The CEO’S Unplanned Heir ( Aurelia Hawthorne ) - Season 3 Episode 85

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.

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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

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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

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!