I Choose Him, Your Worst Enemy novel Chapter 176

Adriel's condition wasn't serious. The doctor repeatedly warned that the wound on his left hand must not get wet again.

The doctor kept lecturing him from the side, while Adriel looked completely unconcerned.

To him, a minor injury in exchange for Wynette's attention was more than worth it.

If Wynette knew what he was really thinking right now, she would probably kick him a few times without hesitation.

After finishing the discharge paperwork, Wynette and Adriel were about to leave the hospital when they unexpectedly passed Eve's room.

The door to the room was wide open, and Eve's furious shouting echoed out from inside. "Justin, if you think you're bringing that bastard child home, I'm telling you right now—absolutely not. I will never agree to it."

As she screamed, she grabbed a pillow and hurled it straight at Justin.

Inside the room, Noah sat silently on the sofa with an ugly expression on his face, watching his parents tear into each other.

His complexion was deathly pale. His clothes were wrinkled and messy, and the dark circles beneath his eyes made him look utterly exhausted.

Listening to his parents fight only filled him with impatience and disgust.

Justin let out a cold snort. "You don't get a say anymore, Eve. If it weren't for your stupidity, our family would never have ended up like this. Look at the wonderful son and daughter you raised. The whole family's been ruined because of you."

He shoved all the blame for the Shepherds' collapse onto Payton and Noah.

Eve immediately snapped back. "Oh, shut the hell up, Justin. And what exactly are you supposed to be? You think you're some big shot? If you were actually capable, you wouldn't have spent your whole life whining for a son after your daughter was born.

"You're nothing but a pathetic idiot who thinks sons are investments. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror? I'm telling you right now that bastard is never stepping foot inside the Shepherd residence. Everything the Shepherds own belongs to Payton and Noah."

At this point, Eve had no intention of saving Justin's dignity anymore. He had already humiliated himself enough with what he'd done. Why should she still care about protecting his reputation?

Back when Eve gave birth to Payton, Justin had immediately disliked the fact that she was a girl and couldn't inherit Shepherd Group. Not even a month after Payton was born, he had already been pressuring Eve to have a second child.

By the time Payton was three months old, Eve announced she was pregnant again.

But what Eve never could have imagined was that not long after she became pregnant with Noah, Justin had already gotten another woman pregnant outside the marriage.

He was afraid Eve's second child would also be a daughter, so he secretly found another woman and had her conceive at the same time. His plan was simple. When Eve gave birth, the other woman would also deliver her child.

If Eve gave birth to another girl while the mistress had a son, Justin intended to switch the babies.

But unexpectedly, Eve gave birth to Noah. Meanwhile, the other woman died on the operating table after suffering massive bleeding during an emergency C-section.

As for the child, Justin secretly sent him away to Cedar Hollow Town to be raised by someone else.

Even after having Noah, Justin still kept that backup plan in place.

If Noah turned out successful, then the child outside the family would remain irrelevant to the Shepherds.

But if Noah ever became a discarded piece, that illegitimate son would become Justin's bargaining chip.

And now, that exact moment had arrived. Noah had lost the ability to have children, and Justin had already been planning to bring the illegitimate son back into the family.

Before Justin could even figure out how to reveal the truth, the media had already exposed the boy's identity.

Because the Shepherds had already dominated trending headlines for days, the story instantly shot to the top of social media again.

At that point, Justin simply stopped caring and publicly declared that he intended to bring the illegitimate son back to reclaim his place in the family.

Watching his parents rip each other apart gave Noah a pounding headache.

His face darkened as he abruptly stood up and headed for the door.

But the moment he saw Wynette and Adriel standing side by side outside the room, embarrassment flashed across his face.

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