When Alexander saw the message from Noah, it was already the next morning.
Last night, when they exchanged identities and returned home, it was already late, and their father had not returned home, so he went to his room alone to rest.
Perhaps due to exhaustion, he fell asleep and woke up the next day.
Upon seeing Noah's message, he immediately ran to Ethan's room, wanting to find out what happened.
However, the room was empty.
No one was there.
He rushed downstairs and found the butler, asking, "Butler, where's my dad? Did he go to work already?"
The butler shook his head and truthfully replied, "He did not return all night."
Upon hearing this, Alexander felt a sense of unease.
Since he moved into this house, his dad had never been away for a whole night.
But last night, he didn't come home at all.
This indicated that the situation was much more serious than he had imagined.
Alexander ran upstairs, found the phone on the bedside table, and called Ethan.
The phone on the other end indicated that it was turned off.
Anxiety in Alexander's heart grew rapidly. He brought over a chair, stood on it, and took down a backpack from the top of the wardrobe.
He was worried about his dad and decided to go find him.
At this time, his dad should be at the company.
If there was no one at the company, he would check other places.
In any case, he had to find his dad and make sure nothing happened to him.
Alexander put the phone, some change from the drawer, and a black card into the backpack.
Suddenly, two leather folders in the backpack caught his eye.
Curious, he took out the folders and saw the words ‘Paternity Testing Center’ printed on them.
A trace of confusion flashed in Alexander's eyes.
Did the paternity test results come out?
Why did Noah hide it from him? Didn't he say last night that the results were not out yet?
Out of curiosity, Alexander opened the folder.
Earlier genetic ratios and such were beyond his understanding, so he decided to skip to the last page to see the results.
[The DNA testing result for A and N indicates a 100% match. Medically confirmed as identical twins.’
This result brought immense joy to Alexander, and he was excited beyond measure.
So, he and Noahi were really identical twin brothers?
This was fantastic!
With this mood, he opened the second folder.
[Miss S and Mr. N's DNA testing result indicates a match of 1%. Maternal lineage probability is 1%.]
Seeing this result, Alexander's smile froze on his face.
In his mind, there was a sudden explosion, as if something had burst open.
Noah and Mommy were not mother and son.
But he and Noah were twin brothers.
So, does that mean he is not Mommy's biological son?
How could that be?
It's impossible.
Alexander shivered as he dialed a video call to Noah.
Unfortunately, at this time, Noah had already gone to kindergarten, and he couldn't reach Noah.
Trembling, he left a message for Noah.
[Is the paternity test result in the backpack true? Am I not Mommy's biological son? Is my biological mother Suzy? Did you keep the result from me because of this?]
A long string of questions, but no response.
No reply at all.
Alexander felt like his soul had been sucked dry. His legs gave way, and he sat on the ground. His eyes were red with grievances, and tears rolled down his cheeks.
He was not Mommy's biological son.
His mother is Suzy. Sobbing, why did it turn out this way? How could this happen? He didn't want Suzy to be his mother; he wanted Mommy to be his mother.
Alexander climbed up from the ground in a daze, ignoring the scattered paternity test reports. He left Chelsea Creek like a lost soul.
...
One hour later, Alexander appeared at the entrance of Noah's kindergarten.
"I want to see Alexander Miller from Class B, please tell him that I'm Noah Steele."
The security guard scrutinized him from head to toe, feeling that he looked somewhat familiar, like a student in the kindergarten, but he wasn't sure. After telling him to wait, the security guard left.
Shortly after, Noah rushed out.
The security guard, seeing two identical figures like carbon copies, was dumbfounded.
"Are you... twins?"
Noah didn't bother with him, nervously looking around. He grabbed Alexander's hand and anxiously asked, "Why did you suddenly come to find me? Did something really big happen?"
Otherwise, Alexander wouldn't risk being exposed to come find him.
Alexander, devoid of his usual whimsy, calmly looked at the identical Noah and said, "I saw the paternity test result in the backpack!"
With these words, Noah's face turned instantly pale.
His body felt ice-cold, like he was in Antarctica.
Back then, he was afraid the test result would be seen by Alexander, so he deliberately hid it in the backpack.
The backpack was hung high, and there was no way Alexander could have reached that place.
Unexpectedly, the truth eventually came out.
Seeing him remain silent, Alexander's heart sank to the bottom of a valley.
In that moment, all the speculations seemed to be confirmed.
Even though he had already guessed the result, Alexander was still unwilling to accept it and wanted to hear the answer directly from Noah.
"So, is it true? Are we twin brothers, but our mommy is not Samantha, but Suzy?"
Noah hesitated for a moment and then nodded stiffly.
Knowing that he could no longer hide the truth, Noah explained truthfully, "Yes! The result came out that day! As written there, we are twin brothers, but not directly related to Miss Samantha. So, our biological mother is Suzy, not Samantha."
In the instant of learning the truth, it felt like something was blocking Alexander's throat, and his blood ran cold.
Fearing that he might not be able to cope, Noah hurriedly said, "I know you like Miss Samantha, and I couldn't accept the truth when it came out. What we should do now is try to match Dad and Miss Samantha. As long as they get married, we can become a family, and she can rightfully become your mother."
Alexander couldn't process what Noah was saying. His mind was filled with Noah's words.
‘Our biological mother is Suzy, not Samantha... Our biological mother is Suzy, not Samantha...’
His biological mother turned out to be the woman he hated the most, Suzy.
This couldn't be true.
Impossible.
He pushed away Noah's hand, turned around in despair, and walked away like a lifeless zombie, step by step.
His appearance frightened Noah.
He wants to chase after him but being stopped by the security guard.
"It's class time now; you can't go out randomly. If there's really something, you can call the parents to come and pick you up..."
Noah was anxious but couldn't chase after him. He could only shout after Alexander's departing figure, "Alexander, please don't overthink it. There's always a solution to things. Go home for now, and we'll meet at the usual place tonight. We can discuss a solution then..."
Alexander didn't respond, gradually disappearing at the end of the road.
***