Chapter 266

“Mom, I’m fine,” Jared replied as he plastered a smile.

Dinner was a silent and awkward affair. Throughout the entire meal, no one dared to break the silence.

Afraid that his parents would sense that something was amiss, Jared quickly scarfed down his food and excused himself from the table.

Once Jared left, Hannah and Gary exchanged a knowing glance. Unable to help themselves, the duo heaved out a heavy sigh.

“Sooner or later, we’ll have to tell him the truth,” Gary said in a low voice.

“All these years, I have always seen Jared as my own son. In fact, I already forgot about the fact that we adopted him. Why did Benedict have to say such nonsense…” Hannah’s eyes reddened with sorrow. “Judging from Jared’s bad mood, he must have found out the truth. We can’t hide it from him anymore.”

“Jared is not a child anymore. He has the right to know about it as well. We can’t be too selfish.” Gary took a seat next to Hannah and pulled her into his embrace.

might abandon us when he realizes the truth. What if

many years of being Jared’s mother, she could

a choice for Jared to make. Even if Jared leaves, I will spend the rest of my life with you.” In order to comfort

leaned her head against Gary’s shoulder as tears continued to

and rose to her feet. “Could you ask Jared to come out of

his way to Jared’s bedroom and rapped his knuckles against the

Your mom and I have something to tell you.” Without another word, Gary took his

skipped a beat. He already

they weren’t his birth parents, he was

a brief moment of hesitation, Jared finally

The atmosphere in the air felt uncomfortably stifling. Upon closer inspection, Jared realized that there was an elaborate wooden box on the table in front of Hannah. It was barely as big as

Mom…” Jared called

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