The Triplets My Ex Never Knew About novel Chapter 262

Chapter 262: Chapter 262: "But Estelle Is Not Your Biological Child!

Estelle Lockwood stressed the two words "biological daughter." She watched as Austin Lockwood’s face gradually turned pale, but her words were directed at Rose Lowell.

"After all, it is an honor for a biological daughter of the Lockwood family to make sacrifices for them. Since you’ve accepted the two billion and countless betrothal gifts, you should take responsibility."

"If Ms. Lowell backs out in the end and refuses to go through with the marriage, then don’t blame Princess Avery for not being courteous."

Princess Avery narrowed her eyes.

For some reason, a wave of terror washed over Rose Lowell.

She didn’t know where this terror came from, and she frantically tried to console herself. ’Estelle Lockwood is just stalling, putting up a desperate, pointless struggle. It’s fine, it’s fine, everything has been arranged—’

But Rose Lowell couldn’t stop herself from screaming, "Stop smiling! Don’t you dare smile! Estelle Lockwood, what the hell are you smiling at—"

"Since Ms. Lowell is so curious, allow me to answer that question for you."

With a loud BANG, the manor doors were pushed open.

A few people walked in.

...

[Hey, those people look familiar. That old man looks like the director of Crestfall Private Hospital.]

[Yeah, and that lady... Isn’t that Director Carson from the orphanage?]

[The others look familiar too, I just can’t place them right now...]

[Whoa!! Look, don’t those two look like Rose Lowell’s parents?!]

[Holy crap, I remember this. Didn’t Rose Lowell and her own brother always bully Estelle Lockwood? And their parents just let them. How dare these two old bastards call themselves Estelle’s grandparents? What’s going on here?]

[Weird. What are they doing here?]

...

「A few days earlier.」

Director Carson had agreed to appear as a witness, and she had evidence in her possession.

Director Rhodes of the hospital had initially been unaware of the situation. It was only after Nathaniel Sloan paid him a visit that he investigated and discovered that twenty-five years ago, someone had indeed pulled off a massive deception at the hospital.

Director Rhodes was a man of principle and couldn’t let such a thing slide. When Nathaniel Sloan explained the full story—that they had swapped babies with the ultimate goal of selling a child—he had agreed to come without a second thought.

There was also the head nurse of the maternity ward. She could testify that Rose Lowell had delivered a stillborn baby and that Austin Lockwood had paid to alter the records. Austin had then shown up with a newborn infant, and the head nurse, terrified he had kidnapped another family’s child, was threatened by him and subsequently driven out of Crestfall.

As for the last two—Old Mr. and Old Mrs. Lowell—their story was an interesting one.

As Rose Lowell’s parents, they of course knew Estelle Lockwood wasn’t their daughter’s biological child. Austin Lockwood had claimed he was worried Rose would be too devastated by the loss of their baby, so he had brought back a baby girl from a "friend."

At Rose Lowell’s instigation, the old Lowell couple also grew to despise Estelle Lockwood, viewing her as a jinx. Besides, they reasoned, since Estelle wasn’t their daughter’s biological child, they turned a blind eye to Rose’s abuse of the girl.

As for Noelle Lockwood, the old couple only doted on her because Rose Lowell favored her.

But Nathaniel Sloan had brought a paternity test—proving that Noelle Lockwood was the daughter of Austin Lockwood and his mistress!

So, their own daughter had been raising her husband’s love child! Vicious as the Lowell couple was, they still cared for their own daughter, so they had immediately agreed to come with Nathaniel Sloan.

And, most importantly—

Nathaniel Sloan had said, "Estelle Lockwood was stolen from her biological parents by Austin Lockwood. You both know what the penalty for kidnapping a child is. Austin Lockwood’s prison sentence is a certainty."

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