"Lily’s mom and Stephen Wilson’s mom were good friends. They always tried to pair Lily with Stephen. Lily actually liked him, but Stephen never clearly expressed his feelings."
"When Lily became pregnant, she kept urging Stephen to come back and marry her. She also moved into Stephen’s house and considered herself his wife. It wasn’t until she gave birth that Stephen took you back home."
"To outsiders, they claimed it was twins, but the people near their hometown knew what was really going on."
These events took quite some time to investigate due to their age, and Charles Seymour was worried that Sophie Wilson was anxious to know the truth.
As soon as he got the news, he came to tell her.
"Looking at it this way, Lily really liked Stephen," Sophie frowned, pondering, "If she liked him so much, why wouldn’t she want to make it official?"
"Not getting married... seems quite illogical, doesn’t it?"
If they claimed it was twins publicly, then there should be no issue.
"The strange thing is, after Stephen brought you back, he suddenly had the capital to start a company." Charles’s words made Sophie’s eyes widen sharply, "Could this money have been..."
"Hey, do you think there’s a high possibility that Stephen isn’t even my father? That my biological parents gave him money to entrust him with taking care of me?"
If that’s the case, everything would make sense.
Stephen had worked outside for years without making much money, and suddenly after having her, he had the money to start a company.
Also, since childhood, Stephen seemed to treat her well, but upon closer reflection, it was the kind of so-called goodness that simply let things be.
Not to mention before, just when she went back in time, Lily bullied her, and Stephen lightly explained it to her once or twice, then told her he loved her but needed to understand Lily because Lily was her mom.
Charles looked at Sophie with a peculiar expression, knowing well what she was thinking, but what he discovered wasn’t what she had expected.
"Stephen claims that you are the child of him and the love of his life."
"The love of his life?" Sophie almost felt sick, "If he had met the love of his life, why would he have Grace with Lily?"
Remember, according to Charles’s investigation, she was older than Grace.
If you count the time, Stephen had her with his so-called love of his life before having Grace with Lily.
Now he’s mentioning the love of his life?
He really dares to say it.
"Stephen always insisted that his relationship with Lily was her design." Charles had no interest in Stephen’s affairs; he just wanted to understand Sophie’s background to save her from any lingering confusion.
"Currently, there are no leads on your mother, and the people I hired are slowly investigating," Charles said, frowning.
Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with the progress.
"It’s alright; it’s already been so many years, a little more time won’t make much difference." Sophie was now quite open-minded, "Actually, rather than believing my mom was Stephen’s love of his life, I am more convinced my biological father is someone else."
"After all, Stephen doesn’t treat me like the love of his life’s child." Sophie could still feel this sentiment.
"Actually... there’s one more thing." Charles began, his voice sounding rough as if it had been sanded down by coarse sandpaper, hoarse and uncomfortable.
He seemed startled by his own voice, coughed slightly to return his voice to normal, "You were once lost."