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Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen chapter 941-Mia, who was having a meal with Ginger, suddenly felt a chill creeping down her spine.

She thought, "Since Timothy has left Nord City, there shouldn't be any problem, should it?"

But why did she have a bad feeling about this? It was as if something unexpected would happen.

She massaged her temples.

After the meal, Liam breezed into the living room. "All finished already? Is there anything left? I'd like to have a bowl of noodles. I'm hungry."

Eva teased, "I thought you were on a diet for that character. Won't you gain weight having something this late? The director might tell you off though."

He deflated. "Show me mercy, Eva. My manager has been watching me out there the entire time, strictly controlling my diet.

"I barely made up an excuse to come back home. I just want to eat something, but how could you say that? You're so mean."

Juliet, Wade's wife, couldn't bear to see Liam suffer. "You're slim enough, Mr. Liam. You don't need a diet at all. Let me make you your favorite noodles from last night."

His eyes became watery. "You're the best."

Mia noticed that he became skinnier than before, which would make him look better in the costumes.

However, he was too skinny right now.

It wasn't easy to become an actor nowadays. They would eat less than a woman would.

It pained Ginger to see what Liam was going through as well. She ran to him to offer him a slice of cake. "Uncle Liam, take this. It's good."

Staring at the dessert, he gulped. "I'm on a diet. I can't have desserts."

Offering desserts to someone on a diet could cause lethal emotional damage.

Ginger insisted, "But you're not fat at all. It won't hurt to take a few bites.” In the end, he couldn't resist the mouth-watering cake and took a bite of it. He thought he had finally come back to life.

Dominic hugged Ginger, glancing at Liam. "Aren't you busy? Why are you home today? To sneak a few bites of desserts?"

That hit home.

Liam wolfed down the cake and drank a glass of warm water. "I have something to speak to Mia."

Judging from Liam's expression, Mia had an inkling of what he was going to talk about.

She quickly pulled him outside to a quiet corner. "Is it about Timothy?"

That name shouldn't be mentioned in front of Dominic. If Dominic knew something, she would be given a lecture.

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They ape goi ng to release an hss artigle'soon. They already gave'the public a hint by the way." Gontent Belongs to Immediately, she took out her phone to scroll through the articles.

As Liam said, the media revealed that they knew who her ex-husband was.

However, they merely dropped a hint. The content didn't expose who her ex-husband was.

The corner of her lips twitched. "That's fast. Why are they so hard-working? Don't they need a break?"

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Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen chapter 942-Mia recounted what happened during the signing ceremony.

There was a pause in between before she continued, "Timothy has taken the flight back to Bern City. As for the reporters, I've approached them so that they won't say anything further. I don't wish for them to reveal my relationship with him. It was already in the past.” Liam nodded. "I agree to that. In short, we've settled the reporters. They will only go as far as the fact that they know who your ex-husband is, not revealing his name."

"Yes, that will do. Liam, can I count on you about the headlines?"

"Leave it to me. I've returned home to discuss this anyway. But what's going on between you and Timothy? He actually became a poor bodyguard and worked for you? Were you touched because of this?"

"No way. Why would I be touched because of such a small gesture? This is nothing compared to what I suffered to deliver my babies."

"I'm glad that you didn't forget about that, Mia. I was worried that you'd forget about how awful his character was. He's not your 'Mr. Right." If you wan to date someone, we can introduce someone to you."

Hearing that, she shook her head. "No, thanks. I have no plans for dating for now. Being single brings more freedom and happiness.” After all, Sage hadn't recovered yet. She wasn't in the state of mind to contemplate about her love life.

At night, Mia told bedtime stories to Ginger to lull her to sleep. When Ginger finally drifted to dreamland, Mia returned to her room.

Taking out her phone, she began scrolling through Twitter. Surprisingly, there were articles about Lewis’ and Connie's antics.

Now, the headlines were all about how Lewis schemed against his three ex-wives to gain a huge sum of money.

