Linus was the child all along!
So, that was why he shared the same birthday with Sophia!
It explained why, from the very moment Cooper had laid eyes on the child, he had the strangest feeling that the child was different from others, and he felt compelled to adopt the child.
It also made sense as to why he had not been able to find anything on his son; he had given orders to wipe out everything that had even been remotely connected to Linus, thus effectively barring his own efforts to locate his son.
By the end of the video, Cooper’s hand was shaking so badly that the phone slipped and clattered to the floor.
Sophia hurriedly picked up the fallen phone and passed it back to Cooper. “What’s the matter, Dad?” she asked curiously.
However, Cooper stumbled backward, and if Justin had not reached out in time to steady him, he would have fallen over.
“Hahaha—”
Cooper burst into laughter before taking several steps back, then broke down into heaving sobs.
“My son, my son, my son…” he wailed.
He would never have known that he had children at all if Sophia hadn’t turned up two years ago.
Up to a year ago, he wouldn’t have even known that he had another child other than Sophia if Michael had never brought it up.
It was only today when the revelation came upon him that the person he had been taking care of these past 20 years—the person whom he’d thought of as his ‘younger brother’—was in fact his biological son all along!
What a complete twist of fate!
Everyone was shocked to see Cooper as anguished as he was now, and they began wondering if something had happened to his son.
Linus had rushed over at the first instance, thinking that Cooper had found out what he’d done.
He knew he had let him down again.
However, Cooper abruptly began pushing through the crowd surrounding him, and when he saw Linus by the sidelines, he reached out to grab hold of him. Linus had never seen this look on him before; when he tried to speak, he was so overwhelmed that he stammered.
“Linus…”
Linus stared at him blankly, unsure as to how he should respond.
Cooper was still gazing at him as he chuckled bitterly, then, unable to control himself, he began sobbing. He threw his arms around Linus; his voice was shaky and raspy as he cried out, “Linus… my son… You’re my son—you have been my son all along! Linus, I’m so sorry… I’m so sorry…”
Still looking dumbfounded, Linus was no longer able to comprehend what Cooper was saying.
Upon seeing how overwhelmed Cooper was as he embraced Linus, the dinner guests grew curious and were now coming forward to see what the commotion was.
Among all the sobbing and crying, Sandra, who had been standing next to Linus when Cooper had pushed her aside, somehow managed to pick out the most important piece of information of all.
What?
Linus Michel is Cooper Mitchell’s son?
Was Sophia not Cooper’s only child?
How did Linus end up as his son?
Seeing how his father-in-law was becoming unhinged, Michael placed a hand on Cooper’s shoulder, then leaned in to say, “Cooper, please keep it together; we’re at a dinner party and everybody’s watching—you must get ahold of yourself.”
Cooper was as shaken as he was on the day when Sophia had been resuscitated, but after Michael’s urging, he remembered that this was Sophia’s big day and he could not be seen like this. With that in mind, he hurried to the guest room.
The family gathered in the guest room.
“What? Uncle Linus is… my brother?”
No one was more astounded than Sophia.
Linus, with whom she had been about to fake a marriage announcement, was actually her brother—her fraternal twin brother!
Sophia felt numb with shock, and Linus was rendered speechless.
The next moment, he was pulled into Cooper’s arms again while the latter was overcome with emotions.
Cooper looked borderline insane as he laughed and cried at the same time.
All this while, the son he’d been searching for had been by his side… for the past twenty years!
I’m Cooper’s biological son?
Cooper is my father?
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