Madly Yours (Nora Reed) novel Chapter 690

They could only blame their lack of destiny.

Just as Finnian was carefully trying to figure out how to respond...

Jude let out a soft chuckle. "I was just asking. Don't take it seriously."

Finnian pressed his lips together. Having known Jude for years, he knew he was always fiercely disciplined and never crossed boundaries.

The fact that he asked the question at all meant he had truly entertained the thought...

This was a tricky situation.

He used to genuinely want Jude as his brother-in-law.

But now, Nora had Hudson. Sure, Hudson had a terrible temper and a foul mouth, but he genuinely loved her...

More importantly, Nora loved him back.

Knowing this, Finnian didn't press the issue. He simply looked away and offered a soft, "Yeah."

...

Meanwhile, back at the beachfront villa.

Once the two men left, the living room fell silent.

Nora sat on the sofa, clutching the red cord, her thumb mindlessly rubbing the surface of the gold bead.

Hudson walked over and crouched in front of her, cupping her cheeks and tilting her head up to look at him. "What are you thinking about?"

Nora looked down at him, her dark eyes still coated in a thin layer of mist. "Do you think I'm really the lost daughter of the Fairchild Family?"

"Most likely."

Hudson sat beside her, pulling the towel tighter around her shoulders. "Otherwise, why would a guy like Finnian lose his composure like that?"

Nora looked down, her fingers tangling in the tassel of the red cord.

She was actually the heiress of the Fairchild family who went missing over twenty years ago?

Finnian was her biological brother?

Was she dreaming?

If not, why would something this incredibly lucky happen to her?

She wouldn't even dare to dream of something like this...

But this bracelet really had been on her ankle for as long as she could remember.

Penelope must have planned to exploit her wealthy family from the start, which was why she never got rid of the red cord.

But shouldn't there be other markers besides a bracelet?

Like a scar or a birthmark?

Finnian hadn't asked about anything else...

For some reason, Nora suddenly thought of the scar on her lower back.

She had it since she was very little, but she had no memory of how she got it.

Could it have happened while she was still with the Fairchild family?

When that day came, she could stand proudly beside Hudson as his equal!

...

At the same time, Finnian paced anxiously in the waiting area outside the DNA testing center.

Jude ordered some food, terrified Finnian would starve himself into a hospital bed.

Finnian had zero appetite. He managed a few bites before pushing the plate away, barely even drinking water.

He had run so many paternity tests over the years, but this time was undoubtedly the most nerve-wracking!

He had staked all his hopes and prayers on this one result, risking it all!

The hours crawled by. Finnian waited from noon until nightfall.

Just as the staff were getting ready to leave, the door to the lab finally swung open. Finnian bolted forward.

"Sir, here is your test report..."

Before the technician could finish, Finnian snatched the document and flipped straight to the final page!

[Conclusion: Sample A and Sample B share a biological relationship with a probability of 99.99%]

He stared at that line of text for a long time. He stared until his eyes burned, finally blinking slowly as his Adam's apple bobbed.

"Jude."

His voice was completely destroyed, every syllable laced with coarse grit. "It's Evie... It's really Evie. I really found my sister!"