"How could you be so careless?"


    Maxwell Griffith''s whole body trembled with rage, his face turning pale.


    Joanna had been pped by him.


    She stared at him, her face full of hatred. For this man, she had endured so much hardship over the years.


    But the moment he failed, he hit her!


    Her own anger red. "Maxwell Griffith, is it because you''re so sure I love you that you dare to be so arrogant, crossing my boundaries again and again?"


    “I''ve told you countless times, you can yell at me, you can get angry, but you are never toy a hand on me!"


    "Do you have any idea how Sebastian treated me? The way he cared for me... you can''t even begin topare."


    "He gave me everything good, but what have you done to me?"


    "Mypany now, and yourpany now, are built from the scraps that fell from between Sebastian''s fingers."


    "I did all this, and what I get in return is a p from you?"


    Joanna''s voice was filled with anguish as she questioned him. She hated men who hit women.


    "Maxwell Griffith, only useless men hit women."


    She must have been blind to have wasted so many years on this father and son duo.


    If she had known this would be the oue, she should have just married Sebastian back then.


    Then, she would be enjoying endless wealth and luxury right now.


    She could have even used Sebastian as a stepping stone to be the queen of the business world.


    Maxwell was furious. Every word Joanna said enraged him, but then he remembered she was still useful and realized he had been too impulsive.


    He did have feelings for Joanna. Over the years, the small bits of warmth she offered were what kept him going.


    He pulled her into a tender embrace, hisrge hand gently patting her back infort. “Joanna, don''t be upset. I was just so angry. We''ve been nning this for so long. If it all fails because of a photo, then over a decade of our hard work will go down the drain."


    "How could I not be angry?"


    "You''re only this angry now because you''ve failed.”


    Joanna paused. Could that really be it?


    If that was the reason, then she was the cause of her own failure.


    Joanna was in agony. She had assumed Natalie was weak and ipetent, which


    was why she had been so arrogant.


    Natalie only read her messages, never replying.


    Thinking back, Natalie was the one with the most patience. And


    becent over a small victory.


    alley Most patience And shen et


    Confused, she looked at Maxwell Griffith with teary eyes. "But Sebastian is already dead. Who''s helping Natalie? And who leaked the


    information about the Wilson


    family?"


    "Natalie. Didn''t she already admit it?"


    Mwas livid. Even he couldn


    where things


    wrong. Content befoone.


    Joanna lowered her head, dejected. She was truly blindsided.


    Then she thought of Natalie''s intelligent medical system.


    Natalie had said she started developing it two years ago!


    Did Natalie really have that kind of ability?


    She had been too arrogant, always looking down on Natalie.


    Natalie had been right about one thing: never underestimate any opponent.


    Natalie had said something like that during the incident with Jerome. She hadn''t understood it then, but she did now.


    Back then, Natalie hadn''t fought back because she was focused on curing Sebastian''s eyes.


    And during that period of forbearance, Joanna had written her off as a useless nobody.


    But today, Natalie had stunned everyone, leaving herpletely blindsided.


    Joanna''s mind went nk. She asked Maxwell, "Maxwell, what do we do now?"