Chapter 164: 99.99% match
Everyone in the room turned to fix their wide eyes on me and their lips were left agape.
"What...?" James mumbled under his breath, his voice laced with denial as disbelief was written all over his face. He was staring at me, his eyes darting between his wife and I. I had my arms wrapped around Natalie as I rushed to her side. My brows were furrowed together and my dark brown eyes were swimming with concern while Evelyn watched quietly behind us, her eyes wide with horror.
"Mum?" Murmurs began to fill the air as people started to gossip and whisper among themselves.
"Is that true? Is she really her mother?"
"Oh my god, I can’t believe this, how did this happen?" Another questioned.
I ignored the whispers in the background as I kept my eyes fixated on Natalie, her hand holding onto her red cheek. "Are you okay?" I asked, my voice laced with a hint of concern and worry.
"You called me mum..." She commented under her breath as a slight smile tugged at the corners of her lips. She looked at me, tears began to fill the brim of her eyes as they glistened under the soft yellow glow from the chandeliers that lit up the ballroom, emotions running wild in her eyes. "This is the first time you called me mum," she said, her voice coming out shaky as a single teardrop fell down her cheek.
I pulled her into a hug, wrapping my arms around her tightly as I leaned on her shoulders with a slight smile etched onto my face. "Mum..." I murmured softly this time as hot tears stung my eyes in a split second.
I didn’t notice it earlier but the cameras had gone crazy earlier. Almost everyone standing in that room whipped out their phones to start recording and taking pictures of this "reunion" and shocking revelation. I’m certain that the media is about to have a field day with this.
As all of this was going on, Evelyn stood up on her own with an angry expression that masked her features and her heart was bursting with displease. She roughly grabbed me by my shoulders and pulled me away from Natalie.
"Get away from my mum!" She demanded through gritted teeth as rage was pulsing in every single vein inside of her body. "She’s not your mother!" She shrieked loudly this time, her sharp voice cutting through the tension that hung in the air like a thick blanket.