Lucinda lay sprawled on the bed in her nightgown, her gaze fixed upon Nathan.
“I need to see the result. No matter what it says, I can handle it.”
After a brief pause, he reluctantly gave her the paternity test report.
She took it and turned to the last page.
The test unequivocally confirmed Nigel as her biological father. A rush of despair washed over her, leaving her utterly defeated.
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And it was Braden who conducted the test.
“Lucinda, something feels off about all of this. Don’t put too much faith in this result.”
Nathan analyzed the situation in a calm tone.
“You’ve been living with Atticus for so long, and he never once questioned your identity.
He always treated you as his own. So why the sudden need for a paternity test? Someone must have told him something.
Also, even your father had no inkling about your mother’s connection to Nigel. How does someone younger than you possess such knowledge?
Could it be that someone is assisting Valerie?
First, your father’s accident, then the bombshell that you’re not truly a Simmons, and now the revelation of your biological father.
ALL of this conveniently happens just as you’re on the verge of inheriting everything.
It might appear normal, but if you dig deeper, it all feels too coincidental, as if it has all been orchestrated.
When I connect the dots, I have a feeling that these were the desperate measures they have taken to prevent you from obtaining the vast inheritance of the Simmons family.”
Lucinda Listened intently and her brows knitted together in a frown.
Her eyes remained fixated on the stamp on the paternity test report.
Seeing her focus on the report, Nathan pressed on, “Even though Braden conducted this test, we can’t entirely trust him. How about we reach out to Hilliard and have him conduct an independent test?”
Lucinda’s face darkened.
She thought back to the incident at the Simmons residence yesterday, and a sarcastic smile spread across her Lips.
“See, even you don’t believe the so-called results of the paternity test. My brothers have doted on me for years, yet they immediately believed it the moment they saw it. The whole thing is just absurd.
As for asking Hilliard to do another test?”
Lucinda scoffed.