Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
However, the man said again, “You’re not Francis’ daughter.”
Erica’s face instantly paled with horror.
She glared at the man, saying, “That’s. nonsense! I am Francis’ daughter.”
The man was finally unable to restrain himself any longer. Staring at Erica, het growled somewhat irritably, “You’re not! You’re the daughter of Naomi and me! I’m your father, and you’re my daughter”
Erica’s eyes widened in horror; fear enveloped her as she looked at the man in disbelief. What? The low-class man before me is my father? No, that’s not possible. I’ll never acknowledge such a man as my father. “F*ck off! Who wants to be your daughter? I’m warning you, if you dare talk nonsense again, I‘ll-”
“I need 10,000. As long as you give me the money, I promise you that I won’t go around telling people about it.” The man didn’t go out of his way to come here to reunite with his daughter. He was here to ask for money.
Erica really looked down on the man before her from the bottom of her heart, but she had to silence him. She looked around, and luckily, there wasn’t anyone else around. She hurriedly took her bag out of her car and grabbed a handful of cash out of it. Handing the cash to him, she said in a quavering voice, “Get out of my face with the money and don’t show up in front of me ever again. I don’t care who you are; I’ll never have anything to do with you.”
Seeing the cash, the man took it from her without counting it; he knew just by touching it that there had to be more than 10,000 in it. He said happily, “Whether you admit it or not, I’m your father. And, you’re quite pretty.”
Erica only found his words disgusting. Nevertheless, she stared fixedly at the man for a few seconds. He was by no means comparable to Francis, who had regular features and gave off an air of scholarly refinement through every pore. On the other hand, one could tell at a glance that this man was struggling for a living at the bottom rung of society. “Take the money and don’t show up in front of me or come to me again,” she warned.
The man couldn’t help but take another look at her car before stretching out his hand to touch its painted surface. “This car must be expensive, right? The paint seems to be of such a high quality.”
“Don’t touch my car with your dirty hands!” Erica was pissed off. She didn’t want to see the man even for a second!
The man felt a twinge of inferiority as well. He could only pull his hand back, asking, “Where’s your mom?”
Erica didn’t want to tell him about Naomi, though. Pulling the car door open, she said, “Don’t come to us if there’s nothing.” With that, she revved up her car and sped away.
The man crouched on the ground and began to count the cash. After counting out a total of 15,000, he happily produced a packet of cigarettes and started smoking.
Now, I’ll have someone to rely on for cash, thought the man as he left while smoking happily.
At this moment, Mrs. Garner, the servant, stood up behind the wall next to the little door with a shocked expression. She couldn’t believe she had just learned a big secret by chance.
She happened to be sweeping the yard when she heard Erica yelling outside the gate earlier. She had wanted to head out to take a look, but when she saw that Erica was alright, she didn’t feel like doing so anymore. Consequently, she eavesdropped on Erica’s conversation with the man.
She couldn’t believe that the plainly dressed man was actually Erica’s biological father. Perhaps nobody in the Tillman Family knows the secret of Erica’s parentage. Now that she thought about it, that would make Anastasia the only real daughter of the Tillman Family..
Having worked here for more than ten years, Mrs. Garner had witnessed with: her own eyes how Naomi had abused Anastasia both verbally and physically during Anastasia’s maiden years. Naomi’s daughter lived like a princess whereas the real daughter of the Tilman Family couldn’t even buy a piece of clothing.
Inwardly, she felt somewhat sorry for Anastasia, but she felt even sorrier for Francis, who had raised another man’s daughter for over 20 years. Even his company had fallen into Naomi’s and Erica’s hands now, whereas Anastasia seemed to have only gotten less than one-third of its shares.
Mrs. Garner was shrewd, so she wouldn’t easily let out such a big secret. Not only that, but she had learned how to be shrewd and calculating while living here. This was a great opportunity to make a fortune!
Erica would make a fortune in the future with the shares she now held in Tillman Constructions. I’ll trade this secret for some money, which will be enough for me to live out my life in retirement. She didn’t have to live the humble life of a servant anymore. And besides, it wasn’t like Naomi was nice to her, anyway. She resented Naomi and Erica deep down.
Meanwhile, Rey left home for work in the morning. On his way to his office, he received a phone call. As it turned out, the person he had sent out last night to trail Alex found something. “Send me the photos,” he said.
The person quickly sent Rey the photos. The instant he tapped on them, he was stunned right away. Why was Alex with Hayley? Who else is the coquettish looking woman holding Alex’s arms in the photos if it isn’t Hayley? Is Alex having an affair with her as soon as he is married to Erica?
As for how Hayley and Alex ended up getting involved with each other, Rey was no longer interested to know because he had to report this to Elliot.
Elliot’s motorcade set out from the hospital for the Presgrave Group’s headquarters. On his way there, he received a phone call and a few pictures from Rey.
Elliot’s frosty eyes narrowed slightly as he merely took a glance at the photos before swiping them away. “Send these photos to
Anastasia and see if they’re of any use to her.”
“Roger that, President Presgrave.”
Having gotten up early in the morning. Anastasia was sitting in the specialists’ office and listening to their discussion on Francis’ condition. She didn’t understand the terms they used, but it seemed from the way they sounded that there was hope for Francis’ condition.
At that moment, her cell phone beeped with an incoming text message. She picked up the phone and saw Rey’s message, which read, ‘Miss Tillman, 1 have some photos for you to look at
Right after that, he sent her over ten photos.
When she saw the first photo, she was stunned for a few seconds. The photo showed Hayley holding Alex’s arm in a seductively charming posture. Not only that, but there were also several photos of them kissing each other affectionately on the cheek.
Seeing these photos, Anastasia felt uncomfortable because Alex cheated on Erica so merrily shortly after marrying her. Apart from that, the person whom he was cheating with was someone whom Erica thought was her bestie! On the other hand, Hayley really had no scruples; she wasn’t ashamed of stealing Erica’s husband at all.
Anastasia gloated over the photos with a feeling of exultation. I’ll just watch what happens next and let the two women rip each other to shreds when it’s necessary.
However, something occurred to her. Hayley only liked Alex for his money. It was especially so after he became the president of Tillman Constructions and she was only too eager to please him.
What if… A smile curled the corners of Anastasia’s lips. Will she still be able to laugh if I freeze all of Alex’s debit cards? The finance department had confirmed from the account statements that Alex had embezzled the company’s funds, which gave her the right to freeze and audit all his bank accounts, during which time he wouldn’t be able to spend even a penny.
She went outside and called the person in charge of the finance department, telling them to start preparing for this. The department would go through all the procedures and have Alex’s debit cards frozen by this afternoon.
At this moment, Alex was having a meeting at Tillman Constructions. Now that he had suddenly lost quite a few clients thanks to Elliot, he had to source for new clients, so he was quite busy.
Erica came soon afterward, but her mind. was elsewhere today, preoccupied with the man she had come across this morning. The man’s face filled her with loathing and disdain. Damnably,. however, the man was her biological father.
“What’s wrong, Erica? Did you not sleep well last night?” Alex asked with concern.
“Were you really meeting with a client last night? Why did you come back early in the morning? Erica asked dubiously.
Alex couldn’t help but give her his puppy-dog eyes, saying, “I came back early in the morning for the meeting. Don’t you see that my eyes are bloodshot?”
As expected, Erica bought his story. Not only that, but she even felt sorry for him and hugged him, saying, “Sorry, I shouldn’t have doubted you. You’ve worked hard enough for the company.”
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