Chapter 3

I wasn't deceiving myself. Noah is indeed my child.

Did Yvonne and Brandon really think they could fool me?

Years ago, when Yvonne couldn't get pregnant, we decided to try IVF.

Before the embryo was created, I accidentally caught Yvonne and a nurse tampering with my sperm storage. I overheard her excitedly calling Brandon, saying she had successfully switched his sperm in.

I didn't make a scene then. Instead, I silently gave the doctor a million dollars to switch back to my spare sperm that I had provided earlier.

I also "kindly" asked the doctor to replace Yvonne's eggs with my ex-girlfriend's.

On the day of the embryo creation, Yvonne and I witnessed the birth of a "miracle" together.

She was abnormally happy, probably thinking it was her and Brandon's child.

Watching her foolish expression, I was laughing inside.

All these years, I've watched her dote on Noah like a clown, thinking he was her child with Brandon. It's been incredibly satisfying.

She tried to set me up, but ended up being deceived for over twenty years.

Yvonne interrupted my reminiscing, mocking me,

"Stop being stubborn, Zane. Noah may have been with you all these years, but the sperm wasn't yours! His biological father is Brandon."

I replied calmly, with a hint of challenge: "Are you daydreaming?"

"If you don't believe it, let's do a paternity test!" Yvonne said firmly,

"And I want a divorce! You forced me to marry you, and I've been with you for twenty-five years. I've done more than enough for you!"

When she mentioned divorce, a hint of joy flashed across her face.

Looks like she's been wanting this for a long time.

Hah? She dares to say she's done more than enough for me?

I've been married into her family for twenty-five years, and I've slept in an empty bed for twenty-five years.

When I was raising our child alone, she was off having romantic trysts with Brandon.

When I was fighting in the business world to uphold the Rivers family name, she was indulging in entertainment and luxury.

But she's wrong about one thing - I didn't become her lapdog because I loved her.

Marrying her was just to gain the status of the Rivers family's son-in-law and control the Rivers Group.

Now, the Rivers Group is completely under my control.

So, Yvonne has no more use value!

"Divorce is fine," I shrugged nonchalantly,

"But there's no need for a paternity test. I'm certain Noah is my child."

Noah looked at me, his eyes determined: "Dad, I believe you."

Yvonne and Brandon immediately became anxious.

"Noah, don't you trust your mother?" Yvonne pleaded.

Noah ignored her, sticking close to me instead.

Just then, a young man who looked like a college student burst in.

He walked straight up to Noah, excitedly calling out, "Brother!"

Everyone in the room was stunned.

As if one extra father wasn't enough, now a brother had appeared out of nowhere?