Mrs Hale, I Surrender
Chapter 427 - 426 Stirring Up Trouble, Killing Without Dirtying One’s Hands (2 more updates)

Chapter 427: 426 Stirring Up Trouble, Killing Without Dirtying One’s Hands (2 more updates)

Cressida Jones continued to stir him up.

"Aunt Wilde is sensible—due to today’s events, she will definitely be detained. Your sister is still in the hospital and needs someone to take care of her. Don’t mention you’re severing ties with your sister just yet, just say the divorce is to deal with the Jeans Family, otherwise, they won’t accept your sister."

"For your sister and the future of the Jones Family, it’s just a sham divorce, she will surely agree."

"And the entire Capital City already knows about Aunt Wilde’s incident tonight."

"If you do nothing, I’m afraid next year we won’t even know where our family can celebrate the Lunar New Year."

Yes,

Once bankrupt, the current villa will be gone.

Silas Jones originally still had some wits about him but was completely shocked by Zoe Payne’s pregnancy news.

That child will be Old Sir Hale’s first great-grandchild.

Even though Old Sir Hale had long since retired from the limelight, his legacy was well known.

Plus, with Cressida’s whispers in his ear, Silas Jones immediately signed on the agreement, and, taking the divorce papers, arranged with the police to meet Lavinia Wilde.

—

When Lavinia Wilde saw the divorce agreement, she was dumbfounded.

But Silas Jones appealed to her emotions and reason, saying all of these were just to placate those outside, "Lavinia, for you, I even abandoned my first wife and daughter. You know how I’ve treated you over the years."

"But now the situation is really special. If not handled well, when everyone goes back to work after the New Year, the Jones..."

"Will be finished!"

Lavinia Wilde, thinking of losing her luxuriously affluent lifestyle, was naturally very unhappy.

"You’re divorcing me, isn’t it because I had a relationship with Mr. Drake?"

"Believe me, it wasn’t my choice, it was that damn girl Cressida Jones who made me do it, and you must be careful of her."

At this moment, where would Silas Jones have the mind to care about Cressida Jones? With Mrs. Hale pregnant and the company about to collapse, he could only say, "The divorce is just to formally sever ties with you on the surface, it’s not just to save the company, but also for Marigold."

"With this scandal of yours, and considering Beckett Jeans was also present tonight, and Mrs. Jeans never liked Marigold, what do you think the Jeans Family will do?"

"Marigold is pregnant, the Jeans Family won’t dare to not want her!" Lavinia stated categorically.

"But the Jeans Family could just keep the child and not the mother."

"..."

"It’s just a sham divorce."

As malicious as Lavinia Wilde could be, her love for her daughter was genuine.

Plus, it was only a sham divorce.

So many things happened tonight, even the most emotionally detached person could lose composure.

When Silas Jones sent the divorce papers to the company’s public relations department, asking them to urgently issue a statement...

Cressida Jones went to see Lavinia Wilde.

She had arranged for bail, so she wasn’t in a detention status at the moment.

"You little bitch, what are you here for, to mock me?" Lavinia Wilde’s face was ashen.

"I’m telling you, when I get out, I won’t let you off. I couldn’t imagine you’re so good at pretending, I’ll tear your face apart someday, making sure you can’t stay in Capital City."

Cressida Jones smiled helplessly, "Lavinia, what time is it now, and you’re still dreaming."

"My father has already made the statement, agreed on a divorce with you, and you..."

"Will leave with nothing!"

"That’s fake, just a show for the outsiders," Lavinia Wilde snorted, "You probably don’t know how much your dad loves me."

"For me, he almost killed your mother. Your mother is a useless waste of space!"

"When she was sick in the hospital, I deliberately flaunted in front of her, and she didn’t dare say anything. How could such a weak loser give birth to a daughter with such a rotten heart like you."

Cressida Jones was neither pleased nor angry, Wilde’s words seemed to have no impact on her.

This angered Lavinia Wilde even more.

"Cressida Jones, I could kill your mother, and I can kill you too."

