Chapter 8 - The Sealed Envelope
Emma held out the sealed medical envelope directly to Julian.
"This is the original DNA profile and birth registry stamped by the State Health Department," Emma explained quietly. "Clara entrusted it to our family lawyer, but Victoria paid men to ransack my apartment three years ago. I kept this hidden inside my mother's old Bible."
Julian took the envelope with shaking hands. He tore open the seal, his eyes scanning the certified laboratory results and official footprints stamped on the bottom of the parchment.
The results were absolute: 99.9% biological match between Clara Bennett, Julian Vance, and the child registered as Leo Vance.
Julian dropped to his knees in front of Leo, holding the boy's face in his hands as tears finally spilled down the billionaire's hardened face.
"You're Clara's baby..." Julian choked out, pulling the confused little boy into his arms and kissing his forehead over and over again. "You have her eyes... you've had her eyes this entire time..."
Victoria seized a heavy glass water pitcher from the table, raising it above her head as she rushed toward Emma in a fit of psychotic rage.
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"I will kill you!" Victoria screamed.
👉 Who caught Victoria before her violent strike could land?
