Chapter 289

Ethan exhaled sharply. Carter was indeed Ella's child! But alas, he wasn't his child. Yet this fact didn't deter him from acknowledging the boy as his son. The boy had sought him out on his own. How could he possibly reject him? Rejecting the child would be inhumane! Ethan absolutely wouldn't do that. Just as Ethan was about to gladly acknowledge this endearing boy as his son, Carter suddenly began, "I'm willing to acknowledge you as my father and go back with you to meet your family, but my mother's identity can't be made public." "Why?" Ethan was flabbergasted. His earlier marriage proposal to Ella hadn't gone well, so he intended to find another opportunity to approach her again. Now that her son had come looking for him, he felt that it was only right for him to take Ella home with him. Carter chanced a glance at him. "Just because I'm your son doesn't mean that she's your wife." Ethan's chest tightened. How could he say that? How could Ella not be his wife when her son