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Joel, especially, was stunned.
Nicola, who grew more anxious, shouted, “I can’t believe you have the cheeks to say you’re not here to compete for the corporation’s successor. In order to eliminate Melanie, you even went so far as to make this accusation. Can’t you see the resemblance between the two of them?”
“You’re spewing nonsense!” Melanie’s eyes were red with rage.
“Ridiculous! Get her out of here!” Damien slapped his hand down on the wheelchair’s handle. His face was overcast.
“Uncle, why the rush?” An enigmatic smile spread across Cate’s face. “Are you afraid that I’ll ruin your plans?”
“Did you not hear me? I don’t want this woman spreading lies here.” Damien glared at the security guards.
They had no choice but to approach Cate again.
“I brought two paternity reports with me today.” She raised her arm high. “The one belongs to my dad and Melanie shows that they’re not father and daughter. The other one confirms paternity between my uncle and Melanie.”
After hearing that, the security guards were at a loss of what to do.
Joel snatched the reports from her hands and began reading the reports. He was livid, and his body was trembling so much that he looked like he was about to faint.
He lifted his head to stare at Nicola before shifting his furious gaze at Damien. “The two of you are Melanie’s parents.”
Worry flashed across both Nicola’s and Melanie’s eyes but only for a quick second. The former stomped her feet on the ground and cried out, “Joel, you b*stard. You believe anything that comes out of her mouth. It’s so easy to forge documents these days. I swear that Melanie is your birth daughter.”
Colors drained off Melanie’s face. “Dad, how can you say that Uncle Damien is my father? That’s unbelievable. You’re my father.”
Damien also looked aggrieved and upset. “Brother, we grew up together, but you’re suspecting me simply based on a forged report?”
Old Master and Old Master Yule exchanged glances, looking unconvinced. “Joel, I believe Damien. He won’t do something like this.”
Joel began to hesitate upon hearing that.
Crossing Nicola out of the equation, he really found it difficult to believe this to be the truth. After all, he raised Melanie since she was a baby, and Damien was his dear brother.
“I understand that you might not believe the paternity reports. Fortunately, I came with a backup plan.”
Cate clapped once calmly and confidently.
The massive screen in front suddenly lit up, revealing an inappropriate clip in high density.
Damien was lying on the bed with Nicola on top of him. The two of them were doing something intimate.
“Darling, look, how can my useless brother compare to me?”
“You’re right. I regret it so much now. I should’ve married you from the beginning. Damien, you’re amazing.”
Nicola lost her mind upon seeing that passionate scene. She rushed forward, shouting hysterically, “Stop playing it. Stop it!”
The image changed on the screen.
Nicola was seen lying in Damien’s arms. Her clothes were disheveled.
“Damien, when’s that stupid Joel finally going to transfer the stocks to our daughter, Melanie?”
“Don’t worry. I’ll try to convince him to do so on the corporation’s 30th anniversary.”
“That’s great. By then, Melanie will take over the entire Yule Corporation.”
“…”
Below the stage, Damien’s enraged face was replaced by embarrassment.
He had initially planned to air the dirty laundry with Joel after Melanie took over the corporation. However, he did not expect it to happen publicly, in the most appalling way possible.
The image he had spent three years building for himself crumbled within seconds.
Everyone was criticizing Damien, Nicola, and Melanie.
“Oh my goodness, this is so gross. The sister-in-law is having an affair with the younger brother. I thought things like this only happen in dramas.”
“An affair? Come on, they already slept with each other twenty years ago and even have their illegitimate child imposed as Joel’s daughter. All these just to steal the man’s shares.”
“Damien is scheming. I remember Joel has always been nice to him.”
“Not to mention Nicola, who always pretends to be noble. I didn’t expect her to be so pretentious.”
“Exactly. I feel like throwing up just thinking that my wife goes shopping with her often.”
“Luckily, everything’s cleared up now. Otherwise, Joel would’ve given up his shares to Damien for the wrong reasons.”
“…”
Joel’s breathing quickened when he heard the gossip and criticisms. However, on second thought, he felt incredibly sad for himself.
As it turned out, he had abandoned Cate and Sheryl based on a lie that Nicola convinced him to believe. He had sacrificed the happy family he could have had because of these lies.
All these years, he had raised someone else’s daughter like a precious darling while Cate had been put through so much suffering.
What on earth had he done?!
“You b*tch!” Joel’s handsome face had never been as intimidating as it was now. He walked over to slap firmly across Nicola’s face. “I’m going to make you pay!”
”D-Damien, help me.” Intimidated by Joel’s twisted face, Nicola quickly hid behind Damien.
Joel turned around to glare at his brother. “Damien, I really didn’t expect this from you. It’s heartbreaking. We’re brothers! I’ve given you everything you wanted since we were young, and this is how you repay me? You’re a monster!”
“B*stard! How dare you do something disgraceful like this? Have you no shame?”
Old Master Yule smashed the glass onto the ground in a fit of rage. The Yule family had become the laughing stock of the entire business industry.
“Damien, I’m really disappointed in you,” Old Madam Yule said bitterly. “Nicola, I’ve misjudged you. I wouldn’t have let Joel marry you if I knew.”
Nicola replied grudgingly, “I loved Joel more than anyone could imagine, so much that I had no choice but to do this so that I could marry him…”
“You show your love… by carrying my brother’s child, so you can marry me?” Joel began laughing so much that tears formed in his eyes. “How unfortunate of me to have met you. Get out of my sight! You and your daughter both!”
“Dad…” Melanie’s face was as pale as a ghost.
She was about to take over the Yule Corporation a few seconds ago, yet everything changed in just a blink of an eye. “Dad, I have no idea about this. I’ve always treated you as my father. Please don’t leave me.”
“Are you sure you didn’t know?”
Cate walked toward the other woman with a smile. “Three years ago, when dad fell into a coma after the accident, you and your mom didn’t even visit him once. Even Dr. Angelo, who was treating Dad at that time, almost died from a fire. If I hadn’t requested the doctor to treat Dad in secret, he might still be unconscious now.”
Flustered, Melanie quickly shook her head. “No, I did visit him. I…”
“You were busy trying to get married to Charles.”
Cate interrupted, “You even laughed in my face when the news of Dr. Angelo’s death was publicized. You ridiculed me for hoping dad will regain consciousness. I bet you already knew by that point.”
“You’re lying. I didn’t,” Melanie said with quivering lips.
Cate spread her hands nonchalantly. “The three of you thought you could take complete control over the Yule Corporation. You were waiting for my dad to die, so Nicola could legally inherit all his wealth. However, little did you expect that my dad would come out of the coma in less than half a year. Time was running out so you continued deceiving him. If I hadn’t shown up today, you would have a bust-up with my dad after you tricked him to hand over the shares. When that happens, he would’ve lost everything he built for the Yule family.”
Melanie’s legs almost give out.
This was because everything that Cate said was the truth.