Upon seeing her expression, Jean felt as if his heart had been stabbed mercilessly countless times, leaving him heavily wounded.
His heart ached terribly. Instinctively, he stepped forward, intending to grasp her hand. “Neera.”
However, Neera shot to her feet in a fluster and retreated like a startled fawn. Her eyes and body language were filled with nothing but rejection.
The hand that Jean extended suddenly froze.
“You've known about this all along?”
Neera forced herself to hold it together, not allowing herself to lose composure and tried asking him as rationally as possible.
Jean withdrew his hand. With a slightly hoarse voice, he explained, “It wasn't very long ago. I discovered the truth just before I went abroad to find you. I missed you so much that I went next door to see the place where you had lived, to feel your presence. As luck would have it, I found the DNA test report in the children's room and realized they were my children.”
Upon hearing his explanation, Neera was once again taken aback.
“What do you mean? Are you saying... the kids already knew about this? They even tested your DNA?”
Jean nodded, no longer hiding anything.
“It seems they knew from the start that I was their biological father. I'm not entirely sure why they knew. They must have taken my hair and done the DNA test secretly. Neera, that night—”
He had intended to explain what happened that night, but Neera interrupted him.
The rims of her eyes turned red. Her mental fortitude was nearly shattered by the onslaught of one truth after another.
“If that's the case, why didn't you tell me when you left the country? Why did you continue to hide it from me? You should know what that incident from six years ago meant to me, so why didn't you be honest with me? You had so many opportunities, but why didn't you say anything? Why did you let someone else expose it in this way? How do you expect me to face you?”
Jean was left speechless by her barrage of questions.
He knew he had many opportunities to tell her the truth.
Yet, in the end, he never mustered the courage to tell her.
All he could say was apologize over and over again.
The pain and sorrow Neera felt nearly caused her to break down, but she didn't want his apologies.
The betrayal from being deceived had overwhelmed her.
Back then, she suffered so much because of it. She was driven away, mocked, and trampled upon.
Later on, even though Adriana took her in, she still fell into a state of depression from which she couldn't extricate herself.
If it weren't for the triplets, she might have been immersed in her depressed bubble forever.
It was the darkest time of her life.
She finally realized the man she loved the most was the culprit behind all of it.
It was an unacceptable reality.
The question she asked seemed to have drained all her energy. She didn't want to continue the conversation, nor did she want to face him anymore. She turned around, intending to leave.
Jean panicked, hastily holding onto her, feeling as though she would never return once he let go.
“Where are you going?”
His voice was tinged with panic and fear, but Neera couldn't care to soothe him.
She gritted her teeth, refusing to look at him. “I need some time to calm down. Right now, I don't want to hear anything. Let's not see each other for a while.”
Once the words were out of her mouth, she shook off his hand and quickly walked away.
Outside, Ian saw her come out and wanted to say something.
Seeing she had no intention of stopping, he merely sighed.
Returning next door, Neera walked into the living room with a deadpan expression.
Adriana and Chad had been anxiously waiting. Hearing some movement, they hurriedly rushed to her. “What happened? What did he say?”
At first, Neera didn't react. After a few seconds, tears began sliding from the corner of her eyes and rolling down her cheeks.
Seeing the devastation on her face, they already knew the truth.
Adriana was heartbroken as she quickly held Neera in her arms.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Enigmatic Return (Neera and Jean)
What kind of stupid confusion is this, how come she didn't know that the my bourvart they are talking about is Jean?...
Author uses too many words to describe useless things and then don't clarify others, who is this aunts friend. Neere went to play golf with who?...
Why is she keeping so many secrets from Jean?...
is it too much to ask, when are they going to know that Jean is the father of her triplets???? the man that night 6yrs ago is Jean???!!!!!!...
Chapter 328, did Alfonso not meet Jeann before, how does he not recognise him huh...
I'm a bit confused, does Roxanna not know that her sister is married..this chapter makes it look like she doesn't know but they already went to Jean for money huh...
Too many words to explain somethings, it's a waste.......
Good Day Dear Author! i just want to ask, why it cant read in normal format? the sentences for every chapter is cut, almost half of the sentence is cut thats why cant read it as whole. Thankyou....