Marrying A Secret Zillionaire Happy Ever After

Chapter 874:

Dustin shot Collin a surprised look, but Collin seemed calm, as if this was all part of the plan. So, Dustin kept quiet. It wasn’t his place to explain things to the kid. After all, this wasn’t just any kid—he was Collin’s flesh and blood.

Watching Zander continue with his blocks, Collin casually asked, “Still not going to tell me who your mom is?”

Zander turned, meeting his gaze directly. “Nope!” he replied without hesitation.

The moment he let the word slip, he clenched his fists in his lap. If this man figured out who his mom was, there was no telling what he would try to do—maybe even take him away from her. That couldn’t happen. He wouldn’t let it.

Outside, the sky was deepening into dusk. It was nearly time to head home.

Just then, a memory stirred in Dustin’s mind—the woman he had spotted at the hospital a few weeks back. Back then, she had been carrying Zander in her arms. No doubt about it now. She had to be the boy’s mother.

“Collin, I’m telling you—I’ve seen the boy’s mom before,” Dustin said, certainty lacing every word.

Without reacting much, Collin fixed him with a calm stare. “The woman you saw probably wasn’t her.”

That response made Dustin blink. “Wait, what?” he asked, confused. Then Collin turned to Zander and asked in the same cool tone, “Hey kid, is your mom’s name Linsey Brooks?”

Dustin stood there for a beat, wondering if he had misheard entirely. Had Collin really just said Linsey was the kid’s mother?

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With his jaw half-dropped, Dustin struggled to ask if his friend had completely lost it. But then, something shifted. Zander’s eyes went wide as he stared at Collin, his face frozen with disbelief.

The unspoken message in that look was loud and clear: “How do you know?”

Still, the boy rallied quickly, slipping into an innocent tone as he said, “Sir, who’s that? My mom doesn’t go by that name.”

Collin didn’t blink. His gaze stayed locked on the kid, and a faint smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

The kid wasn’t telling the truth. That much was obvious. Whether he was making this call on his own or following a script Linsey had given him, Collin couldn’t quite tell.

Meanwhile, Dustin remained rooted to the spot, mentally trying to untangle the mess that had just landed in his lap.

Collin had somehow realized Linsey was the child’s mother, but Dustin had no idea how he had figured it out. Just recently, Collin had even insisted that Linsey was the one who gave birth to Gorman’s daughter! And now? Things were spiraling even further into confusion.

The more Dustin mulled it over, the less it made sense. He forced a strained smile, leaned in a little closer, and muttered, “Collin, seriously. This kid has never even met Linsey.”

His memory was clear—both times he ran into Zander, the boy had been accompanied by another woman.

Without a change in expression, Collin gave Dustin a look, then turned to the child. “Take your time,” he said. “I’ll wait until you decide to stop pretending.”

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