filled with sympathy.

After all, what could be more tragic

than learning on your wedding day

that your bride’s child isn’t yours?

I quickly adjusted my expression,

forcing out a look of pain.

“Mom! How could you say such a thing?

Even a joke must have limits!”

Mrs. Lee frowned, scolding me:

“You’re not married to Sophia yet,

but I already see you as my son.

That’s why I’m telling you the truth.”

I raised my head and smiled coldly.

“So what you mean is,

I should thank you?”

Mrs. Lee froze in shock.

She never expected me, usually so mild-tempered,

to openly defy her.

She thought she could test my limits

and control me completely.

But my reaction was beyond her expectation.

Mrs. Lee immediately flew into a rage:

“David Miller! It’s your fault my daughter was hurt,

and you dare question me?”

I laughed bitterly on the spot.

Even though I had prepared for this,

her shamelessness still stunned me.

The guests around us were equally shocked.

They couldn’t believe a mother-in-law

would accuse her daughter’s groom

of not being the father—

and call it a joke.

But that was exactly the kind of woman Mrs. Lee was.

In my previous life,

I first met her three months into dating Sophia.

That day, at Sophia’s suggestion,