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My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1421

Sophia then pecked Carmen on the cheek before consoling the children who had just been terminated. Then, she suggested, “We’re going to celebrate tonight. Bailey, do stay with us for dinner!”

Meanwhile, Michael had already brought out his treasured champagne from the cellar just to celebrate Carmen’s achievement.

The family was clearly over the moon.

On the other hand, Bailey watched the warm and harmonious scene before him and gazed at Carmen who was being showered with love like a little princess. At that moment, he felt something hot and wet in his eyes as memories of his past flooded his mind. He used to have a family too—he had parents and two elder brothers.

That year, he received his first ever prize in his whole life. Even though it was only a small competition, his parents and brothers threw him a celebration with great enthusiasm. His mother even cooked specially for him that day.

When he felt this atmosphere and joy, it was déjà vu.

Because he was also someone who was loved dearly by his family. They placed great importance on everything he did.

Tragically, a fire took away everything.

On that fateful day, the family of five were in the family car. His parents and brothers all put their own lives at risk to save him, yet none of them managed to survive…

Everything he had was destroyed by that fire. In the end, he was the only one left in what used to be a happy household.

At such a young age, he had been through so much. All the pain he experienced had piled on top of each other, which resulted in who he was today. After all that he had gone through, he became numb to everything.

Still, Bailey stayed for dinner. Even Tiffany joined them and sat next to Cooper’s usual spot.

After Cooper left, his spot had been empty and everyone was sensible enough to leave the spot alone.

When he called to check on Carmen earlier, he hung up as soon as he heard Tiffany’s voice.

Meanwhile, Tiffany remained as thick-skinned as ever. Now, she considered herself a member of the family. She even spoke to Bailey as if she was the owner of the house. “You should come more often. We’re all family here, so you don’t have to be shy.”

Upon hearing this, Bailey looked up at her without any emotions.

At that moment, he was probably thinking the same thought as everyone else in the room. You don’t even belong here!

Admittedly, Tiffany made a smart move by using her child to draw the Michel Family closer to her. As a result, the Adams Family also favored her and instantly turned things around, considering that she was the mother of Cooper’s son and the future matron of the Michel Family.

Although Cooper escaped, he couldn’t run forever. Sooner or later, he would have to return to deal with this matter.

Despite that, Bailey believed that a person like Cooper would never settle with being tied down by Tiffany just like that.

What would Cooper do?

Bailey was looking forward to his next move.

“Carmen, come sit next to Bailey.”

Under Michael’s blazing gaze, Sophia ushered Carmen to the seat next to Bailey. Obediently, Carmen sat down and ate next to him.

As an elementary school student, Carmen was about to face even tougher challenges. As such, she had to eat more and grow taller. This way, she would be able to overcome the obstacles in the future.

“You should learn more from Bailey. He’s older than you by ten years, and he’s already a powerful president. You should ask him for advice!” Sophia encouraged Carmen while gazing at Bailey with fondness.

Just then, Carmen chirped sweetly, “We’re partners from now on, Bailey. I look forward to your guidance.”

At once, Bailey’s hair stood as he avoided making any eye contact with Michael, whose murderous glare was boring into him.

“I’ll try my best—” quavered Bailey.

Terrified, he glanced at Quinton, who was on duty as his bodyguard at that moment. Quinton took the hint and bravely stood between Michael and Bailey to shield him from Michael’s glare, fulfilling his duties as a bodyguard.

After dinner, Bailey went home under the protection of Quinton with mixed feelings.

As a matter of fact, this was the strangest deal he had taken since he took over the family business.

However, since he had promised to provide insurance for Carmen’s online store, they would naturally need an official contract. Swiftly, he drew up a contract and notified Michael to sign it since he was the legal person. Since Carmen was the actual person-in-charge and they were only using Michael’s name for legal purposes, Michael brought Carmen along to sign the contract. That way, she could observe and familiarize herself with the procedures.

After signing the contract, Carmen’s illegal workshop was officially insured. Although the insurance package wasn’t expensive, she was very satisfied. After all, she did fight for it herself. Besides, she also knew that it would be impossible to get insurance from other companies. Clearly, no insurance company would be willing to provide insurance for her illegal workshop.

After successfully obtaining insurance, Carmen rehired the children and started working overtime every day after coming home from school and completing her homework.

Right before the ‘Double Eleven’ shopping festival, she doubled the price of the keychain charms in her store, and on the day of the shopping festival, she lowered it back to the previous price. Even after discounts, it still cost more than before. Despite this, she still made a lot of money from this shopping festival. There were deliveries coming in and out every day, which proved how well her business was doing.

Later on, Michael brought her to meet with the courier companies so that she could learn to deal with them. All in all, Michael was working hard to train Carmen to be strong and independent. Even though she was just a five-year-old, he didn’t have the time to wait for her to grow up, nor could he watch her grow into an adult.

As a matter of fact, he wasn’t that worried about Sophia. Instead, he was worried for Carmen the most.

As Carmen gradually became more exposed, she began having a feel for the market. For example, she had cut down the production of her father’s autographed posters, considering that the supply should not exceed the demand. This way, the value of the posters would not depreciate.

On top of that, she would also often learn from Cooper. Although he had fled to god-knew-where, nothing stopped him from making video calls. Of course, Carmen would only call Cooper after Tiffany had gone to bed.

In the video call, Cooper would listen intently to Carmen’s report on the progress of her recent work, and he would affirm her and also give her relevant feedback. In addition, Linus would also give more thorough explanations while Michael occasionally interjected. At the same time, Sophia would be responsible for taking minutes of the meeting.

Amusingly, the presidents of Dragon Technology Corporation and JNS Group, the vice president of the Michel Group, and the boss behind Asco International were all on edge over the survival of a tiny store that sold dog pillows.

To Cooper, whether it was Sophia’s dog collar store or Carmen’s dog pillow store, those were their careers they were fighting for. In fact, they were as important as his career in nuclear bombs, and they must be held in high regard.

“Sweetie, you did the right thing. Selling your father’s autographed posters can only earn you quick money, and it isn’t a good long-term plan. You need to come up with another plan. Grandpa has a few humble suggestions, and you must listen carefully—”

Hastily, Carmen leaned closer and listened attentively. In the video call, Cooper was stern and serious. As soon as he was about to speak, they heard a little cough from Maria who was on the lookout by the door.

Tiffany is coming.

At once, everyone frantically ended the video call and pretended that they were helping Carmen with her homework.

Just then, Tiffany came in with her baby in her arms to take a look before leaving again. She must have sensed Cooper’s ‘presence’ through the phone.

After she left, the video call resumed immediately. Cooper appeared on the screen once again and he continued giving Carmen lessons.

On the other end of the call, Cooper wasn’t alone. Anna was bare-faced and clad in lounge wear, yet she still looked sophisticated. With a pair of glasses sitting on the bridge of her nose, she paid close attention.

Meanwhile, Callum and Cade were seated behind Cooper as well.

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When Fass Michel offered lessons, it would only be a loss for those who didn’t pay attention. Every now and then, there would be discussions between both sides of the call.

It was only midday on Cooper’s side. Likely, it was a lazy afternoon where the sun was shining brightly, which made him look sluggish as well.

Ever since Tiffany came with the baby in her arms, he fled.

Where did he go?

To the woman he loved, of course.

When Jordan gave Cooper’s genes to Tiffany, he certainly didn’t do that for Cooper’s name to be carried on. Rather, he was plotting to split Cooper and Anna up using Tiffany’s child. He was going to take advantage of the split and take Cooper out at his lowest.

But to his surprise, Cooper actually came prancing to Ronney City and stayed with Anna.

At that moment, everyone on either side was having a heated discussion through the screen. They were all getting worked up about Carmen’s little store.

On another note, Cooper’s lectures were endless, and he was itching to get on the next plane home to take Carmen by the hand to guide her. He went on and on until she could barely keep her eyes open before letting her rest.

However, the adults were still going at it. Everyone on each side of the screen was enthusiastically chattering away.

“Dad, when are you coming back to kick that old hag out? She’s getting more and more arrogant, and she even thinks so highly of herself now!” Sophia criticized Tiffany as usual.

On the other end, Cooper assured, “I’ll be back in a few more days, so bear with me a little longer.”

Upon hearing this, Sophia mumbled to herself, He probably loves Ronney City and can’t bring himself to leave! He never even came back to check on us at all.

Granted, she would only mutter under her breath. After all, Anna was still there.

They appeared to be getting ready for lunch soon. Cooper seemed to be getting along with Callum and Cade, and they all looked like a family now.

After hanging up, while Sophia went to bed, Cooper had just started having his lunch.

He had been at Ronney City for a while and was secretly staying with Anna.

The days they spent together were so wonderful that it seemed like they were in a dream. However, it was too bad that their relationship was a secret and they could not be seen together.

Despite that, it wouldn’t be long until they could openly admit their relationship.

By that time, no one would ever be able to stop them from being together.

“Mom, Mr. Cooper, it’s time to eat,” Cade called out.

Hand in hand, Cooper and Anna went to the dining hall, where the dishes had already been served. Among the dishes were Cooper and Anna’s favorites. Their preferences seemed to be stuck in time and remained the same even after decades.

He preferred savory food, while she loved sweet food.

At the dining table, they would make small talk about their family, but rarely about work. They would eat together like a normal family. Lately, their topics were mostly about the progress of Carmen’s business.

