Chapter 3

The DNA results came back quickly.

I had tested the maternity relationship between Vivian and Leo.

Getting Vivian’s DNA wasn't hard since we lived together.

Although Leo was supposed to be an adopted child, Vivian had handled the entire process herself.

She was the one who brought him home, and she had always been incredibly close to him.

At first, I thought she just had a big heart. But now, it seemed Leo’s identity was far more complicated.

My hands shook as I opened the lab report. The results were exactly what I feared.

Vivian was Leo’s biological mother.

Now, my only question was: who was the father?

Simon. That was the first name that popped into my head.

It made perfect sense. He had appeared in our lives right after Vivian brought Leo home.

He constantly bought Leo expensive gifts and frequented our family gatherings.

I had always assumed he just loved kids and was grateful for the business I gave him.

But looking back, the way he looked at Leo was never just "friendly."

It was the look of a biological father.

To confirm my theory, I invited Simon over for dinner.

Vivian and Leo were thrilled.

During the dinner, I easily obtained Simon’s DNA.

A few days later, the second DNA report arrived.

When I saw the paper, I let out a cold laugh.

Sure enough, Simon was Leo’s biological father.

All this time, I thought Simon was the third wheel in our family.

Now I realized that out of the four of us, I was the only outsider.

I had given Vivian everything, saving her family's grocery business.

I had raised Leo as my own, shielding him from every hardship, loving him unconditionally.

And yet, after all these years of sacrifice, I was just a fool raising another man's child.

I could only imagine how they laughed at me behind my back.

As Leo grew older, he rarely showed affection toward me.

I thought he was just going through a phase, but now I realized he probably knew the truth all along.

He happily enjoyed the life my wealth provided while calling another man his real father.

To Leo, I was probably the villain who broke up his real parents.

I hired a private investigator to dig into Vivian and Simon’s past.

The truth was far worse than just "childhood friends."

They had dated seriously and were even planning to get married.

But Simon suddenly broke it off, claiming his parents didn't approve of her.

Vivian refused to let go at first, but then her family’s store faced bankruptcy.

Feeling she was no longer good enough for Simon, she walked away.

Then, she swallowed her pride and came to me.

With my help, her family rose from the ashes.

Yet, in her eyes, marrying me was probably the biggest sacrifice of her life.

But if it weren't for me, how could she have ever crawled out of that financial grave?

I was the one who stood by her during her darkest times, yet I was the one she betrayed.