Betrayed and Dumped: She Rose Stronger Than Ever novel Chapter 478

Joan’s jaw clenched. She frowned. “What’s that supposed to mean? After everything, you still don’t believe me?”

Stephen handed her phone back. “Unless I see a DNA test, I won’t believe a word you say.”

He didn’t even let her respond. He walked out, leaving the door swinging behind him.

Joan was so angry she hurled her phone at the wall. So that was it. The only reason he wanted to see their son was to get a paternity test.

She sat there for a long time, staring at the cracked phone. Finally, she got out of bed, picked it up, and her voice softened. “Hey, Brett. You said you’d help me before…”

Two weeks later...

Stephen had seriously underestimated Joan. He never thought she’d bring the child back so quickly.

“Stephen, didn’t you want to see your son? I brought him to you. We’re just outside your office. Come on, honey, say hi to Daddy.”

Stephen froze when he heard her voice on the phone. He held up his hand, signaling for everyone in the meeting to stop talking.

The room went quiet. People stared at him. Did they just hear a kid’s voice on Stephen’s phone? And did that kid just call him… Daddy?

Suddenly, everyone perked up. This was the juiciest gossip they’d had in ages.

Stephen pressed his fingers to his forehead. When he glanced up, he saw a room full of eager faces, all trying to pretend they weren’t listening. He clamped his mouth shut.

“That’s it for today. Meeting’s over.”

Everyone just stared at each other. Wait, what about the drama? The room was full of disappointed sighs as people started packing up, deliberately slow, pretending to shuffle papers while eavesdropping.

Stephen shot them a look. “Meeting summary. Five thousand words. On my desk before you leave.”

There was a beat of stunned silence. Then everyone bolted for their computers. Nobody wanted to stay late.

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