The Billionaire's Promise
Chapter 225: The Hand Of Fate

Chapter 225: The Hand Of Fate

After the bills were settled, Ken and Mu Lan together with Nanny Wan left the hospital and went back to the Mu Mansion. Mu Lan was not surprised to learn that Ken would also live in the Mansion. Her grandpa really doted on her and assigned her a full-time bodyguard. She was just worried that Ken would not be able to go home to his family.

Erik delegated his work to Marlon. He asked Camille to rearrange his important meetings to coincide with the times when Mu Lan was resting. The documents that needed his decision would be reviewed at night when Mu Lan was sleeping.

When the patriarch of the Lee family learned that Erik stayed in China and did not return with Marlon, he was very angry. He called Marlon and demanded that he come to the Lee ancestral mansion.

Marlon had no choice but to oblige. When Erik told him to handle the matters related to the company, Marlons asked him what should he say to his grandpa.

"I am warning you, Marlon, you have to tell the truth. Don’t cover for Erik." Grandpa Lee threatened him when he was sitting in front of him in the study.

"Yes, Grandpa. I will tell the truth."

"Why did Erik stay in China? What is he doing there?" Grandpa Lee asked in a stern voice.

Marlon studied Grandpa Lee before answering carefully.

"Grandpa, Erik wanted to keep this a secret and he told me to only tell this to you." Marlon paused for a long time as if he was hesitating.

"What? Don’t keep me hanging. Why are not continuing?" Grandpa Lee was getting impatient.

"Erik found Aryana in China." Marlon paused and waited for the information to sink in.

"What? You are not lying to me, right? So, she is alive! Why did she not come back? Did she know how miserable she made my grandson? Such an irresponsible woman is not worthy of my grandson!" George Lee fired a barrage of words and Marlon was dumbfounded. George Lee was known to be a man of few words. But just now ... Was it because he was getting old?

"She lost her memory, Grandpa," Marlon interjected before George Lee could say more stinging words.

George Lee was confused. "If she lost her memory, then how did Erik find her?"

"Grandpa, do you believe in Fate? Previously, I did not believe in it. But something incredible happened." Marlon looked dazed as he said those words.

"What do you mean? Continue you bastard." George Lee tapped the table with his cane.

Marlon came out of his daze.

"Grandpa, why don’t we sit down on your comfortable couch and enjoy tea while I continue with the story."

George Lee glared at him before walking to the couch. He ordered a maid to pour tea for them.

Marlon sat comfortably on the couch with his legs crossed.

"We were driving through the highway when Erik saw something on the billboard that caught his attention. He suddenly instructed the driver to stop. But that’s a highway so how could we stop?"

When we were near our hotel, Erik again instructed the driver to stop the car. This time he got off and looked at the huge screen showing an ad of a woman with short hair and brown eyes. She was a model of maternity and baby products. To me, she doesn’t look like Aryana, but Erik thought differently."

"Has my grandson lost his mind? Did he miss that girl too much?" Grandpa Lee frowned. When he remembered how broken Erik was during the first few days that the ’woman’ went missing, he thought that it was possible for Erik to lose his sanity.

"Erik arranged to meet the model. He wanted to collaborate with her on behalf of CoChi. When we met, Erik almost went crazy because the woman did not recognize her."

"Is she really that woman?"

"Yes and No."

"What do you mean by that? Clarify yourself, you brat!" George Lee poked Marlon with his cane. Marlon blocked it with his hands.

"She is no longer Aryana Jones. She has a new identity. Apparently, she is the granddaughter of the Chairman of the Mu Conglomerate, Mu Heng."

George Lee’s eyes widened. "Mu Conglomerate? Mu Heng?"

"Yes, Grandpa. Isn’t it incredible?"

George Lee glared at him.

"The most baffling thing is, that Mu Heng found Aryana on the beach of his private island. He bought that island to honor the memory of the lover that he abandoned in Green Heights. That morning when he found the half-dead Aryana, was the death anniversary of his lover who was Aryana’s maternal grandmother."

Marlon looked at George Lee and he loved the way his jaw dropped and his eyes grew big like saucers.

"It is unbelievable, right? I can’t believe it myself. Who would have thought that Aryana would have such a background? Another thing that the hand of Fate played a part in the grandfather and granddaughter reunion was, on that day, Aryana was wearing the necklace with a locket. It was because of the locket that Mu Heng recognized her. If not for that locket, Aryana would have died as she doesn’t have any semblance of the Mus at all."

"There are so many similar lockets. How could Mu Heng recognize that as the one he gave his lover before?"

"Grandpa, it is because there is only one of that kind in the whole world. It was Chairman Mu himself who made that locket. It was his first design."

"Of course, Chairman Mu is a smart person. He conducted a paternity test and indeed, Aryana was related to him by blood."

"You mentioned that she lost her memory. What was Erik’s reaction?"

"Erik was devastated. He talked to her in our language and pleaded for her to come back. Unfortunately, he triggered Aryana’s headache. I think Aryana’s subconscious recognized him and she was trying hard to remember. But her current situation is delicate and she cannot be triggered. Erik wanted to bring her back but he couldn’t because she still couldn’t remember him. Erik did not want to trigger her anymore. The doctor said that if she was triggered again then she might miscarry."

George Lee froze.

"Miscarry?"

"Yes, Grandpa. Isn’t it amazing? Erik is going to be a father soon and you will be a great-grandfather!"

"Who is going to be a father?" The two men sitting on the couch turned their heads to the door.

"You..."

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