Chapter 223

After getting the old man's backing, I finally let out a relieved smile and walked out of his room. Everything went smoother than I ever expected. No clue how the old man managed to talk Jason Smith into it, but the day after that dinner, Henry got a call from the lawyer. It was Jason’s people reaching out to schedule a court meeting for signing over the custody rights. As for those messy rumors online, Henry had already taken care of them with PR. The story now was that I got close to Jason because I suspected Evan might be the son I lost years ago. Since there was no solid proof, I had to keep it quiet. So to dig for evidence, I pretended to like him and even got engaged. Henry, meanwhile, was originally planning a business marriage with Vera Clark. But once he found out our kid wasn’t dead after all, he scrapped the engagement and got back together with me for his son’s sake. Sure, the excuse was full of holes. It totally sounded like Henry never really wanted to remarry me—that it