Thinking of this, Catherine felt her heart beat faster and clenched her hands into fists.
Mrs. Hopper realized something was wrong with her daughter, and looked at her worriedly.
"What's going on? Why did you suddenly ask about the past?"
Catherine suppressed the impulse, and rubbed the corners of her eyes, pretending to be tired.
"Nothing, it's just that I had another nightmare last night."
When the woman sitting opposite her heard this, her eyes unconsciously showed a bit of distress.
"The past is in the past, you have to learn to let go."
"Yes, mother," Catherine didn't show the slightest excitement, and replied calmly.
She looked calm on the outside, but her heart was in a chaos on the inside.
Since that child hadn't died. Did it mean Stefan was her son?
She thought of the same birthmark on the same body part, and her heartbeat accelerated.
Mrs. Hopper nodded slightly upon hearing that explanation, and then talked about another matter.
"I heard about King Ducasse getting married. The lady you chose for him is the daughter of the Lucas family, but I don't understand why you want King Ducasse to marry the Lucas?"
"When you do this, have you ever thought about the Hopper family?"
The Lucas family and the Hopper family were the two largest families in Z Country.
The two families had been fighting overtly and secretly, and after her daughter became the queen of Z Country, the status of the Lucas family decline a lot.
But now, her daughter wanted the daughter of the Lucas family to be the queen. Isn't this giving them an opportunity for revenge against the Hopper family?
Mrs. Hopper thought so, and then said, "Catherine, isn't it like giving the Lucas family a chance to exceed our Hopper family?"
When Catherine heard this, a contemptuous smile unconsciously touched her lips.
"Mother, don't worry, as long as I am Catherine, the Lucas family will never be a match for our Hopper family."
In fact, in her opinion, the battle between the Lucas family and the Hopper family had nothing to do with her.
It was the Hopper family who forced her to marry King Ducasse. From that day on, she never regarded herself as a member of the Hopper family.
Now, she chose Martha to be the queen, just to torture Martha.
Catherine's eyelids drooped. Suddenly she thought of Stefan's birthmark.
If Stefan was really... her child, then Martha deserved death more!
Catherine's eyes darkened, her heartbeat accelerated unconsciously, and she couldn't wait to prove whether she and Stefan were related by blood.
After she regained her senses, she looked indifferently at her mother sitting across from her.
"Mother, I'm tired, you may leave."
Mrs. Hopper glanced at her daughter, turned and left without saying anything more.
...
On the other side, in a quiet and tidy room.
After Stefan was taken away by Catherine's guard, he was placed in this secret room.
Stefan's eyes were closed now; he was still in a coma.
When Catherine came, the doctor was guarding the room, and when the latter saw Catherine coming, he took a step back respectfully.
"Your Grace."
"How is he?"
Catherine suppressed the impulse and asked indifferently.
The doctor bowed his head and respectfully told the current situation of Stefan lying on the bed.
"The patient suffered only superficial injuries. As long as he recovers well, he will be able to walk freely soon."
Catherine nodded slightly, her red lips parted slightly, and her indifferent said, "Well, you may leave now."
"Yes."
The doctor responded solemnly, turned and left the room.
After the doctor left, only Catherine and her guard were left standing in the room.
Catherine looked at the man lying on the hospital bed, her eyes darkened, and her hand clenched.
She hesitated for a moment, wondering if she should step forward to look at the man lying on the bed.
After a while, she bit her lower lip tightly, and her hands were sweating nervously.
She wanted to get closer to Stefan and stroke his face.
But she was afraid that Stefan was not her child and she favored the wrong one.
After thinking for a moment, Catherine looked sideways at the guard standing beside her, her red lips slightly parted.
"You draw some of his blood and go to the doctor privately for a DNA test."
The guard paused for a moment, looking into Catherine's eyes with some questioning.
Catherine nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice, "You guessed it right, it's a DNA test with me."
"Yes."
This guard is the only confidant Catherine had trusted for so many years, he responded and walked towards Stefan who was lying on the bed.
Catherine stood where she was, watching the guard draw Stefan's blood, her heart beating faster unconsciously.
She wanted to know the relationship between herself and this man as soon as possible, but she was afraid that it would be a pipe dream.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment...
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