“You know?” Agate was taken aback.
“If you knew, why haven’t you called off your engagement with her? She went to Eurfrica to marry another man and is carrying his child. She even publicly vomited at the banquet, and everyone from the upper class in Eurfrica knows about it. Moreover, it seemed like she deeply loves that man! How can you put up with all of that?”
Her words provoked Nathan.
Swiftly masking his displeasure, he responded calmly, “Aunt Agate, you’ve misunderstood. The baby is mine. And she went to Eurfrica because of me.”
“What?”
Agate was perplexed and stared at him in disbelief.
“Are you out of your mind? She cheated on you! I witnessed it with my own eyes at the banquet. How can that be false? She disclosed that the baby inside her belongs to that man. Are you willing to accept that child?”
Nathan was left speechless.
He didn’t know how to explain it to Agate.
He was the baby’s father.
And Kyson had no connection to the child whatsoever. Lucinda had ‘cheated’ with Kyson for him!
“It’s complicated, you know? I’ll fill you in on the details later.
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But trust me, Lucinda is a great girl. Once you get to know her, you’ll see it too,” Nathan said, keeping it vague for now.
Agate said nothing.
Nathan’s thoughts shifted to Sonny, and he continued, “Aunt Agate, now that you’re here, how about you help me throw a banquet soon?”
Agate raised an eyebrow, and asked, “Why? What’s the occasion?”
A glint sparkled in Nathan’s eyes.
“Well, you see, I want to make a big announcement to everyone. Sonny is going to be my dad’s adopted child, my brother!”
Agate couldn’t help but grin at Nathan’s enthusiasm.
“You always seem to know what you’re doing. Since you’ve made up your mind, I’ll lend you a hand.”
Agate was known for her efficiency.
Two days later, she assisted in inviting the family elders to the ceremony.
Since it was a Payne family’s affair, Lucinda stood on the sidelines, watching from a distance, without the privilege to join them.
Inside the family’s ancestral temple, Sonny knelt on a cushion, serving tea to Norton, “Grandpa.”