The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan! Chapter 405: No Courtesy

As soon as Paige Sterling entered, she saw Mrs. Hawthorne lying weakly on the bed, with Dora Upton sitting beside her saying comforting words.

Paige entered and greeted, "Auntie, are you feeling better?"

Mrs. Hawthorne sneered, "My son married a troubleso wife who treats , her mother-in-law, as a re ornant. How could I possibly feel better?"

Paige said, "Then Julian really shouldn’t have done that. How could he be so thoughtless? I’ll scold her for you later, Auntie, don’t be angry."

Mrs. Hawthorne and Dora were taken aback by Paige’s shalessness, which only further infuriated Mrs. Hawthorne.

Dora said, "You’re the one who upset my aunt like this! How can you have the nerve to say such things?"

Paige raised an eyebrow, "How did I upset Auntie? Auntie, tell , and I’ll definitely change," she said earnestly.

Seeing her feign innocence, Mrs. Hawthorne glared at her, "I’ve said that as a daughter-in-law of The Hawthorne Family, you must stay ho to support your husband and teach your children, not show yourself outside. Why have you ignored my words? Are you deliberately opposing ?"

Paige replied, "Auntie, I haven’t."

"Then why don’t you let Julian handle the company affairs?"

Paige said, "I’m certainly willing, but transitioning also takes ti. These days, I’ve been coordinating with Julian for the transition, Auntie, you’ve really misunderstood ."

"Stop deceiving ; if you were really willing, it would be a day’s work! You’ve married into The Hawthorne Family, yet your heart isn’t here, not with my son; you simply don’t trust him!"

Paige replied, "If that’s how you want to think, Auntie, then there’s nothing I can do."

Seeing Paige’s indifferent deanor again, Mrs. Hawthorne was so angry that she wanted to slap her.

Every ti she racked her brain trying to trouble Paige, Paige would end up like this, making Mrs. Hawthorne feel like a fool.

Looking at Paige’s face, inherited from her parents’ good genes, Mrs. Hawthorne’s face twisted with rage.

"Do you think I don’t know what your Sterling Family is up to? Not a single good person in your family! Especially you, just like your parents, complete scoundrels! Your wretched mother died, leaving behind a little scoundrel to tornt , and your father..."

However, before she finished speaking, Mrs. Hawthorne’s face was suddenly slapped.

It was a heavy slap, and half of Mrs. Hawthorne’s face swelled visibly.

Mrs. Hawthorne was dumbfounded, utterly disbelieving.

Paige dared to hit her? She was Paige’s mother-in-law, how outrageous this woman was.

"You, you, you actually dared to hit ..."

Dora was also too shocked to speak; she never expected Paige would dare hit her aunt.

Was Paige not planning to stay with Julian?

She wanted to say sothing, but looking at Paige’s cold expression, she found herself unable to speak.

Paige looked coldly at Mrs. Hawthorne.

Whenever she recalled the scene she witnessed years ago in the villa area with little Julian, she wanted to hit Mrs. Hawthorne.

Now Mrs. Hawthorne was insulting her parents; how could she tolerate that?

Though Mrs. Hawthorne was Julian’s mother, bonded by blood, Paige had no such ties.

"Auntie, I’m really sorry, I just can’t control my hands at tis, I’ll work on it..."

Her attitude was utterly reprehensible.

Mrs. Hawthorne pointed at Paige, "You, you..."

"Auntie, don’t look at like that," Paige grasped Mrs. Hawthorne’s chin, "The more you look at this way, the more pleased I feel. What you most dislike is seeing doing well, right?"

Mrs. Hawthorne glared at Paige. She wanted to strike back, but Paige’s grip on her chin left her immobile.

Dora stood up, "Paige, you’re insane! You must be out of your mind; I’m going to tell our cousins!"

Dora ran out, trying to find Julian and Simon, wanting them to see just how vicious Paige was.

But after shouting for a long ti, she didn’t see either of them.

anwhile, in the room, Paige had already sat down, observing Mrs. Hawthorne.

The smile on her face, in Mrs. Hawthorne’s eyes, seed like scorn.

Mrs. Hawthorne had never suffered such humiliation, wishing she could kill Paige.

Paige said nonchalantly, "I only slapped you, yet you’re this furious. Julian was locked up and beaten by you back then; did you ever consider his feelings?"

Mrs. Hawthorne stared at Paige in shock, "Did Julian tell you all this?"

Julian even told Paige about these things? But he was her son; what of a few beatings?

Mrs. Hawthorne didn’t think she did anything wrong.

Paige, however, shook her head at Mrs. Hawthorne, "No, I saw it myself."

Paige showed an evil smile, "Auntie, don’t you rember ? When you abused your own son back then, have you forgotten how it was exposed?"

Mrs. Hawthorne’s eyes slowly widened, "It was you!"

The little girl who called the police! She almost died at her hands back then, but people suddenly ca...

"Yes, it was ..."

Mrs. Hawthorne gritted her teeth, "I truly regret not killing you then!"

If she had known the little girl was Jared Sullivan’s daughter, she should have killed her without hesitation.

If Paige had died early, she wouldn’t have been this infuriated today.

Her hatred for Paige was utterly unabated.

Paige said lightly, "I have long since investigated your past thoroughly, and I’m well aware of what kind of person you are, so Auntie, there’s no need to pretend in front of ..."

"You dared to investigate !"

"Auntie, don’t think of it that way. Wanting to investigate you is nothing difficult, it’s not a matter of daring; you dislike because your first love tried to kidnap my mother and was ultimately killed by my father. Ultimately, it’s his ill intentions that led to that outco. You resent the Sterling Family for such a matter, dragging The Hawthorne Family into it; in this sense, Auntie, you truly are a remarkable woman..."

"But what I admire even more is how ruthless Auntie can be towards her own son. They say even tigers don’t eat their cubs, but Auntie, you surprise greatly. I witnessed you strangling Julian with wire and injecting him with drugs... For the pain he suffered, I indeed want you to experience it too. Earlier, Auntie was abroad, so I had no opportunity. Unexpectedly, you ca back on your own..."

At this mont, Mrs. Hawthorne looked at Paige as if she was a monster.

"But strangling with wire is too risky; my grip is strong, I might accidentally strangle you to death..."

Saying this, she pulled out a syringe and a bottle of injector fluid from her bag.

"But injecting Auntie with sothing, perhaps no one would notice. Even if they notice so abnormal reactions post-injection, I could say Auntie is having an allergic reaction. After all, the sa symptoms happen to Julian when he has an allergy, Auntie experiencing them is perfectly normal..."

Paige casually drew the liquid into the syringe, her expression cold, as Mrs. Hawthorne trembled all over.

Paige continued, "Oh, this drug is the sa one Auntie injected into Julian before. I went through a lot of trouble to obtain it. Auntie, see how kind I am to you? Aren’t you grateful to ?"

Mrs. Hawthorne’s expression had turned to sheer terror.

"No, impossible, how could you get that drug..."

"Why couldn’t I? Given my connections, obtaining such a drug is no challenge. In the future, I can make sure Auntie enjoys its benefits every day..."

Mrs. Hawthorne was extrely terrified.

"No, no, no, stay away..."

Paige’s expression turned even colder.

Seeing Mrs. Hawthorne’s terrified appearance confird she knew the drug’s effects all along; she had intended to turn her son into a monster.

If Julian hadn’t had a strong immune system and the drug hadn’t been immature at the ti, he wouldn’t have survived to this day.

With this woman, Paige had no intention to hold back.