His Devious Rule

Anya clenched her teeth, looking at Zane's birth certificate which didn't have their father's name, and Zane's name that was named after her instead of his father's.

The file also had Anya and Alvin's picture in front of the marriage bureau. Why would a couple go to the marriage bureau if not for marriage or divorce?

Even if only the pictures were released, either media would create a story with Zane as an illegitimate son and call Anya as a gold digger for trapping the rich son of a family.

Or else, there could be a story as Anya went for divorce after knowing about Alvin's cheating.

Anya wouldn't let her son face the consequences of her actions and Alvin wouldn't let Anya suffer with new labels by the media.

Nevertheless, Alvin wasn't going to let go of Gianna for her actions in the past and present. He looked at Anya wondering if she was going to give up on the case and how he should take care of it.

Whereas Anya had expected Casper to collect proof of Zane's birth as he was a Matthews. But she hadn't thought he would risk his own grandson's life for the reputation of the Matthews family.

Was this Casper's love of an heir?

She was disgusted by Casper even if he was just using it to blackmail her and Alvin. She looked at Casper's legal adviser in front of her. He seemed pretty confident in their move against her.

Does she look like a mother blinded by her love for her son?

Let's consider that she takes back the case, pretends everything to be a misunderstanding, and endures foul remarks on her by the whole social, business circle, and the netizens. What is the probability that Gianna won't hurt her family again?

Anya had given Gianna a chance to redeem herself by ignoring how Gianna had troubled her and her son in the past years.

When Gianna wasn't going to redeem herself and plan to hurt her son and husband, how could she bear to have Gianna out of the prison?

She wasn't going to give vicious Gianna another chance to strike at them. She would proudly accept the truth rather than let a criminal like Gianna live under her nose.

She pointed at the deserted corridor for the lawyer and went with Alvin, "Could you please call Rob?"

Alvin wasn't sure what was going on in her head. Nonetheless, he dialed Rob and passed her the mobile, "Mr. Robbertson, could you give the mobile to Zane?"

Anya then turned on the speaker and the trio heard the lovely voice of Zane, [Momma!?]

"Baby, there is a problem here. Would it be alright if the media and people get to know you were born for momma when Alvin wasn't with us?"

Her voice was soft when she asked. Well, her steely gray eyes were coldly glaring at the lawyer in front of her.

Alvin's lips arced hearing Anya. As much as he knew his little enemy, he would accept the truth without getting fazed.

Zane, who probably got tensed hearing there was a problem, sighed at her question, [Momma, that is the fact. Why will it be a problem?] He had already heard people call him fatherless, [I have no issue saying that my mommy brought me up alone.] He sounded proud of it.

Anya saw the lawyer's face turn ugly at the response she gave to their threat. She responded to her son, "Mommy loves you the most."

Alvin narrowed his eyes at the woman who was using his mobile to confess her love to her son. Such a traitor.

Zane giggles heard before he reciprocated, [I love you too, Momma.]

"I will see you at home, Baby." Anya hung up the call hearing his response and looked at the man.

"Inform your chairman that we own the truth." They weren't lying to the media. They were avoiding speaking or publicizing their private life. She wouldn't let Casper take it as their weakness.

"Does your chairman have the guts to own his truth?" Anya asked through her teeth and snickered at the silence of the man.

Alvin watched his wife in admiration. Casper had many holes to cover yet he dared to threaten them. Despite knowing Casper's dirty truth, his wife hadn't thought once to use it.  She could have easily maligned the Matthews family, yet she maintained her principles.

He slapped the file back to the lawyer. His fingers intertwined with hers as he took her away. Truthfully, he didn't want Zane to hear from anybody as a 'bastard.' But he wouldn't let that be their weakness.

The lawyer watched Alvin go hand in hand with Anya. He has known Alvin for more than a decade. Alvin never cared, never requested, never respected anybody. Alvin never lowered his head and was stubborn as a mule. Seeing Alvin after many years, the lawyer still found the same version of him.

Alvin didn't care about the threat, he didn't say a word before taking Anya away. Yet Alvin was a completely different person for Anya.

The couple being strong-willed and Casper being prideful, the lawyer prepared himself for the coming difficult situation.

If Anya and Alvin had taken the case back, everything would have cooled down, and Anya would have taken her award and become dean. Now, Casper was left with no choice but to stain Anya's career and use it against her.

He dialed Casper's number and reported to Casper about the response Anya gave them.

....

At Matthews Industries,

Being smart, Casper was aware that releasing Zane's birth secret would only taint them more, reopen the new cases on Gianna and The Matthews family would become the biggest joke.

Recalling Alvin's emancipation letter, Casper couldn't believe Alvin had thought about every possibility from the very beginning. As soon as the Matthews family goes down, Alvin could easily pull himself away stating he was trying to set himself free from them for a long time.

He was wondering how he could stain Anya's image, he heard hurried knocks on the door. A man in casuals rushed inside, "Chairman Matthews, we found some explosive news."

He placed a stack of pictures on the desk as he explained the plan, "Anya Owen handled the PSR case and Johnson companies illegal money laundering. When Harper Johnson was detained, Miles Johnson should be interrogated too.

However, it is mentioned that he was out of the country and he wasn't answering the cops' calls, messages, and emails."

He pointed at the pictures of Miles' secretary meeting Anya in front of the police agency in Coastal city and Miles meeting Anya near a cafe in the Capital.

"We could use this and publish that Anya Owen helped Miles Johnson to escape the law. Then she resigned in fear.

She won't be awarded for misusing her powers. She will go under strict interrogation and could be punished severely."

Casper leaned back on his chair, smiling wickedly. He hadn't expected Anya's dirt to surface so quickly.