“What did you say?” Cedric didn’t catch his words.
“Nothing, you should rest.”
After hanging up the phone, Ulric felt restless and couldn’t sleep. He thought about returning to Northville City as soon as possible to see if this was just a coincidence or something else entirely.
Johnny obediently brought the child out as Ulric instructed. Glancing at the small figure walking beside him, he raised his hand and tapped the child’s forehead. “Is Ulric really your dad?”
Jake looked up, blinking his eyes. “I don’t know, but I know I look a lot like him!”
“And your mom? What’s her name?”
Jake thought for a moment and shook his head. “I don’t know.”
“… What’s her last name?”
“I don’t know that either.”
Johnny had hoped to get some information from the child, but it turned out he knew nothing.
“But you must know what your mom looks like, right?” Johnny was really curious. Besides Rosalind, who else could have ended up in Ulric’s bed? It seemed he didn’t know Ulric as well as he thought.
But then again, it wasn’t hard to understand. After all, Ulric had been single for so many years; having certain needs was normal. As a fellow man, Johnny understood.
“My mom is very beautiful!”
“I don’t doubt that.” Any woman Ulric took an interest in would definitely be attractive. Given his status and position, he could have any woman he wanted. Even Johnny was picky; how much more so would Ulric be?
“Do you know my mom?” Jake asked, looking up at him.
Johnny shook his head. “How could I know her? If I did, you would have already become the young master of W Group!”
“I don’t want to be any young master; I just want to know who my deadbeat dad is!”
“Deadbeat dad?” This term was new when applied to Ulric! “Did he abandon your mom?”
“Yes!” Jake nodded vigorously, his small face full of anger. “Otherwise, why wouldn’t he come to see me and my mom? I’ve never even met him!”
Johnny thought for a moment and nodded.
“Indeed, from your perspective, calling him a deadbeat dad makes sense! But… kiddo, when I called him earlier, it was clear he didn’t know you existed! Is it possible that your mom never told him about you? That’s why he hasn’t come to see you.”
As a brother, Johnny had to defend Ulric a bit. He didn’t want the boy to truly resent his own father.
“Why wouldn’t my mom tell him? Isn’t it because he treated her badly?”
“Hey!” Johnny was at a loss for words. “You make a good point; I like it!”
Johnny could roughly guess the story behind this. It was probably a brief fling, and then the woman found out she was pregnant but feared Ulric wouldn’t want the child, so she secretly gave birth. The ultimate goal was likely money.
If the woman had any sense, she would know she wasn’t qualified to enter the Walters family. If she didn’t understand this and thought she could leverage her child’s birthright for status, the consequences could be dire.
“Uncle, are you going to take me to see him?”
“You’ll see him tomorrow. He’s not in Northville City today; he’s chasing after his first love.”
Hearing this, Jake’s little eyebrows immediately furrowed.