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Mia heaved a sigh of relief, feeling grateful that the Bowens were taking the limelight and pressure in her stead.

The next day, she went to work as usual. She drove and the weather was great.

Finally, her life was back on track.

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Timothy “Showi ng up out of nowhere and finding out the secret about the bonemarrow, as well as Sage's existence. Content belongs to §wnovel.net = When she arrived at her office, I Peyton came up to her. "Ms. Miag, Barrett@roup has contacted us"

againto offer us a collaboratién on developing a manor project in Bern City. What do you think?" Content bélongs to FindNovel.net © Mia recalled the time she and Timothy flew to Nord City. He brought it up before.

If she refused to work with him, he would definitely do something to hinder her hotel business in Bern City.

Judging from his character and way of doing things, it was surely something he would do!

She couldn't possibly let that happen. The hotel brand was the fruit of her sweat and tears!

Gritting her teeth, she said, "We can think about it. Tell the Planning Department to propose a few detailed agreements."

"Would you deal with Barrett Group in person during the negotiation?"

Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen chapter 943-"l won't. Dispatch a team to negotiate with them," answered Mia.

At the moment, Timothy was still unaware that she was the actual boss. If he found out about her identity, who knew what kind of tricks he would pull’ Therefore, it was best to keep her identity a secret until the deal was made.

Peyton nodded. Right when he was about to clear his stuff and leave, his phone rang.

There was a significant shift in his expression as he rejected the call.

He looked at Mia. "Ms. Mia, there's news about the project we discussed with Mr. Shelbert. A potential competitor is trying to steal it from us.” "I thought we were close to making a deal? Who else is there in Nord City to compete with me?"

"According to Mr. Shelbert's assistant, it's a huge corporation from Bern City."

A huge corporation from Bern City?

Hearing that, Mia had a bad feeling about it.

If it was a huge corporation from Bern City, could it be Barrett Group?

However, Timothy shouldn't be having the leisure to cause her trouble as he had just escaped back to Bern City recently.

Furthermore, there were a lot of capable corporations in that big city. It might not be Barrett Group.

She could be overthinking.

Taking a deep breath, Mia gazed at Peyton. "Look into Mr. Shelbert's schedule. I should personally speak to him regarding this matter. I might be able to gain some information from him."

The preparation took her a lot of time before she was able to land her hand on this project. She couldn't just let someone else steal it from her, could she?

After quickly making a call to find out Raymond's schedule, Peyton said, "Mr. Shelbert is going to attend a charity banquet at Vania Hotel."

"Why haven't I heard of that? Is it a small one?"

Usually, the charity banquets that the mayor participated in would first publicly invite locals beforehand. It was a chance for them to put their money tc good use.

Yet, Mia had never heard of that charity banquet before. Something was not right.

Peyton angyvered, "I heard that the organizerwas his youngest o daughtgl; who has returned to the country not long ago. He has &lways lovedther. I guess he freed up some time to attend the charity party.” Content belongs to FindNovel.net "No wonder. That makes sense then. Since it's an informal occasion, it's suitable to talk about something.” Raymond was probably trying to show support to his daughter.

Then, Mia noticed that Peyton was holding back something. She prompted, "What is it?"

"Ms. Mia, I heard something from the insiders."

"What is it? Fire away." Mia felt like she had missed a lot of things during her one trip to Xavier Island, including the rumors spread by Lewis and Connie.

It happened when Mia wasn't in Nord City. Otherwise, she would've directly rejected them in their face and taught them a lesson.

"I heard that Mr. Shelbert's youngest daughter has taken a liking to Mr. Nathan and is hoping to form a marriage alliance with your family. But I think he has rejected the proposal.

"That's why things have been tense between yi amily and Mr.

Shelbert recently. I guess something happened'to Mr. Shelbert's projest and he's trying to seize the chahce to form a marriage alliance with Mr.

Nathan.’ Content belongs to’ PRY FindNovel.net © To Mia, it was surprising yet reasonable at the same time.

