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Chapter 38: Unsheathed Sword

Author: Luchee
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-04 05:24:19

"So it was you?" Rissa questioned glaring at Adrian while pacing endlessly in Doctor Snow's office.

Adrian was agape as he kept staring blankly at the paper he was holding.

"Is...is there a possibility of the result being wrong?" he asked, facing Doctor Snow, whose countenance remains unshaken.

"Mr Grey, I can assure you it was accurately done," Doctor Snow responded firmly.

Adrian sat back on the chair, dejected; how was this any way possible? Fathering a child he does not know of.

Before he could gather his thoughts, Rissa faced him angrily “You ruined my life and marriage!" She said it with so much hate and spite.

Her words juggled Adrian's dwindled memory, he had dreamt of a woman telling him the same thing.

"It was you! Room 302 Charleston Hotel, November 3rd, seven years ago," Adrian rambled on wide-eyed.

Before he could complete his words, Rissa smacked him across the face and walked out angrily.

Doctor Snow was perplexed witnessing the awkward situation, especially for a man l
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