Upon hearing this, Cressida Jones just laughed.

Her expression was one of disdain and helplessness.

Seeing it made Lavinia Wilde feel panicked, "What are you laughing at!"

"I’m laughing at how stupid you are." Cressida Jones shook her head helplessly, "How could you believe such nonsense about a sham divorce? In reality, there’s no such thing as a sham divorce. Once you’ve signed, it’s real."

"Everyone in Capital City, no, perhaps the whole nation knows about you and Mr. Drake."

"Even if my dad loved you, would he still want you?"

"Before loving you, he was first and foremost a man, and being a man, he cares a lot about face. Being cuckolded, who could swallow that indignity?"

A few words struck like a blow to the head!

That’s right,

In this world, there is no such thing as a fake divorce.

"That’s right, to completely sever ties with you, he has already broken off relations with Marigold Jones," Cressida Jones stated indifferently, dropping another depth charge.

Lavinia Wilde was dumbstruck for a few seconds, her complexion rapidly drained of color.

"That’s impossible, stop lying to me."

"You lowly girl, to make me suffer, you would really dare to say such nonsense."

"You probably don’t know how much your dad dotes on Marigold. He can’t remember your birthday, but he remembers every specific date of when Marigold started talking and walking. He could never break off relations with Marigold!"

Those words couldn’t even make a dent in Cressida Jones.

She pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to her.

The words [Severance Agreement] leapt into view, feeling like thousands of venomous snakes biting, as though plunging into an icy abyss.

She trembled as she flipped open the agreement, and saw Silas Jones’s signature.

In an instant,

It was as if invisible hands were choking her throat.

Breathing became difficult, gasping for air, her face turning beet red.

Her hands uncontrollably shook violently.

"Lavinia Wilde, he could abandon his wife and daughter for you, you should have known, such a man is not trustworthy."

"He could abandon my mom, and he could abandon you."

"You faked a divorce to protect him, which shows you really do have feelings for him, yet he could even abandon his own daughter."

Lavinia Wilde clenched her teeth, "You... why are you telling me all this."

"Pitiful you, your current situation is just like my mom’s, leaving with nothing, Marigold Jones also losing her inheritance, after being used by him for over twenty years, slaving away only to end up empty-handed."

"You are not young anymore, and your sister is still pregnant, leaving the Jones Family, how will you two manage?"

"This agreement is fake, isn’t it? You’re deliberately trying to stir up trouble between us!" Lavinia Wilde struggled to control her emotions.

But her body began to shake uncontrollably.

Cressida Jones chuckled lightly: "The agreement was signed in front of Junior President Payne. If you don’t believe me, you can go ask Junior President Payne and the others who were present."

Tim Payne?

Her own daughter nearly harmed Zoe Payne.

She had been living in fear, worried the Hales or Paynes would come looking for trouble, and now it seems it’s happened.

Even if pressed by the Payne Family, they shouldn’t give up on their daughter.

Severance, divorce...

Silas Jones wants to completely cut ties with them!

No!

She would never allow this to happen.

**

After the Jones Family issued a statement, public opinion swung entirely in their favor, with netizens calling him a pitiable and innocent man, encumbered by his wife and daughter, which gave him some relief. It seemed that the idea Junior President Payne gave was good.

Just as he was preparing to bail out his wife and bring her home, he met Lavinia Wilde in the corridor.

He had a smile on his face, "Lavi..."

Before he could finish her name.

Lavinia Wilde strode up to him, slapping him across the face, "Silas Jones, you damned dog of a man, you set me up!"

Cressida Jones just stood not too far away silently watching, a faint smile playing on her lips.

Catching sight of Tim Payne in the corner of her eye, she whispered:

"Junior President Payne, the second act of tonight’s drama has begun."

"It’s sure to be spectacular."

Assistant Law took a deep breath:

This Miss Jones...

She’s no ordinary person.

How could he have been so blind at first, to think she was simple and harmless, she kills without even getting her hands dirty.