I’m Someone Else

Chapter 102

Thomas glanced at the people in the ward, then opened his mouth to ask, “Who’s Gavin?”

Harrison and his daughters didn’t say anything. Instead, they stared long and hard at Terrence.

Even though they were constantly at odds with the Pearsons, and they didn’t like seeing the Pearsons bullying Olivia and her sister, Gavin had a special identity. After all, he was the Pearsons’ key person who’d be the leader of the family in the future.

Samuel didn’t say anything, either. If he spoke up, Terrence would bear a grudge against him. For now, Samuel wasn’t sure if Thomas would turn completely against the Pearsons for Olivia’s sake.

Quincy didn’t say anything, either. He was old friends with Norman, but no matter how much he disapproved of Norman’s ways, he didn’t want to ruin their friendship.

When Thomas saw the crowd staying silent with weird looks on their faces, he was mad in an instant. “What’s the matter? Have you all gone mute?”

“It’s Norman’s son! He’s our brother from a different mother.”

Ophelie spoke up. Even though she had some unhappy memories of Thomas, it was all in the past. She heard from her sister, Olivia, that they were on good terms. Olivia even said that she had never been happier in the past ten years when Thomas celebrated her birthday with her, so just that fact alone was enough for Ophelie to be grateful to Thomas.

As for the Pearsons, she couldn’t care less. She wasn’t significant in the family in any way, and she never considered herself part of them. Their way of doing things disappointed her even more.

No one else dared to speak up because of their concerns, so Ophelie decided to do it herself. Her sister suffered so much. She couldn’t just pretend nothing happened.

“So, he is one of the Pearsons!”

Thomas stared coldly at Norman. He knew that it was normal for men in huge families to have multiple women, but he crossed the line. He couldn’t care less about wars within the family, but he would step in as soon as they touched Olivia!

Thomas nodded toward Ophelie, gesturing for her to continue, to which she recounted the incident. If it were someone else who harmed Olivia, he wouldn’t want to learn more because he could just go ahead and kill the offender. However, Gavin was different. Thomas had to know how it all happened and what Olivia felt about it.

Terrence and Norman glared at Ophelie, trying to stop her with their looks, but the lady ignored them completely.

What were they doing just now? They believed in the beast called Gavin, didn’t they? They didn’t even ask for the truth, but now they want me to shut up! Not a chance!

“Thomas, don’t listen to her nonsense. Gavin is my biological son; I know what he’s like. He couldn’t possibly have done such a horrible thing. There must be some reason behind this!”

Norman hastily argued. In truth, now that he calmed down and thought about it, his daughters had no reason to lie to him. However, there were so many people in the ward; he couldn’t just admit it straight away. This was a shameful incident for their family that affected the pride of the Pearsons. If word of this got out, his pride would be in shambles, so he had no choice but to defend it to the end.

Terrence gave his son an approving look. The other people in the ward consisted of Samuel, the wizened head of the Peralta Family, Quincy, the top doctor in the medical field, and Harrison, his in-law. Even if Gavin truly did something outrageous, they couldn’t admit it here!

Thomas ignored Norman as he turned to ask Olivia, “Does your sister speak the truth?”

Olivia nodded with tears in her eyes.

Thomas suppressed the rage in his heart as he continued, “What do you plan to do now?”

He wasn’t a fool, so of course, he knew what Norman was concerned about. But now that things had come to this, there was no point for Norman to keep defending his precious son, nor was there any meaning for Olivia to keep staying in a family like this.

Thomas couldn’t care less about the Pearsons or maintaining friendly ties with them. He had done everything for Olivia’s sake. Olivia was his friend, but Norman was nothing to him.

Olivia looked at Thomas’ gaze, unsure of how to answer him for a moment.

She knew Thomas’ thoughts very well. If she left the Pearsons, he could exact revenge for her without consideration. If she didn’t leave, he would have to act in consideration of her pride. He prioritized her in everything he did; it was no exaggeration to say that Thomas was the man who was the best to her in the world.

However, she was conflicted. What would she do if she left the Pearsons?

Thomas seemed to understand Olivia’s concerns. “Don’t worry, even if you leave the Pearsons and are no longer the president of Pearson Group, I can contribute some money for you to start your own company, so you can continue to be a president of a company. If you’re tired and want to live a normal woman’s life, it’s fine, too. I can provide for you. You can do anything as long as you want to. With me around, I will pave the path for you, so all you have to do is to follow your truest thoughts and live for yourself.”

Terrence exchanged glances with his son, Norman. A mocking look filled their eyes.

What was Thomas boasting about? He was just a driver who recently came back from the army, and also Pearson Group’s driver at that. His best skills were fighting and some medical knowledge, but he boasted as if he were some prestigious man, telling Olivia to do whatever she wanted. Wasn’t he aware of his worth?

They were men as well, so they could understand Thomas’ action of bragging to win a girl’s heart, but there was a limit to how much he could boast.

Quincy, however, had a different opinion. He believed that Thomas was capable enough. After all, someone who could just give away an ancient text like ‘The Imperial Acupuncture’ couldn’t possibly be a normal person.

Samuel didn’t doubt Thomas, either. He heard from his grandson William that Thomas was never as simple as he seemed to be.

“You’re… not lying, are you?” Olivia was a little uncertain.

“Of course. I may deceive anyone else in this world, but I would never lie to you.” Thomas’ expression was unusually sincere.

Olivia gritted her teeth. She chose to believe Thomas.

“All right. I’m leaving the Pearsons, but I want to take Ophelie with me!”

“No problem.”

“I want to run a real estate business.”

Thomas didn’t say anything as he pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket. There were four phone numbers written on the piece of paper. Thomas never saved those numbers in his phone,

for he thought that he wouldn’t have use for them, but he never expected them to come into play today.

“Hello!” Thomas made a call to one of the numbers.

“T-Thomas?” A man’s voice sounded from the other end of the phone. The voice was a little shaky, an obvious sign that the owner was emotional.

“Yes.” Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

“Dang, you finally remembered me! I’ve been waiting for you for so long, but there was nothing but radio silence from you! Do you still think of me as your brother?!”

Thomas smiled. “I’ll treat you to some drinks later to make it up to you. I need a real estate company now, so help me pick one out. Money is not a problem; I’ll be funding it anyway. I want it to have a base in Irieson.”