Luna took a deep breath. “Boss, after all the schemes a snake like her has pulled, you still went to reconcile with her today and let her off the hook? You''re just asking for it."


    Natalie knew Luna didn''t understand her reasoning. Only by being out in the open would Joanna''s downfall be more spectacr.


    "Never mind. I have my own ns for this. It''s fine. It''s just a fashionpetition."


    Natalie wasn''t concerned about that. What she cared about was her own life.


    Having been given a second chance, she truly, truly cherished her life.


    Luna knew what she was capable of.


    She handed a design blueprint to Natalie.


    “Boss, this is the blueprint back from Keith''s team. Take a look. The technicians have already verified it, and there are no issues with the ns. Once you give the final approval, construction can begin after the New Year."


    Natalie smiled and took the blueprint. She had already reviewed a previous version.


    She opened the roll of paper and studied it carefully. Keith had revised the ns exactly as she had instructed.


    After half an hour of reviewing all the details, she handed it back to Luna. "I''m done. Give it to Keith. We''ll start construction after the New Year."


    The stocks she had recently purchased would earn her a tidy sum. She wouldn''t need any outside investment for this resort; she could be her own wealthy benefactor.


    Luna saw the sparkle in her eyes and knew her money-loving side was showing again.


    "Okay, boss. I''ll take this to him right now. I can pick up lunch on the way back. What do you feel like eating?"


    Natalie thought for a moment but couldn''t think of anything she wanted.


    On a cold day like this, she craved something warm and spicy, but she couldn''t eat that every day.


    "I''m not really craving anything. Let''s just go out to eat when you get back." "Okay!" Luna said.


    Natalie opened herptop and got back to work.


    Meanwhile, Joanna was contacting a doctor. No one could ever find out about the baby in her belly.


    After spending a while at thepany, she went back to see Sophia.


    Sophia had been in a good moodtely. With Mrs. Wilson dead, she could finally enjoy a blissful life with Mr. Wilson.


    When Joanna got home, she saw her mother looking radiant.


    "Mom, what''s making you so happy?” Joanna asked as she sat down.


    Only her own biological mother truly had her best interests at heart.


    Although Wendy had been good to her, she had kept her away from many things.


    Sophia beamed. "Mr. Wilson is


    nning to marry me. I need to find


    a way to divorce your father. If I''d known he was so useless, I never would have gone to get that mariage license with him. Now it''s just a hassle."


    “Mr. Wilson''spany is doing better and better, which will help both yourpany


    and your brother''s. That useless father of yours has no value left."


    As Sophia spoke, she couldn''t hide the hatred in her eyes.


    "Joanna, I have to divorce your father. The Scott family is a bottomless pit, full of vultures. If ì stay with your father, all his uncles and cousins will be showing up here demanding money within a month.


    "Wendy may indulge them, but we won''t. Why should we give our hard-earned


    money to those ungrateful leeches?"


    Joanna didn''t want to give them


    anything either Before she''d had no


    other options, but


    now she dier. That


    useless N?than could go to hell for


    all she cared.


    Joanna smiled slyly. "Mom, I have a way to make Dad divorce you."


    Sophia''s eyes lit up with excitement. "What is it?"