Chasing After My Beloved Wife novel Chapter 16

"What do you mean?"

Joye put aside the clothes in her hand and frowned at the woman who barged in without an invitation. In the past, because of her love for Shawn, she had always been respectful and tolerant of Xaria, but it didn't mean that she would continue letting Xaria insult her.

"What do you mean? What did Shawn do wrong? Your parents’ and younger sister's deaths are an accident. It's their fate. This has nothing to do with Shawn. But you took advantage of Baird's love for you and guilt-tripped him. Not only did you steal the Richard family's shares, but you asked for a divorce and moved out. Are you trying to humiliate Shawn?"

Xaria's gaze was full of dissatisfaction, her tone harsh and aggressive.

Having a daughter-in-law like her was such bad luck.

"You'd better watch your language," Joye warned Xaria.

Joye's eyes were filled with anger as she glared at Xaria. "If Shawn hadn't taken revenge on the Leonard Group, my family wouldn't have ended up this way!"

"That's because you brought the reporters to the hotel to embarrass Shawn! Joye, if you want to find the culprit, look into the mirror. Don't slander my son."

Xaria rolled her eyes in disgust and Joye’s anger immediately dissipated. Her lips turned pale and she couldn't say a word.

Xaria was right. It was her fault. She was the culprit. If she hadn't married Shawn in the first place, none of these would have happened.

"Aren’t you going to say anything? Do you realize that you're in the wrong now? Didn't you want to divorce him and leave this house? Fine, but you have to leave behind all the shares that Baird gave you. The Richard family doesn't need you anyway."

If it hadn't been for the fact that Baird had arranged for an engagement with the Leonard family from the time she was pregnant Shawn and later insisted on him marrying Joye, she wouldn't have allowed her son to marry this woman.

"Speaking of which, you want the shares, don't you?"

The sharp voice made Joye snap out of the self-blame and pain she was feeling. A sneer appeared on her pale face. "Sorry, I respect Baird's choice."

Even if she didn't want the Richard family’s shares, she wasn’t stupid enough to return them, because the shares were not only money but also the only thing that could help the Leonard Group get through this crisis.

"Ha!"

Xaria was stunned for a moment but then said coldly, "It seems that Miss. Leonard always pretended to be noble and virtuous. She has actually been calculating ways to get the shares of the Richard family from the start!"

More than half of the Richard family's shares were in Baird's hands. Originally, the shares would be split after he died. No one had expected that he would transfer all his shares to Joye because three people in her family died.

It was ridiculous!

"Aren't you the same?"

The corners of Joye’s mouth curled up slightly. Although her face was pale, her eyes were full of pride. Her parents and sister were gone, but she was still the eldest daughter of the Leonard family.

"You!"

Xaria was exasperated to the point of madness. She raised her hand and was about to slap her, but was stopped by someone. "Xaria, Baird wants to see you."

Joye looked at the newcomer calmly and proceeded to pack her luggage.

"Yvon, you came right on time." Xaria snorted and turned to leave with a meaningful look on her face.

"Did I interrupt you two?" Yvon awkwardly stood there. When Xaria was going to slap her, Joye had already reached out her hand to stop Xaria, but Yvon was faster.

"No, thank you for what you did just now."

Joye looked up with a sincere and grateful smile. Any woman would want someone to protect her, even a little help would suffice.

She had hoped countless times for Shawn to become that person, but it was clear that she was wrong.