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“The last sentence.”
“Mia was so confident that your bone marrow would match with the patient’s?” Caleb realized something as well. “Tim, are you guessing that you have another child?”
Mixed feelings began to stir in Timothy’s stomach as he nodded. “Yes, a hidden child.”
“But, Tim, even if Mia had given birth to another child with another man, why was she so confident that the bone marrow would be a match?”
As soon as Caleb finished, the air in the car turned chilly.
Anger clouded over Timothy’s features as he glared at Caleb.
Caleb gulped. “W-What?”
Heath, who was sitting in the passenger seat, chimed in, “Maybe, Ms. Mia was pregnant with a twin back then!”
Caleb slapped his thigh upon realization. “Oh, right! Why didn’t I think of that?”
“If you can’t use your brain efficiently, you can donate it to those that need it,” Timothy warned.
“Oh, calm down, man. You knew that she was pregnant, didn’t you? And you suspected that the child belonged to another man. You even wished for her to abort the baby. Plus, you didn’t know that it was a twin?”
That hit the sore spot.
Timothy loosened his tie. “I didn’t notice. I wasn’t in the right state of mind back then.”
After all, he misunderstood Mia at that time, thinking that she was a gold-digger.
Caleb gloated over Timothy’s misfortune. “Tim, if you had a chance to turn back time, would you suggest a divorce?”
Timothy growled, “If I had a chance to turn back time, I wouldn’t have saved you from drowning in the sea when you were ten years old.”
Caled pouted at the cruel statement.
Timothy looked at Heath. “Find out how many children Mia has and if there are other children in the Lane family.”
If Mia had given birth to twins, the Lane family wouldn’t have been able to cover the tracks that well.
The dauntless Caleb blurted, “What are you going to do next, Tim? If the Lanes find out that you didn’t leave, they’ll surely send another assassin to hunt you down. Are you sure you can stay alive until the day when the truth comes to light?”
Timothy was calm. “Heath, set up an appointment with the mayor of Nord City.”
The Lane family didn’t hold all the cards in Nord City.
In fact, they were on bad terms with the mayor of Nord City. They have been maintaining an ambiguous relationship as of today.
As the classic saying stated, the enemy of his enemy would be his friend.
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Mia arrived home, but she had a bad feeling. Something bad was going to happen.
“Mia, you’re home.”
Her head snapped upward and she saw Dominic on the couch.
Alarmed, she asked, “Dominic, you’re home earlier than usual today.”
She recalled the fact that the lawyers visited the Bowen family to give them the documents.
Since the lawyers had met Timothy, that meant Dominic already found out that Timothy was in Nord City.
Otherwise, a workaholic like Dominic wouldn’t have returned home from work this early.
Feeling guilty, she let out a wry cough and walked toward the couch.
His features were stiff. “Since when was Timothy in Nord City? Why didn’t you tell me? You even let him be your bodyguard. You guys fooled me!”
“Hear me out, Dominic. I made him my bodyguard just to make fun of him. Jason drove his bodyguards and assistant away anyway. Timothy was all alone. He could only become a beggar in Nord City. How could I miss such an opportunity to make fun of him?”
Mia added, “I did all this for fun. Nothing more. And it’s surely not because I have lingering feelings for Timothy.”
“Are you telling the truth?”
“Yes, I swear to God. There’s another reason why I made him stay. Sage’s treatment isn’t going as smoothly as planned. He has not fully recovered yet.
“At that time, I thought Timothy could be of use when we needed something else from him. That was why I made him stay for a while.”
Mia put on her best sincere expression so that Dominic would believe her.
“If so, why didn’t you tell me that he was here? I could’ve just locked him up so that he couldn’t go anywhere.”
She broke in a cold sweat. “You know his character. I’ve been keeping from him that Sage is the patient, not Ginger. If you had done that, Timothy would’ve smelled the rat.”
“So what? It doesn’t matter. I can do whatever to him in Nord City. If I want him dead, he will be.”
“Still, he is the father of my children. I don’t think we should kill him,” said a level-headed Mia.
She would never have any lingering feelings for that bastard.
“Fine. Consider him lucky. I’ll let him off the hook for now.”
Surprised, she questioned, “Did you do something to him?”
Could Dominic possibly be that quick?
“Not yet. I just sent an assassin after him for a talk, ‘telling’ him to vanish from your life.”
Inhaling a deep breath, she inwardly exclaimed how modest that talk would be.
“Any updates from your side?” she asked gingerly.
“Timothy knew that I sent over an assassin to him, so he bought the earliest flight ticket to return to Bern City.
“He’s lucky that he could escape sooner. Otherwise, I would’ve made him learn that Nord City isn’t a place he could come and go as he wished the hard way.”
Learning that Timothy had taken the flight back to Bern City gave her peace of mind.
Fortunately, he knew that survival would always come first.
Dominic said sternly, “Mia, I should reprimand you seriously for this—“
Before he could finish, Ginger scurried to the living room. “Mommy, Uncle Dominic, I’m home! Look what I drew today. My teacher praised me for it.”
She sat on Dominic’s lap and proffered the drawing.
Now that Ginger was around, Dominic’s features softened. He admired the drawing. “It’s pretty. Your teacher has taste.”
She nodded. “I know! I told her that Sage was going to school soon. I introduced him to some friends too. That way, he won’t be lonely at school.”
Mia’s heart melted at that. Ginger was indeed a considerate one.
Since Ginger was around, Dominic stopped asking questions about Dominic.
Before dinner, Dominic received a message from Walter. “Timothy Barrett didn’t take that flight. He’s still in Nord City.”
Dominic’s eyes narrowed as he thought, “Very good. Since you didn’t run away while you had the chance, I might as well send you to hell.”
Mia, who was having a meal with Ginger, suddenly felt a chill creeping down her spine.
She thought, “Since Timothy has left Nord City, there shouldn’t be any problem, should it?”
But why did she have a bad feeling about this? It was as if something unexpected would happen.
She massaged her temples.
After the meal, Liam breezed into the living room. “All finished already? Is there anything left? I’d like to have a bowl of noodles. I’m hungry.”
Eva teased, “I thought you were on a diet for that character. Won’t you gain weight having something this late? The director might tell you off though.”
He deflated. “Show me mercy, Eva. My manager has been watching me out there the entire time, strictly controlling my diet.
“I barely made up an excuse to come back home. I just want to eat something, but how could you say that? You’re so mean.”
Juliet, Wade’s wife, couldn’t bear to see Liam suffer. “You’re slim enough, Mr. Liam. You don’t need a diet at all. Let me make you your favorite noodles from last night.”
His eyes became watery. “You’re the best.”
Mia noticed that he became skinnier than before, which would make him look better in the costumes.
However, he was too skinny right now.
It wasn’t easy to become an actor nowadays. They would eat less than a woman would.
It pained Ginger to see what Liam was going through as well. She ran to him to offer him a slice of cake. “Uncle Liam, take this. It’s good.”