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hundred$~no, thousands—of people rejected by him all these years Judging from his character, {bet going to stay single fotever.

Content belongs to swnevel.net "Still, I have to ask Mr. Shelbert personally about the project.”

Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen chapter 944-"But what if—"

"If I can only clinch the deal by sacrificing Nathan's happiness, I'd rather give up on this project,” said Mia firmly.

No commercial projects came before her family.

Furthermore, it wasn't like she needed money right now. Nothing bad would happen just because she failed to land the deal.

When the night dawned, Mia changed into a nightgown and headed to the charity banquet organized by Raymond's daughter.

As soon as she got out of the car, reporters began surrounding her, bombarding her with questions.

"Ms. Mia, we heard that your ex-husband is a rich person in Bern City. Who is he?"

"Ms. Mia, how were you able to marry into a wealthy family in Bern City when you were still an orphan? Was there a story behind this?"

"Which family did you marry into, Ms. Mia? Could you tell us?"

The corner of her lips twitched. She knew that these privy reporters would surely ask her who her ex-husband was.

Even if the incident about Lewis and Connie was the talk of the town, it couldn't quench their thirst to know more about the stories in the entertainment industry.

After all, it had been years since they had been looking into who Mia's ex-husband was.

Mia responded, "All I can tell you is that my ex-husband really comes from a rich family in Bern City. But as for which family was it, I can't tell that. I can't give away much because we've signed a divorce agreement. Sorry."

"Ms. Mia, why did your ex-husband willingly-hand over the custody to” you? He's from a rich family, ish't he?Did he do it conditionally?"

Content belongs to swnevel.net "Ms. Mia, did you divorce because your ex-husband had an affair? Or was he looking down upon your identity as an orphan?"

Mia contemplated an answer before responding~He didn't know that I was the lost daughter of the Lane ¢ family when we divorced. He only knewhat I was an orphan witout a . . i background. This was indeed one of tess we divorced." Content = belongs toThe reporters surged into excitement as they didn't expect to hit the bullseye.

"So, does he know that you're the daughter of the Lane family now?"

"They know now." She nodded.

"Did they regret their decision after that?"

Another reporter continued, "What was their response when they first learned of the news? Did he come back to you to get back together?"

A marriage alliance with the richest family in Nord City would bring good to any family.

"I can't anger these questions for now because of the divorce Go agreersient we signed. I can't blabber whatever I want, can I? Sorry Mia replied indifferently. Content belongs 6 The reporters didn't give up.

"Ms. Mia, please tell us a little more!"

"Ms. Mia, which rich family in Bern City is your ex-husband from?"

Right then, a luxury car stopped outside the hotel. Someone was staring at Mia's back from inside the car.

Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen chapter 945-Mia strode toward the banquet hall without looking back, not wanting to waste time with the reporters.

She didn't have the luxury of time to reveal her personal information to feed the reporters some juicy headlines.

She barely took a few steps when she suddenly felt a scorching gaze on her.

Turning her head to look outside the hall, she didn't notice anything out of particular.

Frowning, she wondered if she was overthinking it.

Slowly, she turned back and shrugged it off as being oversensitive. After walking into the hall, she noticed that many were looking in her direction.

They obviously knew that Timothy was her ex-husband.

After all, Timothy was on that list enumerating possible names that could be her ex-husband.

People would only buy it when there was a mixture of truth and lies.

Although Mia could do something to the headlines published out there, she couldn't stop words from spreading among the insiders.

Now, a lot of people were aware that she had married the president of Barrett Group before.

"Ms. Mia, why are you here today?" A sweet-looking blonde approached Mia and linked her arms so intimately.

That was Raymond's daughter, Jasmine Shelbert.

Mia wasn't used to profusely enthusiastic welcomes.

It was clear that Jasmine was aiming to get together with Nathan, in other words, Mia's sister-in-law!

Mia forced a smile. "I dropped by for fun after hearing that there's a charity banquet going on. Why? Am I not welcome here?"

