William's words shocked Valeria.
"You can't talk nonsense like that! Ashley should be my dad's child, right? He is such a shrewd person.Before he took them in, he must have done a DNA test."
"Yes, he must have done the test, but the results may have been changed, right?"
William replied with a smile, "Don't you think that Ashley and your father have no similarities at all?"
"Well...But I don't look like my father either.It's possible for children to not resemble their parents, right?" Valeria retorted.
"That's also a possibility, but it is not likely for children to have zero resemblance to their parents.Let me give you an example, what would you do if you are really not your father's child? This is just an example.
"That's not valid, how can I not be my father's child? You can't spew nonsense like this!" She glared at him unhappily.
"I was just joking.Don't mind me, and don't get angry either." He explained immediately.
"Your jokes are crossing the line lately.How can you say things like that? If I say that you are not your father's child, would you be angry?
"Probably." He replied.
"That's right.You can't say things like that anymore.If you say it again, I'm going to punish you," she warned.
"I see.I won't talk about it in the future!"
He promised good-naturedly Bobby, who was driving in the front, started the car engine.
Valeria frowned and felt that William was being weird.
What he said to her every time seemed accidental, but it was not a joke at all because whatever he said was usually backed up with proof.
If he wasn't joking this time, it would be a big deal.
Valeria didn't want to believe that she was not Ronald's child, but William's words reminded her that she didn't look like him at all.
Not only did she not resemble him, but her personality also wasn't like him either.
As she thought about it, she was reminded of her childhood.
Since her youth, Natalie had always been the one to personally teach her, and Ronald never had any chances to interrupt them.
Natalie had never asked Ronald to take care of her.Her reason was that a mother's care was better than a father's.
She had been sent to boarding school since she was eight until she graduated from college, so she had only stayed home for a very short time.
Natalie was a good mother.
She did everything a mother should do, but Ronald had never cared about her like a father.
He had never taken her to school, and she never thought it was abnormal because she was used to it.
Now as she thought about it, it seemed that many of her classmates were sent to school by their fathers.She would envy her classmates when she saw them hanging out with their dad on the streets.She talked about this with Natalie, but she said that there was a difference between men and women.
If she wanted to shop, eat, or travel, her mother would accompany her, but her father didn't have to because he was busy and had work to deal with.She never doubted Natalie's reasoning, but she now found it weird after giving it some thought.
Natalie was not a stubborn person.
She was quite open-minded, so why did she prohibit Valeria from spending time alone with Ronald? Back then, Ronald's attitude towards her was also very cold.
When Natalie was alive, he only treated her superficially.
Later, when Natalie was gone, he showed his true colors.
He had no fatherly affections towards her, and he always tried to set her up.
On the other hand, Natalie had always been on guard against Ronald too.
A normal, loving couple would not have to prepare secret contingency plans to deal with one another in the future.
Moreover, she found out that Ronald and Natalie didn't seem to be affectionate at all.
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