But he knew the kind of man Julian was.
If he hadn't investigated thoroughly and confirmed the truth beyond a shadow of a doubt, he never would have said these things or made this decision.
But... this truth, wasn't it far too devastating?
He meant Sylvia not only cheated on him, but had someone else's baby?
Yardley was shaking uncontrollably, his legs giving out. Unable to keep his balance, he quickly grabbed a chair and sat down heavily.
The room was dead silent.
The only sound was the relentless thunder and lightning raging outside the window.
It took several agonizing minutes of silence for Yardley to finally process the massive amount of information Julian had just dropped on him.
He looked completely shell-shocked, still struggling to comprehend it.
"You mean... Caleb isn't yours?"
"How is that possible? Sylvia... how could she do something so stupid?"
Julian sat down as well. He picked up his unfinished ginger and jujube tea, took a sip, and spoke coldly.
"You'll have to ask her that yourself."
"Or, considering how incredibly attentive you were during her pregnancy, staying by her side for the birth and her postpartum recovery... could he be yours?"
Hearing this, Yardley went pale with terror and frantically waved his hands to clear his name.
"Julian, don't joke about that."
"Am I insane? No matter what, I could never sleep with my own cousin! He is absolutely not mine! I swear it!"
Julian stared at Yardley, a flicker of doubt in his eyes.
"I'll reserve judgment. Scarlett, what do you think?"
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