Chapter 817

He enraged: “Bey, you fly the… You finally… we’re just a freeloader. So, all these years, did you really internally weather this work down?”

Wendy gave him a look, then said, “Back in the day, you saw I did everything. Nick, I’m still in debt, and once I get through this, I’ll have a chance to turn things around. I’ve sold everything from my dad’s estate, just for you—the seventy million dollars for the sake of your father. But now even his building is sold, and your family’s debts can’t…”

Nick, upon hearing this, abruptly released her as if she were something unpleasant. “Wendy, how could you say that? The company is mine, and it’s definitely not for sale. We’re getting a divorce first thing tomorrow morning, and your debt is your responsibility.”

Jennifer squatted down with a laugh, looking at Wendy with a smug smile. “Mom, it’s not that we’re refusing to help you. It’s just that we really can’t?”

Wendy looked at her with a cold laugh. “Jennifer, I’ve raised you all these years and made you so excellent, yet this is how…”

Jennifer chuckled, “That’s what you owed me. I did nothing wrong.” Jennifer raised an eyebrow, grinning wickedly at her. She owes our family. Wendy’s downfall today is exactly what she deserves, she wondered.

It was her fault to have too much money, catching Nick’s attention. Even more, her own foolishness for marrying a jerk like Nick, knowing the kind of man he was, was also a reason.

“Mrs. Simpson…” Wendy chuckled coldly, “So quick to call me Mrs. Simpson, huh…”

Wendy laughed and cried, already knowing the outcome, and it still hurt deeply. It truly hurt. This was the daughter Wendy lovingly nurtured to adulthood, and yet she treated her so harshly. And Natalie would never call Wendy Mom again in this lifetime.

Wendy yelled with raw emotion. “Jennifer, you’re worse than a bitch!”

“Wendy, you…” Jennifer was filled with rage. “Say it again. I dare you to call me a bitch.” Jennifer fiercely grabbed her hair.

Wendy chuckled bitterly and said, “Your biological mother was a bitch. Only someone like her could give birth to a bitch like you…”

Chapter 317

Slap! Jennifer hit Wendy in anger.

“Jennifer, what are you doing? You’ve been calling her Mom for more than twenty years. How can you hit her?” Nick felt a deep ache seeing how fragile Wendy had become. It hurt him to see her like that.

“Dad, why are you wasting words on her? Go and divorce her tomorrow,” Jennifer said, recalling what Colin had mentioned about the Tompson family’s assets being sold off in large amounts, making it impractical to grab them.

Jennifer had another plan. She could use Jason to take those two old folks’ real estate. She wasn’t their biological child, so she couldn’t inherit, but Declan could.

Asha chimed in. “Yes, Nick, divorce her tomorrow. The debts she owes, she should repay them herself. They’re not our problem.”

“Okay, Mom, Dad, go inside. It’s cold out here, we’ll take care of this,” Nick said.

Nick wasn’t great at many things, but he was very dutiful to his parents.

Wendy slowly stood up, looked at them, and gave a faint, bitter smile. “Nick, I won’t get a divorce. I won’t divorce, not even if I have to die. You said you loved me, Nick. You can’t leave me when I need you most or everyone will disdain you, Nick…”

He interrupted. “That’s enough! Wendy, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, I just can’t. If it were a couple million you owed, we could help pay, but it’s too much. How do you expect me to help with all that? Go get divorced tomorrow, whether you want to or not.”

After Nick finished speaking, he took Jennifer inside.

Wendy cried so hard that it was heart-wrenching. Even though Wendy had prepared for this moment, the pain was still unbearable, making it hard to breathe. Wendy cried her heart out, mourning her sad life of the past decades. From that moment on, she promised herself she would never cry again.

Once the divorce was finalized, she would be able to live carefree, while their nightmare was just beginning.

“Mom,” Declan ran in from outside. Seeing Wendy crying her heart out in the snow, his heart ached with urgency.

Declan couldn’t help her with the company issues. The company eventually collapsed.

Seeing Declan, Wendy stopped crying. She lowered her voice and said, “What are you doing back here? Hurry and leave.”

Declan also cried as he looked at Wendy, “Mom, I know I was wrong. I really understand now. I realize you pushed us away to protect us, but Mom, we’ve grown up now. You don’t need to protect us anymore. From now on, let me be the one to protect you, okay?”

Wendy saw the sincerity in his eyes, and tears welled up again.

“Declan, Jennifer will keep finding ways to harm you. How could you be so foolish to be her driver?” Seeing the serious look on Declan’s face, Wendy decided to stop keeping things from him.

Chapter 317

Declan was her son after all. She couldn’t help but care deeply for him.

Declan said, “Mom, don’t worry, I know how to handle her. I’m staying close to gather evidence of her crimes.”

Wendy stopped him. “Don’t bother looking, and you won’t find anything. She’s very sly. She stole 70 million dollars; it took me a long time to uncover it. She’s always so careful, never leaving any traces. It’s not the right time yet. There’s someone backing her. We need to wait for that person to reveal themselves and expose them all at once. Keep being her driver, and don’t do anything dangerous. Just treat it as a learning experience. I’ve been planning to take a break. After so many years of struggle, I can finally take a rest.”

Wendy had worked too hard all these years, never taking care of herself.

Declan helped his mom stand up and said, “Mom, let’s go inside now. It’s too cold out here.”

“Okay.” Wendy nodded slightly.

As they were about to go inside, they found the door had been locked from the inside.

Declan couldn’t push the door open, a flicker of anger in his eyes. “Mom, they’re going too far. Now they won’t even let us in.”

Wendy sneered, pounding on the door forcefully. “Nick, open the door if you want a divorce. If you don’t, we’ll keep this going until we’re old and gray.”

Hearing Wendy, Nick looked at Jennifer and said, “Jennifer, just let her in. If she leaves, how am I going to get her for a divorce tomorrow?”