"She doesn’t just misunderstand you; I think she clearly has a prejudice against you." The matriarch saw it clearly. Although she was old, it didn’t an she was senile.
"Mom, I don’t have any misunderstanding. You don’t know Ivana Monroe, this woman is very good at disguising herself. On the surface, she seems one way, but behind the scenes, she’s another person entirely..."
"Enough, don’t say anymore." The matriarch interrupted the mother of the family, looking at her seriously, and said sternly, "You must always rember, she is the biological mother of two children, and just because of that, she has enough grounds to have a place in the Kane family."
The mother’s face turned pale and her body swayed slightly, as if she couldn’t stand steadily. What did the matriarch an? No matter what Ivana Monroe did? As long as Ivana is the mother of the children, the matriarch will unconditionally stand on Ivana’s side? Even when Ivana cruelly hurt Ian?
This was not the matriarch she knew.
Back when she had Leon and didn’t take good care of the child, the matriarch didn’t spare her from scolding. Why was it different with Ivana?
What kind of magic had Ivana cast over the matriarch?
The mother of the family was unwilling, tightly clenching her fingers, and said in a deep voice, "What if Ivana does sothing that harms Kane Group? Mom, would you still be biased towards Ivana?"
The mother felt Ivana’s gaze directed at her, but she ignored it, focusing on the matriarch.
The matriarch pondered for a mont, "If one day, she really does sothing to harm Kane Group, then she will no longer be my granddaughter-in-law in the Kane family."
The mother felt her heart, which was half cold, warm up again when she heard these words. She had made the right bet: the matriarch was a principled person. If Ivana hard the two children, the matriarch might forgive Ivana, considering she is the biological mother.
But.
Kane Group is the bottom line that no one can harm.
The mother’s eyes were moist, and suppressing her excitent in her heart, she said, "Alright, if that day cos, I hope Mom rembers what you said today and handles it impartially."
The matriarch frowned, "You don’t need to say it. I’m not senile; I know very well what to do."
Ivana remained silent until she was out the door. She had been confused about why the mother acted this way, but now it beca clear: the mother’s purpose was to deal with her.
Ivana felt it was too ridiculous. Just to deal with her, the mother had colluded with Harrison Horn to embezzle eight hundred million, causing Kane Group’s financial chain to have problems. What was she thinking?
This is an industry built with the efforts of the Kane family’s ancestors, including several generations of Leon Keane!
Had the mother not thought that with Leon just out of the hospital, during such a crucial recovery period, if Kane Group’s funds had issues, the loss might not just be eight hundred million, but an entire crisis affecting the whole Kane Group?
"Mommy, madam is calling you."
Leaving the Kane family’s gate, Timmy Monroe tugged on Ivana Monroe’s hand.
"Huh?" Ivana snapped out of it, apologetically looking at the matriarch, "Sorry, matriarch, what did you say?"
The matriarch looked deeply at Ivana, "Granddaughter-in-law, what were you thinking about just now, so lost in thought?"
She had called her several tis, but Ivana hadn’t heard.
"Nothing, I was just thinking about what to make for Leon tonight, sothing that would help him recover faster." Ivana told a small lie.
The matriarch saw through it at once but didn’t expose Ivana.
Being targeted like this by her mother-in-law, it was normal for Ivana to be in a bad mood.
The matriarch took Ivana’s hand, lightly patting the back of it, and sighed, "Don’t take what your mother-in-law says to heart. She’s getting old and can get muddled."
Ivana gave a bitter smile. If it was just unpleasant words from the mother, it would be fine, and she could pretend not to hear. But now, the actions of the mother clearly showed she wanted to fra her; what should she do?
"Matriarch, you’re right, I have my own judgnt."
Having her own judgnt, but it didn’t an she wouldn’t take it to heart.
How could the matriarch not understand?
Forget it, forget it, let the issues between the mother and Ivana be settled by themselves!
This person, who wouldn’t live many more years, even if she wanted to manage, couldn’t manage that much.
"Alright, you go back! Take good care of my grandchildren, Ian and Little Timmy."
"Okay."
"Goodbye, madam."
"Goodbye, madam."
The two little boys waved goodbye to the matriarch.
Returning to the villa.
Ivana found that only Leon Keane was in the villa, and Nicole was nowhere to be seen.
"Daddy, where is Nicole?"
Timmy Monroe asked first.
"Her? Your Aunt Ivy ca over and took her away."
Leon Keane’s eyes flickered, and Ivana saw through it.
"Did you call Howard Yeats to have him bring Ivy over to pick up Nicole?"
Ivana pierced through the truth with one sentence.
"No... No! How could I do such a thing? It was Ivy Linden who missed the child and ca over to pick her up. If you don’t believe , I’ll call Howard Yeats right now. You can ask Ivy Linden on the phone if she ca over herself."
He would never admit that he was the one who called Howard Yeats.
Ivana rolled her eyes at Leon Keane.
"No need, your crony friends will naturally help you."
"Wife, Howard Yeats is not one of my crony friends. He never ca to see , even though I was hospitalized for so long. The only ti he ca was to send Nicole to you, he is no longer worthy of being called my crony friend, he’s a guy who prioritizes romance over friendship."
"Wife, did you discover anything at the company?"
Leon Keane changed the subject.
Ivana’s expression darkened a bit, not knowing how to tell Leon Keane. Should she say the financial crisis Kane Group is facing now is likely caused by your mother colluding with that dog Harrison Horn to fra ?
"It was Harrison Horn who embezzled it. He was too cunning and smashed the office computer, so it will take so ti to find out the direction of the funds."
"Harrison Horn?"
Leon Keane frowned. He rembered Harrison Horn as a capable but timid person. For him to embezzle eight hundred million? Leon Keane felt very surprised.
"Yes, what’s wrong?"
"He doesn’t have the guts. I suspect soone is behind him directing this."
Ivana raised an eyebrow; Leon Keane was very familiar with his employees. But he probably never thought the person directing Harrison Horn could be his mother, right?
"Hmm, hubby... if the person directing from behind is soone in your family, what would you do?"
"Impossible."
Leon Keane didn’t even think about it and denied it.
"I’m saying if."
"There’s no if. My family is my family; you have no reason to harm ."
"..." Ivana.
Indeed!
In Leon Keane’s eyes, his family mbers certainly wouldn’t hurt him, so he didn’t want to doubt them or suspect any of them.
Ivana didn’t continue to say anything more?
Speaking requires evidence; she must find evidence and put it in front of Leon Keane so that he would believe.
An hour later, Ivana went to take a bath.
When only Leon Keane and Ian Keane were left in the room.
Ian Keane crossed his arms, looking like a little adult at Leon Keane, "Daddy, when do you plan to punish Julia Sinclair? If you can’t do it, I can do it for you."
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