"Of course, you're welcome here! But I heard that the president of Barrett Group is your ex-husband. Is that true?"

Mia saw this egming the moment Jasmine staffed talking about her ex-husband>"Ms. Shelbert, my he ex fusiin and I have signed a configs iality agreement, so I'o not allowed to say whatever I walt.

Whatever everyone knows &

efbugh.” Content belongs to FindNovel.net That answer was neither an admission nor a denial.

The clever Jasmine naturally understood what Mia meant.

Jasmine giniled. "Don't take it to the heart, Ms>Mia. I asked because its on evegyone's lips. Besides, the ~ reporters were asking who yor ex-hisband was when you game. I wasn't trying to gossip. Content bélongs to FindNovel.net © "Alot of guests are invited today. Some of them are rich families from Bern City."

Mia asked, "Are the Barretts invited too?"

"Yes. Ms. Mia, I've planned for today's charity banquet for a long time. And I didn't know about you and your ex-husband back then, let alone the fact that he's from a rich family in Bern City.

“l invited el families from Bern City simply &¢ uild a bridge between the two cities. Nothing more. It's defin itelfdnintentional. The story aboutyou and your ex-husband just happened to be exposed only, gently, " Content belongs 16 FindNovel.net >

Mia nodded. "I'm not that petty. I know, so you don't have to take it to heart.” So what if the Barretts were invited? She wasn't afraid of them.

"I'm glad to hear that, Ms. Mia. I was so worried.” "There's nothing for you to be worried about. I've severed all ties with my ex-in-laws anyway. It won't hurt to meet them," Mia assured.

Despite her distaste for such a pretentious character, Mia had to show respect because Jasmine's father was the mayor.

"That's great! Thank you for understanding. There are a lot of guests coming today. I should get going."

"Sure, go ahead. Don't mind me."

Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen chapter 946-Mia watched Jasmine leave. There was a spark of curiosity in her.

Just who from the Barrett family was invited to the charity banquet? Could it be Timothy?

If Raymond had invited Timothy, he would've told Mia the name specifically.

That was why Mia was very curious about the person from the Barrett family who was invited to the banquet. Was it someone of the indirect family line?

Her eyes of scrutiny scanned the area but there were no familiar faces.

"Mia," someone called her from the side.

Mia turned her head only to spot a young lady approaching her. A smile played across her lips. "Blair, what brings you here as well?"

Blair grinned. "Aubrey's having a concert in Bord City, so I came along to have fun."

"Aubrey's having a concert? I should come with you. Connor's so mean for not telling me about Aubrey's concert in Nord City. He's doing such a grea job of keeping his relationship a secret. No one in my family knows. Thanks for helping me deal with the Barretts last time," Mia said sincerely.

Back then, Mia knew who Blair was. Blair was the younger sister of Connor's girlfriend, Aubrey.

Mia and Blair teamed up and with perfect chemistry, they managed to set Shelly up.

The mention of Shelly tickled Blair's funny bones as she covered her mouth. "Shelly's plain stupid. She doesn't even know the truth as of today. The truth of her using imitations has spread within the circle. Everyone's calling her 'Ms. Sham."

Blair recalled how the shameless Shelly demanded luxury products from Mia only to show them off to her friends.

It was another level of shamelessness.

However, it was refreshing to expose Shelly and turn her into a joke.

Shelly kept showing off and bullying others because she was a Barrett.

In fact, her family was a mere shell of nothing. Her confidence simply came from how much Timothy's family took care of her.

Mia said, "I heard that someone from the Barrett family is invited too. Do you know who it is?"

Blair shook her head. "Beats me."

Mia was simply curious about it.

"I think Shelly isn't invited, Mia. Her.

family has always been a joke. No™ one takes them seriously. Besides, if she was invited, she would've shown it-aff on her social media.".Content Belongs to"You have a point." Mia nodded in agreement.

"But Mia, people keep saying that your ex-husband is the president of Barrett Group."