Meanwhile, Callum and Cade idolized Cooper. Ever since they were young, they had a tough life, and their biggest dream was to take control and change their lives with their own efforts. They particularly admired powerful and influential people, and Fass Michel was one of the figures that they worshipped the most.

Now that this person was sitting right across them, the brothers were overjoyed and they took the opportunity to seek advice from Cooper on various issues.

In contrast, Cooper was actually disgusted by their existence because their father was Jordan after all. However, after spending time with them, he realized they weren’t as bad as he thought.

In fact, this pair of sons were completely different from the other pair of sons. They were raised by Anna, and they were extremely intelligent, courteous, and observed proper restraint in everything they did. At a young age, they already worked alongside Anna and had achieved their own success. Together, they were the Yard Power Trio. Without the hard work and contribution from her sons, Anna would not be where she was now.

In addition, the brothers’ relationship was also harmonious, and they never seemed to have any disagreements. Since they had managed to climb up to their current status, they must have had blood on their hands. However, they were not as crazed as their father.

Either way, Cooper was close to accepting them.

Although he told himself that he would not be treating them as his own and give them everything he had, he certainly would not treat them poorly since he would be with Anna in the future.

At the very least, he would include them in his inheritance.

Overall, the family was getting along with each other very well.

While eating, Roger suddenly came over and whispered to Cooper, who then nodded and revealed a knowing expression.

As he expected, Tiffany’s child was not his. Instead, it was Jordan’s.

Considering the fact that he wanted Cooper to be the last of his line, Jordan surely would not easily hand over Cooper’s genes and carry on his bloodline for no reason!

Soon, everything would be over.

While Cooper was living well, Sophia’s life, on the other hand, was a living hell. Every day, she would be bickering with Tiffany, who had thick skin and enough patience. She really didn’t intend to leave at all. Every day, everyone would see a pair of big breasts swinging from one end to the other.

Not only did she touch Sophia’s cat, but her son was also sleeping on Carmen’s bed, wearing Carmen’s clothes, and drinking Carmen’s baby formula.

Still, Cooper did not return, nor did he answer his phone. While the Mitchell’s were managing Dragon Technology, the Michel Group had Linus and Alice. Cooper had trained his successors well that even when he wasn’t around, the businesses would still run smoothly.

In the blink of an eye, New Year’s was around the corner. Carmen’s store was already starting to put up the cured meat on sale, but there was still no sign of Cooper’s return.

As a matter of fact, Cethosian New Year’s was an obstruction.

Every year, there would be a week where Cethosian factories would shut down and stores would close. The streets would be empty, and even the subway that was usually packed during rush hour would be empty. No one would be working, and children would be seen going from door to door to beg for money to survive. The economy would collapse and the GDP would drop significantly.

But at this time of year, the people who had gone far to work would return to their homes and reunite with their families.

In the past, Cooper would make sure to come home to be with his little sweetheart every New Year’s. But this year, he didn’t.

During New Year’s Eve, Michael brought everyone to the Fletcher Residence and even intentionally gave the nannies, drivers, chefs and other workers the week off. Instantly, the Imperial’s Villa No. 8 turned from lively to quiet in no time. No one was home, and Tiffany could only eat takeout every day.

It was New Year’s Eve, yet she was sitting alone in front of the TV watching the New Year Dinner Gala. Day by day, Tiffany’s demeanor grew colder.

Meanwhile, Cooper was still in hiding. He didn’t even care about the company, nor did he answer his phone. She simply had no idea where he had gone.

How much longer are you going to hide, Cooper?

Meanwhile, Michael, who should have gone to the Fletcher Residence for New Year’s Eve, had gone to the farmhouse outside of town instead. In fact, the entire family was staying in the villa on the farm for the New Year’s.

There, a thick blanket of snow had covered the ground. Happily, Carmen ran around with Nathan and a bunch of children. The kids were playing with fireworks and firecrackers, and they were all enjoying themselves.

In the kitchen, Michael and Harry, both clad in aprons, were busy preparing the chicken and fish, while Linus and Justin were helping them. Stanley had just brought in chopped up firewood, whereas Sean plucked the feathers of the chicken and sent it to the kitchen to make firewood roast chicken. Everyone was as busy as a bee.

On the other hand, Sophia, Sarah, Celine and the other women were enjoying the heater and eating snacks in the living room while urging the men in the kitchen to hurry up and finish preparing the meal.

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“Gwennie, look at my baby face’s not-so-teenie weenie. How about an arranged marriage?” Sarah held her second-born son and began her daily routine of promoting her infant son to potential in-laws. Now that Hope was a lost cause, she was trying hard to set her second child up for marriage.

With no hesitation, Gwen refused.

Then, Sarah approached Celine and started to aggressively push ‘sales’.

Meanwhile, Sophia was busy playing mahjong. Without stopping to rest, she managed to win several thousand from Nicole in no time.

“Come on, Sophia. You can’t be winning every time! If this goes on, I’ll be starving before the Lantern Festival!” Derek muttered bitterly with a pout on his baby face, while Lucy calmly paid up.

At the same time, Theo was being dragged into a fortune-telling session by Daniel.

“Daddy!” Casper darted into Daniel’s arms cheerfully. Just then, Sam took a look at him and huffed, “Tsk. Your kid is too young to be dyeing his hair. This is too much.”

On the other side of the room, Dana, who was drinking beer alone, stood up and stretched. “Anyone want to use the bathroom? Come on, let’s go together.”

As he spoke, he scanned the room with a certain unmistakable pride on his face.

At once, every male being in the building became deathly quiet. No one dared to respond, nor was anyone brave enough to make eye contact with him. Meanwhile, the female beings had no idea what was going on except Lucy, who became flustered in an instant.

On the other hand, Michael was hard at work in the kitchen.

To be frank, this might be the last New Year’s of his life, which was why he invited every one of his friends. He wanted to spend his remaining time with his friends, family, ex-girlfriends, and even his pets.

He had already visited the Fletcher Family this morning, and now he was spending New Year’s Eve with this group of people. At this moment, he was content.

At that point, he was in the middle of slaughtering ducks by the entrance when he saw a car that belonged to Adams Group. At first, he thought Tiffany had caught their ‘scent’ and followed them here, but to his surprise, when the car stopped, it was Bailey who got out.

Since school holidays started, Quinton had been on duty as Bailey’s bodyguard every day. Even now, he was following closely behind him.

Michael was slaughtering ducks, and he was covered in blood and holding a butcher’s knife. With a disdainful gaze, he watched as Bailey approached them.

Sensing the murderous aura, Bailey stopped in his tracks as he observed Michael cautiously.

Just as Michael was about to ask what he was doing here, Sophia dashed out to greet him warmly.

“Bailey, you’re here! Come in, everyone’s waiting!” Sophia enthusiastically welcomed him. Under her protection, Bailey managed to successfully move past Michael and entered the holiday villa.

As soon as he was inside, Sophia complained to Michael, “Bailey must be exhausted. I heard that the foreign employees of their company aren’t given any holidays for the New Year’s. How miserable! So, I invited him for dinner and to discuss a long-term partnership between JNS Group and him.”

Without saying a word, Michael then swung the knife and ruthlessly cut off the duck’s head as he pretended that it was Bailey’s.

He looked disheveled from slaughtering the livestock and cooking, while Sophia was squeaky clean. She was wearing a sophisticated red cotton sweater with Ragdoll in her arms. She then went into the living room with the cat to enjoy the heater.

Ever since Bailey partnered up with Sophia, a Bayside City mafia, he had successfully taken on several major deals. He was outperforming Tiffany to a large extent and when Sophia invited him over for dinner today, he arranged his schedule and came on time.

It’ll be like a business meal.

However, as soon as poor Bailey walked in, he was surrounded by a bunch of women. They all went up to him and started pinching his cheek, rubbing his head, and even stroking his eyelashes.

“Oh, my! You’re so young, and your skin is so soft!”

“Look at these eyelashes, they’re so long and pretty!”

“How cute!”

Do it for the business. Bailey unwillingly endured it.

Still, Bailey felt completely out of place. He realized everyone was divided into several cliques of their own.

The children’s group, which was led by Nathan and Carmen, were outside having snowball fights, playing with dogs and fireworks, and making snowmen. Bailey thought he had long passed that age and he was not going to fit in.

Then, there was a gambling group which was led by Sophia. They were playing mahjong, poker, and blackjack, and they were willingly burning holes in their pockets. Bailey thought it was too wasteful, and he was too afraid to join them.

Next, there was a middle-aged group led by Theo and Sam. The men gathered for tea and fortune-telling, which Bailey thought was too superstitious and scoffed.

The last group consisted of Michael, Harry, Linus and Justin, who were the cooks. Bailey felt even more out of place there, considering that he knew nothing about Cethosian food.

As such, he ended up in the clutches of the women and was tormented there. Unfortunately, no one came to his rescue.

Finally, he saw Dana, who had been drinking alone, stand up lazily and announced, “Bathroom! Anyone?”

In fact, this was the third time he had asked this today. He knew no one wanted to go with him, but he still insisted on asking anyway. On top of that, he would ask loudly as well like he had something to show off. He wanted the feeling of being worshipped by everyone.

To everyone’s surprise, someone responded right away this time.

“Me.”

Bailey shot up and walked to Dana. However, he was oblivious to the sudden draws of breath from every man in the room, who were watching him in amusement and smugness.

Surprised, Dana looked this fifteen-year-old teenager up and down.

Huh, he must be new here and doesn’t know about my nickname in the group, much less my ‘length’!

