After Divorce I Married a Tycoon-Chapter 198: The Only Chance

"What’s going on here?" the doctor asked, clearly annoyed.

"What’s with all the questions?" Gavin Sinclair shot him a sideways glance.

"Just do the amniocentesis. I want a DNA test."

The doctor said, looking troubled, "The patient is being very uncooperative. Besides, an amniocentesis requires the patient’s consent..."

Gavin Sinclair snapped at the doctor impatiently.

"I’m her husband, and she’s my wife. I’ve already signed the forms."

"She cheated on me, and now I suspect the child isn’t mine."

"So just do your job. You’d be wise to stay out of the rest."

Scarlett Jewel was still struggling. "That’s not true! I didn’t cheat..."

The moment he heard the word "cheating," the way the doctor looked at Scarlett Jewel changed.

He had felt some sympathy for her, but cheating was deeply immoral.

He asked her coolly, "Is he your husband?"

At that moment, Scarlett Jewel wished more than anything that she and Gavin Sinclair had never gotten a marriage certificate.

But the fact was, Gavin Sinclair was, indeed, her husband.

And he had already signed the informed consent form as her legal next of kin.

When she didn’t answer, the doctor knew they were married.

Besides, Sinclair himself had just said she cheated.

’Choosing to do an amniocentesis DNA test during the pregnancy, combined with the woman’s extremely resistant attitude... It seemed Sinclair had been cuckolded and was now the poor sap stuck raising another man’s kid.’

’No wonder Sinclair was throwing his money around, forcing the hospital to perform the test for him tonight.’

"Lie down properly. Now."

Scarlett Jewel shrieked hysterically. "I’m the patient! I don’t consent to the amniocentesis..."

"That’s enough," the doctor cut Scarlett Jewel off impatiently.

He was already in a foul mood from being forced to come in and work overtime by the hospital director.

Now, with these two still arguing and causing a scene, he was even more irritated.

"Sort out your marital problems in private."

"My job is to perform the amniocentesis. Anything else is outside the scope of my duties."

With that said, the doctor ignored Scarlett Jewel’s pleas and began the amniocentesis procedure.

Scarlett Jewel lay on the bed, squirming relentlessly.

Even with Gavin Sinclair pinning her down, she didn’t stop struggling.

Seeing Scarlett Jewel squirm, the doctor’s brow furrowed.

"I’d advise you to cooperate and hold still. If this needle goes in the wrong place, the pain will be excruciating."

Despair washed over Scarlett Jewel, and she stopped struggling.

’It was useless to struggle anymore, anyway.’

’All she could do now was pray that the child was Gavin Sinclair’s.’

’Besides, it would take some time to get the test results back.’

’She could use the next few days to figure something out.’

’This was her chance. Her only chance.’

*

「Meanwhile.」

Back at the competition, there had been too many delays and incidents throughout the day, so the event had been officially suspended.

The final round was rescheduled for the following Saturday.

After packing their things, Claire Mercer and Stella Thorne left the backstage area.

Adrian Sutton, Roxanne Peyton, Silas Rowan, and Mrs. Rowan were waiting for them in the lounge.

When she saw Claire approach, Mrs. Rowan immediately got up to greet her.

She took Claire Mercer’s hands, her eyes filled with sympathy. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Oh, my dear girl... You had to go through that again today. It just breaks my heart to see."

The concern and sympathy in Mrs. Rowan’s eyes were genuine, warming Claire Mercer’s heart.

’So this is what it feels like... to be genuinely cared for and looked after.’

"I’m fine, Godmother. The organizers have already kicked Scarlett Jewel out of the competition."

Mrs. Rowan said, "I don’t know where this Scarlett Jewel crawled out from, but her tactics are just so dirty and despicable."

At the mention of Scarlett Jewel, Roxanne Peyton looked like she wanted to march right over and rip that ugly smirk off her face.

She gritted her teeth and stomped her foot, furious as a little lioness.

"That Scarlett Jewel is the most shameless person I’ve ever seen."

"She plagiarized your design and then had that Joel Jennings turn around and accuse you."

"I’ve never seen anyone so vile and shameless."

"Claire, you have no idea. If Silas Rowan hadn’t held me back, I would have stormed the stage and slapped her face raw. That woman is just the worst."

Claire Mercer knew the little princess of the Peyton family was more than capable of doing something like that.

That was just her personality; she couldn’t stand to see her friends get wronged.

"There, there. She’s already being punished, so don’t you dirty your hands."

"Everything that happened today was because of her.

"She created a huge negative fallout, so the organizers won’t let her stay."

"Even playing the Sinclair Family card at the end couldn’t stop her from getting kicked out."

"And after this, her reputation is completely shot."

"There’s no place for her in the fashion design world anymore. Her career is basically over."

Adrian Sutton chuckled. "It’s not just her career that’s ruined. I’m afraid she herself is about to be completely destroyed."

Claire Mercer glanced at him. "What do you mean?"

Roxanne Peyton, remembering Scarlett Jewel’s scandal, laughed gleefully.

"Claire, Stella, you two need to get online right now."

"That Scarlett Jewel is really something else. She broke the internet all by herself."

"She’s been topping the trending charts for half an hour. No other celebrity can even come close to her numbers."

Curious, Claire Mercer took out her phone.

She took one look. Wow.

Explicit photos of Scarlett Jewel with more than a dozen different men were plastered all over the trending topics.

"This..."

Claire Mercer truly hadn’t expected Scarlett Jewel to be involved in something so sordid.

"Is this the huge scandal about Scarlett Jewel you were talking about?"

Adrian Sutton nodded and said:

"During her two years abroad, she slept with more men than you can count on both hands."

"I wonder what Gavin Sinclair will do when he finds out the wife he brought home is this kind of trash."

Adrian Sutton said, "Actually, I think he already took Scarlett Jewel to the hospital for a paternity test."

"She’s been with so many men, he suspects the baby isn’t his."

At that, Roxanne Peyton couldn’t help but clap her hands in glee.

"Fantastic! That Scarlett Jewel is finally getting the karma she deserves."

Adrian Sutton said, "This isn’t the only bombshell."

"What?" Roxanne Peyton exclaimed in surprise. "This is already explosive enough. You’re telling me there’s an even bigger scandal?"

Adrian Sutton nodded. "According to what Silas Rowan dug up, there are definitely a few more things that haven’t been released yet."

"Then leak it already! Let’s see what other dirty tricks she has up her sleeve."

"Patience. Let’s take it slow," Silas Rowan said. "If we release everything at once, wouldn’t that be letting her ’die’ too quickly?"

"Isn’t it more interesting to slowly boil the frog?"

"Silas, can’t you give us a little hint?"

Roxanne Peyton practically glued herself to Silas Rowan’s arm, leaning in close.

"Just a little tiny hint. I’m so curious..."