Chapter 214: The Results
Immediately, she called Matteo back. He picked up without delay.
"So... what did the report say?" Amelia asked worriedly, while Aiden skulked closer, wanting to eavesdrop on the conversation. Amelia didn’t even bother to fend him off; the news would be made public sooner or later eventually.
There was a brief pause from Matteo’s end of the line, and Amelia heard warning bells ring in her head. Any hesitation from Matteo was a bad sign since Matteo would have rejoiced the moment the report came back with a negative result.
"Are you sitting down?" Matteo asked. "You might want to sit down for this."
"...No, should I be?" Amelia asked, her heart sinking at Matteo’s words. She had an awful premonition. "Matteo, out with it. Don’t waste my time. Are you the father of Emmeline’s child?"
"The report states so," Matteo said, his voice wooden. It sounded like he himself could not believe his own words.
Amelia felt the world shift under her feet, as though she was on a rapidly sinking ship.The phone fell to the floor with a clatter. She swayed, and Aiden scrambled to hold her upright just before she could fall to the floor, a muffled curse on his lips.
"The fuck? Amelia, can you stand?"
"Amelia!" Matteo’s voice was panicked at the other end of the line. He only heard a vague commotion at the end of the line, and a voice that sounded like it belonged to his annoying younger brother. "What happened?"
"What happened? Your bad news is what happened!" Aiden screeched in the direction of the fallen phone.
Even if it wasn’t on speaker, he was sure that Matteo would have caught every word. He picked up Amelia’s phone and spoke.