Chapter 1471
Chapter 1471
Julien's words once again silenced the entire office. It was so quiet that everyone's breathing could be heard clearly.
Vanessa had a child, and she even lied that she was single. Any man would immediately break up with her and kick her out of his life the moment he found out about it.
However, things did not turn out that way at all. Julien's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations.
How did that child become Julien and Vanessa’s child out of a sudden?
However, Vanessa knew that the child was definitely not Julien's. Before what had happened that year, Julien had called her on the phone to tell her that he was still in Chatterton Town.
It would take him more than ten hours by flight to get to New York. Unless he had travelled by a space rocket, it was impossible for him to show up in New York at that time.
Therefore, Vanessa knew that Julien was doing this to protect her as well as Lawrie.
At this moment, Vanessa let Julien hug her as she leaned against him, resting her face against his thick chest and listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat.
It's really nice to have him by her side!
With him around, Vanessa thought that even if the sky were to collapse, he would still be there to hold it up for her. She no longer needed to face everything by herself.
Everyone had the same question in their minds, including Queenie. She finally had something on Vanessa, how could she let her off so easily? "Mr. Kyle, are you still in your right mind? How can Vanessa's child be yours? It's impossible that you have a son with her."
Julien patted Vanessa's back to comfort her. Seeing that she was much calmer, he looked up at Queenie and said, "It's impossible for me to have a son with her? Should I have a son with a sinister woman like you instead?"
Queenie was so scared at that instant that her face turned pale, but she still refused to give up. "Mr. Kyle, I... No, there must be a misunderstanding here. The person who lied to you is Vanessa. She was the one who gave birth to a child with another man, not me."
Julien ignored Queenie. He thought that there was no need for him to explain his affairs to all these outsiders. He turned to Joel and said in a cold voice, "Joel, I want you to settle everything here. I don't want to see any more incompetent employees in my office again."
Seeing that the president had made his stand, Joel finally breathed a sigh of relief. He answered, "Yes, Mr. Kyle."
Under everyone's gaze, Julien carried Vanessa in his arms and strode out of the office.
After getting in the car, Julien immediately put on his usual indifferent look and stared ahead. He no longer looked at Vanessa, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, nor did he start the car engine.
Perhaps, that was really the case. No man could accept that the woman he loved had given birth to another man's child. Julien really cared about it but he would not show it in front of others. He did not want to give anyone the chance to hurt Vanessa.
Vanessa bit her lip. After taking a few deep breaths, she braced herself to say, "Mr. Kyle, thanks for helping me out just now."
Julien did not respond. Instead, he lit up a cigarette and began to take deep drags off it.
Seeing that he was ignoring her, Vanessa continued, "I know that this matter will affect the company negatively, especially after you've announced our engagement. If someone were to take advantage of this matter, Rovio's share prices will definitely suffer a huge blow."
Vanessa bit her lip hard and said, "I apologise for the trouble I have caused. I will hand in my resignation letter and I'll never show up in front of you again. I promise that I will not cause any more trouble to Rovio."
Julien took a deep drag on his cigarette and put it off in the ashtray. "Vanessa, is this what I care about now?"
If that was not what he cared about, did he care about her instead?
It was very likely, but Vanessa did not dare to believe it. She did not dare to give herself any hope, so she could only assume otherwise. "I have no money. If you want me to pay compensation for Rovio's losses, I definitely can't afford it."
Julien clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he asked, "Whose child is it?" NôvelDrama.Org is the owner.
Vanessa answered, "Mine."
Julien was speechless.
If it wasn't her child, would he have stood forward and defended her?
Seeing that Vanessa did not intend to answer him, Julien asked again, "Who's the child's father?"
Who was the child's father?
Could she tell him that it was that perverted man who she had sent to the police station that morning?
No matter what, Vanessa would never acknowledge that perverted man as Lawrie's father.
Vanessa took a deep breath. After calming down, she said, "He's dead."
Julien kept quiet.
He thought that Vanessa must be trying to infuriate him to death.
Having to stay with Julien by herself, Vanessa felt extremely suffocated. She said, "Thanks for taking my side just now. I'll get going first then."
As she tried to open the door to get out of the car, Julien quickly locked the door. "Where's that child now?"
Vanessa became wary in an instant. "What do you want to do?"
Julien said, "I want to kill someone."
He wanted to kill the man, and also the child Vanessa was protecting so vehemently.
Seeing how angry Julien was, Vanessa believed that he would actually kill someone now. She stammered, "He's not in Chatterton Town."
If he could, Julien was so exasperated that he would also murder her at once!
To stop himself from hurting her, Julien lit another cigarette and took a few more drags off it. "Vanessa, I will give you ten minutes to explain everything to me. Otherwise, I don't know what I'll do."
Vanessa didn't want to talk about the terrible past, especially not to Julien. She bit her lips and refused to say anything.
Seeing that she was torturing herself, Julien was so angry that he put off the cigarette and pulled her towards him. He kissed her aggressively and tried to deepen the kiss but Vanessa was gnashing her teeth tightly, preventing him from doing so.
After struggling for a while, Vanessa's lips were already swollen but Julien still could not part her lips. He let go of her in exasperation and tried to calm himself down. Then, he spoke in a less hostile tone, "You asked me to give you some more time when we were at the register office, is this the reason?"
Vanessa nodded. "Yes."
Julien asked, "The child's father is dead?"
Vanessa replied, "Yes."
Julien said, "From now on, I'll be the child's father."
Vanessa's eyes widened in surprise. She looked at Julien as she said, "Julien, do you know what you are talking about?"
Julien asked, "Where's the kid now?"
Vanessa was speechless.
Julien said, "Did you hear me?"
After a long while, Vanessa finally answered, "At the hospital."
Julien had been keeping silent throughout their journey to the hospital. However, he slowly realized that the reason why Vanessa valued money more than her own life was probably that annoying kid who was lying in the hospital now.
He had talked to that annoying kid on the phone before. However, he trusted Vanessa and thought that that kid was really her friend's son, so he didn't pay much attention to it. But it seemed like he was really an idiot. Why didn't he send someone to do a background check on her?