"Yeah. I know this isn't a secret. Timothy revealed it during the Bowens" signing ceremony. There's nothing I can do to cover it up.” "Mia, remember those people who kept speaking ill of you? About how you gave birth to a baby after getting deceived by a nobody?

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Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen chapter 947-Hearing the familiar voice, Mia spun around. A poshly dressed middle-aged woman was making her way into the hall.

Mia could never forget that face.

It was Sharon.

Mia didn't expect Jasmine to invite Timothy's mother to the charity banquet, so she was taken aback.

That explained why Jasmine carefully asked Mia's opinion of the Barrett family—because Sharon was invited!

It hadn't been long since Timothy revealed his relationship with Mia.

Everyone had been speculating how Mia was able to marry into the Barrett family as an orphan behind her back.

Not only that, they were also nosy about how the reason behind the divorce and why she took the child away.

Most importantly, Timothy didn't try to fight for custody rights!

Sharon breezed through the hall with confident strides.

The sight of Mia standing there irked her so much. After all, Mia had locked Sharon up as a threat back in Bern City!

As the wife of the richest family in Bern City, never once had Sharon suffered such humiliation.

What exasperated Sharon more was how Timothy took Mia's side. He didn't hold Mia accountable for it and sent Luna to prison instead!

Instead of showing surprise, Mia smirked at Sharon. "Did I say something wrong? It is true that I have nothing to do with your family anymore."

"Mia Lane, don't think that you can be rude to someone just because you turned from an orphan to Ms. Lane!

"Even if you and Timothy are divorced, I'm still your mother-in-law, the grandmother of your child. Is this how you treat your seniors? What a bad example for your child!"

Mia's expression turned grim when Sharon mentioned her children.

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Content belongs to The kidnap had cast a pall of trauma over Sharon as she began to see Mia as a lunatic woman. A lunatic woman with no moral principles.

Drawing the distance between them closer, Mia I6ered her voice. "What rights do-you have to bring up my x child? It as you and Luna tryingo kill mg together. Have you o po en about it so soon? You don't even have the right tobe a grandmother." Content hefongs to That pricked Sharon's guilty conscience. She stuttered, "W-Why am I the one to be blamed? I didn't know that the child was my granddaughter. If I had known sooner, I wouldn't have done that!"

"Is someone else's daughter nothing to you? Who gave you the right to meddle between someone and their life savior? What makes you different from a murderer?"

The guilt was settling in Sharon deeper and deeper. "Don't use this” trick oryime, Mia Lane! If you hadn't kept your child's identity a secfeét, there wou ldn't have been a © misunderstanding in the beginning!

Content belongs to "I came to you because I have something to talk to you. My granddaughter should never be wandering outside the Barrett residence."

The glint in Mia's eyes changed. "Are you planning to fight for the custody rights?"

"What do you mean to fight for? That child belongs to my son! After the divorce, she should follow us. That should be the right way to do it!

"Why should she follow you to the Lane family and have Lane as her surname? This is unacceptable!"

"I thought you've never liked granddaughters? Aren't you happy enough to have Ashley?"

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Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen chapter 948-The mention of Asher brought Sharon mixed feelings, evident from her deep frown.

In the beginning, she assumed that Asher was Timothy's illegitimate son he had with Luna. That was why Sharon had been treating Asher like her

biological grandson.

At the end of the day, Timothy revealed to her that Asher wasn't his son!

Hence, Sharon held grudges against Luna for keeping misleading her until today. Sharon felt like a fool for letting herself be wrapped around Luna's

fingers.

Fortunately, she now knew that Mia had given birth to a daughter with Timothy.

Timothy didn't have plans to get married and have kids, so it was best to have Ginger back at the Barrett residence.

That was why Sharon wanted to speak to Mia.

Sharon offered, "Name your conditions, Mia. I can't have my grandchild wandering outside the Barrett residence.”

Mia smirked, wondering where Sharon got her confidence from to fight for custody rights.

Not even Timothy dared to demand that from her.

