Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 8

Chapter 8

“Ha! How would you know if I hadn't had the chance? If I ever got the opportunity to sleep with him, I'd have his baby and be the next Mrs. Luther.”

“Fine, fine. I'll call you Mrs. Luther, then. Happy?”

Meanwhile, the subject of their scandalous conversation had an angry grimace on the man's face.

My goodness, is this how women talk about me in public? Argh! Can they be any more disgusting?

Perhaps it was his piercing gaze, but it didn't take long before the two ladies instinctively turned toward him.

Unsurprisingly, one glance was all it took for them to be captivated by Artemis' darkly handsome face.

“Wow, Carol, that man's so handsome. Since when did we have such a good-looker move into the condominium?”

The young lady named Carol hastily tugged at her friend's sleeve and whispered, “Hey, Lily, don't you find him familiar?”

Upon hearing that, Lily stole a few coy glances at Artemis. “Now that you've mentioned it, I must say he does look familiar. It feels like I've seen him somewhere before...”

“I-I think he's Artemis Luther,” Carol mumbled after clearing her throat. “Didn't you just say you want to have his child and become Mrs. Luther?”

Lily froze in her tracks as her eyes widened. “A-Artemis... W-What's he doing here?”

“Have you forgotten about the single mother living in unit 501? She has a son who's about seven years old...”

Soon, the realization hit Lily.

Oh, my goodness. The truth is out!

“Does that mean the rumored illegitimate child is—”

“Shush! Watch your words. You don't want to get into trouble, do you?”

With that, the two women quickly fled the scene, leaving Artemis frowning away with an indiscernible expression.

Single mother? Seven-year-old son? That reminds me. I'm sure I heard two boys in the house earlier. One of them was my son, but unfortunately, that wretched woman chased me out before I could take a closer look at the other one. From what I know, she gave birth to a dead baby seven years ago. Could there be more to this than meets the eye?

With that thought in mind, Artemis pulled out his phone and promptly dialed his assistant's number.

“Hey, I want you to find out which hospital Bailey Jefferson delivered her baby seven years ago and why there were rumors that the baby was dead.”

Later that night, another scandal broke on Twitter.

Breaking news: Artemis Luther shows up at a residential building late at night, seemingly to visit his seven-year-old illegitimate child.

In a short span of twelve hours, Artemis once again became a trending topic.

He, who used to be low-key and aloof, was swiftly thrust into the eye of the storm as the news gained more and more traction.

Many netizens speculated that Artemis had tried to cover up the incident by paying off mother and child, only to be rejected and shown the door.

To make matters worse, the photo uploaded onto Twitter was of him standing gloomily at the condominium unit, staring at the closed door in front of him. That, to the netizens, was irrefutable evidence that he had gotten chased out of the house!

The next day, at ten in the morning, Luther Group's press conference went on as scheduled at the convention center. Top media outlets from all over the country had flocked to the venue, making it one of the grandest events of the year.