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Chapter 421

Chapter 421

Cordelia was right. To the outside world, Kelly barely existed. Why would someone specifically abduct her?

Cordelia pressed her lips together and said softly, "Zephyr, it's strange. I think Nelly definitely has something to do with it.

"It's not that I have prejudice toward her or I'm picking on her. But think about it, a kidnapper didn't want a known Tanner heiress but went through all that trouble for a Tanner heiress no one even knows about. Is it really about the money?"

Cordelia paused and added, "If it's for money, it's not Kelly that should be abducted. If it's not for money, then... then what is it for?"

"To get rid of her!" Zephyr said abruptly.

Cordelia felt chills creep up.

"Maybe my guess is wrong..."

"Whether it's right or wrong, nothing must be overlooked." Zephyr held her shoulders and ran a thumb over her face.

He smiled and felt proud looking at the girl who looked soft but was tough and smart.

He took her back to the room hand in hand and called Robert before the floor-to-ceiling window after she slept.

Robert said honestly, "Mr. Z, our men have been following Nelly recently. She's been behaving. Doesn't look like she's up to anything."

Zephyr's expression was dark as he ordered in a low voice, "Keep watching her. There will definitely be something new!"

Robert agreed and said, "One more thing..."

"What is it?"

"Ms. Kelly is awake."

Zephyr furrowed his brows.

"But she doesn't remember anything,"

When Cordelia and Zephyr rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night, they saw Josiah sitting before Kelly's bed.

There was a thick bandage around Kelly's head, and the hospital gown looked big on her petite body.

She rested by the bed and looked at Josiah with a foreign gaze as she struggled to shrink back.

"The kid's been like this since she woke up..." Mandy was barely above her sadness outside the door. "She can't recognize me or anyone else and doesn't say a word!" Josiah left the hospital ward a while later and leaned against the wall miserably.

Zephyr went over and patted his shoulder. He wanted to say something but was not good at comforting others, so he could only be in his silent company.

"Don't worry," Cordelia said softly. "Modern medicine's so advanced now. Ms. Kelly will be healed."

"But she doesn't even recognize me anymore..." Josiah covered his face with both hands and sobbed.

Cordelia had never seen him so sad. After all, he was usually carefree and cheerful.

"It's Nelly! It must be her!" Mandy was suddenly agitated. "She did this to Kelly!"

"What are you saying!?" Joe gave her a look. "Stop making things up in front of so many people!"

It was already embarrassing that they had a hidden daughter. If more rumors went around, the Tanners would be at the cusp of the talk.

The fund merging would be postponed, and they could forget about the joint hospital project.

Joe scowled and coughed as he looked at Mandy.

"Nelly's our daughter too. How could she harm her little sister!?"

"She's not! No!" Mandy raised her voice. "She's-"

"Enough!" Joe did not want his family's dirty laundry to be aired and glared at his wife. "What do you want? Kelly's hurt, and you lost your mind?" Mandy bit her lips and shook.

She did say what she said out of anger, but those who heard it thought otherwise.

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Cordelia and Zephyr exchanged a look and immediately noticed what was wrong.

"Heh, Zephyr, Josiah." Joe forced a smile as he looked at them. "It's late. It's best that you go home. Thank you for your concern for Kelly. Josiah, especially..." Zephyr stepped forward with an impassive cryptic gaze. "Uncle Tanner, why isn't the big sister around when something so big has happened to the little sister?"

Joe was startled and stayed quiet.

Zephyr smirked and already had a guess.

After he left the hospital, he asked Robert to investigate the driver. Whatever method is used, he must spill the truth.

Zephyr started the car after that while Cordelia was sleepy, leaning against the car window. He shifted her by her shoulders and draped his jacket over her. He then told her softly, "Ms. Cordelia, you have a contract to sign tomorrow. Don't forget about it."

Cordelia tossed around and pried her eyes open to smile at Zephyr. His deep and husky voice was endlessly loving, drowning her in it.

She would have really forgotten about it if he did not remind her. She wrapped her arms around his neck, her eyes brimming with longing for him.

"Mm, thank you for the reminder! You're a decent follower."

"So, Ms. Cordelia's happy with my performance?"

Cordelia nodded with a smile.

Zephyr's hand held her waist.

"Then... increase my salary!"

