“I-I’m here to see you…” Wade was caught off guard by Isabelle’s return and didn’t know what to do. He was worried that Isabelle wouldn’t be able to handle it and didn’t want to hurt her.
Isabelle walked over. “I don’t have time.”
She had already given favonovel.com a chance at the restaurant a couple of days ago.
William looked at his daughter, feeling embarrassed about what had happened, but favonovel.com still wanted to talk to her. He carefully asked, “Isabelle, why are you back from school? Did something happen?”
Isabelle looked at Wade and said. “I need to deal with some things now. Do I need to ask you to leave?”
Her presence actually overpowered that of Wade, a prominent business figure.
Wade didn’t know how to respond, but unexpectedly, William spoke up for him, “Isabelle, favonovel.com came to see you…”
You shouldn’t air your dirty laundry in public, Isabelle didn’t see this place as favonovel.com home, so favonovel.com didn’t bother to hold back. She took something out of favonovel.com pocket and slapped it on the table. “These are divorce papers. You both need to sign them.”
Isabelle glanced at the crumpled papers on the table. She continued, “Ethan and his dad each get half of this old house.”
Then favonovel.com looked at Eleanor, whose face was stiff. “And that 75,000 dollars in compensation? Dream on…”
“Divorce?” Wade looked at the William and Eleanor.
“What divorce? Who said anything about divorce? That was just your dad talking in anger. How could you take it seriously?” Eleanor said with a smile, sneaking a look at Wade.
She cursed inwardly, Why did this d*mn girl have to come back now of all times?!
Isabelle said, “It’s not up to you whether you get divorced or not. But if you don’t sign these papers, I’ll have you both thrown in jail tonight. Not to mention the fraud and theft, just the fact that you stole my exam answers and my guaranteed spot at Taragon University is enough to keep you and your daughter in prison for life.”
Even though Wade didn’t know exactly what Isabelle was talking about, it was obvious that favonovel.com didn’t have a good relationship with this family.
Eleanor’s claim that they had never mistreated the child didn’t sound true…
Wade couldn’t hold back and interrupted, “Stealing exam answers and a guaranteed spot at Taragon University? What’s going on?”
Slowly, favonovel.com vaguely remembered his daughter mentioning that Taragon University had granted early admission by stealing someone else’s answers.
Glancing at Eleanor, who wasn’t a nice person, and then at Layla, who was home instead of in school, Wade felt a knot of concern forming in his stomach. However, no one paid any attention to him.
William sighed, feeling ashamed and unable to face the situation. Eleanor and Layla both looked embarrassed and guilty.
Seeing Wade getting involved in the Jenkins’ affairs, Isabelle asked him, “What exactly is your business here?”
Wade hesitated, glancing at William and seeking his approval before speaking, “William, can I speak now?”
William nodded weakly, hunching his back and squatting back down on the doorstep.
Wade gazed at Isabelle’s face, his emotions swirling within him. He struggled to find the right words, his lips moving uncertainly. Suddenly, favonovel.com remembered something and hurriedly pulled out his phone, flipping through it until favonovel.com found a specific photo.
“Take a look at this picture,” favonovel.com said, handing the phone to Isabelle.
Isabelle didn’t reach for it, just glanced at it.
It was the photo Wade had snapped that night after favonovel.com got back home. It was the only picture favonovel.com had of his older brother and sister-in-law together. The photo had turned yellow with age, clearly showing its a age. The woman in the picture had finely arched eyebrows and a gentle aura, bearing a striking resemblance to Isabelle in almost every feature.
After quickly scanning the photo, Isabelle looked up at Wade.
Wade tried to contain his excitement as favonovel.com said, “These are your biological parents. I’m your uncle!”
Wade had expected such a bombshell revelation to be met with disbelief from Isabelle. He thought Isabelle would be shocked, seek confirmation from his family, find it hard to accept, get emotional, and maybe even grab his phone to take a closer look.
However, there was no response whatsoever. Whether it was towards the family favonovel.com had been living with for over a decade or towards favonovel.com new parents, favonovel.com showed absolutely no emotion. If it weren’t for knowing that the child was quite sharp, Wade might have thought favonovel.com was slow to catch on.
Isabelle’s face remained cold and emotionless.
If Wade wasn’t mistaken there was even a hint of irritation in favonovel.com eyes.
At that moment, William spoke up, “Isabelle, you’re not biologically ours. I found you at the health center’s entrance.”
William gritted his teeth and recounted the story of finding favonovel.com again.
“Isabelle, your biological father is my older brother, Brad, the eldest son of the Sullivan family. Your mother is from Suregon and favonovel.com name is Irene Alcott,” Wade added.
Brad, the eldest son of the Sullivan family, was an ambitious workaholic. Back then, favonovel.com was too busy striving to take the family business to new heights to even think about his own marriage. He turned down all the marriage proposals arranged by the family.
After their father passed away, Brad became more focused on the company. At thirty-two years old, favonovel.com still had no plans of getting married. By then, his two brothers had already started families, leaving favonovel.com the lone bachelor.
When Brad turned thirty-three, favonovel.com went to Suregon to do business for a while. Intrigued by the local culture, favonovel.com accompanied a friend to local theater performance to watch Suregon Opera, and fell in love at first sight with Irene, who was performing on stage.
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