"Ryan, you are Ray's biological father!"
After Roger dropped this bomb, the silence was deafening.
Everyone, including Ryan and Wendy, was stunned.
A second passed.
Then two.
Then five.
A minute passed, and everyone was still in shock.
It was so quiet that it was frightening.
After a long time, a sudden rush of footsteps in the corridor made everyone snap out of their shock.
They turned to look at Anson marching over with Precious in his arms, and Josie accompanied him.
Ryan stiffened.
"Roger, explain!"
Wendy's head was reeling.Her face was pale as she looked at Roger.She held onto the wall to steady
herself.
"Roger, that's next to impossible!"
Roger lowered his eyes and said, "I'm sorry for hiding the truth from you for such a long time."
Anson came closer with a calm face and said, "Roger, tell us what happened."
Everyone looked at Roger expectantly.
Roger took a deep breath and slowly started to tell what he had been hiding for so many years.
"Three years ago, I met Wendy at the New York Acting College.She was the only Chinese in the
class.Later, we became friends.I learned that she was a single parent.But, since her child was weak,
she had to work hard all the time to earn money and support her child..."
Josie looked impatient and snapped, "Get to the point, Roger!"
Ryan cast her a cold look of annoyance.
He then looked at Roger and said, "Go on."
Roger nodded and continued, "At that time, I realized how tough life was for her.So whenever I found a
suitable part-time job, I would let her know about it.Gradually, we became close friends.One day, I met
Wendy, and she was carrying Ray in her arms.Ray was less than a year old.When I saw him, I felt that
he looked exactly like you, Ryan, when you were a toddler.First, I thought it was just a coincidence.But
later, I came to know that Wendy was originally from Ywood, and she is Rosie's cousin.Then, once
while we were talking, Wendy said that she had attended Rosie and Kane's wedding as one of the
bridesmaids.And, she got pregnant at that wedding."
As he spoke, Roger looked at Luke and said, "Luke, do you remember that I asked you to send me
Ryan's hair? And I also told you not to tell anyone about it."
"Yes, I remember!" Luke swallowed nervously.
"Did you...?"
Roger nodded "When Precious was sent to Oliver family, you told me what had happened to Ryan at
Kane's wedding.
I asked you to send me Ryan's hair so I could clear my doubts.Later, I got Ray's hair too and did a
paternity test for them."
By now, everyone was anxious to know the result.
Roger turned to look at Ryan.
When their eyes met, Roger said slowly, "It showed that you are Ray's biological father."
Ryan's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, but he couldn't speak a word.
Now, everything became crystal clear.
No wonder Raymond and Precious were born on the same day.
No wonder they both acted like old friends since day one.
They were twins! No wonder the first time he saw Wendy, he found her face familiar.
It turned out he had seen her before.
Ryan had lived for thirty years.
And this was the first time he had been so excited.
"Wendy..."
"No way! It is impossible!"
Wendy's nails scratched the wall and made a harsh sound.
She shook her head desperately and said, "This is impossible.Four years ago, at my cousin's wedding,
I was drugged by Eris.And then they gave me to a man when I was unconscious.But how could that
man be Ryan?"
She couldn't wrap her head around this information.She had been pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl.
But her daughter died as soon as she was born.
That was what was told to her.
The doctor who had performed the C-section was afraid that Wendy would be heartbroken if she
wouldn't see her daughter, so he especially clicked a picture of her daughter.
It was clicked in the delivery room.
The child's body was purple, and she could hardly breathe.
Apparently, she had passed away.
'How could this be possible? How could she still be alive? If she was alive, then why did they lie to me?
I still have that picture!'
"My phone? Where is my phone?"
Wendy searched her pockets frantically but couldn't find her phone.
She then remembered that when she realized that Raymond was missing, she found the phone soaked
in water and smashed it into pieces.
"Wendy, why do you need your phone?"
"I have my daughter's photo in WeChat Moments.But only I can see it."
Ryan handed her his phone and said, "Log in with my phone."
Wendy grabbed the phone, as she was eager to know the truth.
So she logged into her WeChat and found the photo.
Wendy always kept the photo.She didn't dare to look at it, nor did she delete it.
Her heart ached every time she saw her daughter's picture.
But Wendy was afraid if she didn't look at it, she would forget how her daughter looked.
The photo was a bit blurred.
Wendy clicked on the picture with trembling finger.
In the photo, the baby was lying in the hands of a nurse.
Because the twins were born premature, there were tiny.
The girl was no bigger than the nurse's hands.Her skin was wrinkled.She was covered in bruises and
blood.
Her eyes were shut tight, and she wasn't breathing.
"Is this the photo of your daughter?" Anson asked suddenly.
"Yes, it is," Wendy answered.
Precious, who was in Anson's arms, looked at the photo and yelled excitedly, "It's me! This photo was
taken when I was a baby!"
'What?' Wendy was taken aback.
Precious' eyes filled with tears.
She turned towards Wendy and cried, "Mommy! You are my mommy! Why did you abandon me? Do
you not love me?"
"No, I didn't!"
Seeing Precious sobbing, Wendy felt an ache in her heart.She was at a loss for words as she looked at
Precious.She shook her head and said, "I didn't.When I was eight months pregnant, I was kicked
several times in my stomach.Later, they threw me into the sea.Fortunately, I was washed back to shore
by the waves and saved by some kindhearted people.I had been in a coma for two weeks.When I woke
up, the doctor had already conducted an emergency C-section on me.He told me that my daughter
died.It's impossible that you're my daughter.The doctor told me that my daughter died and was sent to
the morgue."
"When Precious was sent to our home, three of her ribs were broken, and her internal organs were
bleeding.The doctor said that it was because she was hit by something heavy," Ryan said with a
gloomy face.
'Hit by something heavy?' Wendy was stunned.
'Weren't the kicks she received from Brian and Cacia heavy?"
With this thought in her mind, Wendy looked at Precious.
Precious was also looking at her with tearful eyes.
Wendy's heart ached.She covered her mouth in disbelief.
'Is this really possible? Is she really my daughter, whom I thought was dead”
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