"You..."

Before Cordelia could say anything, Zephyr sealed her lips. The man wore a smirk as he did what he wanted.

The next day, Cordelia signed the agreement to jointly build a hospital with Rowan as the boss of the western suburbs' project. Everything went smoothly according to the program.

In spite of it, Rowan noticed that Cordelia was gloomy at the after-party of the signing ceremony and asked her what was wrong in concern. Cordelia shook her head with a smile. She was thinking about Kelly's condition, wishing that Josiah's first relationship would not just end in smoke.

"Are you unwell?" Rowan asked, "Or in a bad mood? Is there something on your mind? You can tell me. I might be able to help you!"

Charlie felt helpless on the side. The sight he saw was simply Cordelia ignoring Rowan, yet the latter stuck to her, asking this and that. The prideful Mr. Irwin had never bowed so low to anyone before. Charlie smiled. It was fortunate that Zephyr was socializing, or it would be merrier when he saw this!

Charlie passed him the document. "Mr. Irwin, this is information regarding the joint hospital. Do you want to talk to Ms. Cordelia about it?"

Charlie then looked at the girl. "Ms. Cordelia, our joint hospital's feature is treating hard-to-treat and complicated illnesses. Mr. Irwin's the president of Southeast Aciatic Medical Association. He's well-versed in medicine and these illnesses. The hospital will do great with him around!"

Cordelia froze as if struck by something.

"Right!" She beamed. "How did I forget this!?"

Rowan's eyes lit up as well as he looked at Cordelia in anticipation, like he was bestowed something.

"Uncle Irwin, there's really something I need your help with!"

"Sure, sure!" Rowan nodded like a pecking chicken. "I'll help you no matter what it is!"

"Do you know how to treat amnesia?"

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Chapter 423

Rowan was taken aback. 'Did Zephyr lose his memory? He does not look like it, judging by how he was all over Cordelia earlier.'

He smiled at Cordelia. "Who has amnesia?"

"It's my friend..." Cordelia contemplated and said, "To be precise, it's not exactly a friend. It's someone my friend likes.

"She's the Tanners' other heiress, Kelly Tanner."

"Oh?" Rowan creased his brows.

This was heated news previously, and he had heard about it but just did not care enough. He did not care about anything that had nothing to do with Cordelia-what was more, this was the Tanners. Nelly Tanner already repulsed him!

He advised, "Cordelia, why are you close to the Tanners? It's their business whether they have another daughter. Why would you be concerned?"

"I'm not close to them. It's that... this Ms. Kelly is really someone my friend likes. I want to help them!"

Cordelia's voice was sweet. "Uncle Irwin, the Tanners aren't that bad. Mrs. Tanner is reasonable and clear with what and who she likes and hates. As for Nelly, I'll just ignore her. She won't be able to pick on me!"

Rowan scowled. He was still worried about his daughter.

He was reluctant to miss this chance to get closer to her since she had made the request to him.

Cordelia blinked her big eyes at him. "Uncle Irwin, can you help?"

Charlie gave Rowan a look. The latter coughed and could only nod.

"I'll make it clear first. I'm only treating this Ms. Kelly." Rowan put on a straight face. "I don't care about anything else regarding the Tanners."

When Mona rushed to the bar, Nelly was just taking a big gulp of whisky swaying with the rhythmic music.

Mona took a seat next to her, took off her sunglasses, and looked around.

"Alright, it's dark here. No one can see you." Nelly snorted. "You aren't popular anymore. Even if someone does recognize you, do you think they'll ask you for an autograph?" "You..." Mona looked at her indignantly and drank.

Nelly chuckled. She was in a good mood because she would never have expected that Kelly had lost her memory. She did not even have to use the mute drug, and Kelly shut up on her own.

She took another gulp of alcohol thinking about this and danced even more excitedly. It was after a while that she heard Mona say in a low voice, "I forked out 30,000 dollars to seal the driver's mouth! Nelly, don't forget to return me the money!"

Nelly looked at her. "You're calculating this petty money with me?"

"Petty money?" Mona was already disgruntled, so she grew angrier listening to Nelly.

"Nelly, send me the money right now if you think it's just petty money! Hah, I care a lot about it! I need these 30,000 dollars!