With evil intentions in his mind, Dana brought Bailey with him and went to the bathroom. Because Bailey was anxious to be away from the women, he hurriedly followed Dana to the bathroom and failed to notice the eyes that were all focused on him.

Not long after, under everyone’s amused gazes, Dana came back with his arm around Bailey. Out of everyone’s expectation, Dana came back with a look of triumph that seemed like he had met his match, while Bailey wasn’t as embarrassed, shocked or self-abased as everyone imagined. Rather, he was calm and collected, as if he had not seen anything earlier.

Everyone was trying to connect the dots in their heads as they stared back and forth between the two. Then, everyone drew a sharp breath in unison… You really can’t judge a book by its cover!

But he’s only fifteen!

Since then, Bailey seemed to have found his own group. He sat with Dana, who tried to pour him a drink. Bailey waved his hand to refuse, but Dana wouldn’t take no for an answer. At that point. Carmen ran over and protested, “Bailey isn’t eighteen yet, so he’s not allowed to drink. I’ll tell Goddaddy if Mr. Dana forces Bailey to drink again!”

Afraid of Harry’s fist, Dana sheepishly retrieved his glass and gave Bailey a can of soda before they drank together.

Just like that, they formed a small group of two. Other than them, no one was brave enough to join this little clique. After all, no one was confident about their lengths to be sitting with them.

Meanwhile, Carmen, who was worried that Dana would force Bailey to drink again, sat next to them vigilantly. With her big doe-eyes, she watched closely as Bailey drank his soda. Initially, Dana wanted to discuss men’s philosophical issues with Bailey, but he was too embarrassed by the living and breathing surveillance camera sitting there and decided to change the subject. At the same time, he noticed the three apricot seeds that Bailey was wearing on his wrist.

“What an interesting bracelet! Where did you get them?”

Bailey held his drink in one hand, and the other subconsciously stroked the apricot seeds. He replied indifferently, “A friend gave it to me.”

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Bailey stared at the three apricot kernels that adorned his bracelet; there was more to those kernels than met the eye. The bracelet was a valuable gift, and it meant a lot to Bailey, which explained why he wore it all the time.

Dana, on the other hand, reached out and ruffled Carmen’s hair. What a delightful little girl, he thought affectionately. He couldn’t help but think about what could have been if he and Lucy had a child of their own; the child might have even been older than Carmen was right now. But it’s all too late now, he lamented. Dana knew he couldn’t turn back time.

When all this ended, he would be ready to start a family with Lucy, and seeing as they could have no children of their own, they would have to adopt. They’d made arrangements with Nicole’s orphanage, and once everything was set, they would head over to adopt a child. While gently rubbing Carmen’s head, Dana turned to look around, and his gaze softened when he saw Lucy playing mahjong with Sophia not too far away.

Just then, Michael emerged from the kitchen wearing an apron, and he sauntered over to the mahjong table to check up on Sophia, who was engrossed in the game. Upon seeing Michael, Sophia shoved a handful of snacks into his mouth despite being busy with her mahjong tiles.

Michael chewed happily and placed an appreciative kiss on Sophia’s cheek, leaving crumbs on her face. Unfazed, Sophia merely wiped those away with a piece of tissue, and when she found a larger crumb, she popped it into her mouth.

At this, everyone cringed in disgust, rendered speechless by Sophia’s gesture. She remained oblivious to the apprehension of others; after all, how else was a married couple supposed to behave?

Now that everyone had arrived, save for Cooper, who had escaped—or rather, strategically retreated—Michael began making a headcount. When he was done, he announced, “Everyone please stop what you’re doing and get ready to take a group photo!”

Hearing this, the crowd made their way out, chattering along the way. It was bright, seeing as the lights had been switched on. Once everyone had gathered before the camera and a photo had been taken, reunion dinner commenced.

The reunion dinner featured a homemade feast, which consisted of food that were either grown on the farm or shipped over from the south. Even though it was the men in the family who had been in charge of the cooking, everyone enjoyed the dishes nonetheless. It was probably because no one here had ever celebrated New Year’s Day with a reunion dinner like this one.

When dinner was finished, everyone decided to head outdoors for fireworks, which had been brought over by Lucy. Jordan had commissioned tens of thousands of crates of them for his proposal to Anna, but Jordaine had interfered along the way, and the fireworks had somehow ended up as a surprise feature during Lucy’s engagement party instead. They hadn’t used up all the fireworks, however, and more than half of the supply had been leftover from the party.

Given Lucy’s thriftiness, she had kept the remaining fireworks into storage and had them delivered today to celebrate the new year. After she’d gotten engaged to her former pig-headed fiancé, she’d worked on a project with him, but she’d called off the engagement as soon as the project had fallen apart. After all, the project had been the only reason why she’d gotten engaged to that boorish man in the first place.

As of right now, Dana was all Lucy could think about. All along, the only person she had only ever truly loved was Dana. She would be with Dana when the time was right. Regardless of what others might say, and even if the whole world was against them, Lucy was determined that they would be together.

Presently, the fireworks were set off, brightening up the countryside. The fireworks seemed to dwarf those that were being set off in the nearby city. Everyone watched with awe as the fireworks lit up the night sky with festive, brilliant colors. The look on everyone’s face was that of pure and unadulterated joy. It was a new year, and all grievances were meant to be cast aside in these couple of days as everyone happily celebrated new beginnings.

Dana and Lucy were standing hand-in-hand, looking effortlessly compatible, where one was dark and charismatic, the other was sharp and capable. They couldn’t be more different, but as they stood together, they looked as if they were made for each other. They watched as the children scampered about, remarking on each of the little ones.

“We could adopt a kid that’s as cute as Carmen, or a kid that’s as sour-faced as Hope.”

“And maybe we could get a dog, too!”

The both of them discussed fervently, picturing their future together. Like fireworks, all that had happened in the past would dissipate into thin air and leave nothing behind. There was no point in reminiscing on the fireworks that had already been set off when one could look forward to the next round. After all, life was all about moving forward.

Meanwhile, Harry held Sarah close to him. They’d never had to go through any hardship together as a couple, and because of this, Harry cherished her even more. As he watched Dana and Lucy, the pair of star-crossed lovers who seemed to have the world against them, Harry knew he had to count his blessings. He had to stand guard over the happiness he had with Sarah, for there seemed little else in the world that could come close to the perfection that was their relationship.

Sean glanced over at Stanley. They weren’t a couple, but at least they were staying together, and it was more than enough for him to be able to see the latter every day.

The perpetually-single Linus remained indifferent despite being surrounded by couples. The eventuality of marriage, or the non-existence thereof, was a card that could only be dealt by fate and fate alone—Linus knew full well that there was nothing he could do about it.

Sophia, on the other hand, was staring up at the night sky, her eyes lighting up as the fireworks blossomed over the countryscape. The beauty of the fireworks was short-lived, but breathtaking all the same.

While everyone was admiring the fireworks, Michael kept his eyes on Sophia. He thought of all the hardship they’d been through to get to where they were. He thought of all the times he’d been determined to leave her—to pack up all the love he had for her so that he could spare her the agony of being with him—in order for Sophia and Carmen to live their lives in peace. But by the end of it all, he realized that he couldn’t do it. It was as though there was a layer of industrial glue between Sophia and himself, making it impossible for them to be detached from one another.

Michael stared at her, as if he was memorizing everything about her face, from the way her lips tipped up in the smallest of smiles, to the way her eyes sparkled in wonder. He thought there was nothing in this world that could be more beautiful than Sophia. He could spend his whole life staring at her like this and never tire of it. He felt as though he was the happiest man on Earth. When the time would come for him to leave this world, Michael knew that his heart and soul would forever stay with her.

Everyone stayed on the farm for a week after New Year’s Day, and on the last day, everyone stuffed themselves before leaving for home. The festivities had meant that the chefs, chauffeurs, and assistants would not return to work until the next morning. Nonetheless, Sophia and the others only left the farm after dinner on the last day, determined that they would not dine with Tiffany upon their return.

When they arrived home, Tiffany greeted them with a sour expression, leaving no room for even the slightest niceties. She was infuriated because they had left her all alone for a whole week! It was bad enough that they weren’t home on Christmas night, and now, they’d practically abandoned her during the new year festivities!

They were obviously trying to make her feel like an outcast so that she’d leave on her own accord. The joke was on them, though, because Tiffany had only grown more resolute on staying—she would not budge under pressure!

Sophia and Michael had come home empty-handed. Usually, a trip to the farm would warrant bags of souvenirs—most of which would comprise local produce—but this time, they hadn’t even made the effort to bring back a single morsel of food.

Carmen, on the other hand, remained her generous self. She had picked strawberries from the farm and had carefully packed them into a box, along with a couple of eggs she’d taken from the chicken coup. She tied a ribbon over the box and had tucked it into her suitcase, hoping to give Tiffany a New Year’s Day present in light of their partnership.

Receiving the gift from Carmen appeased Tiffany, who returned the favor by giving Carmen a red envelope that contained no small amount of money. Carmen was overjoyed, but alas, she was also the one who devoured all the strawberries and eggs. However, it was clear now that Tiffany’s patience had run thin.

The Adams and the Michels had expected Cooper to come home for the new year, and had, over the course of the week, dropped by everyday with the hope of seeing him. Unfortunately, Cooper hadn’t been home at all. In Cethos, it was considered groundbreaking for anyone to not be home to celebrate the new year.

Michel Group resumed business on the eighth day following the week-long festivities; they might be a foreign conglomerate, but all their employees, whether Cethosian or not, were entitled to a break over the new year.

