novelraw Chapter 480: Dead End
Chapter 480: Dead End
"Bang—"
The door shut firmly, and Nora Northwood gave Jasper Sinclair a cold shoulder, disregarding even the most basic manners and upbringing.
A heavy door separated the two into different worlds.
It was, indeed, a dead-end.
The hospital.
Liam Jacobs’ father was hospitalized for observation due to a stroke, and as the eldest in the Jacobs Family, he was called back from afar to care for the patient around the clock.
Unexpectedly, he once again saw the little girl who shared the same birthmark as he did.
This time, an impulse stirred within him.
Years ago, Liam’s mother betrayed the Jacobs Family and bore a daughter with her then-lover.
Because of this, the Jacobs Family believed Liam was not of pure blood and couldn’t accept him in the family, even after a paternity test.
The presence of this girl changed the game.
At night.
Luke Jacobs, under the guise of a family member of the patient, hovered around Peach Bell’s hospital room, and took the opportunity, while the housekeeper wasn’t looking, to collect her hair, intending to get a test done.
From what he knew, Mrs. Jacobs had a love child with an outsider abroad, and back then he was still in elementary school, too young to understand the adult emotional complexities, only knowing that the Jacobs Family’s attitude towards him had dramatically changed.
He was no longer the beloved young master, but rather a mischievous boy subject to everyone’s criticism.
Upon reaching adulthood, he broke away from the control of the Jacobs Family and pursued his passion for photography.
When anyone asked about him, he was simply Liam Jacobs.
"Excuse me, sir, do you need help?" The sudden appearance of a nurse brought his thoughts back.
He smiled, politely refusing, "No, thank you."
...
Ten working days later, the paternity test results came in, confirming what Luke had suspected: Peach Bell was his half-sister through their mother.
However, why was this sister associating with the Sinclair Family?
This was something he couldn’t fathom.
Liam’s mind was distracted from caring for his father, as it was entirely focused on uncovering the truth about the past.
After mulling over it for several days, he decided to contact Peach Bell first.
On a sunny afternoon, when the housekeeper went to handle the discharge paperwork, Peach’s hospital room was momentarily vacant.
Liam seized the chance and handed a small note with his number to Peach.
"Here’s my contact information. Call me when you’re alone; I know where your family is."
Fearing the housekeeper would catch him, he quickly left the note and words before departing.
Peach Bell thought the man was inexplicable and glanced at the strange numbers in her hand but didn’t think much of it.
Liam overlooked a crucial point: she didn’t have a personal mobile phone.
Even contacting Jasper Sinclair required using the landline at The Sinclair Residence.
Days passed, and Liam sat by his phone daily, hoping for it to ring.
His mind was preoccupied, and the woman who became his father’s wife after his mother’s departure spoke to him with a sarcastic tone, "If you don’t want to take care of the old man, don’t come here, showing that sour face to whom!"
Liam was too wrapped up in his own affairs to bother with someone practically his age.
A woman in her thirties who wanted to marry Mr. Jacobs—if not for the Jacobs Family fortune, then for what else?
If she were born a few years earlier, she’d be calling Mr. Jacobs ’Dad.’
Therefore, Liam looked down on her from the bottom of his heart, unwilling to even pretend civility.