"Don't forget. If I didn't buy the driver out, he would have exposed you long ago! You'd be in jail instead of drinking and dancing here!"

Nelly scowled. She did not have much money now. Mandy already had her guard against her and did not allow her to manage anything involved with the company's finances. Her allowance each month was not much either.

What she had was only the title of being a Tanner heiress.

With how Mona raised her voice, curious glances were thrown at them.

Nelly could not bear that and pulled her over to say nicely, "Hey, what are you shouting about? I'm just joking with you!"

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"Of course I should thank you properly for resolving such a big problem for me!

"Here, this is for you!"

Nelly pulled out a ticket with a smile.

Mona widened her eyes when she saw what it was through the dim lighting.

"This... This is Sol Entertainment's grand event?"

"Exactly!" Nelly was triumphant.

Mona's hands shook in thrill. Sol Entertainment was holding its grand event for the first time, but it had been publicized greatly before this, promoted as the grandest event in showbiz. Whoever got to ride on this would have a bright future ahead.

"Nelly, you're awesome! How did you get it?" Mona gave her a hug. "Are you really giving me this ticket?"

"I'm not in showbiz, so there's no need for me to keep it." Nelly smiled. "Suitable things should go to suitable people!

"It's said that Nicholas will be there too..." Nelly looked at Mona with a thoughtful look. "You know what to do, right?"

Once she thought of Linda's pregnant belly, she was upset.

A pregnant woman's bad mood would affect her baby as well... Once Linda went berserk, Cordelia would be miserable as well.

A vicious smirk pulled Nelly's lips up. She was going to do whatever it would take to make Cordelia miserable!

Two days later...

A scandal between Mona and Nicholas was everywhere.

The first thing to be exposed was a video clip-Mona helped a drunk man as they stumbled into a hotel and only came out when the sun rose.

The paparazzi caught it clearly-the man was Nicholas.

Reporters swarmed to get the latest scoop, and Mona's statement was ambiguous and vague, causing the matter to keep brewing and hog the trending chart. Insults and criticism were thrown, but Mona's exposure was greater than all the top celebrities. She became popular again.

Cordelia and Zephyr went to the hospital, seeing a dejected Nicholas outside of the emergency ward.

Cordelia took a deep breath and suppressed her urge to give him a slap. She went up to him and asked as calmly as possible, "What actually happened?" Her voice was quivering, and her hands and feet felt cold. If Zephyr was not holding her, she might not even stand properly.

Nicholas' eyes were reddened as he hung his head with clenched fists.

"Speak up!" growled Zephyr.

Nicholas glanced at him and forced out a reply slowly, "I don't know."

"You..." Cordelia was not expecting this answer.

The moment she raised her hand, Zephyr caught her wrist and shook his head at her gently with a complex gaze. He then took Nicholas to a quiet corner.

"Tell me everything that happened that day honestly, right now!" His expression was cold. "Tell the truth, and I might be able to help you. One lie, and I will teach you a lesson before Cordelia does anything!" "You don't believe me?" Nicholas glared at him with his red eyes. "I barely know that woman. How could I sleep with her?"

"But you're in the video!"

"I had too much to drink that night!" yelled Nicholas. "It was the company's grand event, and people kept making me drink. I didn't know what happened after that...

"But I swear, absolutely nothing happened between that woman and me!"

Zephyr narrowed his eyes. "Why are you so sure?"

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"I..." Nicholas looked troubled and hesitant.

Zephyr gave him a harsh pat. "How am I supposed to help you if you're not honest with me!?"

After a stretched moment of silence, Nicholas said softly, "I've only met Mona a few times, and she's always pestering me. I don't know how she got into this grand event, and I got weak after drinking a glass of drink she passed me."

Zephyr rolled his eyes several times, unable to believe how gullible Nicholas was.

"I was just weak!" Nicholas raised his voice in explaining, "Not unconscious, you know?

"So how would I not know if I've done it or not?

"Besides, there's another reason..." His voice went low again as he spoke slower. "After I drink, I... I can't..."

"What?" Zephyr was shocked.

Nicholas pursed his lips and glared at him.

This had been a secret of his that he had never told anyone. He was usually fine, but a drop of alcohol, and he could not get anything up.

Zephyr frowned, not knowing what to say.

Nicholas stood leaning against the wall sullenly with both hands over his face.

