Novel Full Chapter 190: No Matter How Heartless, I Was Born From You and Inherited Your Genes
Chapter 190: Chapter 190: No Matter How Heartless, I Was Born From You and Inherited Your Genes
Mrs. Kendrick felt she had a very good point. "Mr. Sloan, I don’t care what kind of trouble Laura Jennings stirs up in the Sloan Family, but when she starts targeting the children, don’t blame me for getting ruthless!"
Zachery rubbed his nose. He suddenly felt his daddy was catching a stray bullet, since he was the one who had insisted on coming. "Grandma..."
Seeing ’Christian’ tug on her sleeve, Mrs. Kendrick stopped in her tracks, a feeling of familiarity washing over her.
’Brothers through and through, huh?’ ’The way ’Christian’ was wheedling was the spitting image of Zachery.’
"Alright, alright, Grandma isn’t blaming your daddy. But that Laura Jennings is a muddle-headed woman, and I won’t allow her to visit you in the name of being your ’grandmother’."
As she spoke, Mrs. Kendrick furrowed her brow again. "And that Zachery, honestly... how could he let you go alone and not even tell me..."
’Christian’ tugged her sleeve again.
Mrs. Kendrick glanced down and met ’Christian’s’ big, watery eyes. For a moment, she was in a daze.
’Wait a minute. That look in his eyes, that little pleading expression... the more I look, the more he seems like Zachery!’
Right then, Iris Sloan arrived at the gate of the York Family estate with the other two.
Mrs. Kendrick looked at ’Christian’, then over at the ’Zachery’ standing beside Iris Sloan, and suddenly fell silent.
She suddenly recalled that her father and her younger uncle loved to dabble in all sorts of strange hobbies, one of which was the Disguise Technique.
Back then, Zachery had been a sweet-talker, constantly trailing after Old Mr. Kendrick and calling out ’Great-Graaandpa~’. He’d charmed the old man so completely that he taught the boy everything. Zachery’s Disguise Technique was so good it was practically indistinguishable from the real thing, so...
Mrs. Kendrick looked again at the ’Christian’ by her side.
’Ohhh, so this ’Christian’ is Zachery. Well then, nothing to worry about.’
Mrs. Kendrick waved her hand. "Let’s go back. Oh, and Estelle, there’s no need to feed ’Christian’ when you get home. Look at his stomach; I reckon he already ate his fill at the Yorks’ place."
The words had barely left her mouth when Zachery let out a contented burp.
Estelle Lockwood: "..." ’No wonder Thea York was so furious.’
Since the child was fine, Iris Sloan’s worries were put to rest, and she prepared to head back to the Sloan residence.
Unexpectedly, however, Nathaniel Sloan got into the car with her.
"Nathaniel?"
Nathaniel Sloan nodded. "I’m going to see Ms. Jennings."
Laura Jennings was in a great mood, humming a little tune. ’That sickly weakling, Christian Sloan, must have been crushed by his visit to the York Family, right?’
’I had wanted to be a good grandmother, but Christian Sloan had disrespected me time and time again. That’s why I wanted a new grandson!’
Just as she was thinking this, the main door was suddenly thrown open. Annoyed, Laura Jennings called out, "Who is—"
She turned her head and met the icy gaze of Nathaniel Sloan.
Laura Jennings’s throat tightened, and a flicker of panic rose in her heart. But, considering herself Nathaniel Sloan’s mother, she felt emboldened. "What do you want! Don’t you know how to knock? So ill-bred!"
Nathaniel Sloan raised his eyes coolly. "When it comes to being ill-bred, I really can’t compare to Ms. Jennings."
"How dare you say that again?!!"
Nathaniel Sloan nodded. "Ms. Jennings, you are ill-bred."
Laura Jennings was fuming. "You dare say I’m ill-bred!!"
Unhurried, Nathaniel Sloan replied, "As long as you’re aware of it."
"You—"
Just as Laura Jennings was about to erupt, Nathaniel Sloan lifted his gaze coolly. "Sending Christian to the York Family, deliberately having Mrs. York imply to Christian that he was about to be abandoned... Did Ms. Jennings feel this grandson wasn’t obedient enough, and so she decided to trade him in for a new one?"
Her scheme exposed, Laura Jennings’s eyes darted away, her guilt palpable. "Nonsense! What does that have to do with me!"
