indifferent, and it‘s no use provoking him. Something must be wrong.”

However, Arthur, who hadn‘t gone very far, seemingly had superior listening. He suddenly turned around and walked back to them as he asked Richard, “What‘s wrong with me?”

“What’s wrong with you? Don’t you feel anything?” Richard asked him.

With a smirk, Arthur answered, “I think something is wrong with you, not me.”

“What’s wrong with me?” Richard asked him again.

“You’re a busybody like someone’s mother,” Arthur rebuked him.

Hearing that, Richard looked at him resignedly. “That’s because you ditched us.

“Whatever.” Arthur turned around and left after saying that.

Then, Elliot came over and patted Richard, who was feeling hurt. “There’s really something wrong with Arthur. We should look into this.”

“I looked into his schedule and saw that he’d met a biology professor, Johnny, the

day after coming back. However, I still haven’t found a chance to meet him yet. I’m sure something is wrong there.”

“Okay, we can start looking into it. We need to be extra careful in Weiss’ territory, though. It’s not our place, so don’t let them have anything on us.”

“I know. Let’s look into it together.” Richard felt better after knowing that he had someone on his side.

On the other hand, Sophia promised Anastasia to not simply go anywhere at night. She didn’t simply go anywhere either and merely strolled in the garden downstairs. If she didn’t come out to give herself some air, she felt that she would go insane in no time.

As she was strolling, her gaze landed in her opposite direction. Lights were shining blindly, and the person she loved the most was standing there. Even though they were not separated by mountains or seas, but only by a garden, it was a gully that she found difficult to cross. He was

right there, but she couldn’t touch him.

Sophia was engulfed in sadness as she had her head down the entire time and was walking absent-mindedly. After walking for quite some time, she raised

her head and was immediately stunned. Where am I?

Since the gardens were interlinked, she was now standing deep inside an unfamiliar garden and had lost her way. What made it worse was that there was no one in the garden who could help her.

At this moment, she grew more upset, and tears were gushing out of her eyes. She hugged herself in her arms and chose a bench to sit, ultimately deciding to cry it out.

She could use this chance to release all her emotions since no one was around. All this while, the toughness and calmness that she tried so hard to put on were all fake. In fact, she was feeling heartbroken inside.

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