He could explain this reason, but it was a huge blow to a man's pride to admit this in public.

A long time later, the doctor came out of the operation ward.

"Mr. Thompson..." The doctor took off his sweaty mask and said with much difficulty, "The baby couldn't be saved."

"What?"

Nicholas felt like his heart was clenched by a hand, and it hurt so bad that he found it hard to breathe.

Cordelia jolted, and her tears fell involuntarily.

Zephyr put an arm over her and patted her back softly.

"Why..." Nicholas gasped with reddened eyes. "How!?"

"Mr. Thompson, the fetus is already formed, so it's supposed to be when it's the most stable... But Mrs. Thompson was too emotional and fell from such a high staircase, so..." "She fell?" Cordelia rushed to Nicholas. "Why did she fall!?"

Nicholas looked like he was done with life. "I was in a hurry to discuss strategy solutions with the PR after what happened. Linda insisted on going out with me, but I didn't allow her to, so she chased after me. didn't expect it. She slipped and fell from the stairs... That's how we ended up in the hospital.

"It's all my fault!" Nicholas sobbed in regret. "I knew she had a short temper. I should have taken my time to talk to her! But I was hurrying to leave and didn't watch out for her..."

Cordelia's hands and feet went ice cold as she trembled.

"He can't be blamed. It was a coincidence," Zephyr said grimly.

He then turned to Nicholas. "How's your PR managing this now? Is the scandal just allowed to brew?"

Nicholas closed his eyes and shook his head with a pained expression.

With Linda getting into the accident, he could care less about the company. Despite that, he was usually the decision maker of the company affairs, so the PR department did not dare call the shots rashly. That was how things got dragged to this extent, and Mona managed to take advantage of it.

Zephyr glowered, an icy gleam in his deep eyes.

"Nicholas Thompson, you better pull up your socks!" he growled, "Someone's harming your wife and child now, and you're just letting her go like this?"

Nicholas balled his hands up, fingernails stabbing into his flesh.

"Leave the PR and media to me." Zephyr looked at him. "You don't need me to teach you the rest, right?"

Nicholas took a deep breath. His chiseled face brimmed with the savage and killing intent it once had.

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Nicholas picked up his phone and said coldly. "Bring that Mona to me!"

When Nicholas' men found her, she was recording an entertainment show.

She made all kinds of silly poses in front of the camera. Apart from the pretentious screams, she could not do anything else. She could not even memorize the script. The directors frowned and looked at each other helplessly.

"That's all for now!" Finally, one of them could no longer take it and asked to cut the recording. Her agent went to her quickly to powder her face.

However, when she was having her lipstick reapplied, a force pulled her. A mark from the lipstick was dragged on her face.

"What's this?" She panicked. "Who are you? What are you doing!?"

The scene was chaotic.

The few men in black were expressionless. They grabbed Mona on each side and dragged her out.

"Ah, help me " She shrieked with all that she could. "Where are you from? Are you kidnapping me in broad daylight!?"

One of the men said coldly, "Ms. Adams, N asked you to come with us!"

"What? No!" Mona's face paled instantly.

The directors and the coordinators knew what was happening when they heard Nicholas' name. They turned their heads, pretending not to see what was happening. Although he had a legitimate business now, his power in the underworld was not to be underestimated.

Mona looked at her dumbstruck agent. She blocked in front of the men immediately.

"Y-You have no right to do this! Let her go, or I'll call the police!"

"Calling the police" was the thing that Nicholas' men were least scared of. They revealed cold grins on their faces.

"Let me go, let me go!" Mona struggled and screamed, "I-I'm from Imperial Media! Madam Baker is my superior! How dare you touch me!?"

"Oh, really?" Suddenly, a cold voice came. "Does Ms. Adams really think that Madam Baker will stand up for you?"

Mona was stunned as she saw Cordelia walk over calmly. There was a cryptic smile on her face, and her eyes were like cold blades that were eager to slice her into 1,000 pieces.

She was shaking, her teeth grinding against each other.

Facing the people, Cordelia showed a contract.

"Ms. Adams said that she's from Imperial Media. Let me clarify.

"On the first condition of the contract, Imperial Media holds the right to terminate the contract with terrible artists. If the artists affect the company image, they will have to pay three times the liquidated damages!"

