Chapter 157: What did you just say?

The words burst out of her lips before she could even stop herself. A gasp emerged from my lips as silence enveloped us for what felt like an eternity. 

I watched as Evelyn's face went pale within the next second while James froze in his spot and he was looking at his wife with wide eyes. A mixture of shock and surprise was swirling in the depths of his eyes as he remained dumbfounded with disbelief written all over his face. 

"What… did you just say?" The words finally left his lips as his eyes darted between Natalie and I with a tiny frown etched between his brows. I could see the gears in his head shifting as he struggled to register what had just happened. "Aurelia is our daughter?" He repeated, tossing her words right back at her.

Natalie kept her gaze steady and her voice remained unwavering. She knew it was too late to back out now. The truth is out and she wasn't planning on hiding it anymore.