Scarlett completely lost her composure too.
“Alex, darling, I was just trying to motivate you earlier! Actually, I only wanted to warn you that love needs fidelity, to show you how serious I am about our relationship. If you’re willing, we can start over. After all, I’m still carrying your child.”
I have to say, she truly put profit above all else and could bend or stand tall as needed.
Of course, her shamelessness also reached new heights.
But now, Alexander didn’t even bother looking at Scarlett.
“Scarlett Evans, after how you treated me, you still want to be with me? Dream on! I just heard that your family’s company isn’t doing well. You’re the one who’s not good enough for me now! Once I take over Hughes Corp, the first company I’ll acquire is yours!”
Scarlett’s face turned ugly. She clenched her fists and forced a smile. “But I’m still carrying your child.”
“So what? Just abort that bastard!”
Alexander threw Scarlett’s words right back at her, feeling extremely satisfied.
Then he looked at me contemptuously.
“Bet you didn’t expect this, huh? After years of groveling, you end up with nothing. Weren’t you supposed to be so filial? You can all move out of the house today. Go be poor together!”
My parents, who had been watching this farce, were stunned.
“Alexander, are you saying that now that you’ve taken over Hughes Corp, you’re going to kick us all out?”
“Of course! You chose your biological daughter over me and only gave me five million when you have so much money. You were heartless first, so don’t blame me for being ruthless!”
Alexander, drunk on his sudden power, was practically looking down his nose at everyone.
My parents stared at him steadily, then nodded after a while.
“Very well. Thank you for your ruthlessness. It’s cut off our last ties of affection.”
My father laughed coldly and called for the lawyer.
The lawyer briskly opened his briefcase, revealing a notarized document
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My father spoke gravely: “Alexander, human nature can’t withstand tests – I understand this better than you. So before your wedding, I had a document notarized stating that as long as you were faithful to Olivia, your inheritance would remain valid. But if you wronged her, the will would be void.”
“Olivia indeed won’t get a penny from you, but you won’t get anything either.”
Alexander’s hands shook as he flipped through the notarized document, repeatedly muttering “impossible.”
But the texture of the paper and the official seal couldn’t fool even him.,
This was real.
Now Alexander truly panicked.
“Mom, Dad, I know I was wrong. I was just angry that you were favoring her. Never mind, I’ll accept the five million…”
“It’s too late!”
My parents‘ voices no longer held any emotion.
“Earlier, when you offered Olivia $100,000 and she refused, you wanted her to leave with nothing. Now it’s the same – you rejected the five million, so we won’t give you anything.”
Alexander, who had just been pursued by everyone, suddenly found himself alone in the middle of the hall, looking completely lost.
He hesitated, then tried to grab my mother’s arm.
But my mother wouldn’t give him another chance. “Security, remove this man.”
“No!” Alexander struggled desperately, finding strength from somewhere. “Wait, I have one last question! Just one last question!”
Since they had raised him for so many years, my parents agreed to his final request.
“Go ahead.”
“If I was switched at birth, where are my biological parents? Tell me quickly, I want to find them!”
Seeing the hope rekindled in Alexander’s eyes, I understood what he was thinking.
He was thinking that since the Hughes were high society, whoever they had been switched with must also be from a good family. If he could just go back to them, he’d still be a rich young master.
Unfortunately, his hope was destined to be crushed.
When we first reunited, my parents had already told me everything.
Now, my mother officially delivered this bad news to Alexander.
“Back then, we were just starting out. I was heavily pregnant but still inspecting goods at a suburban factory. I was so tired that I went into early labor right there in the factory. As it happened, a woman had given birth to you outside the factory. She heard people calling us ‘boss, so she switched you with Olivia, then heartlessly threw Olivia into the river.
“If it weren’t for a kind person who rescued Olivia and took her to an orphanage, we would have lost our flesh and blood forever!”
Saying this, my mother still looked shaken, gazing at me with heartache.
But Alexander showed no sympathy for my ordeal, only asking urgently: “What’s the use of all this? I just want to know, where is my mother
now? And my father!”
My mother’s gaze towards him had become completely indifferent, as if he were a total stranger.
“After we found Olivia, we tracked down your biological mother. She confessed everything. She’s serving time in prison for theft, with extra
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years added for baby–switching. She won’t be out for at least a decade.”
Alexander’s face turned ashen. After a while, he asked hopefully: “What about… my father?”
“According to your biological mother, your father was a murderer who was already executed by firing squad.”
With this, all of Alexander’s hopes were shattered. His eyes lost focus.
The crowd started pointing at him, saying no wonder he was so stupid and vicious – it was in his genes, he was rotten to the core.
Alexander angrily shouted back at them, cursing each one.
But the people seemed to think engaging with him was beneath them. They avoided him, unwilling to bother with him anymore, just as they had treated me earlier.
After raging impotently for a while, Alexander’s gaze suddenly fell on Scarlett again.
“You’re pregnant with my child, you have to marry me! Otherwise, I’ll leak this to the media, saying the Evans heiress shamelessly became a mistress and got pregnant before marriage. Neither you nor your family will have any reputation left!”
Seeing the crowd gradually praising me, Scarlett couldn’t stay calm.
“I-” Scarlett slapped him hard across the face, making his lip bleed. Still not satisfied, she kicked him.
The pointed heel of her shoe made Alexander cry out in pain.
He was already on the edge of a breakdown. Now he unleashed all his emotions on Scarlett. The two started tearing at each other until
security pulled them apart. By then, Alexander’s face was scratched up.
And blood was trickling down Scarlett’s legs.
My parents and I exchanged a glance and had someone call an ambulance.
This was the last thing we would ever do for him.
After Alexander and Scarlett were taken away, my parents officially announced in front of everyone that I would be recognized as their
legitimate heir, changing my name to Olivia Hughes.
Hughes Corp was also formally handed over to me.
After signing the billion dollar project, there was still a lot of work to coordinate and handle. I was busy for a full two weeks before I had time
