Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 423

Chapter 423

“Everything to you, huh? You better remember what you said today, Micah. Don't throw a fit and harass Shannon.”

Micah did not respond and strode out of the living room instead.

He and Shannon had been through so much that everything had changed.

There was no need to think about the romance between them, as their humble devotion was the sincerest declaration. It was also their only way out.

At Shelbert Condominium, Artemis was leaning against the headboard in the bedroom as he answered a call.

“Mr. Wright of the racing association has been murdered, Mr. Luther.”

Artemis narrowed his eyes. “He's dead? Did you find out who was behind it?”

The other end fell silent for a moment before answering tentatively, “I have investigated his routine over the past couple of days and found he had met with all sorts of people. It took us all night to find a lead.”

“Tell me.”

“The bodyguard to Zoey, the heiress to the Shurmer family, was friendly with Mr. Wright and they communicated in private. More so over the past couple of days, in fact.”

Artemis clutched his phone. A cold glint flashed across his eyes.

It's that woman just as I thought.

“Very well. The person bribing the racing association has done something to the race car in an attempt to cause an accident to claim the life of my woman. If not for Bailey's timely intuition, we would have blamed it on the race car. This woman is good.”

“What should we do next, Mr. Luther?”

Artemis' lips spread into a thin, cruel smile, which was the foreshadowing of his rage. Someone was about to suffer.

“I will give you two photographs, and I want you to post them online anonymously. Title it as 'The Uncanny Resemblance Between Bailey, the Eldest Daughter of the Jefferson Family, and Waverly Gezmond, the Lady of the Shurmer Family,' and then expose the fact that Bailey is not the biological daughter of the Jefferson family.”

“Uh...” The other party was hesitant. “Don't you have to discuss this with Mrs. Luther, Mr. Luther? It pertains to her identity, after all.”

Artemis laughed coldly. “You would think that they have thought me dead from how they disrespected my wife? She is hot-tempered and would likely not take it well, but I cannot let her take this lying down. Just do as I say.”

“Understood.”

After ending the call, Artemis tossed his phone to the bedside table.

They wanted to show Zoey mercy by allowing her to remain as the heiress of the Shurmer family. However, she insisted on picking a fight instead of learning her place.

I've shown her mercy long enough. She will only turn bad or worse if I keep letting this slide. This time, it's sabotaging the car. She may do something more drastic next time, like coming at us with a knife.

The room door pushed open, and Bailey entered with a tray in her hands.

“What is it? Why the long face?” she asked when she saw Artemis scowling, then walked toward the side of the bed.

Artemis reached out to take the tray from her hands and placed it on the bedside table before grabbing her arm and pulling her into his embrace.

“The saboteur of the racecar has been discovered, Bay.”

With a start, Bailey turned to face him.

From her angle, she could only see the blurred outline of his features, which emanated an aura of fury.

Her eyes darted around as she asked tentatively, “Was it Rhonda or Zoey? Or was it Scarlett? Could it be Rose?”

A third mused: One is the lady of the Shurmer family of Lostaria, and the other is the eldest daughter of the Jefferson family of Hallsbay. They have no apparent connection other than sharing a passing resemblance. There are too many doppelgangers in the world. We can't just claim people are related just because they look alike.

A fourth speculated: There is no smoke without fire. There must be an even bigger surprise to be revealed when somebody anonymously reports things like these.

A fifth concurred: My thoughts exactly. Let's sit in wait for the bigger bomb to drop. I'm sure it will be interesting.

As they predicted, another earth-shattering headline appeared online half an hour later.

Breaking News! Bailey, the Eldest Daughter of the Jefferson Family, is Unrelated to Clarence Jefferson. They Are Not Father and Daughter.

If the news of Bailey and Waverly sharing a resemblance was exposed only to profit off the media's attention, the new information regarding Bailey and Clarence's relationship increased the severity of the matter by order of several magnitudes.

One busybody commented: Damn, whose daughter is Bailey if not Clarence Jefferson's?

Another replied: What is there to think about? She's obviously Steven Shurmer's daughter!

A third remarked: If there is evidence proving that Bailey and Clarence are not related, Bailey's resemblance to Waverly becomes even more intriguing. The pair may very well be mother and daughter.

A fourth added: That's right, I feel the same way. These two bombshells are closely related. The appearance of the second piece of news is, without a shadow of a doubt, to validate the first one.

The debate online began to skew to one side. In the end, most agreed that Bailey was the daughter of the Shurmer family.

The Shurmer couple was equally stunned when they saw the news online.

Having met Bailey, they agreed that the girl looked like Waverly.

With the revelation that Bailey was not the daughter of the Jefferson family, could there be any more surprises left to uncover?