Noah would head out for a walk whenever he felt bored alone at home. By coincidence, he ran into Malcolm and two other boys standing outside his house.Malcolm couldn't enter the manor. When he saw Noah, he quickly said, "Come out and face me if you dare, Noah!"Noah saw that he'd come with two other sidekicks. He could tell that this wasn't just a simple visit.He wasn't stupid. With his sickly body, he wouldn't be able to even win against Malcolm in a one-to-one fight, much less a fight with three children."Are you talking to me? Why should I listen to you?" Noah asked, rolling his eyes at them.Malcolm got even more angry and yelled, "How dare you glare at me, you feral boy?"Noah's gaze instantly turned icy after being repeatedly called a "feral boy". He was determined to teach those brats a lesson today. "Since you want a face-off, do you dare to enter alone, Malcolm?"Malcolm figured that Noah only looked like Zachary, and he was confident that he could win the fight. He
Noah truly wasn't expecting Malcolm to still be trapped in the garden maze even until now. He found the latter extremely stupid.Yvette was perplexed. "How would we know where Malcolm is?"Marlene recalled Clifford's favoritism toward Yvette when they had been celebrating the festival at Lane Manor recently. Her resentment toward Yvette only grew stronger now with Malcolm missing.She demanded, "He came here after kindergarten today. His classmates said that he hasn't come out since then. Who else should I look for if not you?"Yvette frowned and replied, "I've not seen him anywhere.""Do you think I'll take your word for it?" Marlene instructed her men, "Find him! Search the entire house if you have to, but bring Malcolm back!""Got it!" Her men started searching everywhere—even heading to the bedrooms upstairs.Yvette clenched her fists and said, "Don't go overboard, Marlene. You're trespassing on private property now."Marlene completely ignored her, seeing that Xavier wasn'
Given that Yvette was pregnant, she stumbled backward after giving Marlene a kick. Fortunately, a bodyguard caught her before she fell.It was Marlene's first time getting kicked by someone else. She immediately lost her composure and lunged at Yvette. Fortunately, the bodyguards stopped her.Although Zayden's men weren't as skilled as the bodyguards stationed at Dewberry Manor, there were many of them. Yvette couldn't manage to leave with Noah.At that moment, someone rushed in carrying Malcolm, whose lips had turned blue. "We've found Mr. Malcolm, Mrs. Lane! He was in the garden maze."Malcolm was freezing badly by now. Marlene barely had time to deal with Yvette and the others. She rushed over and asked, "How are you feeling, Malcolm?"Malcolm was trembling and couldn't manage a single coherent word. In the end, Marlene only heard him saying, "It's all…that feral boy's fault…"Just as she was about to find fault with Yvette, she saw Yvette leaving with Noah for the hospital
Clifford's expression visibly changed upon hearing Zayden's words. He looked at Yvette and asked, "Is that true?"Yvette met his harsh gaze without an ounce of fear. "Does that mean that Noah can't be treated fairly if he's not a great-grandson of the Lane family?"Marlene chuckled coldly upon hearing her words. "How can a bastard child you had with some unknown man be compared with Malcolm?"The words "bastard child" deeply angered Yvette. Her glare at Marlene turned icy. Upon seeing her, Marlene instantly backed away, recalling the kick from her earlier."Why are you glaring at me? Did I say something wrong now? I want you and your son to pay with your lives if anything happens to my son!"Yvette clenched her fists tight.At that moment, a deep voice sounded. "What if something happens to my son then?"Everyone turned and saw Xavier walking over with his men. He took the lead and strode confidently to them. His commanding presence made Marlene and Zayden fall silent immediatel
"Noah is your biological son. The three paternity test reports are out, and the results are the same," Mark whispered to Xavier.Noah was Xavier's son—that meant both Noah and Zachary were his sons.Shock was evident in Xavier's otherwise calm demeanor. Yvette had disappeared with his sons for five years.He remained silent, while the others—despite not knowing anything—continued to criticize Yvette and Noah.Xavier said to Mark, "Bring the paternity test reports out."Everyone, including Yvette, was shocked to hear about the paternity test reports.When had Xavier gotten someone to arrange for a paternity test? Yvette had assumed that since he hadn't done the paternity test before, he wouldn't do it now either.Clifford took a copy of the paternity test report first before Shannon took another. Their icy expressions were gone as soon as they saw the results of the paternity test."Noah is Xavier's son," Shannon replied with a smile.Yet, Zayden and Marlene couldn't believe th
"He was brought just in time and is no longer in immediate danger. However, we'll need to conduct more examinations in the future to monitor for any potential aftereffects of frostbite," the doctor said.Marlene instantly felt relieved upon hearing it. "Alright, thank you, doctor."She and Zayden then hurried to Malcolm's ward to check on him.Yvette noticed that the doctor had omitted Noah's condition. She then asked, "How is my son, Noah Snyder, currently?"The doctor sighed and replied, "That child has leukemia, and his condition has worsened as of late. He'll need to be hospitalized for close observation and treatment."Yvette realized that she was unaware of Noah's worsening condition. She felt like she had failed as a mother.Shannon and Clifford caught the doctor's words. Shannon's eyes were wide with surprise as she asked, "Noah has leukemia?""You're his family—are you only finding out about this now?" the doctor asked in return.Shannon was rendered speechless.All o
However, Yvette remained silent as he stayed by Noah's side, tightly holding his hand. She was worried that he might leave her just like that.Xavier lost his patience while waiting for her to speak up. "Come out with me," he said.Yvette looked up at him, knowing that she had to deal with this. She followed him out of the ward. The two of them stood outside in the dark night alone."Don't you have anything to tell me?" Xavier asked.Yvette lowered her head and replied, "I have nothing to say—you've done your investigations after all."Xavier chuckled coldly upon hearing her words. His fists clenched tight as he asked, "You kept my sons away from me for five whole years. You even deceived me by saying that they were someone else's children. And now, you only have this to say?"Yvette did not regret her previous decision. Her eyes were rimmed red when she asked, "If I hadn't left after I got pregnant, would you even have let me keep them?""You're telling me it's my fault then?"
Xavier didn't understand why Yvette was crying when he was the one who should be doing that.He endured the pain and held her face while saying, "Yvette, I've just realized how you're crueler than me. Do you feel great about taking my sons away and forcing them to call someone else his father? Who told you to leave me while you were pregnant? Didn't I have any right to know about it at all?"After he said that, Yvette didn't know how to answer him at all."I'm sorry." She looked up at him. "I can make it up to you.""How so?" he asked."How much do you want?""Do you think you can fix this with money?" Xavier was even more furious now. Yvette didn't know what to do at all, and she just stood there silently.The cold wind blew past them, but it didn't seem like they felt it at all.Eventually, Noah broke the silence when he woke up. "Mom? Mister? What are you two doing out here?"He only noticed Yvette was crying after he asked that. Then, he instantly became anxious and hurrie