Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 34

Chapter 34

“You want to bully my brother? You must have a death wish!”

Maxton broke free from Bailey's tight grasp and dashed toward Clarence like a swift arrow.

He aimed at the weakest part of the body and rammed his head into Clarence's stomach. Though the impact was not severe, the force was sufficient to throw Clarence to the ground, yelping in pain.

Everyone looked at each other in bafflement, thinking to themselves that the scene looked very much like a loving cub standing up for its mother!

Without any hesitation, Bailey went up to the boy and hugged him. She touched his forehead and checked his entire body. Frowning, she asked, “Did you hurt yourself?”

Maxton grinned and replied, “No worries, Bailey. I've trained my body and am a man of steel.”

Despite feeling relieved, Bailey flicked his forehead and gave him a stern warning. “Never ever use your head to attack others. Have I made myself clear?”

The little boy pouted. Bailey is so fierce. Then again, I like it when she behaves this way. This is exactly how a mother should act.

When Clarence was about to prop himself up, Bailey quickly pushed Maxton behind her and took several steps backward.

Those present were moved by her action of putting the child's safety as her first priority and protecting him from any possible danger.

This isn't something that one can fake easily. It's definitely a natural motherly instinct.

Bailey swept a glance across everyone's faces and mocked, “Why are there so many people here today? Is this your way of bullying the three of us, a poor widow and her sons?”

What? A widow and her sons? The boy standing behind her is a Luther. Why is she claiming him as her child? How shameless can she be?

Beatrice went up to her husband and helped him to his feet. Shooting Bailey a vicious look, she yelled, “Max is Ronni's son. Since when did he become yours? Have some dignity, Bailey!”

In response, Bailey smiled widely and turned to the boy. “Are you Rhonda's son?”

Maxton replied arrogantly, “Hmph! I want to do a maternity test with her. Brace yourselves for a big surprise after the result comes out.”

Both Rhonda and Beatrice paled at his sudden announcement. They could not help but tremble in fear.

W-What? A maternity test?

A dead silence promptly descended over the waiting room.

The expression on everyone's faces varied.

Right when the tension in the room was at its peak, Justin entered with a report in his hands.

Yoel immediately approached him and asked anxiously, “How is it? What does the report say?”

Justin had a weird expression on his face. He looked as though he had experienced something terribly awful.

“What's the conclusion? Stop keeping us in suspense and declare it already!”

Rhonda and Beatrice gazed at each other and smirked smugly.

Justin's hesitance says it all. I'm pretty sure that the two of them are not biologically related by any means.

“How could you do this, Bailey? As much as you want to curry favor with the wealthy and powerful in order to achieve a higher social status, you shouldn't taint the honorable bloodline of the Chivers family!”

“It's all my fault. I'm the one to be blamed for not educating Bailey properly. I may be her stepmom, but I'm still responsible for this. Mrs. Luther, Mr. Chivers, and the rest of the family, I'm the sinner. If you want to blame someone, put all the blame on me. Don't—”

“The paternity test shows that the two of them are biological father and son,” Justin interrupted, cutting her off mid-tirade.

Those words were like a slap in the face for Rhonda and Beatrice.