Chapter 6
At that moment, the news outlets were playing a rather shocking scene on TV.
Megan was bring in the arms of an old man with white hair. She began speaking coquettishly. “The baby is yours. You need to step up.”
The old man spoke in broken Tertalian. “You viven! I’ve already given you the money. Just abort the baby.”
Tears welled up in Megan’s eyes. “I don’t want money! I love you so much!”
Then, the old man gave her a sleazy kiss and even squeezed her butt.
Megan giggled while swatting him on the chest. “You’re so mean! I was thinking of finding a stand–in father for the baby.”
Lucas‘ assistant handed him a medical report, which stated that Megan didn’t have depression.
Lucas staggered back into his chair. Not long after, his assistant brought him a thick stack of documents and said in a shaky voice, “Mr. Johnson, here are all the details on Mrs John–Ms Allen
After turning the first page, Lucas was already taken aback by the information. Kylie’s so–called parents who attended their wedding were actually actors from an acting school.
As for Benjamin, he did have one child, who was his only daughter. He had raised her under strict protection. After Freya Allen, his wife, passed away, he changed his daughter’s last name to Allen to protect her.
Later, Benjamin sent her to study abroad in a private school. He rarely let her appear in public.
There were photos of Kylie wearing her school uniform. She stood in front of Floyd Corporation’s annual event banner as Benjamin lovingly wrapped his arm around her shoulders
“Indeed, Ms. Allen is Mr. Floyd’s only daughter.” The assistant wiped his seat away. “After Mrs. Floyd passed away, Mr. Floyd kept his daughter under wraps. In order to marry you, Ms. Allen…”
“Go on.” Lucas‘ voice sounded hoarse.
“She decided to give up the right to inherit 80% of her shares. She even fought with Mr. Floyd before running away from home. Since Mr. Floyd froze all her bank accounts, she had no choice but to make a living by working in a small company.”
The assistant handed Lucas a photo. It was a snapshot from surveillance footage of Kylie working in a cafe.
“After you proposed to her, Mr. Floyd sent someone to bring her home and lock her up, so she starved herself in protest. In the end…” The assistant trailed off.
“In the end, what?”
“In the end, she begged Mr. Floyd for three days before he finally gave in on one condition. She had to keep her actual last name a secret and not reveal her identity to anyone else.”
Lucas shakily flipped to the next page. It was his wedding photo with Kylie.
“One week before your wedding, Mr. Floyd hired someone to look into you, but he was still not pleased with Ms. Allen’s decision.”
The assistant continued in a low voice, “Ms. Allen forced him to approve the marriage by threatening to kill herself. Finally, Mr. Floyd agreed to hire two actors to act as her parents for the wedding.”
Lucas closed the file with a thud. His chest began heaving like mad.
Kylie, his gentle and thoughtful wife, had given up so much for him.
Lucas paled as he recalled everything he had done to her recently. He punched the table hard, causing the glass to shatter instantly. Although blood was trickling down his palm, he didn’t seem to feel the pain at all.
For the next month, Johnson Group was faced with all sorts of problems it never had before. Stock prices had dropped, and business partners gradually began to withdraw their investments. Even the bank called up often to chase for payments.
Although Lucas was buried in work, trying to handle the crisis, he couldn’t help but think of Kylie all the time.
One month had passed. Lucas hadn’t been sleeping well throughout this time, and he barely managed to stabilize things at the company.
When Lucas finally returned to the empty villa, he was shocked to realize that all traces of Kylie had been wiped out. He opened the door to the nursery, which was filled with tons of unopened items for the baby. He couldn’t bear to look at the nursery as memories suddenly came rushing back to him.
That day, Kylie’s eyes had been shining as she held up a pregnancy kit. “Lucas, we’re going to be parents!”
She had tugged at his hand and stammered, “A–Actually, I have something important to tell you…”
Now that Lucas thought about it, Kylie had probably wanted to come clean to him about her identity.
