The two middle-aged men glanced at Derek’s car and left, gossiping and laughing.
Derek immediately got into the car, and turned on his phone, clicking on the news.
The news headline: Derek is not a biological child.
Derek’s fingers slid down.
It recorded the whole process of Lauren marrying Dalton and giving birth to Derek. There were even pictures of Lauren contacting a strange man.
When Lauren married Dalton, Dalton was already forty years old, and Lauren was still young.
At that time, although Dalton was forty years old, he looked like he was in his fifties. The Saint Group was managed by him alone. It was too tiring. He naturally looked much older.
When Lauren just married Dalton, many people said that Lauren would soon deliver children for the Maynard family.
As a result, there was no child delivered by her after two years. At that time, someone took photos of Lauren and Dalton going to the hospital to see a doctor.
Lauren was still very young, so there was nothing wrong with her delivery. Everyone felt that there was some physical problem with Dalton.
Soon after, Lauren was finally pregnant.
At that time, someone took some pictures of Lauren and a strange man going in and out of the hotel, and some suspected that this child was likely to belong to Lauren and the strange man.
However, the news soon disappeared without a trace somehow. The following news was all about congratulations to the Saint Group for having a new master.
Then, when Derek was born, news of rumors disappeared.
In the news headlines, it was said that Dalton might not have announced the news because of his face, so in order not to let the company he had worked hard for his entire life fall into the hands of others, he had to leave his shares to his grandson.
When Derek saw the news, his entire body turned cold and his palms were covered in a cold sweat.
He had suspected it before, but when he knew that his father had left all the shares to Ernest, he also felt uncomfortable in his heart.
After all, Dalton and Lauren’s marriage were May-December marriage, and there were many such episodes in the wealthy families.
The comments in the news were even more heartbreaking.
“So Derek is an illegitimate child.”
“Why is he so shameless? An illegitimate child wants to steal the inheritance!”
“I despise the illegitimate child. He is too shameless!”
…
Derek closed his eyes in pain. He had guessed all of this, but when it really came, he found that he still could not accept it.
He looked at the news once more and sorted out those points of time. He clicked on the photos and looked at them carefully.
When he confirmed that the people in the photo were indeed his mother, Lauren, and a strange man, his heart completely sank.
He didn’t know how long he had been staying in the car. When he came back to his senses, he drove away.
How could he have the face to see Serina?
Serina waited until midnight, but she did not see Derek. She had to call him, only to find that Derek’s phone was off.
She thought to herself that he might have been delayed by something.
Serina did not think too much about it, and in addition, she didn’t feel well during the pregnancy, so she soon fell asleep in a daze.
The Crystal Palace
Lauren paced back and forth in the living room in her home clothes. She had also seen the news.
“Nonsense! It’s all nonsense!” Lauren was in a rage in the living room.
She had spent a lot of money to suppress the news back then, but she had not expected that it would be exposed to the public over twenty years later!
It was already two o’clock in the morning. Because Lauren had not slept yet, the servants did not dare to fall asleep. The butler also bent over and waited beside her.
Lauren seemed to have gone mad with anger, smashing stuff whenever she saw them, and even muttering.
“Who did this! Go and investigate it! Go and investigate it!” Lauren shouted, pointing at the housekeeper.
“Mrs. Maynard, I have just investigated. This news came from the Internet. All the major media have reposted it. We couldn’t investigate it.”
Lauren angrily threw a vase to the ground.
“It must be Rafael! She knew that I want to cooperate with Webber Group, so she immediately made use of such news! She wants to completely destroy Derek!”
Lauren roared madly.
“Mrs. Maynard, it doesn’t matter who created this news. It was meant to destroy Mr. Derek. You have to think of a way quickly. In this case, Mr. Derek will be kicked out of the Saint Group easily!” The butler said anxiously.
“I must think of a solution, I must think of a solution. Where’s Derek? Have you found him yet?” Lauren muttered as she suddenly stopped.
“Not yet.”
“You are good-for-nothings! Why couldn’t you even find him? Assign Henry and Derek’s secretary to look for Derek!”
“Alright, we will look for Mr. Derek immediately.”
“I have to find Derek. I have to explain to him.” Lauren’s words seemed to be said to herself, but also others.
Polaris City
Serina was woken up at five o’clock in the morning. When she got up and saw Henry, she was also shocked.
“Mr. Henry? Why are you here?”
“Ms. Serina, no, Mrs. Maynard, has Mr. Derek come here?”
“No,” Serina shook her head. “What’s wrong?”
“Mr. Derek is missing. He had a violent quarrel with Mrs. Maynard today, so he left. At first, we thought he was just going out for a walk to relax, but he didn’t come back all night.”
“He should be fine. He is already an adult. Maybe he should go to the bar for a drink or something.”
“Mrs. Maynard, didn’t you see the news? The news said that Mr. Derek is the child of Mrs. Maynard and another man. It was said appropriately. This matter must have a great impact on Mr. Derek.”
“What?” When Serina heard this, she immediately sobered up.
“Mr. Derek has always been arrogant since he was a child. Now he is called an illegitimate child, he must have been very humiliated.” Henry stamped his feet anxiously. He had been looking for Derek for a long time, but he could not find Derek.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Henry! Think about it again, where does he usually go?”
“But I have already searched!”
Serina patted her head. “I remembered that he said that he intended to come to me, but I don’t know why he didn’t come.”
“Didn’t Mr. Derek say where he was?”
“No, he just said it, and I didn’t ask too much.”
“Then, Mrs. Maynard, if Mr. Derek comes over, please make sure you keep him and then inform me if he comes here. I will continue to look for him.”
“Alright.”
Henry nodded at Serina and left.
Serina was in a daze. She immediately turned on her phone and looked at it. It was all about the news that Derek was an illegitimate child.
The time, location, and photos were all clear. Now, everyone was sure that this was the truth.
Would Derek himself be sure of that?
Henry was right, Derek was unable to accept this reality for a moment.
What to do? Where would he go?