On this same day, however, Tiffany showed up at Michel Group without prior notice, and she’d brought her son along as well.

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1425

The receptionist at the front desk of the office building was taken aback when she saw the arrival of the entourage before her, but she maintained a perfunctory smile as she greeted them, “Hi, how may I help you today?”

“I’m here to see Fass,” Tiffany replied in her thick Bayside accent.

“Do you have an appointment?” the receptionist asked.

Tiffany scoffed, then said primly, “An appointment? I’m Fass’ wife, and I’m here with my son to see my husband. Why would I need to make an appointment?”

Those in the lobby who were within earshot now turned to look at Tiffany curiously, and their gazes fell upon the child, as well as the nanny who was carrying him.

Fass’ son… Since when did he have another son?

It seemed as if the rumors that had been going around the company were true—Fass must be getting married soon with Tiffany, director of the Adams Group, since they already have a child together!

This meant that the woman standing at the front desk right now was the soon-to-be Mrs. Michel!

Upon making the connection, the receptionist’s expression shifted, and—not wanting to offend the woman—she immediately allowed Tiffany to pass through, then said, “Mr. Fass isn’t in right now—”

“I know.” Tiffany cut her off as she strode into the lobby. She took the elevator, which was meant for executives, and began to make her rounds in the company. Those who saw her whispered to each other excitedly as she passed by.

It had been a while since the rumor of Fass’ engagement to Tiffany had first started, but seeing Tiffany here in the company today was a different kind of validation altogether.

Furthermore, Cooper was a renowned figure all over Cethos upon having skyrocketed to fame after appearing on ‘My Grandpa in Shining Armor’.

He was well-versed in firearms, and he had single-handedly built an armament empire.

He displayed a prowess for computers, and half of the world’s supply for computer parts was manufactured by the subsidiaries under his company.

He was also the first person who had come up with the programming algorithm for video games, and it was in his name that all esports players gathered in collective prayer before the start of each gaming competition.

With his dashing looks and ageless mixed-race features, coupled with the gentleness that lay beneath his cold facade, Cooper had successfully won over the hearts of viewers as ‘The Nation’s Grandpa’. The ratings for ‘My Grandpa in Shining Armor’ had gone through the roof, surpassing the records of similar shows that had been filmed in the past. In fact, in terms of reality shows, the popularity of Cooper was only second to that of Taylor Murray carrying a piglet.

Many had grown curious as to the marital and family life of Cooper, a grandpa whose armor shone brighter than others. From the looks of it now, he was likely engaged to Tiffany. One could only imagine the heartbreak that would seize the nation’s many hopeful damsels who were pining over Cooper.

When Linus found out that Tiffany was here in the company, he was frustrated, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Cooper was still being evasive with his so-called ‘strategic retreat’, thus leaving Linus and Sophia to clear up the mess he’d left behind, which was the size of Bayside City.

“Let her be,” was all Linus could say, resigned.

As such, Tiffany spent the better half of the day surveying each and every part of Michel Group, making her presence known to everyone in the building. She wanted them to know that she was Mrs. Michel—stepmother to Sophia, mother-in-law to Taylor, and grandmother to Carmen.

Once she was done making waves in Michel Group, she headed over to Dragon Technology Corporation, which was another one of Cooper’s old nests. Cooper had plans to consolidate Mitchell Energy and Technology with Dragon Technology this year, which meant the business development would surely progress on a much larger scale.

Tiffany saw her child as ammunition; in order for her to wield authority, she needed to declare to the world that she and Cooper were soon to be married, and that they had a son together.

Other than that, she’d also set up her own Twitter account, on which featured the many details of her life in Sophia’s home. She’d even tweeted about the strawberries that Carmen had given her for New Year’s, eager to show off in cyberspace that she’d been well-integrated into the Mitchell family.

Linus might be tolerant enough to turn a blind eye on all of Tiffany’s antics, but Sophia was not—to say she was furious at Tiffany would be an understatement.

That piece of trash! Sophia cursed inwardly. Tiffany, that sly, old b*tch!

“Hey, Sophia, what’s going on between your dad and Tiffany? The head of our department had me rush over to Dragon Technology for the scoop!” Maddie exclaimed over the phone presently.

That was when Sophia found out that Tiffany had tipped off the journalists and reporters in advance.

When Tiffany was done making her rounds in Dragon Technology and was heading out of the building with her child on her hip, it came as no surprise that she was surrounded by a horde of reporters, who had been waiting for her outside.

The moment the reporters caught sight of her, they swarmed forward and began drowning her in a flurry of questions.

“Miss Tiffany, is it true that Cooper Mitchell is the father of your child?”

Tiffany gloated, “Yes. This is our child, Asher Mitchell, named after the blessing that he’s been since he came into our lives.”

Meanwhile, Sophia was typing away furiously on her keyboard as she penned a rather scandalous article on Tiffany.

Tiffany was intent on dropping by JNS Group, but Sophia had given prior notice to the security team to keep the doors closed to anyone who was affiliated with the Adams.

There was no way Sophia was going to allow that old b*tch to take advantage of her the way she had with Cooper.

Over the next few days, Tiffany was oddly high-profile as she brought her child around the city and gave interviews to reporters who asked for them. Sophia, on the other hand, was busy working on the article that would expose Tiffany for the wretched woman that she truly was.

Upon completing the article, Sophia handed it to Maddie for proofreading, and when that was done, she put it up on the internet under an anonymous handle, thereafter calling up a marketing agency to publicize the piece.

After all, Sophia was a top student in Bayside University who had had books published under her name, in addition to her years of experience as a groupie. There had been a time when she was in charge of publishing articles for the Taylor Murray fanclub, and she’d spent years warring with Taylor’s anti-fans in cyberspace. Indeed, with Sophia’s skills in writing exposés as well as apology statements, coming up with a piece on Tiffany was something she could do in her sleep.

In order for Sophia’s article to achieve a high click-through rate, she’d turned the article over to Maddie—who had majored in journalism—for it to be touched up before it was published.

It had only taken a couple of days after Tiffany made rounds in the Mitchell’s companies when the exposé started circulating around the internet.

Michael was at home, watching Sophia type away on her computer, when he noticed the article that was trending on his social media, which was titled: ‘How These Celebrity Women Bagged Their Men’.

He clicked into the article, which started off with brief introductions on the man-catching tactics which had been employed by socialites and celebrity women, but the biggest scandal to have been revealed by this piece was none other than Tiffany’s. The readers were left shocked by the level of manipulation that had led to her engagement to Cooper.

After all, it wasn’t ordinarily expected for a woman to steal a man’s genetic sample from the cryobank to conceive his child, albeit through surrogacy, in order to force her way into a marriage with him.

It turned out that one really could buy their way into marriage as long as one had money.

A sci-fi trope like this could only be pulled off by Tiffany, the director of Adams Group—a company that was otherwise known as the King of Insurance in the industry.

The sperm might have been stolen, and the child might have been conceived via surrogacy, but Tiffany had managed to reap the full benefit of her ploy anyway.

The element of scandal that had been injected into this exposé was twofold: one, it concerned two well-known figures, namely Cooper and Tiffany; two, it raised the controversial question as to whether men whose sperm had been stolen would need to assume responsibility if a child was conceived through the insemination of said stolen sperm.

By extension, would that child therefore be entitled to the estate of his or her biological father?

As humanist arguments clashed against the effects of technological advancement, the controversy which resulted therein had spread like wildfire as everyone grew eager to put forth their thoughts on the matter.

This was also likely the reason why Cethos had yet to legalize surrogacy—situations like these were bound to arise once the floodgates were opened.

Sophia continued to compose more articles pertaining to the matter that was Tiffany’s scandalous engagement to Cooper; she was giving an insider scoop on the sequence of events that had culminated in this moment, including the fact that Cooper’s genetic sample had been swiped from the cryobank a decade ago and had been illegally sold off as someone else’s.

This had all been done in order to take advantage of Sophia and her family.

She knew that Cooper had hidden away with bigger plans in mind; she needed to create a diversion while he executed the plans, and what better way to do that than to create controversy?

While others might have chosen to keep quiet about things as scandalous as these, Sophia couldn’t do the same—not while things were already going out of hand.

It wasn’t even a scandal to begin with; it was a deliberate scheme to ruin the Mitchells!

As such, she’d make sure that Tiffany’s sperm-stealing ruse was broadcasted all over Bayside City.

That said, Sophia did not intend to spare Marks Real Estate from her wrath.

She would not sit by and do nothing while her family was being ripped off!

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1426

The cryobank that was a subsidiary of Marks Real Estate was one of the world’s first and foremost commercial cryobanks. To date, the cryobank had amassed an impressive clientele made up of aristocrats as well as those in the upper-social class.

These clients had chosen to cryogenically preserve their genetic samples in order to ensure the continuation of their bloodlines, but they certainly had not expected Marks Real Estate to use their genetic samples for shady backdoor deals.

Sophia was engrossed in her typing, her eyes burning with a dark fire as she brainstormed on the details of her next exposé. If things didn’t work out for her as the director of a company, Sophia could rest easy knowing that she might just make it in journalism.

Just as she was amusing herself with the thought of this, a knock came from the door.

“Who is it?” Sophia asked.

“It’s me,” Tiffany answered from the other side of the door as Sophia hurriedly closed the lid of her laptop.

Her again?

“What do you want?” Sophia demanded, raising her voice.

Tiffany did not sound friendly when she said, “We’ll talk when you open the door.”

