Chapter 129



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Seeing that Nora had chosen him, Justin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at Caleb and said suddenly, “It’s going to be a long talk – how about resting somewhere, Mr. Gray?”

Caleb looked at Nora with his deep, slightly melancholy eyes. Then he looked down and sat down in a random chair in the hallway. “No, that’s all right. I’ll wait for her here.”

Justin, “…”

How were they going to calm down and have a good talk with him waiting here?

Unfortunately for him, Nora thought it was a good idea to set the record straight today, so he nodded and said, “Okay.”

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Then, he walked into the private room with Justin.

The Prism Club was the best club in New York.

Many people chose the Prism Club for their business talks, and the soundproofing of the rooms was also very good. The noise from outside was muffled when they entered the private lounge.

Nora sat down on the couch in the private room and looked at Justin. She said, “Mr. Hunt, you…”.

But before she could finish, Justin frowned and asked, “Shouldn’t you explain the marriage settlement first, Miss Smith?”

Nora was taken aback. “What?”

Justin looked down. His earlobes were a little red, but he nonetheless ventured, “Considering how much you’re interested in my affairs, you must be interested in me, right? In that case, I can’t allow the woman, whom I’m giving a chance, to cheat on me.”

Nora, “????”

She was about to rebut him when Justin spoke again. He said, “Miss Smith frequently contacted my son when we were in California. After coming to New York, she also kept trying to reach out to me and ask me about my business. All this is what I think it is, isn’t it? After all, other than that, there shouldn’t be any other reason, should there?”

Nora, “!!!!”

She had long known that Justin was a narcissist who thought every woman who came near him was in love with him. Today, however, it seemed different to her.

It was as if he was presenting her with facts and reasoning with her so that he could convince her that her actions were indeed sending the message that she was in love with him…..

Nora frowned.

She thought carefully about all the recent events. Assuming he didn’t know that his son was also hers, his recent actions were quite inappropriate.

He had paid too much attention to her.

Besides, if he denied it now, wouldn’t it seem too strange?

Nora didn’t speak for a while.

Justin stared at her with his dark eyes.

He had to close the case as soon as the talk began. Otherwise, that woman might run off with her fiancé!

The beauty mark in the corner of his eye seemed to sway a little. Justin lowered his gaze and continued. “Silence means consent, Miss Smith. You were right, weren’t you?”

With no choice, Nora, who could only nod, replied, “…. I guess so.”

She looked at Cherry.

Cherry gave her a silent look as well. Sigh, little did she expect that someone like Mom, who only knew how to sleep, would also have to contribute to the family someday. Odd.

Seeing that she seemed somewhat reluctant, Justin grabbed his cell phone and sent Lawrence a text message, “Check Caleb Gray’s background.”

After sending the message, he hung up the phone and spoke earnestly.

“Okay. In light of the fact that you are in love with me and that I am also willing to give you a chance, I will answer your questions truthfully and tell you everything you want to know. Go ahead, Miss Smith.”

“…”

The corners of Nora’s lips spasmed as she stared blankly at him.

However, the timing had not been easy, so she immediately asked, “Do you know Pete’s mother, Mr. Hunt?”

Justin looked at her calmly. His dark, bottomless eyes wavered a little before he replied, “No, I don’t know her.”

Nora was puzzled. “Then why do you hate her so much?”

Justin clenched his jaw.

His expression turned somewhat serious as he stared at the coffee table in front of him. To be honest, he had never brought up what had happened then, because it would expose the scars on his heart. However, he knew that it would probably be very difficult for them to be acknowledged if he didn’t set the record straight now.

With that in mind, he said dispassionately, “On April 7, five years ago, I got a call. The other party claimed to be the mother of my son. She asked me to prepare $1.5 million for her. If I did what she asked, she would tell me where my son was.”

1.5 million dollars…

Nora frowned and asked, “And then?”

Justin’s voice was very low. “Of course, I didn’t believe him. Other than one night that I don’t remember anything about, I’ve never touched any woman.”

Nora’s hand unconsciously clenched into a fist. The anxiety in her heart made her repeat, “And then?”

Justin, who noticed her voice trembling, continued slowly.

“After that I hung up. Maybe because he realized he wasn’t going to get any money from me, he sent me a set of GPS coordinates directly and said the boy was at that location. If I didn’t go pick him up, the child would suffocate to death.”

“Suffocate to death…”.

Despite knowing full well that Pete was safe and sound, Nora was still having difficulty breathing.

She suddenly thought of what Henry had said when he checked his cell phone the other time. He said he’d buried the boy with his bare hands….

At that moment, Justin’s gaze turned cold and he said, “I happened to be driving through California that time. Thinking it looked a little weird to me, I took a side trip. Sure enough, I saw Pete who had been buried in the ground shortly after he was born.”

Nora stood up abruptly. She clenched her fists tightly, and even her arms were shaking. She asked, “How was he?”

Justin looked at her, “At that point she was no longer breathing.”

Nora’s eyes widened in horror.

Justin’s voice was still as deep and somber as before. He said, “I dug him out of the ground. His mouth and nose were full of dirt. Luckily, I had brought a family doctor with me that time, so he was able to give him CPR in time. The doctor said he had been underground for twenty to thirty minutes…. If we had arrived a few minutes later, it would not have been possible to save him.”

His mood also became grim at that point and a wave of irritability and resentment came over him. He said, “Pete was later diagnosed with mild autism. The psychiatrist said it was caused by events at the time. Although he doesn’t remember anything, he had felt too insecure during that time.”

Justin looked directly at Nora when he spoke.

Pete had been weak and fragile since he was a baby. Every time he fell ill, Justin’s resentment towards his mother grew a little. That woman had truly disregarded her son’s life just for money.

How he wished he could kill Pete’s mother.

However, when he realized that Nora was Pete’s mother, doubts began to form in his mind about the events of the time. He looked at Nora and asked, “What’s the matter, Miss Smith?”

Nora looked at him.

After learning the truth, although her heart ached for Pete, she also breathed a sigh of relief. She finally knew the reason why Justin now hated Pete’s mother, in which case, everything would now be open for discussion!

She looked directly at Justin and said, “Your mother had her difficulties then!”.

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