Hearing Kelsi's words, I felt as if a bomb were exploding in my mind!
'What did she mean? How come Patrick and Kelsi actually had a child?'
Standing where I was in a daze, I asked somewhat confusedly, "How... how old is this child?"
"The same age as your son."
Kelsi answered.
Looking at her, I was incredulous, "You lied to me!"
I said decisivey.
'That's right.'
'There was no way that Patrick would agree to do so!'
Seeing that I wasn't convinced, Kelsi didn't insist on convincing me, "It doesn't matter to me as for whether you believe it or not. You asked Patrick to come back to your side for the sake of your son. For my son, I will do so as well. Both of us are his ex-wives. And both of us mean the same to him!"
Kelsi's words stunned me.
I was indeed confused.
I never expected that Kelsi and Patrick would have
child.
I stood where I was and looked at her in a daze. Moving my lips, I didn't know what to say. My mind was in a mess.
In the end, I returned to the hotel without saying anything.
The room I booked was nice. There was a small balcony outside the windows. On the balcony, there was a small table and a chair.
Sitting on it, I could be bathed in the sunlight.
Sitting there, I pondered on what had happened this afternoon.
In the situation when I pretended to be dead back then, Patrick married Kelsi. For the sake of the Cowell Family's future, it was understandable that Patrick did so.
'But, why didn't he ever tell me anything about it?'
'In this way, I'm no different from Kelsi.'
I sat there in a daze. Unknowingly, the sunset had passed.
Originally, I planned to climb over the wall to get in the hospital at night.
However, I was no longer in the mood to do so. I didn't even know how I would face Patrick.
'He and Kelsi actually had a child.'
'Then I...'
Because of the jet lag, it wasn't until after midnight that I was somewhat drowsy.
Lying on the bed, I fell asleep.
By the time I woke up, it had been noon the next day.
In the town, there were some small- sized restaurants. I went downstairs and had lunch. The food here was quite different from that in City Y.
I found the food here disagreeable.
But it didn't matter.
Last night, I even considered whether I should go back or not.
After lunch, I turned on my computer, intending to focus on work. Upon logging in, I received Lisa's message, which read, "Baby, have you seen Patrick whom you missed so much?"
I told her that I would be here before.
After reading Lisa's message, I pondered for a moment, picked up my cell phone, and called her.
Soon, Lisa picked up the call and spoke in surprise over the phone, "You are making an international call."
"I have something to tell you." Looking at the desktop wallpaper on my computer screen, I thought for a moment before saying, "Yesterday, I learned that Kelsi and Patrick might have a son and that he should be about the same age as Glenn."
"What?"
I could strongly sense Lisa's surprise over the phone.
So I moved the cell phone a little further away from me.
Lisa continued, "That's impossible. What the hell is this? Didn't he ever tell you about this?"
Holding the cell phone, I shook my head, "No, I knew it yesterday. And now I'm in a mess."
"Well, regarding this..." Lisa said over the phone, "In my opinion, you should ask Patrick about this by yourself. After all, Kelsi is good at disguising herself. You don't even know whether she is telling the truth or not. Nobody knows that she, who was a high-ranking socialite in City Y before, is a shrew in private, right? You'd better confirm with Patrick."
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