Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica)
Chapter 268

"Jessica isn't your illegitimate daughter in Birmingham, is she? I felt she looks like you the more I seeher." Lucas said.

Then Gavin realized that his inappropriate remarks aroused Lucas's suspicion.

"What do you know?" Gavin felt that Lucas may know something, or he won't ask this question."Dad, is there something you're not telling me? You and Mr. Langwell are discussing things in secret.Is it related to Jessica?"

Gavin had to tell Lucas directly.

"There's something I have to tell you now. You may not believe it, but it's the truth.” Gavin madeLucas prepare himself first lest the news was too shocking for Lucas to accept for a moment.

No matter what, Lucas had always been the only child of the Kim family.

Gavin and others regarded Lucas as the sole legal heir to the Kim family and its fortune in thefuture.

Gavin had been working hard and accumulating wealth for Lucas. All Gavin wanted was that Lucascould live a carefree life after Gavin passed away. In this way, Gavin thought that Emily, Lucas'smother who had died would be relieved.

"Tell me, there's nothing I can't accept,” Lucas asked curiously when he saw that Gavin had beenbeating around the bush.

"Jessica is indeed my daughter,” Gavin said.

Lucas was shocked and looked at Gavin.

"You had an affair without my mother knowing?" Lucas asked.

The news did hurt him

Since he was about the same age as Jessica, Lucas thought that Jessica's mom and his mother musthave been pregnant at about the same time. In other words, Gavin had relationships with bothwomen, which hurt both women.

Lucas was sad for his mother because she died in childbirth.

Lucas was furious.

Lucas liked Jessica to be his sister, which would be great in a normal situation.

"Lucas, what are you thinking?"

Gavin knew his son very well and felt Lucas's emotion. Usually, Lucas talked a lot, but now he kepthis mouth shut and didn't say anything.

But Lucas respected his father very much and didn't say anything for the time being even if he wasdissatisfied.

Therefore, Gavin asked him.

"Do you really want to know what I think? You should apologize to my mother. You hurt her.” Lucassaid angrily.

Gavin laughed when he heard Lucas's words.

At least when Lucas knew that he had a sister, he didn't consider that the sister might compete withhim for the succession. Fortunately, Lucas was still empathizing with his mother after all these yearsof his mother's death.

"I didn’t have an affair at that time. You were my son, Jessica was my daughter, and you weresiblings.”

"Really?" Lucas asked.

When hearing Gavin's words, Lucas gradually felt jubilant.

It was indeed difficult for Lucas to digest so much news for a moment, but he got excited.

He and Jessica were twins.

Therefore, as long as Jessica gave Lucas a look, he could understand her thoughts.

Before they knew each other, Lucas could vaguely feel Jessica's emotions.

So, after they parted in Holland, Lucas sometimes dreamed about Jessica and regarded her as hisclose friend he had not seen for a long time.

Gavin nodded. "It's all my fault for leaving Jessica alone in Birmingham and suffering so much.”Lucas immediately asked why the twins had separated back then.

Gavin told Lucas everything.

It turned out that Jessica and Lucas had the same grandmother.

Even before grandmother died, she did not know that the man standing in front was her owngrandson.

At first, grandmother thought that Lucas was the child of Gavin and other women and asked Jessicanot to communicate with Lucas because she was afraid that Lucas might love Jessica.

Fortunately, when grandmother was still alive, Lucas met her and called her grandma countlesstimes.

And before grandmother passed away, Lucas was by her side.

All sorts of feelings welled up in Lucas's mind.

Lucas suddenly stood up and said, "I want to tell Jessica the good news right away. She seemedtroubled and kept thanking me."

Lucas grew up abroad and had always been straightforward.

Gavin immediately stopped Lucas. "No, You can't tell Jessica the truth yet. She's very fragile rightnow. Have you ever thought that she might feel troubled if you tell her the news now?"

Lucas felt that his father's suggestion was right and was ready to tell Jessica after she recovered.Not to mention Jessica, Gavin, as an adult, had to accept the news gradually.

Lucas, on the other hand, was naturally optimistic and felt jubilant when he suddenly had a sister.After Gavin and Lucas finished talking, they went into Jessica's ward together.

The doctor said that the wound's inflammation on her face had been controlled and should notspread again.

Because after the injury, she was soaked in water again which led to more serious inflammation.Gavin felt relieved when the injury was under control and then told Lucas the truth.

He tried to sit by Jessica's bedside and tell her about the trends in Birmingham to graduallyestablish a close relationship with Jessica.

Of course, Jessica still couldn't speak due to the wound on her face and seemed to smile.

Gavin felt an unprecedented sense of accomplishment.

To be honest, Gavin and Jessica were from the same country while Lucas lived in another country.Therefore, when Jessica heard Gavin's familiar local voice, she had a sense of familiarity and becamehappy.

In the hospital of Leiden medical college, Jessica didn't understand the talking between the doctorsand nurses inside because they usually spoke Dutch.

When the doctor spoke some medical terms to her in English sometimes, she couldn't understandthem at all.

Then, Lucas translated these words for her in detail.

She felt especially guilty because she as a stranger had been helped by Lucas and his father andeven felt that she owed them a great favor.

Besides, Jessica was in the hospital and did not know to repay their kindness in the future.

Jessica knew that Gavin made efforts to make her feel better in the hospital.

Jessica was very grateful to Gavin and Lucas.