President’s Twins: Buy One, Get One Free novel Chapter 72

“No, Hayden is the daughter of the Downey family. How could she be a surrogate for someone?” Viola frowned and wished to find evidence to deny that Hayden as the surrogate girl back then.

“And if Hayden was the surrogate girl in the first place, then how many children did she actually give birth to? Why is there another child with her now?”

Lachlan pushed up his glasses and slowly flipped open the papers, which contain the details about the matter.

“According to Caesar, six years ago they arrested the wrong person from a nightclub. It was only after what they wanted to do was done, they found out that they got the wrong girl. Later, Caesar, the housekeeper, kept a secret eye on Hayden until he saw her going to the hospital for abortion. Then he sent someone to stop her and forced her to sign a contract. She gave birth to a boy first and Caesar took it away from her. Only later Caesar found out from the doctor and realized that she was having twins, there was still another baby girl, but the baby had been taken away by Hayden. Partly out of guilt, and partly because he wanted the thing to be a secret, he did not go back to Hayden again. He resigned shortly afterwards and went back to his hometown.”

“So…” Viola held the corner of the dressing table, her expression softened a little.

“Joseph simply doesn’t know that they made a mistake about getting the wrong surrogate girl.”

“According to the situation now, I guess the only person who knew about it was Caesar. The people involved back then may have gone to another city, not sure whether they are alive or dead now.”\

“We must not let Joseph know about this.”

Viola vaguely felt that if Joseph knew that Hayden was Noah’s biological mother, she would never have the chance to marry him.

Hence, she would never let such a thing to happen.

“That’s your own business then.” Lachlan gathered up the papers and stood up, “My work is done, give me the final payment earlier.”

“You’re the best detective of Nanking who values money so much. I wouldn’t dare to not pay you every cent you deserve,” Viola took a glance at him, with a somewhat contemptuous expression.

However, Lachlan was frank to admit this statement, “Of course I value it, and I also think that money is something that deserves to be valued. This is because the only thing that wouldn’t cheat you, is money.”

It was the first time that Viola had heard someone speaking so frankly about his love towards money. She snorted with a look of disagreement and instructed her manager beside her, “Jason, transfer him the money.”

While Jason was busy transferring the money, she looked through the information in the papers. She then tore them into pieces and threw them into the rubbish bin, “These are photocopied versions. Where’s the original copy? Where’s the original copy of the contract back then?”

“Caesar is not an idiot. At last, I couldn’t prove that I’m working for Joseph, so he took it back and refused to let me see anymore. I secretly took pictures of this evidence. Plus, I’m only responsible to find out the truth, I’ll not be responsible to get the original copy for you. However, you couldn’t deduct my pay because of this; the conditions have been stated in the contract.”

It was all about money. All Lachlan cared about was only money. Viola was tired of hearing him talking about money. Suddenly, she thought of something. She looked at him and said, “Since you love money so much, how about if you go and do something for me, and when you accomplished your task, I’ll pay you five million dollars. How’s that sound to you?”

“Five million?” Lachlan was trying to figure out her intentions, “What do you want me to do?”

“I want the truth of this matter to be a secret forever.”

A sinister look shone in Viola’s eyes.

“I won’t kill people no matter how much you pay me,” Lachlan rejected her request without a second thought, “I only do technical work, you should find a hitman for such things.”

But Viola said, “I didn’t ask you kill him, I only want you to find a way to destroy all the original information in Caesar’s hands. Can you do it?”

Lachlan hesitated for a moment when he heard this. It was indeed a bit difficult, but it wasn’t a completely impossible thing to do.

“Six million.”

After a moment of calculation, he lifted his head and looked straight into Viola’s eyes, “This is a risky task. It’s illegal to break into people’s homes.”

“Okay,” Viola agreed instantly, “It’s a deal.”

After Lachlan left, Jason locked the dressing room door and said, “It’s not a good idea for you to let him do this, he doesn’t look like he’s very good at it, so don’t create any more trouble.”

“My intention is to make trouble.”

Viola had a sinister look on her face, “Jason, go find another person to follow Lachlan. After he destroys all the information, get rid of Caesar.”