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Jonathan showed no reaction , as he simply didn’t believe the baby girl was Cheryl’s child .
He asked , “ Why didn’t you bring the baby to me earlier ? Now you finally decide to bring her here – do you even know why I called you here ? ”
Cheryl blurted out , “ Donald already told me everything . ” Realizing the gravity of the situation , she bowed , Serena in her arms , and said , “ Jonathan , I was wrong .
“ I shouldn’t have hidden Mike’s existence from you , shouldn’t have falsified the DNA test results in the first report to deceive you . ”
Jonathan asked , “ Then why did you pull this stunt in the first place ? ”
Cheryl hesitated , “ Because … ”
Jonathan pressed , “ What ? ”
Cheryl said through gritted teeth , “ Because Teresa and I had dirt on each other ! ”
Jonathan’s expression darkened – that name always rattled him . He thought , “ Mike was Teresa’s leverage – so what was Cheryl’s ? How did Teresa even get dirt on Cheryl ? ”
Cheryl looked down at Serena and said , “ Serena is my leverage . She is my newborn daughter . ”
The previous year , Cheryl got pregnant before marriage . By accident , Teresa stumbled upon her pregnancy test results . Still in college and naturally timid , Cheryl was terrified that her family would find out .
Teresa promised to keep it a secret . In return , Cheryl agreed to help Teresa hide the fact that Michael is her child . Teresa had made it clear that she didn’t want to remarry Jonathan , nor did she want him to know about Mike .
Cheryl looked up , only to be startled by the dark , menacing expression on Jonathan’s face . She pleaded , “ Jonathan , I was wrong . I’ve completely realized my mistake . Please , just let me go . I swear I’ll never dare to do it again . ”
Jonathan clenched his injured fist once more , his bones screaming in protest . He snapped , “ Just because she didn’t want to remarry me , you helped her hide my son ?
“ And you , my own sister , you went along with her and kept this from me – yet you still dared to come begging me for everything you wanted . You should be ashamed of yourself , Cheryl
Cheryl’s face flushed crimson in an instant , tears welling up in her eyes . She pleaded , “ Jonathan , I wasn’t thinking clearly back then . All I could think about was my family finding out I was pregnant .
“ Please , just let me off this once – raising the baby alone has been so exhausting and hard for me . ”
Jonathan cast a brief , indifferent glance at the sleeping Serena before looking away. He asked , “ So , this child is really yours ? ”
After parking the car , Donald strode over and said urgently , “ Jonathan , please calm down . This is Cheryl’s baby . I didn’t believe it at first either .
“ Cheryl told me she didn’t want to keep the baby at first , but if she had an abortion , she might never conceive again , so she had no choice .
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She was scared of our family’s reaction – she was just young and didn’t know any better . I’ve already given her an earful on the way here . ”
Seeing that Jonathan still looked somewhat skeptical , Cheryl handed Serena to Donald , and then frantically rummaged through her bag . She hurriedly produced her pregnancy test results and birth certificate . The evidence was conclusive .
Jonathan pondered , ‘ Cheryl is barely in her early twenties , not even a year out of college , and already a mother . She is still immature in character , and her thoughts and actions are like those of a child .
“ if the rest of the family ever found out she’d gotten pregnant out of wedlock , no one would believe it – they’d be completely shocked .
Donald explained , “ Jonathan , Cheryl told me she got pregnant after hooking up with some bastard at a bar . That piece of shit just got what he wanted and walked away , leaving her to become a mother at such a young age .
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