Crashing into an Old Flame

’’I wanted to do a DNA test,’’ Diana opened her bag and took out the samples she had managed to gather, ’’These belong to Alex and Maxim but then I changed my mind having my considerations,’’ she had gone as far as stealing Alex’s sample from his office and yanking at Maxim’s hair harshly during sex just to clutch a perfect hair strand which had been easier compared to the gathering Alex’s sample because that was the only time when Maxim’s IQ and EQ all dropped to his certain body part and he failed to notice anything other than... ahem...

All this time, while both of them were busy dealing with Louis, she had not been idle either. In the end, she could not bring herself to do it without Maxim’s consent even though she was doing all of it for his sake. So, she chose to wait for Old Master Qin to be back.

’’It was a guess but your reaction gave me all my answers.’’

Old Master Qin pushed himself to his feet, ’’That’s true. Maxim is my grandson.’’

Diana smiled. He said it so easily to her. Pity though.

’’Then allow me to say this to you,’’ she stepped towards him, ’’If you have no intentions of acknowledging your grandson and his mother then shouldn’t you stay away from them instead of continuing to gaslight them?"

’’I am not gaslighting them. I just... I just want to stay close to them and take care of them,’’ Old Master Qin slammed a fist on the desk, his lips wobbling by the frost in her words.

But Diana did not feel the least bit guilty, ’’In my grandpa’s absence, you are in his place for me. I don’t want to hurt you. But I don’t want you to hurt them either. When they did not have anyone else, both Maxim and Hazel relied on each other to get through the tough times. They are here today because of themselves, they are happy and in peace.

If you can acknowledge them, then it’s great. I will be happy that they found themselves a family. But don’t keep approaching them without having the intention to declare your relationship.’’