Sophia bristled. The woman had probably caught wind of the exposé and was now here to confront Sophia, who was the most likely suspect behind the scandalous narrative.

“I’m not dressed,” Sophia snapped.

“Well, then, get dressed and open the door.”

“I can’t. I’m making love to my husband right now!”

“I can wait.”

“We’ve only just started! It’ll take at least two hours before we’re done, and Michael hates being interrupted halfway!” Sophia yelled.

Tiffany gritted her teeth. “I can wait. I don’t even mind waiting till morning!”

Letting out an exasperated sound, Sophia shut off her laptop and undressed herself, thereafter straddling Michael. She pulled off his shirt as she called out to Tiffany, “Then we’ll just take our time!”

Michael, on the other hand, was without complaint as he allowed his wife to take her liberties with him.

Before long, Tiffany could hear the sound of skin slapping against skin coming from within the room.

That night, she stood out in the hallway for close to two hours, and by the end of it, she asked loudly, “It’s been two hours. Are you ready to talk now?”

There was no reply from Sophia. Instead, it was Michael who answered hoarsely, “She’s fallen asleep.”

Infuriated by this, Tiffany stormed off.

Barely two days had passed before Sophia handed the article over to Maddie for editing, and when everything had been finalized, the piece was published in the paper anonymously. The news had garnered the public’s attention and had sent a wave of panic crashing over the upper-side.

After all, the elite had opted to cryogenically freeze their genetic samples in order to preserve their bloodline. If the cryobank had indeed swapped their samples with others for its own corporate greed, then it was no different from killing off their next generation!

Upon the publication of the article, the clients of Marks Cryobank hastened to withdraw their genetic samples. If Marks Cryobank had a Cethosian branch, then it would have suffered a major backlash from the local elite scene, too.

However, Tiffany had nothing to fear despite knowing Sophia was the one behind all this.

At the end of the day, Sophia could do nothing more than play up the controversy that she’d started. Asher remained Cooper’s son nevertheless; even if the law dictated that Cooper had no responsibility over this little boy, would the man really be so heartless as to abandon his own flesh and blood?

He would not! Tiffany thought smugly.

It’s only a matter of time before Cooper comes home.

Tiffany knew that there was no way Cooper would turn a blind eye on this child.

On the other hand, Sophia was extremely pleased with the results of her efforts. She wouldn’t allow Cooper to bear the brunt of Tiffany’s schemes.

However, just as she was stoking the fire on this scandal, there was a text message on her phone from an unknown number, which read: ‘Jordaine is going after your mother.”

Jordaine is going after Anna?

Frowning, Sophia typed out, ‘Who are you?’

‘The Roc,’ the other replied.

Rolling her eyes, Sophia saved the contact under ‘Dana’.

Ever since it had been revealed that Dana had an impressive manhood, he couldn’t help but gloat about it. He even changed his Messenger icon so that it was now a picture of a massive bird—specifically, the mythical Roc.

Given that he was Moore’s personal assistant and right-hand man, Dana must have discovered something.

Unfortunately, Dana knew nothing about Jordaine’s plans for Anna.

From what he had gathered on the inside, Jordaine had a way to deal with Anna once and for all, and she was going to strike soon, now that her patience had run out.

Dana and Anna shared a relationship that could not be described by words alone. Anna had been the one who’d arranged for Dana to get closer to Moore. In other words, Dana was Anna’s spy.

This was because Dana’s mother used to be a Yard before she changed her family name to Greene.

If what Dana said was true, then it would make sense for Anna to have known about this, too. This was the reason why Cooper had strategically retreated to Anna’s side; it was so that he could secretly help her when the time came for Jordaine to deal her final blow.

So what is Jordaine playing at?

Cooper might have strategically retreated from the commotion that had seized upon his family in the real world, but he was with Carmen in spirit. Now that it was a new year, he was showing utmost concern over Carmen’s online store, which had officially been in business for a year.

Carmen had drafted her business plans for the year, and she’d gone into details, too. Once she had Nicholas print out the plans, she sent a copy of it to Cooper for it to be reviewed.

Cooper, who was tucked away overseas, winced upon having read through the plans.

According to Carmen’s plans, she was going to start selling posters and postcards, all of which would feature Cooper’s face as well as his signature.

She was also venturing into the elementary school homework-writing business, which seemed like a questionable expansion.

Clutching the plans that were riddled with spelling mistakes, Cooper found himself rendered speechless, but he had to come up with something soon because Carmen was waiting for him to respond while staring at him through the screen.

He wanted to tell her the truth, but he realized that it might be too harsh for a little girl of her age. There was only so much that a tender child like her could take, and he was worried that if he couldn’t let her down gently enough, she’d be discouraged altogether from continuing her business.

Just as he was trying to think of ways to humor Carmen’s efforts, Anna came and called for him. Relieved, Cooper took this chance to escape from having a difficult conversation with Carmen.

“Carmen, be a good girl and study hard. I have to go now,” Cooper said, then he quickly ended the video call.

He and Anna were going out of town today for a business trip, along with Cade.

They departed early in the morning, and because their destination wasn’t far away, they decided to take the highway.

However, none of them had expected to drive straight into a crossfire between two rival Mafia gangs. A bone-shattering explosion went off next to their fleet, and the shockwaves rattled their car; they were lucky that the car had not toppled over from the impact.

Anna let out a scream upon hearing the explosion, and Cooper instinctively reached out to hold her. The driver stepped on the accelerator and drove away from the melee.

Cade, on the other hand, had taken a separate car in order to give Anna and Cooper some privacy. While the rest of the fleet had passed through the crossfire unharmed, the car in which Cade was sitting had been hit by a stray bullet.

At a hospital nearby the scene of the crossfire, Cooper rushed alongside the transfer trolley, which was currently being wheeled down the hospital corridor. “Move!” Cooper roared at those who were standing in their way.

Cade was currently being wheeled down the corridor in a transfer trolley. His features were twisted in pain, and an oxygen mask had been strapped over the lower half of his face; he was bleeding profusely from the gunshot wound in his abdomen.

Anna was running after the trolley. For the past twenty years, she might be a force to be reckoned with in the business world, but now, she was nothing more than a worried mother. She watched the blood flow from Cade’s wound, and she felt as though she was walking on knives with every step that she took. The pain seemed to stab through her entire body, as if she was bleeding just as badly as Cade was.

The Mafia thrived in this locality, and seeing as there was another crossfire nearby, more casualties had been ferried to the hospital. The corridors were packed with people, but Cooper and Anna were racing against time; they couldn’t make it to a hospital much further away than this one.

Cooper could feel his heart racing in fear as he watched Cade being wheeled further down the hallway and into the emergency room. The doors closed, effectively barring Cooper from seeing anything else.

He was frantic even though Cade was not his biological son.

But he was Anna’s son nonetheless, and that meant he was Cooper’s son, too.

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Anna tried her best to keep herself from falling apart, but she was still shaking all over. Her trembling hands were stained with Cade’s blood, which still felt warm on her skin.

She thought about the time when Cade was kidnapped as a child. The men who had taken him wanted to throw him down to his death right before her eyes.

Anna remembered distinctly the fear that gripped her when she saw Cade’s little body being lifted high above the ground, about to be brought down to his death at any given moment.

She could still picture the scene clearly, as if it had been ingrained into the deepest recesses of her mind. The memory still haunted her to this day.

Just then, a strong pair of arms encircled her, pulling her into a comforting embrace. Cooper held her close and murmured, “It’s okay. He’ll be alright. Nothing’s going to happen to him.”

There was an intense ringing in her ears. Her lips trembled, and she found herself unable to word out whatever it was that she was thinking.

Then, an urgent voice resonated next to her, saying, “We’ve removed the bullet and he’s no longer in danger, but he’s lost a lot of blood. He needs a transfusion immediately, but we’ve received too many patients today, and right now, we’re short on supply for blood type A.”

Cooper answered hurriedly, “That’s my blood type. Let me do the transfusion.”

“Are you related to him? Do you have any contagious diseases?”

“I’m his stepfather. We’re not related by blood, and I have no contagious diseases.”

“Then follow me, please.”

Without a second thought, Cooper hastily traipsed after the nurse.

It didn’t take long for the transfusion to be done, and after Cade woke up, the three of them made their way back to Ronney City.

Cade recovered well enough upon their return. There was color in his cheeks now, and he looked happy, too.

Cooper had given him a blood transfusion.

He beamed at the thought—Cooper’s blood now runs in my veins!

This means that I’m practically related to Cooper by blood.

He couldn’t be happier or more honored about this.

However, he couldn’t help but feel disappointed at the same time. It would be perfect if Cooper were my biological father.

If Callum finds out about this, I’m sure he’ll turn green with envy.

It was as if Cooper’s blood had done something magical to him—like it had brought forth an incandescent glow from within Cade.

Meanwhile, it seemed as if Cooper and the Yard twins had grown closer after the incident.

He realized that he had taken the twins to be his own, albeit subconsciously. He felt protective of them at the brink of a crisis, just as he did when Sophia was in danger.

More to the point, the line ‘I’m his stepfather’ felt like a declaration that was long overdue.

Anna, on the other hand, was equally overjoyed to know that Cooper had accepted her sons as his own. She had been worried all this while that Cooper might dislike them, knowing that the twins had Jordan’s genes in them.

Love might be an important aspect in Anna’s life, but so were her sons.

Her mind was at ease. Cooper wouldn’t hurt her kids, and instead saw them as his own.

