A Touch of Sweetness
Chapter 400

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 400

Emma turned around and looked at Vivian in disdain. “Vivian William, I hated you from the momentI saw you. Why does an illegitimate daughter get to stay with us? For that reason, I took you to thehospital to get a forged DNA test done in hope that Harvey would kick you out of the house. To mysurprise, the paternity test came back negative and that was when I realized you aren't blood-related to Harvey at alll”

Emma's disclosure triggered some of Vivian's distant memories. Emma did take me to the hospitalonce when I was a little girl. She said that I looked a little malnourished and needed to go for amedical check-up so that she could take better care of me thereafter. I remembered feeling touchedby her thoughtfulness and acceptance of me. I wouldn't have thought that her real intention was tokick me out of the house!

“That's impossible. If you had known that I'm not his daughter, you wouldn't have waited until todayto tell him the truth!” Vivian insisted that what Emma claimed could not be true.

If she had known for sure that I'm not my father's daughter, her initial plan would have succeeded.Why would she hide this information from her husband for so many years? This doesn't make anysense.

“Why don't you turn to your mother for this question?” Emma snickered and glanced toward Rachel.“Rachel William, now that the cat is out of the bag; you're not still planning on keeping quiet aboutthis, are you?”

“Mom, what's going on?” Vivian turned to her mother in bewilderment.

Rachel had stood frozen since the instant Emma dropped the bomb by saying that Vivian was notHarvey's biological daughter. Her face was white as a sheet and her whole body was trembling asshe stood there, at a loss how to answer her daughter's question. It seems this secret can’t be keptforever, after all.

“Vivian, I-I...” Tears kept rolling down her cheeks as the older woman was fumbling for anexplanation.

Her mother's uncontrollable sobbing made Vivian feel anxious. “Mom, please say something. How isit that I'm not Dad's daughter? Why don't you just set them straight?” Vivian's voice grew desperate.However, Rachel just shook her head and kept muttering, “I'm Sorry, Vivian. I'm so sorry..."

"Since you're too much of a coward to admit, I'll help you do the honor,” Emma said to Rachel witha smirk on her contorted face. “Many years ago, I confronted you as soon as I found out the truthabout Vivian. You carried a child for another man and even have the audacity to pass her off asHarvey's daughter! Do you remember what you did when I showed you the DNA results?”

Emma let out an unsettling laugh as she continued, “You begged me! You got onto both your kneesand you begged me to keep it a secret. Oh! What a satisfying moment to see my nemesis crawlingbefore me to ask for a favor!

"You promised that as long as I turn a blind eye to this, you would disappear from Harvey's lifeforever. That's the only reason why I agreed to keeping Harvey in the dark about Vivian's trueidentify. Rachel William, have I left out anything?”

Every audience in the room now looked at Rachel in disbelief as they tried to digest the rapidunfolding of events. This woman is really something. Not only did she have a child with anotherman, but she also made Harvey Miller raise that child. They were now shooting sympathy looks atHarvey for being kept in the dark all this while.

“Mom, please say something. She was wrong, right? Mom?” Vivian was already in tears. Shedesperately needed her mother to deny this in front of everyone in the room. Vivian wasdisappointed again as Rachel just kept her head low and continued to sob inconsolably.

Harvey was on the brink of an emotional breakdown after soaking up all the information. He walkedup to Rachel and demanded an explanation. “Is everything Emma said true? Talk to me!”

Rachel was visibly shaken up. “I'm sorry. I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I'm sorry...” All the womancould muster was more apologies.

Seeing as questioning Rachel was not getting them anywhere, Harvey grabbed hold of Vivian andbarked, “You're coming with me to do a DNA test right now!”

The man did not care that his excessive force had left bruises on Vivian's arm as he dragged heronto his car. His mind was now occupied with only one thing—the truth about Vivian's identity.