A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 870

When he entered the company, Marcel called everyone for a meeting, but Rae was left out.

While she was still in a rush, Raphael called, asking to see her. She immediately limped down the stairs.

When she reached downstairs, she saw Raphael standing next to his car. The second he saw her limping, his expression immediately changed, and he quickly ran over to support her.

“What happened?” He asked fervently.

“Just an accident!” She looked into his car to see if there was a driver, then quickly told him, “We’ll talk in your car!”

“Alright!” He said and hurriedly positioned her into the car seat, then asked, “What happened to your leg?”

“It’s not my leg; my ankle has a fracture!” Rae said as she climbed into the car.

Raphael was even more concerned when he heard this, “How did you get hurt so badly?”

“Never mind this for now, I have something important to ask you!” Rae sat and turned to directly look at Raphael.

Raphael also got in the car; his face was full of worry for Rae, and he asked in a soft tone, “What’s this important matter?”

“Raphael, I hope that whatever I ask you, you will truthfully tell me. Even if you can’t say, don’t lie to me, ok?” Rae asked in a low voice; her tone was soft enough to lower anyone’s defenses.

“Is it about Joanna?” Raphael didn’t even have to guess. He looked up at Rae. Right now, she was probably the only one whom he could pour forth his heart to talk to.

“It is about her!” Rae wasn’t certain, but the fact that Joanna’s baby’s DNA matched Raphael’s was certainly accurate.

“Go on and ask!” Raphael said as he nodded.

Rae hesitated for about a hundred thousand times. She’d often thought about how to use the most indirect approach to ask, but she always felt it was inappropriate. In the end, it was better she just straight-forwardly asked, “Do you know that Joanna has your baby?”

Raphael’s face turned ill in a split second.

Rae felt a bit regretful as soon as she saw his face; it was the first time she saw him with such an expression, and it was quite eerie.

After a pause, Raphael suddenly said, “Would you believe me if I said I never had sex with her again!”

Rae froze in place, then smiled and nodded, “If you say so! I believe you!”

Raphael’s gaze was quite serious, and he looked at Rae’s cheeks, “But Joanna’s child might really be mine!”

Rae looked back at Raphael, waiting for him to finish.

She knew it was quite possible nowadays for procedures to get pregnant without sex.

As she looked at him without any hint of doubt, Raphael pursed his lips, pondered for a while, and then exhaled deeply before he began to speak, “I think I now know what’s going on!”

Rae didn’t say a word. She believed that Raphael was also unaware of it all, and that he’d probably continue to remain unwitting about the matter if she never brought it up to him.

Then, the words that came out of Raphael’s mouth proved her right, “About four months ago, I had a full body physical examination, including my semen. It was my father’s idea to get the exam, so the semen sample must have been taken from that time.”

It sounded plausible, so Rae nodded.

Raphael then chuckled, “You might not believe it, but not long after, before the results came back, my dad asked me to get married and have kids, at least three kids!”

Rae asked in shock, “Why!?”

Raphael continued to laugh bitterly, “You know the Gill family runs an empire, so they’ll need an heir. Other than Cleo Gill from my uncle’s side, there’s no one else. And Cleo is a girl, they don’t think she can run the family businesses, so all that falls to me! My dad hoped that I’d bear some children so that he could select the best one to inherit the family business! But I refused!”

This sounded even more plausible! Rae continued to listen and nod.

“So what happened?”

“He didn’t say anything afterward! I thought this whole ordeal had passed, but I never expected to hear that Joanna would be pregnant with my child!” Raphael was quite upset.

After hearing all this, Rae began to raise some questions, “But, why Joanna? Is she really such a good choice? Don’t surrogate mothers usually have to be rather excelling candidates?”

“I don’t get it either, but if I know my father, she’s not the only one pregnant, there would have to be others as well!” Raphael stopped short after he said this.

Rae was shocked; as if she suddenly thought of something, her mood immediately perked up. Maybe this case was about to come to a conclusion!

She looked at Raphael and held his hand, “Raphael, you said that your father might ask other women to become surrogate mothers, right?”

“It’s not just might, but highly probable!” Raphael said in a dead serious tone. He looked down at Rae’s hand that held his, and suddenly held her hand.

Rae was taken aback, and suddenly embarrassedly tried to pull her hand back.

Raphael held onto her hand tightly, and said in a low voice, “Rae!”

“Raphael!” She said as she nodded.

“Did something come to mind?”

Rae nodded, “Yes! But I’m sorry, Raphael; before I make sure of it, I can’t tell you anything!”

“I understand!” Raphael also nodded; there was a trace of dismay in his expression, “You have your considerations. Did Marcel give you a hard time yesterday?”

“I’m fine, Raphael. If what you said is all true, then I will investigate from another angle. Is there anything else you want to tell me?”