However, no one could have foreseen what happened next. A week after the transfusion, Cade began to experience inexplicable symptoms. He’d been resting in the hospital when he came down with a fever, and he had a rash over his skin. These were followed by symptoms of gastrointestinal inflammation two days later, and when the medical report came back, it showed that Cade’s total blood count was dropping dangerously.

At this, Anna panicked and began to consult medical experts.

It didn’t take long before the root cause of Cade’s condition came to light; his medical report returned with a diagnosis for Graft versus Host Disease, otherwise known as GvHD.

The probability of this happening was 0.01%, but when it did happen, the fatality rate was at 90%.

Upon seeing the fatality rate of this disease, Anna grew faint. She stumbled and collapsed into Cooper’s arms.

Meanwhile, Cooper was in utter disbelief as he stared at words ‘Graft versus Host Disease’.

The disease was extremely rare, and the cause of it remained uncertain, but there was medical evidence to suggest that blood relation between the donor and the recipient could increase the risk of the latter developing GvHD. It was the reason why hospitals refused to allow patients to receive blood transfusions from those who were directly related to them.

Cooper was crestfallen as his gaze fell upon Cade, who had become unconscious in the hospital room. His eyes then turned to the papers clutched in his hand, and he read the report once more in bewilderment. His mind was completely blank, save for the snippet of the conversation from the hospital the other day.

“Are you related to him? Do you have any contagious diseases?”

“I’m his stepfather. We’re not related by blood, and I have no contagious diseases.”

Cooper felt his body sway, and he would have buckled under his own weight had Anna not reached out to steady him.

Anna’s pained expression mirrored that of Cooper’s. The both of them had a likely guess in mind, though it was bold for even either of them to have thought of it in the first place.

If this had been the past, Cooper and Anna would have been overjoyed if whatever they’d guessed turned out to be true.

But now, they feared it.

A couple of hours later, the DNA test results were ready.

It turned out that Callum and Cade were indeed Cooper’s biological children.

In fact, they were Cooper and Anna’s biological children.

Cooper didn’t know the cause behind this mishap, but what he did know was that Cade was his biological son, which was why he had developed chronic GvHD after the blood transfusion.

Having uncovered the truth, Cooper felt as if he was transported back to the nightmarish moment when he watched Sophia rot away in his arms.

He crumpled up the DNA test results and bent his head, letting the tears roll down his cheeks.

Callum and Cade were his biological sons all along!

He had only just reconciled with them, and now, he was going to have to say goodbye to one of them.

To one side, Callum and Anna had tears spilling down their faces.

Just then, a sudden thought seized Anna; her eyes were rimmed red as she thought about Dana’s text message, and her mind began to put the pieces together.

So this was what Jordaine meant when she said she was going to deal with Anna once and for all!

Jordaine must have been the one who swapped Jordan’s genetic sample with Cooper’s, and Anna was then inseminated with the latter in order to conceive the twins.

If Jordan ever were to find out that the kids were not his own, Anna might be able to come up with a couple of scapegoats to save herself, but there was no way Jordan would spare the twins. Anna would be forced to watch her sons die in Jordan’s hands.

However, seeing as Anna had retained a special place in Jordan’s heart all these years, Jordaine knew that the plan would not work out quite as well as she’d hoped. As such, she decided to wait for the right moment, and she’d remained waiting for over twenty years.

Now, the time was near.

If Jordan were to discover that Callum and Cade were not his biological sons, he would undoubtedly be outraged, thereafter killing them. Anna would be left all alone, and Jordaine could easily take away everything that the mother-and-sons trio had worked for all of these years.

How cruel of her!

Anna was overcome with a mixture of feelings, unsure as to whether she should be happy or devastated.

She was supposed to be happy, seeing as Cade was her and Cooper’s son.

But she was devastated all the same, because Cade was dying, and there was nothing they could do to stop it.

A 90% fatality rate offered little room for optimism.

Then, Cooper stood up abruptly and wiped away his tears as he said through gritted teeth, “There has to be a way.”

He had once saved Sophia, and now, he would do the same for Cade.

He would not allow his son to die like this!

Growing grim with determination, Cooper made a call. “Find every person in this world who is researching GvHD. I have a new project in mind; the money and resources I’ll be pouring into it do not concern me in the slightest, as long as I’m able to save my kid!” he barked into his phone.

Callum watched as Cooper strode away. He felt his heart wrench with emotions, but he was happy all the same.

It was the first time he’d ever been grateful for having a father.

Meanwhile, Jordan was over at Jordaine’s place. He had initially planned on visiting Cade when he first heard about the injury, but upon finding out that it wasn’t fatal, Jordan shrugged off the visit.

After all, Cade was not his biological son.

As a matter of fact, it wouldn’t have made much of a difference even if he was.

In the meantime, Cooper and Anna wasted no time as they transferred Cade out of the hospital. They told everyone else that he was receiving medical treatment overseas.

Cooper’s plan was to have Cade settled in Michel Medical Group so that he could receive medical treatment from the world’s best doctor. Should all treatment fail, Cade would be put into cryogenic sleep until Cooper and the rest of the medical team could come up with a cure to save him.

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Fate was unpredictable; Cooper certainly did not think that he’d have to go through a separation like this twice in this lifetime.

Cade’s condition had taken a turn for the worse. There were no medical treatments or procedures that had proven effective thus far, and since GvHD was a rare disease, there was only a 0.01% risk of anyone developing it, but when they did, it was almost always fatal.

Cooper tried to comfort himself. He had money, and he would invest billions into research and development if it meant he could come up with a miracle cure.

He didn’t mind investing any amount of money if it meant he could save his son.

In the meantime, Cade had arrived in Africa, whereupon he would be put to cryogenic sleep.

It was uncertain as to what lay ahead of him.

No one could tell what would happen after the cryopreservation. It would be ideal if he turned out to be the second Theo Fletcher, who had been put into a thirty-year-long cryogenic sleep, thereafter resurrected once they’d achieved technological advancement. Theo was living his best life now, and he experienced no side effects following the cryopreservation.

But what was considered to be an ideal situation was now only wishful thinking.

Upon hearing the news, Sophia and Linus flew over to Africa.

They were surprised to find out that Callum and Cade were also Cooper’s biological children. In retrospect, Sophia understood why she could never hate the both of them, even though they’d stolen her baby alpaca and refused to return it.

The family was now gathered in Michel Town in Africa.

Sophia, Linus, Michael, and Carmen were all there, and they’d brought Louis along with them.

This was the first time that Louis learned the truth behind Anna’s past, and along with that knowledge, he learned that Anna had another set of twins—a boy and a girl. However, he also discovered that Cade was about to be put into cryogenic sleep.

Louis had further been informed that Cade’s condition was deteriorating, and it seemed that nothing could stop it from worsening. All medical treatments proved futile, and in the absence of a miracle drug, Cade didn’t have much time left. Cryopreservation was the only way to buy him time while they looked for a cure.

Despair hung thick in the air as everyone staked out a spot in the treatment room.

Carmen had pulled up a seat next to the bed, and her tiny hand clasped around Cade’s big one, which had been poked through with needles. “I’m here to tell you that you’re qualified to become my uncle, and you will be my Uncle Cade from now onward. Promise me you’ll spoil me and go on ‘Let’s Go, Uncle!’ with me,” she said before she turned around and glanced at Callum briefly. “Uncle Callum has promised me, so now, it’s your turn.”

Cade nodded weakly. Over the course of a few days, he’d lost a significant amount of weight, and there was a green tinge to his skin. The disease was at its worst now, and the gunshot wound that Cade had sustained previously was now infected.

It had only been a couple of days, but it was as though a skyscraper had come crashing down without warning, and no one saw it coming.

“I’ll go on the show with you when I recover.” Cade promised in a labored voice. He sounded as if he barely had enough breath in him.

“Pinky swear!” Carmen reached out and wrapped her pinky around Cade’s, her little face looking solemn, as if she was signing a very important contract. “Pinky swear. No going back.”

Cade recited the words as he gazed at Carmen lovingly.

Later, Michael brought Carmen out of the room after she’d given her Uncle Cade a hug.

She was still far too young to learn about life and death.

Before Michael left the room, he cast a glance toward Cade.

There was a deep sadness in Cade’s eyes. He was still so young, in his mid twenties. He had yet to settle down with a family of his own, and he had so many more milestones to achieve in his career. All it took was an accident to rip all of these possibilities away from him.

He had so many sentiments toward the world and his family. He didn’t want to die—he wanted to live, but he was only too aware of the fickleness of mortality.

After Michael had left with Carmen, Sophia sidled up to the bed where Carmen had sat and began talking to Cade.

It had been a while since Sophia found out that the Yard twins were her brothers, but what she didn’t know was that she shared the same pair of biological parents with them, too.

“Sophia,” Cade called out. He was so weakened by the disease that he barely had enough strength to lift his hand. Sophia wrapped her hand around his, surprised to find that he had lost so much weight. It hadn’t been that long since they last saw each other, but Sophia could feel his bones through the thin layer of skin. At this, she felt as if she’d been gutted.

She nodded with tears in her eyes, saying, “I’m here.”

Cade gazed at her with fondness and teased weakly, “I’ll give you back the alpaca I stole.”

Sophia’s tears streamed past her cheekbones, and she choked as she spoke. “You don’t have to. You can keep the alpaca. It’s a gift.”

She thought back to the time when she first met the twins. They shone so brightly then—a painfully stark contrast to how they were presently.

Cade then turned his eyes to Linus and called out, “Linus.”

