“Why didn’t she want to see anyone apart from Emily?”
Everyone in the Jackson family wondered about that big question, and they desperately wanted to know too. The two young misses from the family could not even sit still. If their grandmother had asked for any of their brothers, they would have been okay with it. Why did it have to be Emily?
That young madam had just joined the family. Well, technically, she was not even part of the family yet. Why did the old madam favor her so? Even Wendy was puzzled about that.
“Sir, Old Madam Jackson seemed to love Emily. Is there any special reason for that?”
The man on the other side of the phone was silent for a while before he answered, “Is Emily really the Gale family’s daughter?”
“What do you mean, sir?” Wendy was stunned as she did not expect that he would ask such a question. Could it be…
“Sir, do you mean that the old madam and Emily might have a special relationship with each other?”
“The old madam had hired a private investigator about half a year ago. However, my people couldn’t find out about the contents of the investigation.”
Wendy listened to his low timbre voice before she explained, “Emily is my father’s illegitimate daughter. She was born out of wedlock and then brought home after that.”
“As for her mother, I don’t remember much about her. Could her mother and old madam…”
The old madam might have had an illegitimate daughter before she was married into the Jackson family. Who would have known the truth? She was already in her thirties when she married Old Master Jackson. If one considered her age, Wendy’s speculation might just be correct.
The man on the other end of the phone then said, “Well, it won’t be difficult to find out about that.”
“Do you need something from Emily?” It was easy enough to run a DNA test.
If Emily was related to the old madam, then that was probably the reason she insisted that Emily married the outstanding Eldest Young Master Jackson.
After the old madam married into the Mu Family, she had only one son. Unfortunately, her son had died when he was very young. In other words, the old madam had no blood relations with all the other young masters in the Mu family. If Emily was really the old madam’s granddaughter, then her unusual behavior was quite reasonable. Only Emily that b*tch would have that kind of luck!
“I will get you something from Emily. As for the old madam…”
“Just give me an item that belongs to Emily, and I will deal with the DNA test.”
“I got it.”
After she hung up the phone, Wendy clutched the phone tightly as she pondered about the situation.
Why was Emily so lucky that all good things happened for her? She did not understand why the old madam would choose someone so ugly and had a bad reputation as her granddaughter-in-law. Was she blind? Things were beginning to make sense then. When Wendy went downstairs, Charles was already in the hall.
After she pondered about it for a moment before she suddenly asked, “Daddy, what did Emily’s mother do before this? How did you know each other?”
Charles did not expect his daughter to ask such questions, and therefore he was startled. It had been so many years, did Wendy still resent her?
“Daddy, I thought that since Emily and Eldest Young Master Jackson are together now, Second Young Master Mu and I… have also made some progress recently.”
“Second Young Master Jackson proposed to you?” Charles’s eyes lit up.
If Second Young Master Jackson were engaged to his daughter, then his company’s future would be even brighter. He would not need to worry about the business anymore, would he? Both his daughters would be married into the Jackson family. That alone was enough to change how his peers viewed him. Everyone would want to curry favors for his company. Charles got even happier as he thought about it. When she saw the look on her father’s face, Wendy immediately knew what was on his mind.
Even though she had started to look down on her father, she still wore a soft and gentle smile on her face.
“It looks like I would have another kind of relationship with Emily. As you know, Daddy, Emily seems to have misunderstood me lately.”
“What’s the matter with you and Emily?” Charles did not dare to mistreat Emily since she was engaged to Eldest Young Master Jackson.
Wendy replied to him with a smile, “It’s nothing. I just want to get along better with her in the future, so I would like to know more about her.”
Wendy did not want to continue the conversation about that b*tch, so she diverted his attention back to her first question.
“What kind of person was Emily’s mother? Was she a young miss? Which family did she come from?”
“Young miss? No, she was just a daughter from an ordinary family. When I was at the bar, she and I…”
Charles was reluctant to talk about the past.
“She has been away for so many years, why are we still talking about her? I’m afraid that even Emily has forgotten about her.”
“Did she not tell you anything about her family? Where were they, and who else was in it?”
“She was a barmaid, and she was not from Bentson. Who knows who else she had in her family?”
“Daddy…”
“Don’t mention this person anymore, and don’t bring her up in front of Emily.”
Charles was fed up with the topic. He stood up, looked at his daughter, and said, “It’s already late, go to bed. Let’s visit Old Madam Jackson tomorrow.”
They had heard that the old madam had been admitted into the intensive care unit. They would not be able to see her, but they would want to show everyone, especially the Jackson family, that they cared about her well-being.
Wendy watched Charles’s back as he went upstairs. Why did her father get so impatient when she mentioned Emily’s mother? It did not seem like the woman was from any of the prominent family. Charles had always looked up to the rich people, so he would not have used such a contemptuous tone when he spoke about her. Could Emily’s mother be the old madam’s illegitimate daughter, after all?
…
Emily felt warm and snuggly when she woke up the next morning. She opened her eyes and realized that she was not hugging her usual soft toy. Instead…
“Eldest Young Master Jackson?” The girl was shocked and summoned the strength to extricate herself from the man’s embrace. Hunter frowned; he was never a morning person.
When he opened his eyes, the girl was no longer in his arms; she had already escaped from the bed. When he recalled that she had slept in his embrace, he felt a sense of warmth and contentment in his heart even though they had only been sleeping. He had slept well, and he had felt so satisfied.
It did not take long for Emily to wash up, get changed, and return from the bathroom.
“Are you heading to class?” Hunter was still on the bed as he studied her freckled face.
“Hmm.” Emily turned her back toward him as she organized her bag.
“I will go to the hospital to see Grandmother after school. You don’t have to send someone to pick me up.”
People might talk if she was chauffeured to and fro the university. They might think that she had a wealthy partner or a sugar daddy. They would be separated in two years anyway, and by then, she would not have anything to do with Hunter. Therefore, she would prefer it if he was not in her life too often. It would be easier for her to move on when they separated.