Oops! My Secret Baby Is Caught By His Top-Lawyer Daddy! Novel

---- Chapter 131: Do Your Exercises With Me Back in Eclipse Bay, Clara limped toward the door as she heard the car pull up. "Why the rush?" Aaron scooped her up and set her gently on the couch. Clara pouted. "I'm just curious. Why does Grace dislike me so much? I haven't offended anyone recently, as far as I know." "It's the Storm family," Aaron said, summarizing everything in a few words. Clara just sat there, stunned. Half a minute later, she realized she had a dad she had never known. The room felt thick with awkward tension.

She had always gotten along naturally with Sebastian, but now that everything had changed, it felt strange, almost surreal. Sebastian finally spoke. "Well, Clara, it seems this time you really got caught up in my mess." "Could it be a mistake? Should we do a paternity test?" Clara felt as if she were dreaming. ---- Owen had never been the perfect dad, but he had loved her when she was a child. Clara had questioned his relationship with her mom, but she had never doubted he was her biological father. Sebastian nodded. "Okay." He had slowly recovered from the initial shock.

Thinking back to the first time he met Clara and every interaction since, he had no doubts. That instinctive bond, that shared blood, explained why he always felt drawn to her. Even as someone slow to warm up, he had repeatedly sought her out, always wanting to connect, to get closer. Could that not prove anything? They collected hair samples and had Alvin deliver them to the hospital. Sebastian said goodbye. "I'll go back and handle things at home first." Back home, he called his older brother Theodore, asking him to come over immediately for a discussion.

He also had the butler prepare a nourishing soup to send to Clara. Theodore, completely flustered since his wife had been taken by the police, immediately told the driver to bring him over when he received Sebastian's call. ---- Sebastian looked at his honest, simple older brother. Theodore had lived in his shadow all his life, achieving very little. Sebastian felt a pang of guilt. With a domineering mother and a materialistic wife, Theodore had never experienced a free, confident life. No matter how much Sebastian resented Judy and Grace, he could not direct that anger at his brother.

Sebastian explained the events in full. Theodore bowed his head in shame. "Grace is truly greedy! Sebastian, I have wronged you. And with Sue, I have failed you!" Sebastian sighed. "Brother, I have spent most of my life for this family. I have no regrets about the past, and your children have grown. From now on, they are not my responsibility. I want to live for myself." Theodore nodded. "Yes, Sebastian. From now on, my children must carve out their own lives." Sebastian continued. "I called you here to discuss something. You and Mom should go back to our hometown.

Sell the villa, let go of the extra staff, take your savings and your youngest son, and live there quietly." "L agree!" Theodore said without hesitation. "But what about Grace?" Sebastian's voice was firm. "She used my money to hire ---- someone to harm my daughter. Let the law handle it." Theodore's eyes filled with tears, but he did not argue. "Tl do as you say." Sebastian instructed, "You are head of the family. Keep the villa's sale money safe. Watch over Mom. Don't let her make mistakes again." He knew this incident could not have been carried out by Grace alone.

Theodore agreed to everything. After sending Theodore off, Sebastian returned to his study. He held Sue's letters and photos in his hands, caressing them slowly. Before bedtime, Clara still could not shake the shock. "Do you really think this is true?" Aaron replied, "It's almost certain. Your birth date matches what they said. And you really do resemble Sebastian." Clara sighed. "My mom never told me a thing." Aaron said, "She probably wanted to protect you." Clara thought aloud. "If it were me, I wouldn't have scrambled to marry someone in a panic.

I would have had the child on my own." ---- "Different times, different social pressures. Hard to judge," Aaron said. Clara nodded. "True. Back then, being an unwed mother was a scandal. She probably couldn't even go to a hospital or register the child. My mom's life was really hard." She paused. "And it's partly my fault. If [hadn't been born, she could have chosen again and had a better life." Aaron said, "Life has no what-ifs. Live in the present." Clara's thoughts drifted. "I even feel a little sorry for Owen." She thought about Luke.

Aaron teased, "You can sympathize with him, why not me?" Clara turned toward him. "What's wrong with you?" Aaron lifted her hand and placed it over his chest. "I was terrified. This is the second time you got hurt right under my eyes." Clara remembered their cold war after her last injury. "Accidents happen. Life is unpredictable. It's not something we can control. No arguing this time." Aaron said, "I want to hire a bodyguard for you." "No!" Clara refused immediately. "My salary isn't ---- enough. I might as well quit." Aaron almost said that, but stopped himself.

"I want to tie you to my belt. Wherever I go, you'll come with me. That way nothing bad happens." Aaron sighed inwardly because he knew Clara was not the type to be caged. Clara blushed instantly. "You pervert!" Aaron understood immediately. The last time at the hot spring, she had teased him and run. And he had used his belt to tie her hands. They stayed silent for a few seconds, lost in the memory. Clara tucked herself under the covers, calming her racing heart, ready to sleep. But the warmth spreading through the bed made her jump. She peeked at him.

Aaron was staring at her like a hungry wolf, eyes locked on her. "Is your injury healed?" Clara placed her hand on his toned waist. "What if it's not?" Aaron leaned in, kissed her brow and cheek, his voice low and seductive. "Then lie still. Don't move. I'll take ---- care of it." Clara answered with action, her hand slipping under her pajamas, exploring his abs. "How long did it take to get these abs?" "Like them?" "Mm, I like them... I want to get abs too..." Clara's gaze was already hazy. Aaron's lips traveled lower. "How about you do your... exercises... with me every night."