Book TRK
Chapter 285
Chapter 285
A sudden tremor in her heart caused her to slowly lift her eyes, blurred with tears, to look at him.
“What is
it?”
Leopold leaned over, one hand on the back of the couch, the other on the armrest, effectively
entrapping her. He said coldly, “Write a confession. Admit that you’ve abandoned your husband and
child, that you’ve been unfaithful, and that you want a divorce to marry another man. I’ll ensure this
confession is laid bare before every Stirling family member.. Every day, Kane will read it. Your
grandchildren and
great–grandchildren will also read it.”
Aurelia felt as if a thunderbolt had just struck her. She was stunned, dizzy, and cold to the bone.
This was an attack straight to her heart!
Instinctively, she clutched the couch cushion and scooted back.
Suddenly, she realized a horrifying truth. He had been waiting until the baby’s christening, not because
he wasn’t eager to divorce, but because he needed a good reason to uphold his perfect image and
reputation. He wanted to pin all the blame on her, making her the scapegoat while he remained the
model husband and loving father.
When their child grew up, he wouldn’t blame his father, but only hate her, his mother who abandoned
her family!
As a successful businessman, he was cunning and deceitful! He must have thought she was desperate
to divorce, and would agree to anything!
With all her might, she pushed him away and jumped up from the couch, retorting, “Don’t push me too
far! If you make me angry, I won’t divorce you. That’ll really annoy you.”
He wanted her to take the fall? No way! She would make him understand the consequences of
shooting
himself in the foot!
A fleeting smirk flashed across Leopold’s eyes. He asked nonchalantly, “Who do you think will become
impatient first?”
“Definitely you!” she snorted. Without a divorce, he couldn’t get engaged to Evelyn. She wondered who
would be the one crying then?
Leopold’s mouth curved into a wicked smile. “Very well, let’s see who loses patience first.”
She rolled her eyes at him. He shouldn’t think that throwing a divorce agreement at her would make her
sign it. She would make him write an apology and divide their shared property.
She had calculated it. Given his rocket–speed earnings, she could at least get a large sum of money!
In the afternoon, Zack called. There was trouble on Ritchie’s side. Loan sharks had come to collect
debts
and had taken Belinda.
“The loan sharks are demanding a ransom. My brother wants me to figure out a solution.”
Jolin grunted, “They just want your money, right? This is a trap set by your mom and Ritchie. They
want us to fall into it! Just report it to the police. Don’t worry about anything else. The person who owes
the debt should repay it. They can’t pin this on us!”
Zack sighed, “That’s my mom. No matter how foolish she is, we can’t just ignore her. I heard from my
sister–in–law that Aurelia is marrying into a wealthy family, the Stirlings of Elysium. Can she borrow
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money to pay the loan sharks first? If not, the interest will keep piling up!”
Jolin flared up at this, “Zack Hawthorne, have you lost your mind? Do you think it’s easy to be the wife
of a wealthy family? We were once respectable civil servants, and we had some capital. Now we have
nothing. We must not cause trouble for our daughter so she can live well in the Stirling house. You want NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.
her to borrow money, and a huge sum at that. How can she hold her head high in the Stirling house?”
Zack was torn, “What should we do then? Should we really sell the ancestral house?”
“Why should we sell the ancestral house? Ritchie borrowed money to buy a house and can’t repay it.
Let him sell his own house.” Jolin said, “I’ve decided. The house will be passed on to Aurelia. If she
were to marry into the Stirling family without any substantial assets to her name, the gossip amongst
their friends and relatives would be unending. We can’t risk our daughter’s reputation being tarnished.”
In the future, Aurelia will be the matriarch of the Stirling family. She needs to have some backbone!