Cordelia looked at her coldly. "Ms. Adams, you got involved in someone else's marriage and became the shameless mistress. The incident is still brewing. You've gone against the company rule. You've crossed the line!"

Mona was terrified. "You-"

"As Imperial Media's senior assistant, I announce that from now on, Ms. Adams will no longer be one of us!"

Cordelia enunciated each word. It was powerful.

She took out a pen, signed the contract quickly, and handed it to the lawyer who came with her.

"I believe all of you are Mr. Thompson's men?" Cordelia smiled as she looked at the men in black. "This terrible artist has nothing to do with our company now. If Mr. Thompson wants to kill her or cut her into pieces, it's all up to him!"

"Yes, Ms. Jenner." The leading man bowed at her respectfully and waved behind him. "Take her with us!"

Mona cried in devastation. She was taken away as the rest watched.

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Mona was tossed into a dark and cold room.

She was crawling all over the floor when she suddenly touched a leather shoe. The chilliness scared her, and she screamed.

The light in the room was turned on. It was glaringly bright.

Only then did she see what was around her.

Nicholas sat in the middle. His expressionless muscular underlings surrounded him.

Meanwhile, Nicholas was like the Devil that walked out of hell. The killing intent in his eyes was so scary that nobody dared to look straight at him.

Mona was dumbstruck. She could not say a word.

He was playing with a dagger in his hand while revealing a cunning grin at the corner of his lips. "Ms. Adams, I guess you haven't heard... My wife had a miscarriage!" Mona was shaking, her face pale.

"What exactly happened that night? Are you not going to tell me the truth?"

"Mr. Thompson, I..."

She was stuttering. She could not say anything.

Nicholas handed the dagger to lan. He lifted it and cut her face directly!

"Ahh-"

The woman's scream filled the entire room.

"I'm going to ask you again, Ms. Adams." Nicholas enunciated each word. "What exactly happened that night?!"

"N-Nothing..." Half of her face was bleeding. She covered her cheek while saying in a trembling voice, "Nothing happened between us!"

"Why did you plot against me?"

"I-I just want to be famous so badly..."

Nicholas scoffed and signaled lan. He got it instantly. He pulled Mona's hair and cut the other side of her face!

"It was Nelly Tanner!" Mona screamed in devastation. "It was her who asked me to do that!"

Nicholas was stunned. He signaled lan to let her go.

She knelt on the floor, spasming. Her face was bloody.

"Nelly said... she must cause pain to Cordelia." She was incoherent, "As long as the people around her are hurt, she will be hurt too!

"I was almost shut out entirely at Imperial Media, so I thought I'd gain resources somewhere else...

"Nelly asked me to suck up to a cash cow like you. That would piss off your wife at the same time... Cordelia would be hurt too if your wife was hurt!" "You b*tch!" Nicholas kicked straight at her heart.

Mona was thrown to the floor. She was twitching from the pain.

lan held her collar up and looked at Nicholas. "N, this b*tch isn't done yet! When she's done, you won't have to do it. I'll avenge your wife and your son!" "Spit it out!"

Mona spat blood and was dizzy. She only managed to stutter something after a while. "I drugged your drink that night... You had a little too much to drink. That was how I got the opportunity to do that... "But n-nothing happened between us...

"It was Nelly who asked me not to respond to the media. She said I could stir the incident if I remained mysterious... People would want to know about me if it became viral. I'd be famous even if it meant I used some tricks!"

"Shut up!" roared Nicholas.

He did not think his recklessness would cause so much pain to Linda.

He was in pain and regretted it. If he could turn back time, he definitely would not have given Mona any opportunities to get close to him.

However, it was already too late...

He clenched his fists. His whole body was shaking, with veins bulging on his forehead.

He got his men to keep the evidence safe and sent Mona away. He stayed in the room alone. His mind was chaotic but blank at the same time. 'Nelly Tanner!'

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Nicholas stood up and took out his gun. He then walked to the door in big steps.

When Rowan walked out of Kelly's ward, he nodded at Mandy, who had been waiting at the door to show his respect.

"Mr. Irwin." Her eyes were red as she bowed respectfully. "Thank you for being willing to save my daughter! I'll remember what you've done for us forever!" Rowan waved.

