Chapter 205

Chapter 205

Chris shook his head in disbelief as he looked more and more closely. The resemblance to Matthew was uncanny.

Matthew suddenly remembered that three years ago, before Amelia disappeared, she had gone to the hospital for a checkup and found out she was pregnant. Could this child who looked so much like him be his and Amelia's child?

"Chris, see the client to their flight!"

Before Matthew finished speaking, he strode toward Elise and the others.

Zander spotted Matthew first and immediately stood protectively in front of Elise, as if facing a major threat, "Matthew, what do you want?"

Elise and the Parkers quickly turned to look.

Matthew's aggressive manner made it clear he was here to cause trouble!

Parker's brow furrowed, his face darkening. He wanted to see what Matthew would do!

Elise's eyes were complicated as she looked at Matthew, pulling Atticus closer to her.

Matthew's gaze immediately fell on Atticus, "Amelia, this child..."

Zander snapped angrily, "She's Elise, not Amelia!"

Matthew glared back at him sternly, "I'm talking to Amelia, stay out of this!"

"You..." Zander wanted to have Tobias pull Matthew away, but noticed Parker giving him a look—let's see what Matthew wants.

"Amelia, this child..." Matthew repeated his earlier words.

Elise said coldly, "Mr. Moore, the old Amelia is dead. Standing before you now is Elise, Zander's fiancée!"

Her answer clearly pleased the Parkers, and Zander's worries eased as a smug expression appeared on his face.

Matthew glanced at Elise, and despite his pain, nodded, "Fine, Amelia is dead, and standing before me now is Elise! Then could Ms. Sinclair please tell me, this child, he..."

Elise answered firmly, "His name is Atticus, he's mine and Zander's child!"

Her words were like ice water poured over Matthew. He stood frozen for a long moment, "Your child? Impossible, he looks so much like me, he must be my child! Anyone would say he's Matthew's child!"

Zander said angrily, "Matthew, don't push it! Our patience has limits!"

Matthew ignored Zander's warning, looking gently at the frightened Atticus, "What's your name?"

"Atticus!" the child blurted out.

Matthew smiled, "How old are you?"

Atticus said, "Mom says I'll be three in two more months!"

Matthew's smile spread across his entire face—this timeline matched when Amelia was pregnant!

"Good boy, let daddy hold you!" Matthew reached out to pick up Atticus, but Zander pushed him away.

"Have you no shame? Trying to steal a child?" Zander was furious.

Though he knew Atticus wasn't his biological child, he loved Atticus and already treated him like his own son.

"Steal a child?" Matthew sneered, "Who's stealing whose child? Zander, look in a mirror—could you produce such a handsome child? How does Atticus look anything like you?"

"This is too much!" Zander threw a punch.

Matthew reacted quickly, dodging Zander's fist and countering with a punch to Zander's jaw.

Zander cried out and stumbled back two steps, "Tobias, get him!"

The Lawson family's bodyguards rushed over, and Matthew's bodyguards also closed in—it looked like a brawl was about to break out.

"Everyone calm down!" Parker shouted, "This is a public place, not somewhere to settle our private matters!"

As Matthew said, Atticus looked too much like him—anyone who saw them would say Atticus was Matthew's son. If they attracted a crowd at the airport, the Lawson family would lose all face.

Della also said, "Matthew, you're fighting in front of the child—have you thought about the trauma this will cause him?"

To Matthew's surprise, Atticus actually walked up to Zander, showing his support, "Who are you? Why are you hitting my dad?"

Despite the pain in his jaw, Zander raised his eyebrows smugly, "Matthew, you see? Atticus calls me dad!"

Matthew clenched his fists, his face pale with rage.

He turned to glare at Elise, "Amelia, speak up, tell the child who his real father is!"

Elise moved to stand beside Zander, cold as ice, "The child is mine and Zander's, we're a family!"

Everything went dark before Matthew's eyes, and he nearly fainted, "You're lying! Do you dare take a paternity test with me?" Matthew felt drained of all strength, his voice much weaker.

Zander scoffed, "We don't have time for your nonsense, Elise and I have a flight to catch out of Emerald City!"

"Leaving Emerald City?" Matthew looked at Zander, then Elise, then Atticus hiding behind Zander.

Elise said, "Yes, the plane leaves in an hour! Matthew, please don't delay our flight!"

After processing this, Matthew gritted his teeth, his face ice-cold, "No one is leaving Emerald City!"

Zander was furious but didn't dare confront Matthew again, "Who are you to say? We can go wherever we want—do we need your permission?"

Matthew sneered coldly, "You can leave, but whether you go to the ends of the earth, I'll follow you! As long as you're on this planet, I'll find you!"

Elise's eyes filled with tears, "Matthew, what do you want? Even if I am Amelia, she's already dead! You should blame yourself for not cherishing her before—it's too late for regrets now!"

Matthew's heart felt like it had been stabbed, the pain almost suffocating. His hand unconsciously pressed against his chest, "I wronged you in the past, I admit it, and I can spend the rest of my life making it up to you!"

Elise cried, "The dead can't come back to life, Amelia is dead! Heaven let me become Elise, let me live a good life—don't you want that for me?"

Matthew's body suddenly trembled, his face deathly pale, "Fine, live your life, I won't disturb you, but you have to give me back my child."

Parker's eyes were deep, his face dark, a calculating look in his eyes. He walked over to Matthew, his tone gentle, "It looks bad for everyone to argue here! How about this—Zander and Elise won't go to Everglade City yet. Once we resolve the child issue, they can leave. How's that?"

Zander disagreed and wanted to object, but Parker raised his hand, signaling him not to interrupt.

Matthew thought it over, realizing this matter couldn't be resolved quickly, and nodded, "Fine! But if I find out you've left Emerald City, my revenge will be devastating!"

Right now Atticus didn't recognize him, and even if a paternity test proved Atticus was his child, it wouldn't help! According to the law, the child would stay with the mother!

He needed to go back and think carefully about how to handle this.

He looked at Atticus with deep emotion, then turned and left.

Sitting in the car, Matthew's emotions remained turbulent for a long time.

Especially the image of Atticus protecting Zander—it cut through his heart like a knife!

Chris knew what had happened and tried to comfort Matthew, "Mr. Moore, as long as we insist on the paternity test, we can get the child back to your side!"

Matthew let out a long sigh, his eyes blank and pained, "But as long as Elise insists on raising the child, there's nothing I can do!"

Chris frowned, "I didn't expect Mrs. Moore to side with the Lawson family!"

Matthew was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked at Chris, "As long as I can get close to Atticus and win him over, just one word from him could bring him back to my side! Chris, do you have any way to get close to Atticus?"