Our Anniversary, You Chose Her – I Chose Divorce

Around noon, Miles Hawthorne called her, sounding utterly surprised. ”Chloe Reed, where in the world did you find such an incredible legal team? The moment they took over from my people, they pointed out all our weaknesses. Our odds of winning, which were originally only thirty percent, have shot straight up to eighty percent!”

Hearing this, Chloe Reed’s mood brightened even more. ”For real?”

”Why would I lie to you? Just tell me, where did you meet these people?” Miles Hawthorne was both anxious and curious.

’When did someone so formidable enter her circle?’

He also grew a little wary.

Chloe Reed chuckled. ”They’re my grandmother’s people.”

Miles Hawthorne acknowledged with a sound of understanding. ”I see. With their help, your chances of winning the case have increased dramatically. Now we can really look forward to the hearing.”

Chloe Reed asked, ”Why haven’t we heard anything? When is the court date?”

Miles Hawthorne said, ”It’s usually about two weeks after the mediation, so it should be soon.”

”Okay.”

Chloe Reed’s eyes were exceptionally resolute.

’She was getting this divorce, period!’

When she arrived at the hospital after work that evening, she saw that Autumn Linton was there again.

Chloe Reed was blunt. ”You can go. You’re not needed here. The caregiver I hired will take good care of my grandmother.”

Autumn Linton looked haggard, as if she hadn’t slept properly in days.

She looked at Chloe Reed and suddenly burst into tears.

Seeing this, the old woman frowned. ”What are you crying about?”

Autumn Linton choked out, ”Mom, you gave birth to me, so why didn’t you raise me properly? Am I not your only daughter? Why can’t you grant me this one wish?”

Chloe Reed’s brow furrowed the moment she heard that. ”You’re after the sapphire earrings again? Just what did Sunny Reed do for you that has you bending over backward for her?”

Autumn Linton ignored her, looking only at the old woman. ”Mom, I don’t want anything else. I just want that pair of sapphire earrings. Please give them to me, okay? If you give them to me, I won’t come and bother you anymore.”

She cried so pitifully.

”The sapphire earrings are mine now,” Chloe Reed said coldly. ”And since they belong to me, not even my grandmother can decide what happens to them.”

Autumn Linton froze. ”What? She gave them to you?!”

”That’s right.” Chloe Reed scoffed. ”If you had shown my grandmother proper filial piety, her things would have all gone to you. But you’ve disappointed her far too much.”

Autumn Linton was so stunned she forgot to cry. She seemed at a loss, but still said, ”Chloe, those sapphire earrings aren’t worth much. Just give them to me.”

”No.” Chloe Reed’s tone was firm, but then a faint smile touched her lips. ”But I will sell them.”

”I’ll buy them!” Autumn Linton said through gritted teeth. ”Go on, name your price.”

Chloe Reed looked at her with a smirk. ”Are you sure you want to buy them?”

Autumn Linton nodded. ”Yes, I’m buying. Just name your price.”

Chloe Reed let out a soft laugh and said, ”I want all the shares of the Reed Group.”

”Are you insane?!” Autumn Linton shot to her feet. ”Chloe Reed, if you take all the shares, what will happen to your father and me? Are you trying to leave us with nothing to live on?!”

Chloe Reed, however, blinked innocently. ”If you can’t afford it, just say you can’t afford it. Why say such things about me? You were the one who told me to name a price.”

”This is robbery!” Autumn Linton was furious. ”And you’re robbing your own mother and father! You’re outrageous!”