Chapter 280



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Ian’s voice was very low, but his dispassionate words clearly reached everyone’s ears.

The whole room suddenly fell silent again.

Everyone looked at Ian in disbelief, only to see him push his wheelchair forward slowly until he reached them.

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Upstairs.

An anxious Mrs. Hunt was coming down the stairs. As she did so, she complained to Mrs. Lewis: “I knew Justin’s girlfriend would be terrible. People from poor, humble families aren’t presentable enough. Look at the scandalous scene they’ve made!

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Look how cultured and refined Miss Smith is instead. None of the girls in the salon can say she’s not good enough. Whether it’s because they fear the Smiths or because of Miss Smith’s personal charm, it’s undeniable what she’s capable of! If only Justin would commit to a young lady from the Smiths instead! I’m not even going to ask that she be a blood relative anymore. Yvonne Smith would be fine.”

Mrs. Hunt went on and on. “See I have to mediate for her despite how much I dislike her. What else can I do when Justin has already acknowledged her status? For her to be embarrassed is tantamount to embarrassing Justin, which is tantamount to embarrassing the Hunts.”

Mrs. Lewis held Mrs. Hunt’s arm and said, “Calm down a little. I told you to take the elevator, but you simply refused to do it. Can you walk down the stairs with your knees like that?”

Mrs. Hunt replied sulkily, “Considering the situation in the hallway, it will take me even longer to get there if I take the elevator!”

The breathless woman reached the bottom floor just in time to hear Rachel say, “Without a powerful family to support you, sooner or later you’ll be hated by the Hunts and divorced!”

She panicked immediately. She was about to speak when she heard Ian’s comment.

Mrs. Hunt was stunned.

Justin looked at Nora; although her eyebrows rose slightly and she was a little surprised, she didn’t seem too shocked. He knew at once that she must have deduced something long ago.

Nora had already given it a lot of thought.

After realizing that Henry Smith was not her real father, she had begun to wonder why her mother had chosen him out of all the ordinary men out there.

After arriving in New York, he had come to understand his mother’s way of doing things. She was probably someone not to be trifled with, in which case, she would certainly know what kind of person Henry was.

Therefore, his mother must have had her reasons for choosing him.

He had thought about it over and over again and had even gone over all the events of that time. The Henry of that time could not have been more ordinary than he had been.

If there was anything unusual about him, it was the fact that his last name was Smith.

After all, there weren’t many people with the last name Smith.

His last name was Smith…

In that case, did that mean his father was Ian?

She had suspected as much long ago, which was why she had paid special attention to Ian’s condition. It was also why she had followed him when he asked her to go out on the balcony with him. She had even planned to find an opportunity to take a DNA sample from him and have Lily do a test.

Therefore, she wasn’t too surprised when Ian said what he said.

Rachel, however, was dumbfounded. “What do you mean?”

Yvonne also looked at Ian in surprise and amazement. When she saw him stare at Nora, she was suddenly startled….

Ian slowly lowered his head and said dispassionately, “She’s a daughter of the Smiths.”

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The entire room fell silent.

Everyone looked at Ian in disbelief. Yvonne was also astonished and puzzled. She looked at Nora and then at Ian….

Admittedly, Nora looked a lot like Yvette, but there were parts that looked like Ian!

Her legs went slack and she wobbled.

Even Rachel was totally stunned. “What? That’s impossible.”

She was nothing but a peasant girl. It was impossible for her to suddenly become Cinderella!

Ian must be lying!

Warren’s jaw dropped, too.

He had been arguing with his wife just a moment ago.

His wife had been angry with him for making things difficult for Nora and had given him a warning in private, so he had been very angry. He said, “I don’t care if she did anything wrong or not. Yvonne is my sister, should I abandon my sister and take her side? No way.”

Maureen was furious to hear that. “Can you be reasonable? Besides, Yvonne isn’t related to you by blood-how can she be your sister?”

Warren then rebuked her. “How can you say that? She’s Uncle Ian’s adopted daughter and she grew up with the Smith’s. That makes her my sister! I only look at family ties, not reason! Hmph, Nora has only herself to blame for not being a child of the Smiths!”

Maureen was so angry she was about to freak out.

But, unexpectedly, things had taken a huge turn!

Warren’s jaw dropped, too. When Rachel said what she said, he also unconsciously asked, “Is Uncle Ian’s illness making him lose his mind?”

Joel’s soft but stern voice caught up with them. “Uncle Ian would never take matters relating to the Smith lineage lightly. Nora does, indeed, have blood relations with the Smiths. She is our cousin.”

Warren: “!!!”

All: “!!!”

This news was simply too sensational!!!!!

Did it turn out that Yvette Anderson’s daughter was actually Ian Smith’s daughter?

Then why did she run away when she got pregnant?

Hadn’t they been in love?

Didn’t they say that Yvette had betrayed Ian?

Yet…

The sudden transformation of the small-town girl into a young Smith girl was certainly dramatic. No wonder Yvonne had stopped competing with her.

And no wonder Nora was able to catch Justin’s eye!

Just as everyone was speculating, Nora suddenly asked, “Why do you say that, do you have any proof?”

All: “?”

Why did Nora look like she wasn’t very happy?

If they had been in her shoes, they would have just acknowledged the Smiths as family first and saved the talk for later. Who cared about proof or whatever?

They were the Smiths!

However, Nora had asked about it. Joel answered seriously, “We did a DNA test.”

It was just what she had thought.

Nora thought about the other time, at medical school, when someone had pulled strands of hair out of her head. Was it sent by the Smiths?

No… The Smiths would never send someone to kill her.

In the midst of his thoughts, Justin smiled and said, “Uncle Ian, Joel, let’s go upstairs, find a quiet place and have a good talk. I think Nora wants to know exactly what’s going on, too.”

It wasn’t appropriate to discuss the details in public.

Joel looked at Ian. Seeing him nod, he replied, “Okay.”

Justin led the way. Nora followed beside him. Joel pushed Ian’s wheelchair and followed behind them. The four of them climbed the stairs and entered a meeting room.

As soon as they entered, Joel took the initiative to pull out the results of the DNA test they did the other time. He handed it to Nora and said, “This is the test.”

Nora nonchalantly took it from him. She looked at Ian but saw no trace of joy in him. When she looked at the report in his hand, her eyes widened with astonishment….

This… How can this be!

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