Chapter 3Reborn with Vengeance: My Brother's Baby, My Parents' Betrayal

It seemed my mom and dad had gone to the clinic and confirmed that the baby was indeed Jax’s and his girlfriend’s, and that Dr. Reed had indeed helped deliver it. But I still didn’t understand why they kept hounding me.

“Mom, what does this baby have to do with me? I didn’t give birth to him!”

“The most important thing right now is to find the baby’s real parents. Anyway, I have to go to work. Bye!”

I hung up and went to the office as usual. As soon as I sat down, Linda from the office stealthily came over and whispered, “Skylar, do you have a boyfriend? Want me to set you up with someone?” I initially wanted to decline, but then I changed my mind.

“Sure, Linda, who are you thinking of?”

“My nephew. He’s three years older than you, was in the military, and after he retired, he opened a small restaurant. He’s honest and hardworking!”

“Want to have lunch together and meet him today?”

I immediately agreed. Linda beamed, pulling out her phone to call her nephew. In my last life, I raised the child alone and was utterly exhausted. Linda saw it and helped me find a lot of side jobs, and she constantly urged me to find a reliable man. But back then, I was afraid the child would suffer, so I never dared to date. Looking back now, I was so incredibly foolish.

At noon, Liam and I met. We chatted over lunch, and it felt pretty good. We exchanged SnapChat info, agreeing to see how things went. Linda returned and asked about it. I nodded. “He seems alright. I’ll give it a try.”

She clapped her hands with delight. “I knew it! If it works out, he’ll definitely treat you well! I’ve watched him grow up; he’s hardworking and has a good heart!” I felt a little embarrassed, my face flushing, which only made Linda more excited.

From then on, Liam and I started dating. After half a month, my parents hadn’t contacted me, and I hadn’t gone home. Unexpectedly, my mom actually showed up at my company. That day, I was busy when the security guard suddenly called. “Skylar, you need to come down! Your mom just dumped a kid at our security booth! The baby’s wailing its head off, come get it!”

My mind went blank. “What baby? I’m not married. Where would I get a baby from? Don’t talk nonsense!” I deliberately raised my voice, making sure the entire office heard me. The security guard sighed. “I don’t know. Just come down and see for yourself!”

As soon as I hung up, everyone was staring at me. “Skylar, what happened?”

“I’m not sure. The security guard said someone pretending to be my mom dropped a baby at the entrance!”

Linda gasped. “Something like that? That’s outrageous! Come on, let’s go take a look!”

“Yeah, is someone trying to scam her or what?”

“Skylar has a baby? I never saw her pregnant!”

“Could she have secretly had it years ago? Who knows what these young people do nowadays!”

Hearing those comments, even Linda started looking at me strangely. I played completely dumb, pretending I knew nothing, and she couldn’t find any flaws in my act. When we got to the security booth, everyone froze when they saw the infant.

Linda breathed a sigh of relief. “How is this possible?! Skylar’s baby? This baby isn’t even a month old!”

“Exactly! If it were any older, Skylar would never be able to clear her name!”

“This is so despicable, trying to frame someone like this?”

“This is ruining her reputation!”

I sneered inwardly. The security guard shook his head. “The person said she was your mom; how could I stop her?!” I immediately said, “Pull up the surveillance footage! I want to see who did this!”

Watching the video, I didn’t recognize the woman who dropped off the baby at all. I quickly made up my mind. “I’m calling the police! That wasn’t my mom at all, and I have no idea who that woman was! This is an abandoned infant!”

Everyone hesitated a bit, but I simply spread my hands. “This is an abandoned baby! I work in sales, I’ve given out hundreds of business cards. Who knows who might be impersonating my family? I’m not taking the fall for someone else’s child!” When I said that, everyone agreed it made sense, so we called the police. When the police arrived, they took the baby away.

I even specifically asked, “Where will the baby go?”

“Where else? If we can’t find the biological parents, it will go to an orphanage.”

Hearing that, the huge weight on my chest finally lifted. In this life, I would never raise that ungrateful jerk’s child again!