Contract Marriage; Fated Love

The effect was the same as the former. His heart stopped beating and his body froze but she didn’t release him as she did the last time. Tears of joy ran down her face.

“Thank you for bringing him back. Thank you for making us happy again.”

“It’s alright.”

He gently released himself from her embrace. Jessy looked on in fury.

Noah sat in his car and thought about what just happened. Why did he always feel strange with her?

He instructed his driver to go to the office.

“Sir.. your shirt.”

“What? What shirt?” he glanced at the driver and then at his shirt. Gu Yanxi had cried on him and his shirt had tear marks. A few strands of her hair were also on his shirt.

“Let’s go home first.”

Noah unbuttoned his shirt and a thought occurred to him. He wrapped the hair strands in a handkerchief and put it away safely in his drawers.

Emily stared at him, unable to speak. She finally opened up and told him how she got the ring.

Five years ago, after her one night stand, she woke up and found out that the stranger had given her a ring. She had kept it with her since that day. It seemed too precious to be discarded. When she realized she was pregnant, she kept it even safer. That was the only possession she would give her son as his father’s.

“But why do you ask? Why are you concerned about the ring? I noticed you looked at it closely the last time you saw it.”

“Yes, it’s a beautiful ring. Why didn’t you tell me about this since?”

“It wasn’t necessary.”

Emily and Noah had gotten friendlier since the kidnap incident.

Noah drove to Benny’s house from there. He let her stay in his Villa till month end. She had a week more to stay.

She welcomed him with open arms but he shot her a hostile look. He looked at her innocent face that seemed to carry no deceit.

“Baby..”

“Shut up! Where did you get that ring from?”

“What ring?”

“That ring on your finger. Don’t you dare to act cool right now!”

“You… you gave it to me that night.”

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Benny realized she had been caught. She held onto his legs and pleaded,

“Forgive me, president Noah. I am sorry.”

A year ago, she overheard the news from one of Noah’s men. She was near a bush part when she heard of it. The man was asking the other person about it on the phone. She was well hidden and he didn’t notice her. It happened that a friend of hers worked for Noah. But he was always reluctant to share any information related to him.

She drugged his drink and seduced him. The effect of the drug, coupled with her feminine charms made him let the cat out of the bag. Although he didn’t say much, she saw the picture on his phone. Since that day, she made plans to replace that woman and become Noah’s wife. She was able to understand more from the questions Noah asked her when they first met. She wanted to be Mrs Harper at all costs. She wanted the fame, respect and power attached to the name. She also wanted to be the wife of the most handsome and most eligible bachelor.

Fortunately for her, her crafty designer did that job very well and the counterfeit couldn’t be noticed except by a very observant person. Noah never looked at her ring closely for one day. On the surface, it looked exactly like his so he had no reason to doubt. Moreover, it wasn’t known to anyone that he was looking for his ring, so he suspected nothing. His men as well were very thorough in their duties and seldom made mistakes.

Noah glared at her with hate. She dared to deceive him! He freed himself from her grip and she knelt before him, pleading for mercy.

He was still thinking of how best to deal with her when his phone rang.

“Sir, we have found the master planner. The men have confessed and we have carried out a thorough investigation.”

“Who is behind it?”

“Sir, it’s Miss Benny Jones, your fiancée.”

Noah’s hands trembled and he grabbed Benny.

“How dare you! How dare you harm Liam!”

Benny knew she was done for. There was no way she could deny it. She heard his conversation with the man clearly.

“I’m sorry, I was jealous but I shouldn’t have acted rashly.”

“Jealous? Of what exactly? Of the boy! Damn! You have no excuse, you evil genius.”

“Please, forgive me, president Noah.”

In no time, he handed her over to the security for her to be dealt with accordingly.

Noah was annoyed that he spent months with such an evil woman. She masterminded the kidnap of a little innocent child just to make his mother pay. How could she? He blamed himself for trusting in his men’s judgement and not checking the ring. He couldn’t believe he was fooled.

Since the ring was fake, it meant that Liam was his son and Emily was the woman he slept with five years ago. Little wonder he longed for her and her every move impressed him.

He thought of the right way to break the news to her. He didn’t want only his son. He wanted Emily as well. He was happy that they were getting along now. Even Gu Yanxi was no longer hostile to him.

His new project was almost completed. He was building a shopping complex that housed virtually everything one needed. The building was completed and the goods had started arriving. Emily’s idea worked very well and it helped the building a lot. He surveyed the building that morning and smiled in satisfaction.

His doctor’s called him some minutes later.

“Sir, the DNA results are ready. It’s confirmed that she’s related to you.”

Noah was shocked. Gu Yanxi was his sister?