Nathaniel Sloan nodded. "It doesn’t matter if you don’t admit it. I’ll just take it as a sign of your guilt, and I’ll be adding this to your tab."
"Nathaniel Sloan!!" Laura Jennings was having none of it. She shrieked at the top of her lungs, "I am your mother! How could you treat your own mother this way over a child? You heartless, ungrateful beast!"
Nathaniel Sloan smiled slowly.
’Ma? Mother?’
’He hadn’t given it much thought before, assuming he was simply not one for close family ties. But now, with Laura Jennings’s insatiable greed and her true colors beginning to show, he was starting to have serious doubts about his own origins.’
However, Nathaniel Sloan’s expression remained unchanged, betraying none of his suspicion as he said coolly:
"No matter how heartless and ungrateful I am, you’re the one who gave birth to me. I inherited your genes. What can I do?"
Liam Sloan, who had heard his big brother was back and had excitedly run over to find him, heard this exact sentence the moment he walked in. He nearly stumbled. "PFFT—"
Laura Jennings’s face turned thunderously dark, and she trembled with rage. "Nathaniel Sloan, Nathaniel Sloan, you..."
"There’s no need to be so angry, Ms. Jennings. In fact, I have also been wondering if I am truly your son."
Nathaniel Sloan spoke coolly, his expression calm and detached, but his words were enough to make Laura Jennings want to keel over from fury.
"After all, Ms. Jennings has no particular strengths or merits to speak of. Aside from being ’heartless and ungrateful,’ I don’t seem to have inherited a single thing from you. So, is Ms. Jennings really my mother in the biological sense?"
Liam Sloan, hiding in the shadows, looked toward Laura Jennings, a thoughtful expression on his face.
Laura Jennings’s eyes flashed with a look of panic and guilt. "Nathaniel Sloan, you have no conscience! You’d disown your own mother for the sake of a son!"
Hearing the commotion, Ethan Sloan walked out and frowned, rebuking them. "What’s all the shouting about?"
Laura Jennings started wailing. "Ethan, I can’t go on living! Nathaniel actually suspects I’m not his real mother! Everyone calls me the mistress. If it weren’t for him, would I have had to be the mistress?!"
Ethan Sloan’s brow furrowed as he looked at Nathaniel Sloan with disapproval. "Nathaniel, what is the meaning of this? Apologize to your mother."
"Dad, Mom, what are you arguing about?" Just then, Liam Sloan emerged from the corner, feigning surprise as if he had just arrived.
Before Ethan Sloan could speak, Liam was already looking at Laura Jennings with an exaggerated expression, putting on the ’brainless’ persona she loved so much.
"Mom, I know you don’t like Christian, but you can’t just do things like this right in front of Big Brother!"
Laura Jennings shrieked instinctively, "Liam, you—"
"Hey, Mom, don’t be angry, don’t be angry!" Liam Sloan cast a cautious glance at Nathaniel Sloan before leaning in closer.
He lowered his voice, but not so much that others couldn’t hear, perfectly embodying the image of an arrogant, spoiled heir.
"Mom, I’m telling you, if you really want to get rid of Christian Sloan, you should just kick him out directly! Why did you have to get Thea to say that after she marries my big brother and has kids, Christian will become a poor little orphan with no mom or dad? Isn’t that just cursing my brother?"
Ethan Sloan whipped his head around to look at Laura Jennings.
As if oblivious to what he had just said, Liam continued with a flamboyant air, "Mom, I know you’ve been unhappy with Christian Sloan for a long time. A sickly weakling who still dares to be the heir to Evernight International. But even if you want to replace him, shouldn’t you use a gentler approach? If you actually angered him to death, wouldn’t my big brother fight you to the bitter end?"
The surrounding servants: "..."
The butler: "..."
The way everyone looked at Laura Jennings was now completely different. Thea York had just visited, and then Laura had sent Young Mr. Christian to the York Family home. So that was her scheme!
No wonder Mr. Sloan was so furious. Even Mr. Liam, the spoiled heir Laura had doted on his whole life, couldn’t stand by and watch anymore!
Ethan Sloan’s face was ashen. The words of reprimand died on his lips. He shot Laura Jennings a furious glare, then turned and stormed away.