Chapter 677

Dennis soon realized that if he didn’t click on the email, his computer wouldn’t work.

Upon discovering that his computer had been hacked, a surge of anger overwhelmed him.

“It must be a blackmail email!” he thought furiously as he clicked it open.

However, the video and the paternity test that appeared made him freeze and halted his preparations to call the police.

After a few seconds, Dennis quickly forwarded both the paternity test and the video to the legal department.

Once it was confirmed that the paternity test and video were authentic and not forged or fabricated, his anger reached monstrous levels.

The assistant outside the office only heard Dennis’ furious exclamation. “Bitch!”

Before she could go in and ask what had happened, Dennis had already stormed out of the office.

Without a moment’s pause, Dennis barked, “Prepare the car! Take all the bodyguards and follow me to Herbathrive immediately!”

The assistant, stunned by his urgency, quickly responded with a hurried, “Yes.”

*****

Meanwhile, at the entrance of Herbathrive, Melody descended the stairs from the second floor to find that David had already gathered all the patients and their families in the lounge for coffee.

“Miss Fox, you’re finally here,” David rushed over to her and whispered, “Nana seems to have guessed what’s happening. She ignored my advice and is already on her way back. She’ll be here soon.”

“I know. It’s alright. It’s okay to let her witness it,” Melody replied.

“What does that mean?” David asked, puzzled.

Melody patted David on the shoulder. As Melody told him he would soon find out, Zane’s harsh, angry voice came from the door, “Nana, you shameless bitch, get out!”

Melody walked over to the door and saw that it wasn’t just Zane. Ian Leigh also came.

lan was Zane’s mother and the current matriarch of the Jensen family.

The weather was not very cold, but she already wore an expensive mink coat.

However, her taste was just as bad as Zane’s, which made her only know how to wear expensive clothes and not what suited her. It was evident she was more of a showy thug than a dignified noblewoman.

When Melody had discreetly investigate lan for Nana and Talia, she discovered that lan had once been a salesperson in a men’s clothing store and had occasionally worked as an escort.

It was during her time as an escort that she had become involved with Dennis.

Initially, Dennis had only come to Ian for fun and used condoms each time they had sex.

But lan wasn’t willing to let Dennis, a rich man, slip away. When she found out that she was pregnant with another lover’s child, but she went to Dennis and told him that it was his child.

It was not entirely unlikely for a woman to get pregnant despite using a condom, and Dennis was too drunk to remember if he had used condom each time.

Dennis, who had no son of his own, was overwhelmed with joy upon learning that lan’s baby was a boy. He did not doubt lan at all and provided for lan and the child, Zane.

lan had initially thought that she would remain a mistress to Dennis for the rest of her life. However, she unexpectedly became Dennis’ wife after the events involving Nana.

Despite this, lan’s feelings for the aging Dennis had faded, and she continued to secretly see her lover. This relationship was caught on video and in photos by Melody’s people.

As a result, Melody suspected that Zane might not be Dennis’ biological son, prompting her to arrange a paternity test.

The test was conducted using hair samples, so neither party involved was aware of it.

*****

With Zane yelling and cursing loudly, lan maintained a composed demeanor like a real lady, gently pulling Zane’s hand and saying, “It’s not worth lowering ourselves by yelling at that kind of pariah. It also diminishes our status.”

Then, she turned to the man behind her and said, “Go inside and bring out Nana and her mother for me.”

The man in question was lan’s date, Adam Mendes.

Zane was unaware of this and always thought Adam was a distant relative of his mother.

Adam, furious after learning that his son had been beaten by Nana’s men, agreed with a terse “yes” and brought his men to force their way into Herbathrive.

At Melody’s signal, David brought a group of Herbathrive’s men forward to block their way. “Stop right there! No one is allowed in! If you’re smart, leave now, or we’ll call the police!”

The mention of calling the police made professional gangsters like Adam hesitate.

lan, irritated, pulled away from Adam, who was blocking her path, and asked David, “How much are you paid at Herbathrive?”

David, taken aback by the unexpected question, frowned in confusion. “Why are you asking that?”

lan pulled out a wad of cash and dropped it at David’s feet with a dismissive flick of her wrist. “Here’s 2,000 dollars. That should cover two months of your salary, right? Take the money and go get Nana and her mom for me.”

David sneered at her condescending gesture and snapped, “Idiot!”

lan’s face darkened. “Who are you calling an Idiot? Say that again!”

“Just look at you! A shameless homewrecker is a homewrecker, no matter how much you strut around. Do you still want to act shamelessly? Huh?” David said.

“You!” lan was so enraged that she raised her hand, ready to slap David.

Melody was about to intervene, but she saw David grab Ian’s wrist and twist it behind her. And then he pushed Ian away and said, “I’m no gentleman. I hit women too. Get out now before I do!”

Melody felt a deep sense of relief.

There would come a day when she wouldn’t have the time or energy to oversee Herbathrive daily, and David’s commanding presence meant the Herbathrive had a worthy successor.

Zane, watching from a distance, was incensed by David’s words. “Damn it! How dare you talk to my mom like that? Are you all idiots? Beat him to a pulp for me!”

Adam had been waiting for lan and Zane to give the signal. With them taking the blame, he wasn’t worried about the police.

At Zane’s command, Adam led the charge to break in.

But as soon as his foot crossed the threshold of Herbathrive, a stick struck his right leg with a loud crack.

“Ah…” Adam screamed in pain and collapsed to his knees.

lan and Zane turned to see who had attacked, and when Zane recognized the attacker, his eyes widened with a mix of rage and panic. “It’s you!”

He saw Melody, the woman who had nearly strangled him at the restaurant!

“You know her?” lan asked.

“Yeah!” Zane said, pointing at Melody. “She’s the one who almost choked me to death today and beat up all my men!”

“So it was you.” lan narrowed her eyes but quickly composed herself and said, “It must be Nana and Talia who let you do that, right?”

Melody scoffed. “You’re mistaken. I didn’t even know who he was before I hit him.”

lan raised an eyebrow, clearly unconvinced. “Then why did you hit him?”

Melody glanced at Zane with disdain and replied nonchalantly, “Because he deserved it.”