Chapter 573 - 572

573 Chapter 572

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Vera immediately shouted, “Are you crazy? How can you say such things? Lewis, you’re stooping to any level just to stop me from marrying into the Martin family!”

Lewis looked at her. “Miss South, the more you act this way, the more you look guilty. You should have known about Keera’s origins, right? You knew all along that the daughter of old Mr. Martin was her mother, didn’t you?”

Vera roared, “No, I don’t know who her mother is!”

Lewis asked, “Then why did you destroy the photo to stop us from seeing it?”

Vera said coldly, “I did it so I wouldn’t give you another excuse to pester the Martin family!”

Lewis narrowed his eyes. “Old Mr. Martin has already made it clear that even if we know the whereabouts of his daughter, he wouldn’t make a choice based on that. Your reason doesn’t hold up. Right, Mr. Martin?”

The gaze of several people immediately fell on old Mr. Martin.

Vera looked panicked. “Mr. Martin, don’t be fooled by him! He’s so cunning! He’s been leading the conversation from the beginning! That’s not what I meant at all!”

Old Mr. Martin stared at Keira for a long time, walked up to her, and sized her up.

She indeed looked very familiar.

It wasn’t about her facial features. Her very temperament reminded him so much of his first love from years ago.

They were both so proud and haughty, with an air that was like the Creran bamboo, seemingly invincible against anything!

No wonder he felt a sense of familiarity the first time he saw this young woman. So, that was why!

Old Mr. Martin suddenly grabbed Keira’s hand. “Are you my granddaughter?”

Keira’s eyes flickered.

She glanced at Lewis.

In the look they had just exchanged, she had understood his intentions. Lewis was usually a man of few words, but he had deliberately said so much just now to drive a wedge between Vera and old Mr. Martin.

He wanted Vera to say more unpleasant things and become increasingly domineering, showing utter disrespect to old Mr. Martin.

Though old Mr. Martin seemed to have become very submissive to Vera, no one would follow orders without feeling some discomfort, even with a leader like Vera.

The Martin family was now planning to form a marriage alliance with the South family for reasons unknown to Keira.

However, if they hadn’t been pushed into desperation, the Martin family wouldn’t have made such a choice; otherwise, why hadn’t they arranged a marriage in the previous generation or the one before that?

Thus, although old Mr. Martin seemed to give in, he was actually reluctant to this arrangement.

In such a situation, just giving old Mr. Martin a reasonable excuse could make him hesitate further.

Like now…

Lewis was making things up. Keira had seen that photo—how could one tell the mother and daughter’s temperament from that photo when they were only standing there?

Taking a picture was all about posing, and one couldn’t tell anything from that photo.

What Vera said was true. She had intentionally destroyed the faces to take away any opportunity Keira might have, but Lewis had managed to exploit this loophole.

He was indeed a master at manipulating public opinion.

Keira looked at old Mr. Martin, “I’m not sure, but your daughter indeed resembles my mother a bit.”

Lewis immediately said, “Keera, do you have a photo of your mother?”

Keira almost rolled her eyes!

Even if she had one, she couldn’t show it, could she?

Old Mr. Martin would immediately find out that she was lying!

Lewis wasn’t trying to expose her but to make the ruse more believable…

Complying with his plan, Keira said, “I grew up in Clance, and I’ve only seen my mother once in secret. Unfortunately, I have no photo of her. As for her family…”

Keira sighed. “There should be photos in her house, right? Should I go look for them?”

Old Mr. Martin nodded immediately. “Good. Find them and show me!”

His eyes became teary as he held Keira’s hand. “But even if you don’t find them, it’s okay. I know you’re my granddaughter! You look so much like her!”

Hearing that, Keira felt even more certain that he was mistaken.

She resembled her father’s mother, not her maternal grandmother…

That had already been proven back at the Olsen family.

She smiled awkwardly and glared at Lewis again.

His method of stalling wasn’t all that clever…

Vera was already beside herself with anger. “Mr. Martin, you’ve been deceived! She’s not your granddaughter at all! If you don’t believe it, why not just do a DNA test and find out?”

As soon as she said that, Scott said, “Right, we can’t find the photo, but DNA will definitely give us an answer!”

Erin had been silent since her grandfather’s hurtful remark, but she also leaned forward now. She couldn’t help but exclaim, “Yeah, a DNA test will prove everything! It would also make Vera give up!”

Vera glared at Erin furiously. “You…!”

Erin stuck out her tongue and then sat back next to Charles.

Vera took a deep breath and then yelled, “Mr. Martin, it looks like you won’t let us continue with the engagement until this DNA result comes out, so let’s not wait any longer. Let’s do it now!”

Hearing that, Old Mr. Martin nodded immediately. “Right, let’s go and do the DNA test now!”

At that, Keira immediately frowned.

If they did the DNA test, wouldn’t the truth come out?!

As she hesitated, Vera said, “What is it? Keera, are you afraid? Are you backing out?”

As soon as she said this, old Mr. Martin looked at Keira with suspicion.

Keira knew she couldn’t let old Mr. Martin become doubtful, or else the engagement party would continue. No matter what, she had to stall.

She said confidently, “Afraid of what? I’m certain Mr. Martin’s daughter is my mother. Why would I worry about a DNA test? Let’s do it!”

Scott immediately ran to her side. “Let’s go! In no more than two hours, we’ll have the DNA test results!”