CHAPTER 12: CHAPTER 12: THE HAWTHORNE FAMILY’S LITTLE HEIR IS HER SON?

Casper North carefully examined it, and then looked full of disdain and contempt.

"Damn, who’s intelligence is The North Witch insulting here? These obvious photo alterations, does she think I’m blind?"

Casper North expressed he couldn’t bear to look, brought out the computer, his ten short fingers swiftly tapped on the keyboard, quickly restoring the original photo.

Suddenly, a fair and cute little girl appeared on the screen.

"Wow, isn’t this the little fool."

The North Witch actually dared to replace the little fool’s photo with a boy’s hairstyle and clothes, could she be any more perfunctory?

Casper North got angry, planning in his mind that it’s time to teach The North Witch a lesson.

"Mommy, what’s wrong?" Casper North quickly noticed his mom was not acting right.

"Casper, I think I might have found your brother." Raina North stared intently at the photo on the screen, her emotions slightly stirred.

Casper North jumped onto the chair, forehead pressed against Raina North’s forehead, "No fever. Mommy, you wouldn’t really be fooled by this pathetic photo editing, right? That’s not like you."

He did not realize that to Raina North, whether the photo was genuine didn’t matter.

What mattered was, just at that moment she suddenly realized a question she had always overlooked.

Her daughter’s photo altered into a boy’s version looked exactly like that kid from the Hawthorne family.

Their resemblance was over ninety percent.

No wonder she had always found that kid particularly familiar.

Turns out... that was her son.

If Claire North knew that casually finding a photo online had unintentionally revealed the child’s whereabouts, she might just cough up blood in anger.

Thinking of this, Raina North felt overwhelmingly delighted.

"So are you telling me my stepdad might actually be my real dad?! Am I really the rare gem lost amongst the crowd???"

Casper North’s eyes sparkled with immense joy, for a moment, he seemed to see thousands upon thousands of bags of cash raining down from heaven.

Without further ado, Casper North immediately pulled Raina North to go find Dad.

Seeing his haste, Raina North immediately calmed down.

Let’s not mention whether we can confirm yet if the Hawthorne kid is her Bobby.

If confirmed, would the Hawthorne family allow her to take the child away?

The Hell King Hawthorne is not someone to be trifled with.

Moreover, once the Hawthorne family finds out about Casper and Shea’s existence, they might reclaim one son, but end up losing two.

"No, we can’t go now."

Casper North looked blankly at his mom.

Thinking of her son’s aspirations to become a rich heir and inherit their fortune, Raina North felt the need to educate her son on what a wealthy family is.

"Son, riches come with restrictions, everywhere are plots and schemes, you see, Mommy here knows it, I carefully hid you and Shea’s existence, just hoping you could be free little birds, once your and Shea’s identities are exposed, the Hawthorne family will definitely keep the mother and leave the child, then you’ll have to choose like a child of divorced parents, whether you want to live with Dad or with Mom, do you wish to abandon the mom who raised you with toil for your wealthy dad?"

Raina North said and whimpered twice, wiping away some tears.

Casper North sighed long: "...Mommy, you’re overdoing the drama..."

What keeping the mother and leaving the child, what choose between two, what plots and schemes, does he think he’s in a drama?

Raina North glared at this ungrateful child for tearing down her plans heartlessly.

"Brat, don’t you know how to cooperate?"

Casper North immediately said seriously: "Mommy, rest assured, I only love the money, you’re my true love."

Raina North: "..." She suddenly felt like heroically sacrificing her child, what’s going on?

No matter what, the most important thing now is to find out if the Hawthorne kid is Bobby.

But is the top-ranked Hawthorne family’s young prince that easy to approach?

It seems that today this marriage, she must go through with it.

...

The Crimson District Registry Office

Raina North waited a while at the entrance of the registry office, soon seeing a young man hurriedly approaching.

"Excuse me, are you Miss North?"

Raina North nodded: "May I ask who you are?"

Joel Jarvis’s eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, a bit unexpected that this all too ordinary woman was actually the bride to wed?

After a moment of distraction, Joel Jarvis quickly regained composure.

"Hello Miss North, I am President Hawthorne’s private lawyer Joel Jarvis, President Hawthorne is unable to come due to some matters, the matter of obtaining the marriage certificate will be handled by me, please understand."

"Understand, completely understand." Learning that The Hell King Hawthorne didn’t come in person, Raina North inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

Facing The Hell King Hawthorne’s each second is both mental and physical torture for Raina North, though she knows that to clarify Bobby’s identity, confrontation with The Hell King Hawthorne is inevitable later but she would rather delay it if possible.

Joel Jarvis was somewhat surprised by Raina North’s attitude, getting married without being there in person, anyone would find it intolerable and Joel Jarvis had already anticipated today’s task to be hard.

However, the expected face-turn and walk away did not occur, this person instead of getting angry upon hearing President Hawthorne didn’t come, significantly... breathed a sigh of relief?

Did he see that wrong?

Probably he saw that wrong.

"Miss North, this is the prenuptial agreement I’ve drafted, it includes..."

Raina North interrupted him, "Lawyer Jarvis, right? I’m in a rush, shall we... make it quick?"

Joel Jarvis: "..." Is getting married a matter of making it quick?

But in reality, it truly was about making it quick.

In about five minutes, the new red certificate was produced.

Joel Jarvis held the red certificate belonging to his boss, expression somewhat collapsed.

Is a wealthy marriage really this simple?

Raina North emerged from the registry office, coincidentally a luxury car stopped before her.

The car door opened, and out came an adorable little kid.

The little boy kept a cold face, exuding such cool arrogance; strangers be wary.

Until he saw Raina North...

The icy little face immediately bloomed into a bright smile.

Raina North looked at him, feeling all warm inside, excitedly pulling the little one into her arms.

Is this... Is this her Bobby?

It’s got to be him, couldn’t be wrong.

Suddenly held tightly, Baby Hawthorne’s small body stiffened, but the faint fragrance of gardenias from Mommy soon made him relax.

"Bobby, I am Mommy, call Mommy."

"Mommy." Baby Hawthorne cooperatively called.

Raina North’s eyes were slightly wet, "Call again."

"Mommy... Mommy... Mommy... You are Baby’s mommy, Baby finally has a mommy..."

"Sorry Bobby, Mommy came late." Looking at this well-behaved and lovely child, Raina North’s heart filled with guilt, all because of her, for not protecting him well, from now on no one can hurt her child.

"Now Baby also has a mommy, that’s wonderful." Baby Hawthorne’s face showed a hint of pink cloud.

"Look how much Baby likes the new mommy."

Old Mrs. Hawthorne said to Aunt Rivers beside her, smiling until her eyes narrowed.

"This is destiny indeed." Aunt Rivers was also very happy.

Only then did Raina North realize there were others around.