"You're too kind, Mrs. Tanner. Doctors are just like the patients' parents. How can we watch the patients suffer without saving them?"

"Do you think there's still hope for her, Mr. Irwin?"

Rowan thought for a moment and said, "She has been treated the traditional way. To me, although congenital diseases are hard to treat, she will survive." Mandy's eyes lit up. "Really?"

Rowan nodded, "Holistic healing will show better results. Given the many traditional holistic methods in Southeast Aciatic, even if they're old wives' remedies, they can work at critical times, depending on how one applies them."

He took out two bottles as he spoke. "This is the new medicine that Irwin Pharmaceuticals produced. Feed her these following the instructions. I'll check on her again in three days."

Mandy took them and thanked him.

Rowan smiled. "But remember. This is medicine, not a magic pill. It's impossible to cure everything."

"I know, I know!" Mandy would be more than happy if her daughter's illness could be eased.

"I'll get going, then."

"Hey, Mr. Irwin!" Mandy called him immediately. "My daughter's memory loss..."

Rowan paused. There was a slight change to his expression.

He had intentionally avoided that topic.

He recalled each detail.

When he was in the ward, he wanted to try acupuncture on her to stimulate her nervous system. It might work. However, when he aimed the needle behind her ear, Kelly, who had been quiet, suddenly grabbed his hand. She shook her head at him. It was suspicious.

'Did that girl really lose her memory?'

"Uncle, I don't want to be poked." Kelly said softly, "It hurts!"

"But it'll help you remember many things."

"No matter what, I don't want pain... Uncle, would you bear to poke me with a needle if I were your daughter?"

Rowan frowned.

The books said that memory loss patients would reject the outside world, unwilling to communicate with people. However, this girl had clear eyes. She dared to look him in the eyes and even grab his hand.

He thought there must be something behind this.

"Mr. Irwin?" Mandy called him a few times before he snapped back to his senses.

"Oh." He smiled to conceal his absent-mindedness, "There are many explanations for memory loss, as well as many triggers. I can only advise you what caused her memory loss after checking her medical history."

"Someone did this to her!" Mandy started shaking as soon as she talked about this.

When she started talking about it, Joe, who was not far away, coughed softly.

He glanced at her, blaming her nonsense again, then he looked at Rowan respectfully. He was smiling so hard that his eyes and nose were squeezed together.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Irwan! You're our savior!"

"I'm just doing my job."

"Then... I won't see you out." Joe faked a smile. "Rest well, Mr. Irwin!"

Rowan nodded. His bodyguards sent him to the parking lot.

After Rowan walked far away, Joe looked at Mandy, upset, as he blamed her. "What are you doing? Must you ruin our family name!?"

"Hah, Joe!" Mandy gave him the side eye. "I've been married to you for so many years, and it's my first time seeing you being so mad because of an outsider!"

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"That's just terrible!" Joe had a grim face. "Who are you calling an outsider? Nelly has been our daughter for over 20 years, no matter what. How is she an outsider now!?"

"She's an outsider, alright!" Mandy was worked up and screamed, "Kelly is our daughter. It's that b*tch who hurt her!"

"Mandy!" Joe raised his voice. "Don't spew nonsense when you don't have evidence! You're the one who imagined Nelly hurting her!"

"No!" She glared at him. "Nelly insisted on going to the doctor with me that day. She had ill intentions. She wanted to hurt Kelly when I walked away! Otherwise, how would she be abducted when I left the ward? How could it be such a coincidence?"

Joe sighed. Eventually, he said, "You're ridiculous!

"I've made up my mind," he said coldly. "Kelly is ill. Now that she has lost her memory, it's impossible for her to get married or take over the business... So, let Nelly do it!"

Mandy's mind went blank. It felt as if something heavy had fallen from the sky and hit her head.

She stared blankly at Joe for a while. She could not believe her ears.

"W-What did you say?" She asked him, "You want to give the Tanner Group to that b*tch!?"

"That's right!" He rolled his eyes at her and placed his arms behind his back.

Mandy was shaking from the rage.

"Don't you forget this, Joe!" She gnashed her teeth. "The Tanner Group doesn't only belong to you. Without my dowry and my family's power, the Tanner Group would not be one of the four major families! "Sure, sure, sure. It's all thanks to your family!" He was annoyed. "Mandy, can you tell me something else other than this cr*p that you've been telling me for years? Do you think you're successful in life by giving birth to a daughter with a congenital disease!?"