Mia flashed an ambiguous smile at her. "Everyone in my family loves Ginger. My six brothers raised her like a princess. If you want to demand the

custody right, you better ask their permission first."

Sharon's expression changed when she heard that. Needless to say, Sharon was aware that Mia was no longer that orphan she could influence

anymore.

As the daughter of the Lane family, Mia was on par with the Barretts.

It would be difficult for Sharon to claim the custody right over Ginger.

Still, Sharon insisted, "I heard that you're dealing with Mr. Shelbert about a project. But it seems like a competitor is going to steal it away from you.

"As long as you promise to hand over the custody right to us, I can help you gain the project back."

How supercilious.

But Mia was unbothered. "Do you think that this project is very important to me?"

"Why not? Didn't you prepare a lot for it?" Sharon found it odd.

Standing next to them, Blair couldn't put up with the conversation anymore. She blasted with mockery, "Mia's family is as rich as our neighboring

country. She doesn't lack money. It's just a project. So what if it's gone? It won't affect her in any way."

Sharon snorted, "Rich people should always know how to do business alone, not how to leech off the family."

Mia grinned. "Sorry, but my family is indeed that rich. Even if I leech off my family for the rest of my life, I won't be able to spend all of the money."

Sharon raised her head higher. "We have enough money for my son to spend for the rest of his life too, but he's a hard-working man. Our company is

reaching higher heights thanks to him. This is the right exemplary model."

Blair smirked. "No matter how capable your family is, some of you don't even own a VIP membership card.”

That hit Sharon's sore spot—unable to be a VIP member of Vior.

Her features contorted in rage. "Old habits die hard, huh? Mia Lane, it seems like you like showing off a mere VIP membership card even after

becoming Ms. Lane, just like how you did back then!"

"Why are you so irritated then?" Mia admired her nails.

"Who's irritated?" Sharon barked back.

Mia chuckled, "The charity auction is going to start later. I hope you won't be petty and be a disgrace to your family." Mia then headed to the auction

area.

Standing there, Sharon was so angry that her face was beet red.

A middle-aged man came up to her. "Sharon, teach her a lesson when the auction starts later."

Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen chapter 949-Sharon's body was trembling due to fury, as she didn't expect Mia to disrespect her.

Sharon was Ginger's grandmother! If Sharon wanted Ginger's custody right, it would only be a good thing for Ginger's upbringing.

Veronica added fuel to the fire. "Sharon, we have to figure out something to get the custody right over the kid. Tim has been single and he doesn't

have kids. If Shelly gives birth to a baby, she and her mother hog away the family's assets."

Sharon nodded in agreement. "You're right. But Mia's family is rich. It won't be easy for us to get it from them.”

"They're rich, but the assets will be inherited by her brothers, not her. She's just the youngest anyway. How much can she gain after getting married?

"If she gives us Ginger, Ginger will be able to inherit all of our family's assets. Mia has nothing to lose."

"You have a point. I'll talk to her later." Sharon was determined to get Ginger's custody right.

Having a granddaughter was better than having none.

"No, I'll talk to her.” Veronica stopped Sharon.

Sharon sighed. As she grew older, all her friends had grandchildren except her.

Asher was her only hope, but to her dismay, he wasn't her biological grandson.

It was a waste of her effort to treat him well. If only he was truly her biological grandson...

The thought of Asher's matter made her blood boil.

If Asher wasn't her biological grandson, why did Timothy keep Asher with them? It was strange!

Mia took the front VIP seat at the auction area. Raising her head, she saw Sharon coming as well.

But the latter only sat somewhere close to her instead of her abutting seat.

Jasmine was sensible enough to separate Mia's seat from the Barrett family.

When the auction was going to commence soon, Mia had yet to see Raymond.

According to the sources, he should be attending the event for his daughter's sake.

Most of the guests attended as an act of reverence for him.

Mia texted Peyton. "Find out why Mr. Shelbert is still not at the charity dinner.”

Soon, the auction started.

As someone who came to support the event, Mia casually raised her bidding number. But Sharon kept following her bid.