Linus nodded in acknowledgment as tears filled his eyes. It turned out that they’d been brothers all along; it was no wonder that he had never been able to dislike the twins, and he had always felt drawn to them even back when he thought of them as Jordan’s kids.

“Callum,” Cade called out now as his gaze fell upon his twin.

Callum was his twin brother, and he felt what Cade felt. The pain and desperation that overcame him were those of Cade’s as well. He nodded in response, unable to say anything coherent as he sobbed silently.

Finally, Cade turned to look at Anna and Cooper. “Mom, Dad…” he called out.

Cooper walked over to the bedside and gently took Cade’s hand in his. “My boy, don’t be afraid. You’ll make it. I won’t give up on you.” He promised.

This was more than enough to put a smile on Cade’s face.

Cooper’s throat tightened. Cade had become so weak that even when he mustered all his strength to hold Cooper’s hand, the latter still felt nothing.

Tears were streaming down from the corners of Cade’s eyes as he lay in bed, and as Anna wiped her son’s tears away, she felt as though someone had stabbed through her heart with a knife. She put up a brave front nonetheless, for she had to remain strong.

“Dad, Mom, Sophia, Linus, Callum, Grandpa…” Cade uttered as he looked at every single one of them and managed a weak smile. “Promise me that you’ll all still be here when I wake up, okay?”

At last, Cade was transferred into the cryogenic chamber. Anaesthesia was used to put Cade into a deep sleep, followed by a special preservation procedure. The procedure would put a halt to his heartbeat, and the blood would stop circulating in his body. He would be cryogenically suspended, but he would not die.

By the end of it all, Cade was successfully cryopreserved. The thought of this was heart-wrenching.

Presently, Sophia sat with her brothers, all of them looking mournful, while Anna and Cooper went to find out if there had been any breakthrough with the cure.

Theo had shown up as well, and was now carrying Carmen on his hip as he conversed with Louis.

Louis had only just discovered the things that Anna had had to go through since her arrival at Johnson Family Village. Much to his surprise, Linus and Sophia turned out to be Anna’s descendants; he was even more surprised to learn that Theo was still alive.

Years ago, Louis visited Elizabeth, whereupon he met Theo for the first time. He was in his thirties, and decades had passed since then, but Theo still looked the same. Louis, on the other hand, was sporting a head full of grey hair.

Time was a curious thing, indeed.

Louis drew a long sigh while gazing at Theo, who looked much younger than Michael. He didn’t know what to say. Meanwhile, Carmen decided to call out for him sweetly. “Forefather!”

“Hello, little one,” Louis responded affectionately while holding her little hand.

Who could have thought that he and Theo would end up as in-laws? His granddaughter was married to Theo’s son, which meant he was now Carmen’s great-grandfather.

He mused at the fact that Michael was his grandson-in-law. Finally, his idol had become an official part of his family; this was too good to be true.

Cade’s disease had brought this family together for the first time, but unfortunately, Cooper and Anna had made themselves scarce for the next couple of days.

After all, saving Cade was their first priority.

Sophia still hadn’t managed to get a word in with Anna, even on the day when she and Michael were about to return to Cethos.

Having returned to Bayside City, Sophia was furious when she saw that Tiffany was still around. She was about to give the woman a piece of her mind when shocking news arrived.

“What? Jordan found out that the Yard twins are not his biological sons? And he’s sent someone to go after them?”

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1429

Cooper personally initiated the project following Cade’s cryopreservation, determined to find a cure for him as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Anna and Callum had gone back to Ronney Town.

As of this moment, they were about to go through the most important stage of their plans. Even if Cade’s cryopreservation meant he would be absent from all this, Anna and Callum knew they had to soldier through somehow.

They knew that their freedom was at stake, and they had to succeed no matter what.

They had been fighting and toiling hard for over twenty years just so they could see this through to the end.

All the work they’d put in for the past two decades now boiled down to the moment when they could finish this once and for all.

Cooper went along with them to lend his support.

Furthermore, the spies that had been planted around Jordaine had gotten first-hand intel with regards to the latter’s every move, and had reported the same to Anna.

It turned out that Jordaine had decided to deal her final blow after all.

Back then, upon discovering that Cooper’s genetic sample was stored within Marks Cryobank, Jordan instructed Jordaine to swap Cooper’s sample with his instead.

If everything had gone as planned, Cooper would have taken out Jordan’s sample instead when the time came for him to want children of his own. He’d be completely oblivious to the fact that he would be raising not his biological children, but Jordan’s.

By then, Jordan’s children would be the ones who stood to inherit Cooper’s estate.

The entire scheme was devious and disgusting.

Thankfully, the accident that occured after that had ‘killed’ Cooper, and the genetic sample remained unclaimed.

Jordaine had done everything as she was told. She’d taken out Cooper’s genetic sample from the cryobank and replaced it with Jordan’s.

She kept Cooper’s sample afterward. Jordan had planned to use Cooper’s genetic sample for more of his wicked schemes; he’d even planned to make millions of clones out of the sample, thereby cultivating a Cooper Mitchell army at his own disposal. However, the technology for DNA-cloning had not advanced much further since then, and so they had encountered many failures along the way.

Seeing as making an army out of Cooper’s clones had made no headway, Jordaine stored away the genetic sample.

But while Jordaine was doing that, something else happened: Jordan brought another woman home.

Jordaine had long resented Jordan’s incorrigible womanizing habits, but she had also been resigned to that aspect of him. After all, she loved him so much that she was willing to change her name for him.

She’d been well aware of the fact that Jordan was akin to an emperor. He adored her the most, and all the other women were just meaningless flings.

All Jordaine needed was time to prove that she was his one true love, and that she was different from all the other women. While the other women lusted after Jordan’s power and money, Jordaine loved him for who he truly was. She make him realize that she was the only one with whom he could spend the rest of his life with.

But that was before that wretched woman showed up. Jordaine was wary of her instantly, and for the first time, she felt threatened, because Jordan was different when he was with the woman.

The woman had lost her memory, and Jordan had been with her every step of the way as he taught her about the workings of mankind and the rest of the world. He treated her as though she was his own child.

The woman was wary and skittish in the presence of men, to the point that it warranted psychiatric help—Jordan was the one who went around looking for a therapist in order to help the woman overcome her fears.

When it was discovered that the woman had no uterus and was thus unable to conceive, Jordan asked Jordaine to take out his genetic sample from the cryobank. He wanted to undergo IVF so that they could conceive a child of their own through surrogacy.

That woman was Anna Yard.

Jordaine grew dangerously jealous upon seeing Jordan treating Anna with the kind of love and care that he’d extended to no one else.

As a result, Jordaine swapped out Jordan’s genetic sample for Cooper’s before the former underwent IVF with Anna. The Yard twins who were later on conceived through surrogacy were not Jordan’s biological sons at all.

Jordaine had been driven insane by her own jealousy and anger. She wanted to take revenge on Jordan. She’d been devoted to him and had convinced herself that only she had ever truly loved him. Yet Jordan did not appreciate her and cheated on her practically every night with countless other women. Jordaine was infuriated, but she had no choice but to accede to this state of affairs.

In vengeful spirit, she decided to let Jordan get a taste of his own medicine.

She also wanted to get rid of Anna once and for all.

Presently, the perfect opportunity had delivered itself to her doorstep.

After the news of Marks Cryobank swapping their clients’ genetic samples had broken out all over Cethos, it caused an outrage overseas. Many clients came forward to withdraw their genetic samples, and Jordaine, in turn, had managed to rouse up a couple of scapegoats. Marks Group issued an official apology and explained that the employees had swapped the genetic samples by mistake. As such, they were more than willing to compensate the clients and would close down the cryobank for good. After all, the cryobank hadn’t been making a large profit, and it hadn’t been the main source of revenue for Marks Group.

Upon seeing how things had panned out, Jordaine went along with the flow and investigated the matter. She then ‘stumbled upon’ the discovery that the Yard twins weren’t really Jordan’s biological children; they’d been conceived out of swapped samples.

She figured Jordan would surely be furious if he were to find out about this!

As expected, when he heard the news that his kids were not really his own, Jordan lost his mind. His eyes went red, and he wrecked a lot of furniture in a fit of rage—it was Jordaine’s first time seeing him like this.

“I’m sorry, Jordan. This is my fault—all of it. Take it out on me. I deserve it.”

Jordaine was sobbing dramatically, looking pitiful, while Moore held her in his arms as he cried, “No, Mom. This wasn’t your fault. You’d only just taken over Marks Group back then, and I was so young—you had far too much on your plate. You couldn’t have prevented it.”

Jordan grew even more frustrated as Jordaine continued to whine and wail; he knew that she might have had something to do with this, but he was so overcome with anger that he couldn’t be bothered about it.

All these years, and all he’d done was raise Cooper’s children as his own!

He gritted his teeth. For twenty years, he’d raised and loved the twins, thinking that they were his and Anna’s sons. It turned out that they’d been Cooper’s all along!

Jordan had poured out his heart and soul into grooming his sons so that they could take over his business one day, but as fate would have it, they had never been his sons in the first place!

He thought about the wicked scheme he wanted to pull off with Cooper’s genetic samples. How the tables had turned!

Jordan left for the airport after hastily giving Jordaine a couple of words of solace.

He would not live this down.

He wanted to wrap his hands around Cooper’s neck and strangle the man to death!

Meanwhile, after knowing that Jordan had boarded the plane, Jordaine wiped away her crocodile tears and made coffee for herself.

Her heart tightened as she tried to work out her own emotions.

