The Billionaire's Ex-Wife Returns!
Chapter 14: My Wife Has Me

Chapter 14: My Wife Has Me

For a moment, Mrs. Leblanc questioned if she had heard him correctly.

"But Yvonne..."

Landon didn’t let her finish as he stepped forward, leaving Mrs. Leblanc confused and staring at his back.

Was that really Landon? Mrs. Leblanc wondered. He used to stay beside her daughter no matter how busy he was. He even went as far as to leave work the whole day just to accompany Yvonne to the hospital. Yet, somehow, today was different. Landon didn’t even glance at Yvonne when he entered the room.

Mrs. Leblanc obviously didn’t take it seriously. Landon was just being considerate of her daughter and didn’t disturb her sleep. That’s right. That’s the only reason why he didn’t. She then turned around and went to her daughter’s room.

"Where’s Landon?" Yvonne stared at her mother gloomily.

Mrs. Leblanc sat on the chair beside the bed and told her he had already left to look for her father. After a pause, she added, "I wonder if he’s looking for your father because of you."

Yvonne’s ears perked up. "Me?"

She tried keeping a straight face, but her expectant smile broke through her façade.

Mrs. Leblanc smiled gently when she saw her daughter looking like a schoolgirl who had just had her first crush. Rubbing Yvonne’s head, she answered, "Why else? The two of you have known each other for a long time. Landon must be looking for your father to talk about properly asking for your hand in marriage."

"Mother!" Yvonne shot her mother an accusing look while blushing. "Landon is already married."

Mrs. Leblanc scoffed. "So what? That girl can’t compare to a single nail on your fingers. He’ll ditch her soon enough."

"But what if he loves her?" Yvonne’s heart leaped with joy, but her eyes sparkled with unshed tears. "He married her, after all, mother."

She still felt bitter about this.

"Love?" Mrs. Leblanc’s face twisted in disgust. "Landon was just amused by that gold-digging whore. He’ll get tired of her and toss her away like a used rag. And besides, your father had already filed a lawsuit against her. Landon wouldn’t protect and make an enemy out of your father because of her. Instead, I’m sure he’ll come around and propose to you, my dear."

Yvonne jumped into her mother’s arms and hugged her tight.

"Mother! I would be the happiest girl in the world if he proposed to me!"

"He will. And I will make you the most beautiful bride in the country, and everyone will be envious of you!"

The mother-daughter pair happily chatted with each other. After some time, Mrs. Leblanc finally left the room to plan her daughter’s wedding even before Landon could propose to her.

On the other hand, Yvonne couldn’t stop her lips from breaking into a wide and smug grin.

Everything was going as she had planned. Yvonne thought to herself.

After she left the country to have more fun and make Landon feel more desperate for her, Yvonne would never expect to hear that he ended up getting married to a woman whose lowly background did match theirs.

At first, Yvonne thought Landon was trying to get her attention. Honestly, it worked. But she was too hardheaded to surrender. So, she stayed, and in retaliation, she started sleeping around with other men, thinking Landon would crawl back to her, begging for her to pick him up again.

But it did not happen as she had imagined.

Landon continued being married to Lucy for two years!

Yet even after she returned, Landon did not divorce that slut. So, she could only take advantage of her close relationship with Mrs. Westwood and Emma. They willingly accepted her and made her stay by their side all day so that Landon could see her.

Naturally, Landon tried to resist her.

Yvonne knew that Landon wouldn’t let her into his life so easily. So, she told him they could become friends. Landon hesitantly agreed. But she just knew it wouldn’t take long enough for him to succumb to her again. After all, she was his first love.

But who knew she would be so lucky? Yvonne just had to come to the right moment when Landon and Lucy were discussing their fake marriage!

How happy she was when she heard it.

So Yvonne devised a plan to remove Lucy from her happy ending with Landon.

And it worked! Everyone believed that Lucy pushed her from the stairs and no one questioned Yvonne.

Soon, Landon will be completely hers!

...

Meanwhile, Landon sat inside the posh office used by Gilbert Leblanc. The old man was sitting behind the desk with an oppressive and arrogant aura unique to a man who lived in power.

Landon had been to this office before. The first time was when he was eight and his father brought him here to introduce him to Mr. Leblanc. Back then, he admired Mr. Leblanc. He was a force to reckon with. A powerful and unforgiving man who stood toe to toe with his father.

Sadly, Landon’s father died, and he had to step in to take on the position as the next head of the Westwood family.

"What did you just say?"

Landon’s eyes shot up, locking onto Mr. Leblanc’s icy glare.

"I want you to drop the lawsuit against my wife."

Mr. Leblanc’s nostrils flared up, saying in a leveled tone, "My daughter got hurt because of that woman. I could’ve made her pay for what she did, but alas, that woman is too poor to have the money to settle with my family. So, the last thing she could do is rot in prison."

A current of rage simmered in his bloodstream, and Landon dropped all restraint. "Mrs. Westwood."

Mr. Leblanc’s eyebrow ticked upward.

But Landon didn’t care if he was starting to get on the nerves of the dying old man and continued, "You can address her as Mrs. Westwood. She’s also not poor. She has me. My money is hers. She can pay whatever settlement you’re going to ask."

Mr. Leblanc’s jaw set. "You want to protect her? Even after what she did to Yvonne?"

"I don’t care." Landon held his incensed gaze. "Lucy is my wife, and I’ll be damned if I let anyone disrespect or do any harm to her."

"Harm? Yvonne was the one who got hurt after that woman pushed her from the stairs!" Mr. Leblanc stood up, pointing his finger at Landon in anger.

He couldn’t understand why Landon was acting like this. What had he eaten for him to come here and demand the lawsuit to be dismissed?

Wasn’t everything alright last night? Why did Landon suddenly change?

Landon only stared blankly at him.

Then, a second later, he slowly opened his lips and spoke.

"Is that what she told you?"