Right Person, Wrong Time

Chapter 49 Taking a Paternity Test

Silence filled the air when Joseph finished his sentence. He stared fixedly at Nicole, wanting to see how she would respond.

Nicole fell silent for a moment before a smile suddenly appeared on her face. At first, she was smiling faintly; after that, though, she laughed right away while wiping the tears off the corner of her eye, as though she had heard an outrageous joke.

not April Fool’s Day, but the mid-winter holiday. Don’t tell me you’ve only come up with such a way to draw my attention after so many days.” As she spoke, the smile on her

out of my mind to keep believing that woman’s words! But now that I’ve offended her to such an extent, if I chicken out right now, I’ll be embarrassing

was Queenie. After all, only Queenie and she knew what had happened between her and Joseph five years ago. Furthermore, it made sense when Nicole recalled what had happened at F&M Apparel’s annual dinner. I never expected her to

that Nicole was unwilling to have Hayden do a paternity test with him, Joseph quickly continued, “Miss Anderson, no matter what the person said is true or not, we’ll find out once we do the test. Also, doing the test would dispel our doubts. Wouldn’t that be killing two birds with one stone? And besides, if what the person said is false,

never stop until he reached his goal, Nicole frowned with a hint of impatience on her face, and she spoke with a note of reproach. “If everyone approaches me with such an excuse like you do, do I have to let my son do the test with all of them? Mr. Mann, let’s end our conversation here. If you keep on using such an excuse to pester me next time, don’t blame me