Chapter 705 - 702: You Asked For It

Chapter 705: Chapter 702: You Asked For It

"I don’t know if they’re biological father and daughter, but I am absolutely not in a father-daughter relationship with that... Clara Grant." To save his life, Adam Warren naturally had to plead his case with all his might.

"Jean Jarvis, didn’t you claim I fathered Clara Grant with Skylar Hayes? Then I can take a paternity test with her, too! Once that happens, we’ll know exactly what the truth is. It’ll all be perfectly clear, won’t it?"

He had no other proof. This was the only way he could think of to prove his innocence.

"However, you can’t be the one to handle this paternity test. I’m afraid you’ll fake the results!"

"You!"

Adam Warren’s words, whether intentional or not, almost made Jean Jarvis choke. But they also reminded Cedric Grant of something. His heart suddenly trembled. As his gaze fell on Jean Jarvis, a thought struck him. ’That paternity test between me and Clara... she didn’t tamper with it, did she?’

He had never doubted it before; the thought had never even crossed his mind. But now, he had no choice but to be suspicious.

"Jean Jarvis, tell me the truth. That paternity test—did you tamper with the results? Even if you don’t say anything now, or if you continue to lie, I can just get another test done. And when that happens, whether you confess or not, the truth will come out."

Seth Quinn glanced at the still-silent Jean Jarvis, then spoke casually to Clara Grant and Cedric Grant. "Clara, Mr. Grant, could you each pluck a strand of hair? Let Rowan take them for testing." He then looked to Rowan Linden. "Get it expedited. We can have the results by this afternoon at the latest, right?"

Rowan understood that Seth wasn’t necessarily going to have the test done. His ultimate goal was to make Jean Jarvis confess the truth herself.

But Rowan Linden played along, nodding. "Don’t worry. Leave it to me."

As he spoke, he stepped forward, ready to take the two strands of hair that had already been placed inside a bag.

But just as he reached out, Jean Jarvis suddenly lunged forward and snatched the bag from Seth Quinn’s hand. "Don’t do it!"

Her action, without a doubt, exposed the truth.

Cedric Grant couldn’t help but close his eyes. He was overcome with a storm of complex emotions.

He was happy that Clara Grant was his biological daughter. After all, that made him Seth Quinn’s bona fide father-in-law.

But more than that, he was furious and humiliated that Jean Jarvis had deceived him and played him for a fool.

’A grown man like me, completely played for a fool by a woman. Not only did I divorce the wife of my youth, but I also threw my own biological daughter out of the house, calling her a bastard!’

Cedric Grant’s humiliation turned to rage. He grabbed Jean Jarvis, spinning her around and shaking her violently. "Jean Jarvis! And I trusted you! How could you lie to me? How could you deceive me like this!"

"That’s right!" Jean Jarvis, dazed from the shaking, suddenly erupted with a burst of strength. She threw him off and screamed at the top of her lungs,

"Yes, I lied to you! If I hadn’t, would you have divorced Skylar Hayes? If I hadn’t, could Chloe and I ever have been welcomed into the Grant family?

Cedric Grant, Skylar Hayes was with you for more than twenty years, and I’ve been with you for more than twenty years! She bore you a daughter, and I bore you a daughter!

So why is it that they got to be the official Mrs. Grant and Miss Grant, while we had to live on the outside, enduring the mockery and scorn of others?

You told me over and over again that you didn’t love Skylar Hayes, that I was the one you truly loved. But what good is just saying you love me? I could never stand by your side openly and honorably! I could only be the homewrecker, despised by everyone."

"You brought that on yourself!" Cedric Grant clenched his fists and roared back, refusing to show any weakness. "Back then, you were the one who persistently came after me! You knew perfectly well that I was your best friend’s husband! You knew that being with me meant being the other woman, but you were willing! Who can you blame but yourself?"