Hearing his name, Wendy furrowed her brow tightly. Although she had only followed Thomas to Merchant City not long ago, she had heard of Brettley’s name before.
He was the legendary president of the Morrison Group. In less than a year, he grew the Morrison Group in Merchant City to be on par with the Larson Group. This man was so brilliant that she did not dare to think about doing anything to him. Why would she suddenly call her?
Wendy bit her lip. “Mr. Morrison, might I ask why are you calling me? You…”
“My men are waiting for you outside of Thomas’ mansion.”
Brettley’s voice was calm. “Please head out. One of my men has something to say to you.”
Wendy furrowed her brow. “What do you mean, Mr. Morrison?” “You’ll know about it once you head out.”
He said with a smile. “This is a good way for you to back down FcRd)–{L make a leave. Are you still planning to go up against Thomas and Yannie in front of all the people on the internet, unable to back down?”
Wendy bit her lip as she glanced at Thomas, who was still hugging Yannie, once more. She refused to admit it, but…Brettley was right. If she was to stay, she would only embarrass herself in front of Thomas and Yannie, and by then, she would only self–destruct. Thomas was already clear on his stance on protecting Yannie. At that thought, Wendy took a deep breath. “Thank you, Mr. Morrison.”
“No need to thank me. I’m just doing what I should do.”
Then, Brettley hung up.
Wendy took a deep breath and kept her phone. She coldly turned around to look at Thomas.”
Mr. Brettley Morrison is looking for me. I’ll leave.”
She quickly left without waiting for Thomas or Yannie to react. Looking at Wendy leaving, Yannie asked, “Since when does she have anything to do with Mr. Morrison?”
“It’s not her that has anything to do with Brettley.”
Thomas narrowed his eyes. “It’s you and me that has something to do with him.”
Yannie failed to catch Thomas’ meaning. She furrowed her brow and turned to look at him with confusion. Looking at her small face, Thomas found himself softening at the sight. He sighed and reached out his hand, gently pinching her small nose. “Enough; don’t think about Wendy and Brettley. We have more important things to do.”
Yannie furrowed her brow. “And that is?”
Thomas sighed. He lowered his gaze and looked at Yannie, who was clad only in underwear in his arms.
At the thought of her petite body shown to the people on the internet, he could not help but get furious. “Firstly, put on your clothes.”
Yannie shrieked in realization and quickly turned, burying herself under the sheets.
She was so wrapped up in defending herself against Wendy and her venomous remarks that she completely forgot that she was only in lingerie!
When Thomas pointed it out, she instantly blushed.
She bit her lip. “I…I didn’t want this to happen, but when I woke up, I realized that I was locked in your bedroom. I wanted to find some clothes, but your bedroom was too clean. There isn’t even a single set of clothes!”
Hearing what Yannie said, Thomas could not help but reach out and massaged his throbbing glabella. He entered the room and immediately pressed a button on the wall. Instantly, the wall opened up and in it was a huge walk–in closet. He entered and scanned around before fishing out a set of new women’s clothes from the corner. “Make do with this for now.”
Yannie was so shocked by what was happening in front of her that she was speechless. She was previously lamenting the fact that Thomas did not have a closet in his bedroom. She never thought that he would have a hidden closet!
As if reading her mind, Thomas could not help but sigh. “I am a celebrity, after all,” he spoke. “I get followed and taken pictures of every day. Do you think that I won’t even have a closet at home?”
Yannie blushed even more. She accepted the clothes from him and unwrapped the packaging. It was a set of new women’s clothes in light green: a skirt GgPh)!}L a white bubble–sleeve top.
Yannie put on the clothes under the sheets while looking at Thomas. “Why do you have women’s clothes at home?”.
Thomas was silent for a while. “I prepared this for Riley’s mother.”
Yannie was taken aback for a moment. Thomas…prepared it for Riley’s mother to wear? Was he even talking about the infant Riley that she knew?
At the mention of that, Yannie suddenly thought back to what Thomas said to Wendy previously, that they had a child under the care of Brettley and Bethan.
That meant that…he knew Riley existed.
Thus, the Riley he was referring to was the Riley she knew!
At the thought of that, Yannie furrowed her brow. “You prepared this for Bethan?”
Upon hearing Yannie mentioning Bethan, Thomas furrowed his brow tightly. “All this while, you’ve been visiting Riley quite frequently. How do you not know that Riley isn’t Bethan’s daughter?”
Yannie pursed her lips. She did know this, but she did not know why when Thomas mentioned Riley’s mother, the first person she thought of was Bethan.
Yannie was silent for a while. In the end, she changed her clothes and got out of bed. “Then, do you know who Riley’s biological mother is?”