"You..."

Never had Mandy thought Joe would dare to talk to her like that one day.

Throughout their many years of marriage, although he was not the perfect husband, he would listen to her. However, he did this today for Nelly...

She shuddered!

He was so protective of Nelly. Could it be that there were secrets about her?

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just telling the truth!" shouted Joe. "Mandy, we've been married for so many years. You should know me well! I don't want the Tanner Group to die, nor do I want the achievement that I worked so hard for to have another name in the future!

"Although Nelly is adopted, she's a Tanner!" When he said that, he looked away as if he was guilty.

"She's healthy at least. We've trained her since she was young. Even if she can't marry Zephyr, she can definitely marry someone prominent! In that case, the marriage will bring security to our family. "What about Kelly? What else did she do apart from making us worry?"

Mandy could not say a word.

She looked at Joe. She suddenly thought this man was scary, like a stranger that she never knew.

"Hah, so to you, children are your tools?"

"See, you're twisting my words again..."

"You b*stard!"

Mandy raised her hand quickly, and a loud slap landed on Joe's face!

He was dumbstruck. He felt the pain on half of his face.

She did not want to fight with him in the hospital, so she turned around to leave.

As soon as she got home, she saw Nelly walking out with a bright smile. However, she suppressed her smile when she realized it was Mandy.

"Dad!" She only looked at Joe, who was behind, and nodded at him.

Mandy scoffed. "So, Ms. Tanner only has her father in her eyes now and is ignoring her mother?"

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Nelly glanced at Joe instinctively before turning her face to look at Mandy. She called out softly, "Mom."

However, it was not the usual respectful and fawning way of calling her. There was disdain and mockery on her face. Mandy felt a squeeze in her heart.

"Ah, what happened to your face, dad?" shouted Nelly.

Joe waved his hand to signal that it was nothing. However, she kept screaming and was going to get the first-aid kid.

Mandy frowned while watching in silence.

'The two of them look like father and daughter by blood...

'Father and daughter by blood!?'

Her eyes dimmed as that thought flashed by her head quickly.

"Mom, how could you hit dad?" Nelly questioned her. "Why can't you guys talk? Why must you use violence!?"

"What makes you think you can control what I do, b*tch?"

"You..." Nelly glared at her. A gloating smile appeared at the corner of her lips a moment later.

"Mom, are you mad that dad is giving me his company, so you hit him?"

Mandy's face was cold, and she said nothing.

However, Nelly smiled. "I understand! You're jealous that I won. You're jealous that what I got is more than what your daughter got! But I got it. What can you do about it?" "Nelly!" growled Joe.

However, he could not stop her.

She had already turned into a mad beast.

She turned around to go to the study. She got a DNA test report from the drawer and tossed it at Mandy!

The data on the report was like a knife stabbing her chest.

"What..." She was panting. She felt as if her heart was going to jump out of her and froze.

"Yes, what you see is correct." Nelly crossed her arms. "I'm dad's daughter by blood!"

Mandy looked at Joe in a rage while he kept silent.

"Tell me! What's going on!?"

"Well..." Joe licked his lips. What was there to explain? He merely made a mistake in the past that a lot of men in the world would make.

"Let me tell you, Mrs. Tanner." Nelly walked to her arrogantly. She looked at the clumsy Mandy and said with a grin, "I lost my mom when I was young, so I was sent to the orphanage. Fortunately, dad knew about my existence, so he found a way to bring me home.

"Adoption, same birth horoscopes... Those were just excuses for deception!

"Don't you dare say I don't have the Tanners' blood from now on!" Nelly looked ferocious. "Mrs. Tanner, I'm the Tanners' daughter. There's no doubt about that! Not only that, but I'll be the Tanner Group's president in the future!

"Meanwhile, you should just... die with your useless daughter!"

Mandy had a hard time breathing. She felt her blood rushing to her head. Her finger was shaking as she pointed at Nelly.

She wanted to scold her, but she could not say a word.

She rolled her eyes many times from the rage. Her body was wobbly, and she fell on her head...

"Ah, Mandy!" Joe was shocked. "Get the driver. Send her to the hospital right away!"