Chapter 278

I wasn’t nearly as calm as I looked. I’d tried every possible birthday I could think of—Walter Knight’s included—but nothing worked. Turns out, the code was George Knight’s birthday. Wait a sec... did Mom have something going on with George too? If that’s true... damn. No wonder my aunt always complained about Mom’s messy love life. I forced myself to stay calm and pulled out a rolled-up paper from the box. After undoing the rubber band, I saw it—an actual contract. And not just any contract. A surrogacy agreement. The names signed on it? Heather Carter and Walter Knight. My mind went blank. Especially when I saw the date. The timing of this surrogacy matched *exactly* with my birthday. Meaning, if the agreement went through and everything worked out, the kid from that deal could only be me. No one else. I remembered when I was in Yuancheng digging into Walter’s whereabouts, Gavin Knight and Mrs. Knight probably discussed it. So, Gavin had some idea of what had gone down between Heathe