Zoey's face turned pale at that instant. She widened her eyes at the screen and couldn't help stepping backward.
A thought flashed across her mind.
She forced herself to deny that thought.
No. No way. There's no way that the child Rhonda stole back then was actually Bailey's son. No way!
“Ms. Shurmer, watch out.”
A staff member standing next to her noticed she was near the edge of the steps, so he immediately reached out to grab her.
However, Zoey was not in the mood for this. She shook off the staff member and looked at Artemis with a teary gaze. Her voice trembled as she said, “You... You did not hold this press conference to announce our relationship.”
Artemis' lips curved upward, but his expression had no warm emotions. Instead, the look in his eyes turned cold as he said, “To be exact, I am about to announce my relationship, but you're not involved in it.”
His words were like a bolt of lightning striking across the room, shocking everyone.
Zoey's legs gave out beneath her, and she slumped to the ground.
Then, camera lights started flashing wildly again in the room.
It was breaking news for the world that the Shurmer family's daughter was denied the chance to marry someone from a noble family.
However, they forgot that the press conference was broadcasted worldwide.
In other words, the entire world was already watching the press conference.
“Mr. Luther, can you explain this situation?”
“Yes, please. Also, who are you going to announce your relationship with today?”
Artemis curled his thin lips into a smile. The look in his eyes grew tender as he thought of Bailey.
“Well, so here's what happened...” Artemis slowly told the whole story in front of the cameras as he leaned lazily against the podium.
In the end, he added with his low and magnetic voice, “My silly kids messed up the blood samples, which resulted in a huge misunderstanding. In fact, Bailey gave birth to all three of my children, and the eldest son she thought she had lost was actually stolen by Rhonda. Now that the truth is revealed, I hope everyone can stop judging our relationship with malicious intentions. We are genuinely in love. She is not my sister-in-law. Likewise, I am not her brother-in-law. Our love is not forbidden, and we did not trample the bottom line of morality.”
Colors drained out of Zoey's face when she heard his statement.
It was a trap to humiliate her with the whole world watching.
How cruel of him. Is he doing this to me as revenge for targeting Bailey?
Zoey's face turned pale at that instant. She widened her eyes at the screen and couldn't help stepping backward.
“Mr. Luther, are you saying the person you're dating is Bailey?”
Artemis nodded and smiled. “Don't you think I should marry her since she's given birth to my three children?”
Zoey, who had remained silent all this while, suddenly became agitated.
She jumped and yelled hysterically, “You made up all of this. Artemis, you're lying to the public. You fabricated the DNA test results and took in your brother's children as your own to justify being with Bailey. You are a liar.”
Hearing that, the reporters looked at each other awkwardly.
Although they did suspect that, none of them had the courage to say it out loud.
Only Zoey, who seemed to have lost her senses due to her anger and jealousy, would dare accuse Artemis of that.
Artemis looked coldly at her and stated, “You can ask the Shurmer family doctor to run a paternity test to prove my claims. By then, you will know whether those three are my kids.”
He deliberately emphasized on the number three.
Hearing that, Zoey slumped to the floor again.
She was again the center of attention in the room. To be precise, the whole world was watching her. She made a joke out of herself.
Artemis had never considered marrying her, and everything she did turned out to be the biggest joke she pulled on herself.
“Hahaha!” Zoey started laughing out loud, and as she laughed, tears rolled out of the corner of her eyes.
Artemis stared at her, but he was unfazed.
Perhaps that was the only way to make her wake up from her delusional thoughts.
Zoey had lost it. She sat on the floor and cried out loud.
Her life was ruined.
Bailey, that woman, had ruined her entire life.
She hated Bailey so much.
Anger enveloped her, but there was nothing she could do.
Thud!
Someone kicked open the door to the press room from outside.
Everyone turned around to look at the door, and they saw a young man in a white suit making his entrance.
“That's Zeke Shurmer, the head of the Shurmer family.”
“You're right. It's Zeke from Lostaria. It is him.”
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