Chapter 381 – Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel

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Seeing this, Anastasia followed up with another question, “After you found Hayley, did you… have any intimate contact with her?”

Elliot shook his head firmly. “I never did that. After I found her, I did not do anything except make it up to her materialistically.”

“Why not? Was it because Hayley gave off a different feel from the woman five years ago?” Anastasia pressured him.

Shocked again, Elliot asked, “How did you know?”

“Why are you determined to find the woman from that incident five years ago?” Anastasia’s eyes were filled with curiosity.

Elliot did not know how to explain it to her, but no matter what, he could not quell the urge to find her.

All of a sudden, Anastasia’s tears began to stream down her face. She covered her mouth as an overwhelming wave of emotions washed over her.

“Anastasia, what’s wrong? Did I do something? I’m sorry.” Elliot was frantic. Despite not knowing what he could have done, he was certain that he must have done something to make her cry.

However, Anastasia’s tears flowed even harder once she heard what he said. She cried so profusely that she began to hiccup.

No one would know what she was going through right now. She finally found relief from the thoughts that had chained her down for nearly six years. The vision of that terrible beast of a man that she had concocted in her heart had changed to the man in front of her.

He was no beast!

Only the gods would know how incredibly freeing it felt to have the burden of these torturous thoughts and feelings lifted off her shoulders.

Elliot was beside himself with worry, but Anastasia threw herself into his arms and spoke with a teary voice, “Thank goodness it was you. I’m glad it was you.. As long as it’s you… it’s not that bad after all.”

He pulled her into an even tighter embrace. However, he had no idea what he could do to comfort her. Her sorrow seemed to stem from somewhere deep within her soul, and he hated that he did not know her enough to understand what was happening to her.

Even though he could not make out what her words meant, he felt she really needed him.

“Anastasia, could you tell me what’s happening?” he asked as he gently stroked the back of her head.

Finally, Anastasia pushed him back a little before explaining it all to him.

“Do you think Jared looks like you?” She looked up at Elliot and asked.

“Yes. Everyone who sees him says he looks like me.” This was something that he was incredibly happy about!

“Why do you think my son would look like you?” she asked him a tricky question on purpose.

True enough, her question had stumped Elliot. He stared at her in trepidation, afraid that she might start crying again if he said something he should not have. Anastasia decided to put him out of his misery. She raised her hand and lifted his watch. “I told you before that the man who hurt me that night five years ago left me a watch, but I didn’t take it and threw it away instead.”

Elliot did recall her saying that.

“The watch I threw away was retrieved by the staff at the club. They must’ve thought the watch was too expensive to just keep to themselves, so they contacted the person who booked the room. That person took the watch and kept it in her possession. Five years later, someone came to her and asked if she was the woman in the room back then. When she realized that the man was the wealthy and powerful president of Presgrave Group, she readily said she was,” Anastasia recounted as if she was telling a story.

Elliot’s eyes flickered back and forth as the revelation sent waves of shock through him, and his breathing grew heavier.

“It’s you. That woman from that night five years ago… It’s you, isn’t it? Anastasia? Hayley was the one who booked the room, so she had my watch and received the compensation that I owed to you instead.” Elliot was both shocked and furious, but at the same time, he was ecstatic.

“Jared’s my son. He’s my son… I’m his father!” He began to tear up as he was overwhelmed and on the verge of exploding from all the emotions that welled up inside him..

Anastasia nodded. ‘Yes, Jared is your son. You’re the man that slept with me that night.”

His heart was filled with guilt and self blame. He hugged her tightly and kissed her hair as he blabbered on and on, “I’m sorry! I’m so sorry… I’m sorry. I’m the worst. I’m the b*stard who deserves to rot in hell. I’m sorry…”

She looked up at him and refuted him. “Stop saying such nonsense.” All at once, Elliot lowered his head and began to kiss her fervently.

Anastasia nearly suffocated from the ferocity of his kiss. I thought he was in the middle of an apology, so why is he kissing me instead?

She had not forgotten about settling the score with him for what he did five years ago!  Elliot was breathing a little heavily as he stared at her with loving eyes. “I’m sorry. I owe you too much, and I won’t be able to pay it all back even if I spent this lifetime, and the next, and every single one after that doing so.”

Anastasia blinked at him. “You can take your time to make it up to me.”

No one knew what she was thinking inside.

If it were fated that she could not escape the trap Hayley had set up for her, then she would rather it be him than some other random guy.

Fate had caused her a lot of pain and sorrow, but it had now given her a chance to set the record straight, and true love as well.

“Grandma told me that this watch was my good luck charm. It turns out I had been wrong about it. It truly is my good luck charm. Elliot meant every word he said.

When Anastasia recalled what Hayley had done, she gritted her teeth in contempt. “Don’t let Hayley get away with this. I want her to pay for what she did.”

Elliot was just as furious as she was. He – clenched his fists and declared. “I will make her pay heavily for everything.”

Anastasia looked up and suggested, “Run a DNA test with Jared to confirm it.”

“Why would I need one? Jared is my son.” Elliot did not feel a speck of doubt at all about this. He had long since felt an inexplicable connection with Jared.

From the moment he first met Jared, he had a feeling that they were related.

“Jared will be very happy to know that you’re truly his father.”

Elliot grasped her hand and asked, “Can I break the news to all the guests today? The fact that Elliot is my son.”

Anastasia saw the impatience in his eyes and thought to herself. Why not?

Tonight was not just their engagement ceremony, but also the moment when the father and son duo would formally reunite with one another.

Meanwhile, at the ceremony, the couple in question had disappeared without a trace, and Harriet could barely take a few bites. She was sorely worried that

Anastasia would scoff at Elliot and refuse to marry him again.

Nigel had been tasked to take care of Jared. Jared tried looking for Anastasia a couple of times, but Nigel stopped him. He thought to himself, I better not let this kid go looking for them. What if he walked into something that’s not meant for kids to see? Therefore, he did his best to coax Jared. He even used the ultimate trump card-the mobile games on his phone to keep Jared happy.

Brenda approached the main table.

“Mom, these are all your favorites. You should eat more,” Brenda tried to convince Harriet.

“Why aren’t they back yet?” Harriet asked.

“They probably went off to discuss something. Relax, Mom, Brenda reassured her. Just then, she spotted the couple walking into the hall hand-in hand, so she chuckled and said, “There they are now.

True enough, the newly-engaged couple who had run off earlier came back with their hands clasped together.

Elliot led Anastasia up the stage before calling out in the direction of the main table, “Jared, come here.”

The little kid happily leaped out of his seat beside Nigel and went up the stage. Elliot bent down and carried him.

As Anastasia stared at them, her eyes were filled with content. Her son’s father was not some unknown gigolo. The Presgrave family blood flowed through his veins, and he was the rightful heir of the Presgraves.

Elliot took the microphone and gazed out at the attendees who were all staring at him. He had a hard time suppressing his excitement and he announced, “I just received some wonderful news. It turns out that Jared is my son. He’s the son that Anastasia and I had five years ago, and I am truly his father. We are family through and through.”

“What?! Is that true?!” Harriet was the first to stand up in surprise.

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