Chapter 1002


    Chapter 1002


    “Got it. I won’t hold back on that offer.” Lillian replied with a smile. As if she had thought of something,


    she continued, “By the way, Amelia also called me just now to ask about me. But then, we talked about


    Aiden, and Amelia’s voice got a little strange. Did something happen to Aiden?”


    Hearing this, Rosalie couldn’t help but think of what happened when she saw a little girl threatening


    Aiden at the elementary school. “I will go check on Amelia to see if there is something wrong,” she said.


    “All right, then. I hope I was just overthinking things,” Lillian said.


    While Lillian was d that there was no misunderstanding, Ysabel, on the other hand, was furious. She


    looked at the news and saw her son talking to so many journalists about the children in Lillian’s tummy.


    She felt as though she was humiliated when she heard him say that the child would be the heir of the


    White family regardless of gender.


    Callum hadpletely ignored her. It was as if he told everyone that no one could touch Lillian by


    announcing her future identity.


    Since Lillian’s child would be the future heir of the White family, the futuredy of the White family could


    only be Lillian.


    Ysabel would never allow such a thing to happen.


    “Mr. White, this is the person who has contacted Jerick recently. In addition, since he posted a trending


    topic that day, he had quit his job and bought a flight ticket to go abroad. It’s as if he had already known


    this trending topic would happen,” said a man as he handed Callum a search report.


    This is property ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    Callum looked through the documents and couldn’t help but squint when he saw one of the names. It


    seemed that it was because of him that Lillian suffered from this disaster.


    ording to the report, Jerick was at the airport when hest called Lillian that day. With the


    investigation, Callum was surprised when he saw a line of words.


    “Now, this is surprising!” he thought to himself.


    At that moment, the phone rang, and a hurried voice came from the other line. “Mr. White, Mrs. White


    called the police, and there were many policemen here. She has left the mansion. We couldn’t


    stop her.”


    The person was referring to Callum’s mother, Ysabel.


    Callum thought for a while and said, “Got it. You guys head back to the manor and secure the ce.”


    He assumed that his mother would never want to reveal such things to the public, but he didn’t expect


    her to forcibly leave by calling the police. He figured that this would blow up on the news again


    tomorrow. Of course, Callum could almost guess what his mother was nning. He gently lowered his


    eyes to hide the darkness within as he thought to himself, “Was I being too kind to my mother? I hope


    that I was wrong about her. If my mother hadn’t done so, I might let her go and allow her to continue


    living afortable life of glory and wealth. But if she really…”


    On the same day, Ysabel held a press conference and said that she would never acknowledge the


    child in Lillian’s tummy as the future heir of the White family. She also publicly questioned whether the


    child in Lillian’s tummy was actually Callum’s. At the same time, she also said that Lillian was just


    greedy and vain, thinking that she could rely on the child in her tummy to marry into a wealthy family.


    Lastly, Ysabel told the press that she hoped Callum wouldn’t be fooled again.


    If Callum insisted on continuing with his decision, Ysabel would use her 10% of shares in White Maple


    Group and join hands with other shareholders to oppose his continued chairmanship.


    After all, a person who was deceived by a woman was not suitable to be the chairman of thepany.


    Ysabel’s speech at the press conference was impassioned as she stated that she must protect White


    Maple Group, which was left behind by herte husband. Even if Callum was her son, she could not sit


    around and watch him destroy thepany.


    In the office, Callum looked at the press conference on theputer screen coldly with a touch of


    mockery.


    He thought to himself, “It seems that the oue I dreaded most had taken ce. As expected, my


    mother found out that her pawns were no longer obedient, so she nned to take everything away


    from


    them and find new ones. Is she going to take control of White Maple Group? Has she forgotten that I


    was the one who gave her the 10% of shares? If I was able to give it to her, then it’s only natural that I


    would have thought of all the possible consequences long ago.”


    Naturally, Lillian, who was in the White residence, saw this press conference as well. When Callum


    came back, Lillian said uneasily, “Sorry, it’s all my fault that things between you and your mother turned


    out like this.”


    Although she didn’t like Ysabel, she was still Callum’s mother, after all.


    “You’re just a trigger. My mother and I would reach this point sooner orter even without you,” Callum


    said.


    There was a trace of confusion in her eyes.


    Callum sneered as he continued, “To my mother, I’m just a pawn to help her gain power and wealth.


    The most important thing about being a pawn is to be obedient. If you stop obeying orders, then they


    will have you reced.”


    Lillian was shocked. She didn’t expect the rtionship between their mother and son to be like this.


    Although he seldom mentioned his mother when they were in love, it was because she was family.


    After being shocked, her heart was filled with distress.


    When they met abroad, he was like a pure and innocent teenager to her. She never thought that he


    would carry so much weight in his heart.


    Noticing that Lillian looked as if she was about to cry, Callum couldn’t help but say, “Now, now… Don’t


    look at me like that. It makes me look pathetic. In fact, I don’t mind being a pawn. Even if I really have


    to be a certain someone’s pawn someday, maybe I will be willing to do so.”


    After all these years, being regarded as a pawn by his mother had long been amon thing for him.


    His rtionship with his mother had always been weak.


    Now, he was actually a pawn of Lillian’s as well. Even if she didn’t say anything, he would be willing to


    ovee all the difficulties for her. Even if she really wanted to use him someday, he would be willing


    to let her. All she had to do was give the word.


    The next moment, a pair of slender arms suddenly hugged him tightly. Lillian’s clear voice was choked


    with sobs as she said, “You are not a pawn! You are you, not anything else!”