If it was only once, it could be a coincidence, but the same thing kept happening. It was obvious Sharon was doing it intentionally.

Mia spared a glance at Sharon, who touched her bracelet with a smug expression.

Blair huffed, "Mrs. Barrett is so mean, Mia. That old hag is definitely doing this on purpose.”

"I know. Calm down."

After that, Mia raised her bidding number for every item, raising the bid by multiple folds.

Sharon followed Mia again several times until she realized that Mia was raising the bid as she wished and stopped her antics.

Turning her head, Mia raised her brow at Sharon provokingly.

Furious, Sharon gritted her teeth.

Mia received a message from Peyton.

"Mr. Shelbert is at the charity dinner, but he's meeting someone upstairs so he hasn't showed up yet."

Mia replied, "Find out who he's meeting. Keep an eye on his room. Inform me as soon as he leaves the room."

She was dogged to meet Raymond today at all costs.

After buying an item from the auction, Mia stood up to go to the restroom.

She took out her phone to confirm some information regarding the project with her subordinates. When she met Raymond, she had to convince him to give her the offer.

Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen chapter 950-"Stop wasting your time, Mia Lane. Mr. Shelbert will never give you the project that easily."

Mia turned around only to see Sharon and Veronica, who had picked on Mia a lot of times in the past. Veronica was also a troublesome one.

Mia hung up the phone. "As if you have the call to decide that."

"Indeed, I don't. But my son does."

Hearing that, Mia wrapped her head around the situation. The competitor was indeed the Barrett family from Bern City.

Was Timothy doing this on purpose?

He clearly knew that she was taking the lead for the project. Why was he being such a busybody?

Sharon said proudly, "Did you finally realize how impressive my son is, Mia?"

Mia rested against the sink. "So what? He became my bodyguard in Nord City though."

That infuriated Sharon. "Glad you brought that up, Mia. Why did you have to stir things up between the collaboration between Ralph and the

Bowens? Just what do you gain from doing this?"

As Mia had expected, Sharon came to Nord City for her reckless younger brother.

Mia smirked. "Firstly, I didn't do anything. It was Timothy who didn't agree to work with the Bowens. What does this have to do with me?"

Veronica blurted, "How dare you claim innocence. Didn't Mr. Lewis get engaged with you? I bet you used Timothy and the collaboration ended up

terminated.”

"Why would I get engaged with him? I have higher standards though."

"You're a divorced woman with a kid. How dare you be picky? It won't be easy for you to get married because you have a kid. You might as well give us the child."

The glint in Mia's eyes simmered. These people surely weren't going to give up any time soon.

Stepping forward, Mia confronted Veronica. "I said, I would never hand over the custody right to your family, so you better stop dreaming."

"It's for your sake too, Mia. Your family may be rich, but the assets will be inherited by your brothers. What will you receive in the end? The identity

you have is a mere shell. If you hand over Ginger to us, she can inherit our family's assets."

"Inherit your family's assets?" Mia looked at Sharon in disbelief. "It's not like Timothy's dead already. He will have kids in the future, so why the rush?

Is he not going to survive tonight or what?"

"Stop cursing my son! He's healthy! I just don't want my granddaughter to wander outside there. If Tim has a son in the future, I may consider giving

Ginger a portion of the inheritance.”

"Sorry, but my daughter is richer than you right now. She has owned a Vior VIP membership card since birth. Your money is nothing to her."

Sharon's lips pursed into a thin line, hoping that Mia could stop mentioning the VIP membership card.

Mia spun around and walked out of the restroom.

Veronica followed and blocked her way. "Wait! We're not finished yet. Your daughter is a burden. Without her, you can marry someone better."

Mia's patience reached its limit when she heard that statement about Ginger. "My daughter is not a burden.”

"How is she not? Otherwise, why haven't you gotten married in the past four years? You're the 'Ms. Lane’! What other reasons could it be other than that she is a burden?"

Mia slapped her without hesitation.