Thomas furrowed his brow. He wanted to reply to her, but he saw how she looked in those clothes.
The pure white top and the mint green skirt only enhanced Yannie’s beauty. She looked like a little fairy that had walked out of a forest. Having been in the entertainment industry for so many years, Thomas h as seen all sorts of beautiful women, but at this moment, he was completely dazzled by Yannie’s beaut y
He was silent for a while before looking away, gently clearing his throat. “I don’t know who Riley’s biolo gical mother is, but from today onward, you’re her mother.”
From the moment he told Wendy that Yannie’s child was his, he had already planned to have Yannie b e Riley’s mother.
Despite not visiting Riley for the past month, he knew that Yannie had often gone to visit her, so he plac ed a camera on Yannie, wanting to see his daughter through Yannie.
That way, he could see Yannie through the camera and not catch Brettley’s attention.
However, he never expected that Yannie would adore Riley the way she did, and her love for the infant was palpable.
Since he could not find Riley’s mother, he would get Yannie to become Riley’s mother instead, seeing h ow much love she had for the baby.
Moreover, he seemed to have fallen for her a little. The three of them together would be a nice family.
However, the moment Thomas finished his sentence, Yannie furrowed his brow. “I do quite like Riley, b ut I’m not her biological mother. Also, I’m not related to Riley in any way. Riley is now Brettley’s and Lun a’s adopted daughter, and you have no right to make me Riley’s mother.”
Thomas laughed at Yannie’s words. He turned and walked out of the bedroom. “What if I said that I’m Riley’s biological father?”
It felt like she had been struck by lightning upon hearing this, so much so that she was stunned. “What…did you say?” she stammered.
“Haven’t you heard?”
Thomas stopped in his tracks. His voice was calm. “Do you remember you helping Brettley collect my hair and n ail clippings? He took it to do a DNA test between Riley and me. If you don’t believe me, you can go an d ask Brettley.”
Yannie felt as if someone had IDu}%$c{hed a huge blow on her heart. She bit her lip and clenched her f
Brettley was not wrong after all. Thomas did have an illegitimate child, and that child was Riley!
She closed her eyes.
If she remembered correctly, Riley and her deceased child were born around the same timeline, and they were both three–month– old babies. Thus… Yannie sniffled. Her heart hurt so much as if a knife had been stabbed into her. Thus, more than a year ago, around the time when she slept with Thomas, he had also slept wi another woman. That meant that they both conceived around the same timeline and gave birth close to each other’s dates.
Yannie was feeling so miserable as if a huge boulder was pressing on her heart. She sniffled. “Thomas… h–how many women have you been with?”
Thomas paused for a while. After a while, he raised his eyebrow and looked at Yannie.
“What? Are you trying to investigate me? Have you fallen for me?”
Then, he changed into a more comfortable position, crossing his arms at his chest and leaning against the door. He looked at Yannie fixedly with his deep gaze and smiled. “If you promise right now that you’d be Riley’s mother, I can tell you how many women I have been with.”
No one knew that during that one fateful night abroad, it was Thomas’ first time, too–not just for the woman.
Of course, he would not tell Yannie this before she agreed to become Riley’s mother. After all, he felt that if Yannie would not want to be his other half, telling her this would only give her more leverage on him in the future.
However, Yannie construed his words differently.
Thomas paused for a while. After a while, he raised his eyebrow and looked at Yannie.
“What? Are you trying to investigate me? Have you fallen for me?”
Then, he changed into a more comfortable position, crossing his arms at his chest and leaning against the door. He looked at Yannie fixedly with his deep gaze and smiled. “If you promise right now that you’d be Riley’s mother, I can tell you how many women I have been with.”
No one knew that during that one fateful night abroad, it was Thomas’ first time, too–not just for the woman. Of course, he would not tell Yannie this before she agreed to become Riley’s mother. After all, he felt that if Yannie would not want to be his other half, telling her this would only give her more leverage on him in the future.
However, Yannie construed his words differently. She bit her lip and, staring at the smiling Thomas, finally calmed down a little. Was he trying to use a question, such as the number of women he has been with, as a bargaining chip with her? She was only asking because she heard him say that Riley was his daughter. She never thought that he would say such things. Yannie took a deep breath. She turned around and walked past him, wanting to leave the bedroom.
“If you don’t want to tell me, forget about it. I’m not that interested, anyway.”
Then, she left. Thomas quickly grabbed her arm before she could walk past him. His brow furrowed as he was a little displeased by her attitude.
“Why are you asking me this then if you’re not interested?”
“I was just asking.”
Yannie shrugged him off. She wanted to continue to head out when Thomas’ voice rang out once more, “Aren’t you going to follow me to the hospital to see Riley?”
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