A SUBSTITUTE BRIDE

Ines panicked. She wanted to defend Jacob, but the evidence was there. She had no idea what to do to help her father out of this crisis.

Vincent turned to look at Olga and Andre and asked calmly, “Should I call an ambulance for you now?”

Olga’s face turned pale. She clenched her fists, so angry she couldn’t speak.

Jacob looked at Lyana and Vincent with hate all over his face. Anger and disappointment flooded his heart, and he started coughing so hard his face turned bright red. After a fit of coughing, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

– Dad. Ines cried out in alarm.

She rushed over to support Jacob, gently patting his back. Tears welled up in his eyes.

– Dad, aren’t you feeling well? Why don’t we send you to the hospital now?

Jacob’s face was flushed with cough. He felt so uncomfortable that he couldn’t even speak.

Ines’ tears began to flow. She glared at Lyana and asked,

– Lyana, did you try to make dad angry on purpose? How can you go so far?

When she heard Ines’ words, she innocently cut her off.

– I did not do anything.

– It is clearly you who are in error. You deliberately angered Dad. You knew everything from the start…

Ines said accusingly, sounding extremely unhappy with Lyana.

– What do you mean by that ? Why don’t I understand? What do I know?

She looked at Ines innocently.

Ines’ face turned red with anger. Lyana clearly knew her mother was having an affair, but she invited her father over on purpose anyway. If Dad hadn’t caught Mom’s affair, why would he have hit her?

However, she couldn’t say all of that out loud. She moaned silently, her tears falling one by one.

Lyana looked even more innocent. Her gaze fell on Andre, who was not far away, and she said significantly,

– Vincent just reported for you. You’ll have to explain the details to the police yourself. The Dubois family will certainly compensate you for your losses.

A trace of surprise shone in Andre’s eyes, and his lips immediately curled up. He was so happy that he no longer felt any pain. He quickly nodded and said, “Ok, ok. I will certainly tell the police everything about Jacob Dubois’ violence towards me. I won’t miss a single detail.

Olga was so anxious that tears began to stream down her face. She had never expected the person she had an affair with to be a bastard.

She glared at Andre.

Meeting Olga’s resentful gaze, he rolled his eyes. He said shamelessly,

– I don’t have a sadomasochistic fetish. Just because he’s rich and powerful, Jacob Dubois thinks he has the right to hit me. Even though I’m just an ordinary citizen, no man is above the law. Since he assaulted me, he should go to jail! Oh my god, my wrist really hurts. Officer, sir, can you send me to the hospital now? I can’t take the pain anymore.

Looking at Andre’s helpless expression, Olga felt a wave of disgust so strong that she wanted to vomit.

Lyana was very pleased with Andre’s performance. Her red lips curled slightly.

Indeed, the wicked are punished by their own fellows.

It was just too exciting.

Jacob and Olga would soon experience the same pain she had endured back then. They would know from experience what she had felt.

Even though the events that had unfolded were a little different from what she had expected, Jacob and Olga’s relationship had been completely ruined. His goal had been achieved. The rest was up to them to fight amongst themselves.

With that thought in mind, Lyana walked out of the room.

Vincent came out too. When he walked past Nathan, he stopped for a moment and looked at him coldly. His voice was low and raspy, with a hint of ice.

– When you look at my wife, control your gaze.

Nathan clenched his fists involuntarily, but his expression remained impassive. He turned to look at Vincent and calmly asked

– Even if you’re married, you can still divorce, right?

Vincent gave Nathan a meaningful look and walked out with an indifferent expression.

Ines didn’t know what Nathan had said to Vincent. She approached him and asked anxiously:

– What should we do now? Dad is going to jail.

When Nathan heard Ines’ voice, he frowned slightly, his eyes filled with annoyance and helplessness.

– This outcome is better than mom going to jail for adultery.

Ines clenched her fists involuntarily, her fingernails digging into her palms as she bit her lip. She understood what Nathan meant.

It was all Lyana’s fault! The unfortunate.

If she hadn’t been there, her parents wouldn’t have divorced. Her perfect family wouldn’t have been torn apart, and her father wouldn’t have been sent to prison for assault!

It was infuriating!

…

After getting into the car, Lyana immediately rolled down the window. It was only after seeing with her own eyes that Jacob and Olga had gotten into the police car per the officer’s instructions, that she relaxed and rolled up the window.

She couldn’t help but smile.

Vincent glanced at Lyana. Then he said to Thomas, who was sitting in the driver’s seat,

– Let’s go home.

– Yes sir.

The car started slowly. Lyana leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes. Suddenly she felt a little tired.

She had thought she might discover her true identity today, but her plans hadn’t kept up with the changes.

She could see that Olga was not lying.

However, she felt like she was holding back some information. She still had to investigate.

With this thought in mind, she opened her eyes and said to Thomas:Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

– Thomas, drop me at the entrance of the hospital for women and children.

If she remembered correctly, that was where Olga had given birth.

She wanted to go there and take a look. Maybe someone out there would know what happened over twenty years ago.

When Vincent heard Lyana’s words, he said,

– I will go with you.

– It’s not necessary. I’ve already wasted a lot of your time today. I’m just going there to take a look. It’s been over twenty years. I don’t think we can find anything.

She smiled at Vincent.

What happened today is thanks to the help of Vincent. Without him, she could have failed.

She remembered that he hadn’t appreciated her thanking him in the past, so she didn’t thank him.

Seeing that she had already made her decision, Vincent did not insist.

The car arrived at the entrance of the hospital. She got out of the car and headed straight for the principal’s office. She knocks on the door.

– Come in.

A deep voice came from inside the office.

She pushed open the door and entered. She saw a middle-aged man in his fifties sitting at his desk.

– Young lady, can I help you? The manager asked nicely.

Lyana said:

– I want to leave a blood sample. I want to find my biological parents.

Lyana was very sure that she was born in this hospital. Olga wasn’t lying either, because she had found a picture of her when she was just born. It was said that every child born in a maternity ward had a photo like the one she had.

Moreover, her biological parents had never sought her out. Maybe her biological parents had already left a blood sample at the hospital. However, she did not leave a sample of her own blood, so her biological parents could not find her.

And no one else knew if her biological parents had been looking for her.

– All right, I’ll write a form for you. You can leave a blood sample.

The manager smiled at Lyana.

– Thank you, director.

She smiled at the manager. Her eyes blinked and she continued:

– Director, during all these years, has anyone who has lost their child come to pick him up from the hospital?

The director had risen, and was rummaging through the library looking for the forms. When he heard Lyana’s question, he replied:

– Of course. Many parents come here to pick up their children. Some people abandoned their children in the hospital because they couldn’t afford to raise them at the time. Later, when their finances improved, they came to pick up their children. After all, no parent would let their own child wander the streets.

Lyana had a strange feeling. She pursed her red lips and asked worriedly:

– Have any of them found their child?

– Some parents have found their children, but others have not. However, there are many blood samples in our database. I hope you can find your parents.

The manager sat down at his desk and wrote out a form for a blood sample.