What made her devote herself entirely to Jordan out of the millions of other men in the world?

Moore, on the other hand, was filled with glee. It was only a matter of time before there would be news on Callum and Cade’s death.

However, it was unlikely that Jordan would put the blame on Anna. After all, she had a special place in his heart.

There was even a chance of him staying by her side forever. Anna, however, might just have to watch both her sons die.

Anna’s sons were an extension of her, so killing them would have the same effect as cutting off her limbs—she might not even be able to function as a person after they were gone. Even if Jordan spared the twins this time, there was no way he’d let them off the hook for long. He might even use the two b*stards to blackmail Cooper.

While Jordaine and Moore began discussing how they could take over Yard Group after Anna’s inevitable defeat following the death of her sons, Dana, who was working undercover as Moore’s assistant, was already sending out the intel she’d gathered.

Jordaine had spent all these years planting her spies around Anna, and naturally, the latter had returned the favor. Dana had been deliberately arranged to work for Moore, and Jordan would never have realized that the person he thought he’d killed off was hiding right under his nose.

In Ronney Town, Anna and Cooper received an update from Dana.

He informed them that Jordan was already on his way.

It would take a seven- or eight-hour flight for him to get from Jordaine’s place to Ronney Town.

Anna was calm upon receiving the news. In fact, she could feel herself getting excited, as though she’d been waiting for this moment for the longest of time.

Cooper and Callum were flanking her. The three of them looked as if they were witnessing a pending storm coming from beyond the horizon.

They felt neither fear nor panic—only adrenaline.

They’d waited for over twenty years for this.

“Attack!”

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1430

It was morning in Bayside City, and Sophia had woken up to Callum’s news.

All had been done!

Last night, Ronney Group had crumbled.

All of Jordan’s men in Ronney Group had been defeated. There were those who had resigned from the conglomerate, and there were those who had been killed when they refused to back down. Within a few short hours, there had been a complete upheaval of the internal organization of Ronney Group. Anna reenacted her bloodthirsty past, sparing no mercy as she killed off every single person who got in her way last night.

Only this time, she had Callum and Cooper to back her up.

Anna and her son now reigned over the board in Ronney Group.

Fass, on the other hand, had become the largest shareholder in the conglomerate, second only to Anna and her son.

Fass—who was Cooper’s alter ego—had also officially announced his relationship with Anna, along with the news that Callum and Cade were his biological sons.

In addition to that, the Michels and Yards had partnered up for a new project.

There had also been an explosion at Ronney International Airport, which had led to dozens of casualties.

“It’s too bad that Jordan got away. The plane was about to land when it took on a different direction; otherwise, Jordan would have been dead.” There was a wistful tone in Callum’s voice as he said this, but he couldn’t say he was surprised. It was difficult to kill off people like Jordan, much like it had been with Quinton, who had managed to dodge a missile.

Nonetheless, Ronney Group was free once more. Anna and her son could bask in this newfound freedom.

The twins had also gained a real father along the way, and Jordan was now but a distant memory.

Their success last night was mostly due to their years of intricate planning and scheming, but with Cooper’s aid, they managed to see their plan through to the end much earlier than expected.

Now that they had triumphantly taken over Ronney Group, there was nothing much Jordan could do about it for now. The spies he’d planted in both the conglomerate and the family had been eradicated by Anna over the years. Some had switched over to her side, and countless others were killed off.

“What a grand usurpation! All of you did so well, but aren’t you worried that Jordan might file a lawsuit against you?” Sophia asked now in bemusement as she lounged lazily in bed, unwilling to get up to start the day.

Callum appeared to be busy on the other end. After a pause, he chortled as he answered Sophia, “Given the number of wives he has, do you really think he’d turn to the law for help?”

The country in which Ronney Town was established had a law against bigamy, which—as the Yards had predicted—resulted from amendments to the country’s Marital Act.

As far as the law was concerned, Jordan had no case against the Yards.

Sophia said nonetheless, “Even so, you wouldn’t know what tricks he has up his sleeve.”

“It doesn’t matter,” Callum said casually, unfazed by anything Jordan might or might not do. “My dad’s rich, and he has nuclear bombs. I have nothing to be afraid of.”

For the first time in his life, Callum felt proud to have a father as capable as Cooper.

The nuclear weapons alone were more than enough to let others know that they were a force to be reckoned with.

After Sophia had gotten all the details on everything, she hung up the call with Callum and got out of bed. She headed out after getting dressed.

With her lips pressed into a thin line and her shoulders squared, Sophia knew that now was time for her to make her move.

Meanwhile, Tiffany was in the living room, clutching the DNA test results in her hands as she read through them in disbelief.

The results showed her that the child in her arms was not Cooper’s son, but Jordan’s!

It turned out that the sample that Jordan had given her from the cryobank was his own instead of Cooper’s.

Now that she’d taken a careful look at the child’s features, she realized that he looked nothing like Cooper at all.

Last night, Sophia had published all relevant information on this fact, and now, the entire Bayside City was aware that Tiffany’s son was no biological child of Cooper’s.

To add insult to injury, Cooper’s recent announcement of his relationship with Anna, followed by the declaration that Callum and Cade were his biological sons, had been made known throughout Cethos.

No. This is impossible! Tiffany’s eyes widened as she grew frantic.

She made a call to Jordan, but it was his assistant who answered instead. He’d been so overwhelmed with whatever had happened over the past few days that he hadn’t been able to pick up any of her calls.

Everything was clear as day now—Jordan had played her for a fool!

He wanted her to give birth to a child so as to ruin Anna and Cooper’s relationship. He wanted Cooper to raise the child as his own!

Infuriated, Tiffany gave Cooper a call, which he answered without hesitation.

“Cooper, you’ve been with Anna all this while, haven’t you?” she barked the instant he picked up; her accusing and confrontational tone was similar to that of a scorned wife’s.

Upon hearing this the moment she came downstairs, Sophia scoffed as she thought dryly, Do you even have to ask?

Sophia had sent someone to pack Anna’s bags, and she’d picked up the test results that Tiffany had discarded on the floor. After taking a photo of it, she sent it to Maddie.

The photo was the final embellishment that would prove the contents of the article Sophia had written.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the line, Cooper felt compelled to give Tiffany an explanation despite everything that had happened. “Yes, I’ve been with Anna all this time,” he stated plainly.

Tiffany rolled her eyes in exasperation.

He needn’t be so blatant with his answer!

Cooper added, “Seeing as you colluded with Jordan to plot against me, I simply played along and came over to Ronney Town to help Anna.”

Tiffany could feel smoke coming out of her ears, and she was about to retort when Cooper continued, “Take it from me, Tiffany: Jordan is a crook, and you’re only going to set yourself up for betrayal if you choose to work with him.”

You don’t say, Tiffany thought bitterly.

The amount of work she’d put in just so she could have Cooper’s child and force him to take her as his wife had now been reduced to nothing.

As of now, she could feel her emotions bursting at the seam as she roared into the phone, “So you’ve been putting on a show for Jordan all along? The times when you’d been nice to me, and when you got into an argument with Anna—those were all just for show?”

Cooper sounded deadpan as he answered, “Yes.”

At this, Tiffany felt as though she’d just been punched in the gut.

Cooper said, “Tiffany, I’m very sorry to have used you, but you have to understand that it was you and Jordan who decided to go against me in the first place. Tiffany, you knew what you were getting into, and because of that, I don’t owe you anything at all.”

Indeed, she did know what she was getting into. Cooper knew, too.

There was no use denying that she’d helped Jordan plot against Cooper. She loved Cooper, but he was a powerful man who bowed to no one; the only way to subdue him was to cut off his wings altogether. If Jordan’s plan had worked out, Cooper would have stayed by Tiffany’s side, and they would have raised Asher together. Cooper would have been hers and hers alone.

“I hate you, Cooper Mitchell!” Tiffany yelled into the phone, but Cooper had already hung up.

At one side, Sophia mused scathingly, “Save your breath. Everything is over now, so why don’t you get the hell out of my house?”

Tiffany glowered at Sophia, hatred and rage burning in her eyes.

Sophia must have known the truth all along. She’d known that the child was not Cooper’s, and she’d known that Cooper had been with Anna all this while. She’d been putting up a show while causing a diversion in Bayside City, all so she could distract Tiffany and Jordan from whatever it was that Cooper had been planning!

At the end of the day, both Jordan and Cooper’s family had made a fool out of her!

“How dare you look at me like that!” Sophia snapped icily when she noticed Tiffany glaring at her. “You colluded with Jordan and plotted against my father, and now you’re acting up because my parents decided to go against you? You have some nerve!”

She’d only just finished her sentence when the Michels arrived at the house. They were hostile as they said, “Tiffany, our families go way back, but we are utterly disappointed with you and what you’ve done. Please leave as soon as possible.”

They had only just found out today that the kid Tiffany had brought over to the company the other day was not Cooper’s biological son at all. Everyone in Michel Group was this close to getting duped by her.

But more to the point, the Michels were overjoyed to find out that Cooper had two new additions to his family.

Tiffany’s presence here would only be a hindrance, and they wanted nothing more but to throw her out of the house so that Anna could move in with both her sons.

Tiffany glared at Sophia and the Michels. It wasn’t long before the Adams found out about this recent turn of events, following which they’d expressed their dissatisfaction toward Tiffany.

They were embarrassed by the role she’d played throughout all this. In fact, they were completely humiliated.

Those in Adams Group who had caught wind of the news turned in their resignation notices; they no longer wanted to have anything to do with the likes of Tiffany.