Chapter 1391: Chapter 1385: He Is Your Father!
Violet Zimmerman ran over in a panic, desperately trying to intervene, "Stop fighting, stop fighting, Evander, stop..."
"Mom, you really have a favorite, huh? I am your son!" Evander Lancaster glanced at Violet Zimmerman, his expression somewhere between a smile and a sneer, but his last words came out almost as a roar as he landed a punch on Joseph Lancaster’s face.
Joseph was at a disadvantage, making Violet more frantic. She opened her mouth and bit the wrist of her son, who was grabbing Joseph by the collar. Taking advantage of Evander pulling back to check, she quickly pulled Joseph behind her, gritting her teeth while facing her son, saying, "If you want to hit him, you’ll have to kill me first! It’s your mother who’s to blame!"
Evander...
His phoenix eyes narrowed tighter and tighter, slowly lowered the wrist his mother had bitten, suddenly his lips curved into a smirk, but the smirk quickly disappeared, replaced by a fierce and vicious look.
"Joseph Lancaster! Having a woman protect you, are you still a man?"
While speaking, Evander grabbed Joseph’s collar again, through his mother, ready to swing a fist when Violet’s voice rang out again.
"He’s your dad!"
As Violet’s words fell, time seemed to stand still, and the vast living room became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Evander’s raised fist remained in the air, one hand gripping Joseph’s collar, while Violet stood between the two, raising her chin with her eyes brimming with anger as she glared at her son.
"What did you say?" It took quite a while for Evander to find his voice again, frowning, and asked in disbelief.
"I said! He’s your father! Your biological father!" Violet pulled Joseph from behind her, bringing him to stand side by side with her.
"The father you’ve been told about is nothing but a hypocrite, a bastard who forced his wife to seduce his younger brother just to continue the family line!"
...
If Violet’s revelation that Joseph was the biological father was a heavy bombshell, her subsequent words could be termed an atomic bomb.
Releasing Joseph’s collar, Evander stepped back, his body slightly stumbling, shaking his head and muttering, "No, it’s not, dad isn’t that kind of person..."
When he was young, he watched other children sit on their dad’s shoulders riding a pony, and when he told his dad, his father lifted him up too, let him sit on his shoulders walking around the yard...
The head of the Lancaster Family, a man whose mere gaze could silence everyone, such a revered and loving father, how could he be as his mother described?
Shoving his wife to his brother, forcing her to seduce men...
"No, it’s not, these are all excuses for you and Uncle’s affair..."
Evander kept shaking his head and backing away, unknowingly his eyes already moist, and when his body leaned against the door, he grasped the handle, opened the door, and quickly walked out.
"Violet, you shouldn’t have said anything," Joseph sighed lightly, eyes closed, having hidden the truth for half a lifetime, what harm in keeping it secret longer? In the younger son’s eyes, the elder brother had always been a god-like figure, authoritative yet kind; he didn’t want to ruin the high image his son held, fearing his son would be disappointed.
Watching their son leave, Violet turned back, noticing Joseph’s lips and cheekbones marked with bruises, Violet nearly cried in anxiety, supporting Joseph down onto the sofa, crying out as she asked, "Joseph, how are you? Is the injury severe? Should we go to the hospital? I’ll call a doctor..."
Seeing Violet so worried she cried for him, all the knots in Joseph’s heart dissipated. He raised a hand, letting it rest on Violet’s hair, smiled reassuringly, and asked, "You don’t trust your man that much?"
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