Wendy''s scream was raw and desperate, and Nathan''s face turned darker than the bottom of a pot.


    She had finally said it out loud—that he was a kept man.


    But Wendy had done it on purpose, just to spite the bastard.


    He sneered, "Wendy, so you finally said what you really think. You finally admitted you see me as a man who lives off you. All these years, you''ve been looking down on me, haven''t you?"


    Wendy looked at him with wide, innocent eyes. “Ah! What did I just say? I was so emotional, I don''t even know what came out of my mouth. Nathan, I still have other misceneous debts, and people will be calling nonstop for the next few days. I''m begging you, please sell thepany and help me, okay? If I can just get through this crisis, I know I can make aeback. I''ve sold almost all of my father''s assets, and there are only a few vis left. It''s still not enough. Ceryn Corp. invested over five billion and then suddenly pulled out. I''ve truly exhausted every option."


    Hearing this, Nathan abruptly let go of her, as if she were something filthy. "Wendy, how dare you even suggest such a thing? Thatpany is mine. I will never sell it." "We''re getting divorced tomorrow morning. Your debts are your own to pay."


    Joanna also knelt down with a smile, looking at Wendy with unconcealed glee. "You see, Mom, it''s not that we won''t help you. We really can''t."


    Wendy sneered at her. “Joanna, I really wasted my time raising you, making you into the outstanding person you are today. And this is how you repay me?”


    "How I repay you? Ha!" Joannaughed. “You owed me that. I''ve done nothing wrong."


    Joanna raised an eyebrow, a malicious smile ying on her lips. Wendy owed her family. What happened to Wendy today was her own fault.


    If anyone was to me, it was Wendy for being too rich, which made her a target for Joanna''s father.


    And it was Wendy''s own fault for being stupid enough to bring a wolf like Nathan into her home, knowing he couldn''t be trusted.


    "..." Wendyughed coldly. "So quick to drop the pretense and address me by my name, huh?"


    She wasughing. Even though she knew this wasing, it still hurt.


    It hurt so much. This was the daughter she had carefully raised and taught, and this is how she was treated.


    And her Natalie... she would never hear her call her ''Mom'' again in this lifetime.


    She screamed, her voice raw, "Joanna, you''re worse than a dog!"


    "Wendy, you..." Joanna''s face flushed with anger.


    "Say that again. You dare call me a dog?" Joanna grabbed a handful of her hair.


    Wendyughed, a tragic, broken


    sound


    bee Your birth mother must have


    real slut to have spared


    heartless bitch like you."


    p! Joanna, consumed by rage, struck Wendy across the face.


    "Joanna, what are you doing? You called her ''Mom'' for over twenty years, how can you hit her?"


    Nathan''s heart ached. Wendy was already so fragile; he couldn''t bear to see her like this.


    "Dad, why are you wasting your breath on her? Just get the divorce tomorrow." Joanna remembered what Mr. Wilson had said. The Don family assets were being sold off quickly, so seizing them was bing unrealistic.


    But she had a backup n. She could use Colin to get her hands on the old couple''s real estate.


    Since she wasn''t their biological child, she couldn''t inherit, but Colin could.


    The old woman chimed in from the side. “That''s right, son. You''ll divorce


    herow. She made this mess,


    clean it up. It has nothing to


    do with us


    “Alright, alright. Mom, Dad, you two should go inside. It''s cold out here. We''ll handle things."