Chapter 249


    Emma stormed out of the chairman''s office, trying to reach Shirley on the phone, but it kept ringing


    incessantly. After a few tries, Shirley even switched off her phone.


    With a slight frown, she knew her mom was ticked off because of the events of the day. But it was


    an emergency, she had to hightail it home.


    The moment she stepped in through the door, the living room looked like it had been hit by a


    tornado, with broken antique vases and shards of ss scattered everywhere. Even the LCD TV


    had a hole in it. The whole room was a hot mess.


    It didn''t take a rocket scientist to figure out that this was Shirley''s doing, no one else would go off


    the deep end like this.


    She went upstairs to look for her, but Shirley was nowhere to be found in the house. Finally, she


    spotted a maid poking her head out of a room, "Where''s my mom?"


    "Ms. Emma, she came home in a huff, wrecked the ce, and then stormed out. Seems like she


    went to the garden," the maid informed.


    Emma went outside and immediately spotted Shirley in the garden. She was frantically uprooting


    every flower in the garden and stomping on them. The garden was filled with a strong fragrance of


    flowers.


    "Mom, what on earth are you doing? What''s the point of all this?"


    "Your father was a real piece of work, had me all figured out from the start. The marriage certificate


    he gave me was a fake, how do you expect me not to be mad? I thought I was thedy of the


    Galeana family. Turns out it was all a sham. He made my life a living hell. I''m going to destroy that


    woman and everything he loves," Shirley vented angrily.


    Emma knew that this garden was Ines'' mother''s favorite thing. Many of the flowers were nted by


    her. Hunter cherished this ce, and Eda took care of it every day, ensuring that very few flowers


    died over the years.


    Shirley''s eyes were red as she continued to stomp on the flowers like they were her archenemies.


    Only by crushing them could she quell the hatred in her heart.


    Due to her pregnancy, Emma didn''t dare to step forward, she could only plead from the side, "Mom,


    please calm down, I have something very important to tell you."


    "Don''t call me mom, I don''t have a daughter like you." Shirley growled at Emma, deeply


    disappointed in her daughter.


    "Mom, dad left another will, you better get your hands on the will you have now or it''ll be toote."


    Seeing that Shirley was far from calming down and continuing to ignore her pleas, Emma had no


    choice but to yell at her.


    Shirley didn''t stop what she was doing, Emma continued, "Mom, the first will was made when Ines


    just came back, it has nothing to do with Jasmine, can''t you think of your granddaughter for once?"


    Shirley suddenly stopped, she looked at Emma, "What did you just say?"


    "I''m telling you, dad left two wills, the first one was made when Ines just returned to A City, the


    second one was made when he came back from treatment in the States, the one you destroyed


    should be the most recent one," Emma said, crying.


    "Where did you get this news? Hunter left two wills?" Shirley looked at Emma in disbelief. Emma


    nodded, "When Ss rushed to the Galeana Group today, he also asked Eda toe back and get


    the will from the drawer, but Eda said there was nothing in there. Ss told Ines and Ethan not to


    worry, even if this will was lost, there''s still another one. You''d better find the will you have now, if it''s


    the first one, we''re in deep water."


    "I already destroyed the will, how am I supposed to find it." Shirley started to cool down.


    Emma looked upset, she felt like this whole thing was a lose-lose situation. Shirley had managed to


    lose something that belonged to Jasmine.


    Shirley didn''t see it that way, she asked again, "The will your father left was really from over half a


    year ago?"


    Content ? N?velDrama.Org.


    Emma nodded with a bitter smile, but Shirley cracked a smile. Half a year ago, she and Hunter


    hadn''t had their falling out yet, he didn''t know that she was the one who drove Lilian to her death.


    They hadn''t split up for good yet, there should be something in there for her.


    Seeing her change in demeanor, Emma asked in confusion, "Mom, what are you smiling about?"


    "There should be something for me in the first will, looks like there''s still a glimmer of hope."


    "But there''s nothing for Jasmine, I wasn''t married to Aiden back then." Emmained.


    "As long as there''s something for me, Jasmine''s still young, what does she need those things for."


    Shirley said instinctively, only realizing how inappropriate her words were after she said them.


    Emma felt a chill in her heart, this was her mother, only thinking about herself at a time like this, not


    even caring about her own granddaughter. Her lips trembled as she looked at Shirley, "Mom, how


    could you say something like that."


    "Why are you panicking, it was just a slip of the tongue. We have money, you''re worried about


    Jasmine missing out? Besides, she''s a Ramos, she''ll have the Ramos family to rely on in the future,


    there''s nothing to worry about." Shirley said nonchntly.


    Seeing her like this, Emma turned around and went back to her room, grabbed her sheets, and


    started crying her heart out.


    Just when she was in deep thoughts, her phone rang. It was Aiden. She hurriedly answered, but


    even before she could say "Aiden," his voice came through, "Emma, how''s Hunter''s assets getting


    split? How much are you getting?"


    Emma''s tears suddenly stopped, and she felt a sharp pain in her chest. It''s times like this when you


    really see people''s true colors. She''s pregnant for God''s sake, and had been busy dealing with the


    Galeana Group stuff. The first thing her husband asked wasn''t about her health but about the


    inheritance. What a joke! On the other end of the line, Aiden waited for her response. When he


    didn''t hear anything, he continued, "Emma, I think you know my parents have always had a bias


    against you. And it''s not just because you''re carrying a daughter. A big part of it is because you


    don''t have shares in the Galeana Group. If you get control of the Galeana Group this time, they''ll


    surely wee you back home."


    The Galeana Group''s control? The moment she got it, the Ramos family will probably snatch it


    away. She had always thought that even if Aiden didn''t love her, he wouldn''t be this cold-hearted.


    Since when did he only have eyes for the Galeana Group?