Leonardo looked at the series of question marks in the text and curled his lips.
A few taps on the screen later, “Go to bed.”
On the other end, Summer read the two text messages from Leonardo back and forth twice.
The two messages had only five words in it as if they were precious crown jewels.
“Call me tomorrow, then. Come back early. I’ll go to sleep now.”
Summer sent the message over and only received a two-word response from Leonardo. “Good night.”
Leonardo kept his phone, and then took a bath and changed up before going out to look for Violet.
The reason why he chose to come to M Country at night was not to be discovered by Michael that quickly.
If he had come to M Country in the morning, Michael would have known that he did not go to the office, and would naturally know that he had come to M Country to look for Violet.
He had rushed to M Country overnight, and Michael would have found out that he had come to M Country by now. But as it would take a ten-odd hours plane ride to get from Hoover City to M Country, even if Michael was to come, it would be at least ten hours later.
He had ten-odd hours to “talk” to Violet, so he was not in a hurry.
The hall was very quiet, and Violet was nowhere to be found.
Leonardo asked the servant, “Where is Madam?”
The servant responded respectfully, “Madam is resting in her room.”
Leonardo looked upstairs, although he had not been to Violet’s residence for many years now, he still remembered where Violet’s room was.
He went upstairs, and walked to the door of Violet’s room and knocked. “Auntie.”
There was no response from the room, and Leonardo raised the edge of his lips and left without a hint of a smile.
After a while, Violet came downstairs.
“Leonardo, you were looking for me?” Violet looked apologetic. “I accidentally fell asleep in my room and heard you calling me. I honestly thought I was dreaming.”
“Auntie, if you are tired, please rest.”
Leonardo’s tone was flat without any discernible emotions, but his gaze never left Violet.
Violet was seemingly uncomfortable with the gaze, and she forced a smile. “I’m fine. It’s just my age catching up with me, plus it’s summer, it’s easy to get lethargic.”
“Then Auntie, you should pay more attention to your health. You had yet to wait until elder bro getting married, nor have you managed to carry your own grandchild yet, don’t be like Grandpa.”
Leonardo’s voice was already low and rumbling, and now that he deliberately slowed down, every word he said sounded eerie.
Violet froze for a moment, before shifting the topic to the matter of Grandpa Emerson. “How is my father? Did he get any better?”
Leonardo leaned his head slightly, as his long fingers tapped against the arm of the sofa beside him, and the words he spoke showed clear indifference. “If you are that concerned about him, why don’t you return to the country with uncle. Elder Brother and Douglas are also in the country.”
“Your uncle and I had actually been discussing this recently…” Violet lowered her gaze a little and did not look at Leonardo.
The two chatted on matters that were irrelevant.
Leonardo had been constantly observing Violet, and every time their gaze met, she would quickly turn away in a hurry, or change her seat position from time to time.
Violet, as a lady of the Emerson family, had a designated etiquette teacher since young. She was always elegant, and her series of actions showed that she was anxious and uneasy deep down.
Leonardo felt it was time.
After Violet spoke, Leonardo had kept silent.
The hall was silent for a few seconds, and when Violet reached out for the glass on the table for the third time, Leonardo softly said, “Auntie, I came to M Country because I had something to ask you. ”
Violet seemed to be shocked and immediately pulled her hand back. “What’s the matter?”
As she said that, she also realized that her reaction earlier was too unnatural, and forced herself to take the glass, and drank a mouthful.
Leonardo took out the DNA report and tossed it onto the coffee table.
Violet looked at him, before slowly taking the DNA paternity test report.
Her face turned paler by the moment, and finally, her entire expression was nothing but panic, and when she spoke again, she could not even coherently complete her sentence. “This… Leonardo… this is…”
Leonardo looked on at Violet’s panicked demeanor, and no longer concealed the somber tone in his voice. “Auntie, won’t you explain what is going on? Everyone knew that both you and uncle were already together when you were overseas, and had given birth to Adams at eighteen. So why is Adams’s biological father, your elder brother?”
Leonardo deliberately raised his tone in the final two sentences.
When he was young, Michael and his mother seemed to be a loving couple.
But as Leonardo grew up and looked back on his childhood, he faintly felt that love was an illusion.
Adults were very good at acting and lying.
Violet could not even utter a word for a good while, and the entire hall was filled with a shuddering silence.
Violet quickly steadied herself and said with a trembling voice, “Adams… is indeed elder brother’s son, but you need to trust me, that he really loved your mother…”
Leonardo only sneered and said nothing.
Violet probably understood that mere words like this would not convince Leonardo.
After a short pause, Violet continued, “I was indeed pregnant back then, but my child was born premature, and died shortly after birth. At that same time, your father had just taken over Emerson Corporation, and was entertaining guests left and right, so it was inevitable that some women would take the opportunity, and while he wanted to kill the woman, the child was after all his flesh and blood. Since my child had just died, I brought the child over and raised him…”
This explanation seemed to be without any flaws.
And the reasoning was sound and justifiable.
Leonardo did not say whether he believed it or not, and simply asked, “Does Adams know about this?”
“He… He should know about it.” Violet’s expression was a little hesitant.
Leonardo asked, “Does Uncle know about this?”
Violet’s expression had returned to normal and softly replied, “Yes, Nathan knows about this.”
Leonardo narrowed his eyes a little. “Uncle is not at home, where did he go?”
Violet smiled and said, “He is currently holding an art exhibition, and has already been away for almost a month.”
Just as she said that, a servant came over. “Madam, the meal is ready.”
“All right, let’s eat first. You should be hungry too.” Violet stood up and said gently.
She once again became the elegant wife of an artist, and there were no longer any traces of the earlier panic.
Leonardo lowered his gaze and followed her into the dining room.
Only two people had their meal in the large dining room, and no one spoke, leaving the atmosphere somewhat awkward.
After a moment, Leonardo put down his chopsticks. “I’m done.”
Violet watched as Leonardo left the dining room, and the expression on her face slowly returned to normal.