The call had just connected, and Claire rcer hadn’t even spoken yet.
Judith Caldwell’s roar nearly shattered her eardrums.
"Claire rcer, you little bitch! Are you trying to kill with anger on purpose?"
"You knew perfectly well we’d found a new match for you, but you went and got married to so male model without a word!"
"You could have been a wealthy socialite, but instead, you married a good-for-nothing male model..."
"You were the Young Madam of the Sinclair Family, for God’s sake! How could you debase yourself by marrying a filthy male model?"
"Do you have any idea how many people have called to laugh at because you married so worthless, broke loser?"
"You’ve made it so I can’t even show my face in public! Do you realize you’ve completely disgraced the rcer Family?"
"You jinx! Are you doing this on purpose? Are you deliberately trying to ruin us?"
Judith Caldwell’s shrill voice screeched, roaring relentlessly.
Claire could even imagine the twisted expression on her mother’s face on the other end of the line.
"Yes, you’re absolutely right," Claire rcer said with a leisurely laugh.
"I did it on purpose. I did it deliberately. What are you going to do about it?"
"Are you going to try and force to marry soone else again? If you want to go to jail, go ahead and try."
Even if Judith Caldwell’s current tirade was partly an act...
...hearing Claire’s defiant tone now made her genuinely want to slap her twice, hard, and rip her mouth to shreds.
"You..." Judith Caldwell was so furious she could barely breathe.
She gritted her teeth. "I finally understand. You’re just an ungrateful wretch, and you’re deliberately trying to kill with anger."
Claire rcer took a sip of the coffee on her desk and chuckled.
"If that’s what you want to think, there’s nothing I can do."
"Do you have a conscience at all?" Judith Caldwell clutched her chest, panting as she continued to scream.
"We raised you all these years! Forgetting about repaying us is one thing, but now you’re trying to anger to death? Aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
Claire rcer laughed mockingly. "You’ve done so many terrible things and you’re not afraid of being struck by lightning. All I did was get married. What do I have to be afraid of?"
Judith Caldwell’s blood pressure soared. Her eyes turned bloodshot, and like a furious lioness, she was fuming and stamping her feet on the other end of the line.
It seed to take her a long while to calm down even slightly.
"You get your ass back here right now and sign that damned agreent."
"The rcer Family has no daughter as disgraceful as you."
At those words, Claire rcer’s expression instantly turned serious.
"What? From the sound of it, have you finally co to your senses?"
Judith Caldwell shot back in a shrill voice.
"Am I supposed to beco a hermit just because you married so broke loser?"
"I don’t want people pointing and whispering about every ti I go out. I can’t afford that humiliation. You may be shaless, but I still have my dignity."
"The rcer Family is in this ss all because of you, you ungrateful jinx!"
"Isn’t this what you wanted? To completely cut ties with us?"
"Fine. I’ll grant your wish."
"In any case, you’ve already married a broke loser. You have no more use to us."
"Don’t you dare associate yourself with the rcer Family again. We can’t afford to be affiliated with a jinx like you."
"And I’m not giving you a single cent of that twenty million for whatever fee that was."
"You have the nerve to bring up twenty million?" Judith Caldwell flared up again at the ntion of it.
"Because of that condition I proposed, you posted it online. Do you have any idea how long I was hounded and cursed at by those crazy netizens?"
"Hmph, you’re an expert at recording people now. Do I dare ask you for twenty million?"
"I’ve suffered so much at your hands. No matter how stupid I am, I should have learned my lesson by now."
"Besides, the rcer Group doesn’t need that twenty million. I’d be thankful if you didn’t turn around and try to extort money from us."
"I can’t be bothered to talk to you anymore. Every ti I call you, I feel like I lose a few years of my life. I can’t handle this drama."
"You’ve ruined the rcer Family. You no longer deserve to be one of us."
"Hurry up and co over to sign those agreents. Change your surna. From now on, the rcer Family will have nothing to do with you."
Claire rcer had no idea this phone call was a trap set by the rcer Family.
After all, she had recently thrown the rcer Family into utter chaos and disarray.
The rcer Group’s reputation and business had also taken a severe hit.
It seed plausible that they would be desperate to cut ties with her now.
So, she agreed.
"Fine. I’ll be there tomorrow morning."
Seeing that Claire rcer had taken the bait, Judith Caldwell finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After hanging up, she looked cautiously at Julian rcer.
"That bitch took the bait. She said she’ll be here tomorrow morning."
Julian rcer’s tense expression finally relaxed, and his attitude toward Judith Caldwell wasn’t as hostile as before.
"You’ve finally done one thing right."
Judith Caldwell scoffed inwardly.
Although his expression had softened, his temper had been erratic lately. He’d been hitting her every few days, and the five-fingered handprint on her face never fully faded.
Moreover, the slap he’d just given her still left her ears ringing.
’I wonder if he damaged my eardrum.’ she thought.
In her heart, she was filled with both hatred and fear for Julian rcer.
"So, what should we do next?"
"Do we just knock her out and put her in Mr. Lawton’s bed?"
"Shut your mouth," Julian rcer said, already wary of Judith Caldwell’s stupidity. "You don’t need to worry about the rest."
If he told her the details, she might screw things up again.
"Just make sure you’re there for the signing later."
Hearing this, Judith Caldwell’s eyes widened. "You an, we’re really going to sign this agreent?"
"What else?" Julian rcer shot her a glare. "What’s the point of keeping her in the rcer Family?"
"Without the status of a rcer heiress, do you think she can make anything of herself?"
"She was still a rich family’s daughter before. That status opened a lot of doors for her."
"Now she’s single-handedly and nearly bankrupted the rcer Family. Does she still have the right to be our daughter?"
"Once she’s officially cut off from the rcer Family and has also offended the Sinclair Family, our two families can join forces to crush her. I’d like to see how she’ll survive in Rhonia then."
"When she hits rock bottom and cos crawling back to us, just watch how I’ll humiliate her."
Judith Caldwell rembered that Mr. Lawton seed quite taken with Claire rcer, and she couldn’t help but worry.
"But isn’t Mr. Lawton very interested in her? He was even willing to marry her. What if he protects her..."
"A man like Mr. Lawton is never short of won. His interest in her is just a fleeting novelty. Once he gets tired of her, he’ll just kick her to the curb."
Hearing Julian rcer say this, Judith Caldwell could already picture the scene: Claire rcer, destitute and holess, hitting a dead end everywhere she looked for a job.
She beca ecstatic, her heart leaping with anticipation, waiting for the day Claire would co crawling back like a stray dog, kneeling before them and begging for scraps.
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