"What's wrong?" Wendy asked in confusion.
It seemed that the nanny didn't want to say more, so Wendy nodded at the nanny and went back to the kitchen.
Wendy didn't know what had happened. She was already halfway up the stairs. For a while, she didn't know whether she should continue to climb up or temporarily go downstairs.
Just as he was hesitating, a loud noise suddenly came from the second floor.
It was as if something had smashed into the ground.
Wendy couldn't help but stride up two steps. The sound came from the study, accompanied by Johnny's angry voice and a sharp middle- aged female voice, mixed with another sobbing young female voice.
All of a sudden, she understood why the nanny suggested that she should come up later.
Wendy put her hand on the handrail of the staircase and didn't go any further. She couldn't be mistaken; the two female voices in the study were from Helen and Yolanda.
Wendy was surprised that Helen would never show her true self in front of Johnny in the past. She would always put on the mask of a gentle wife at any time. Wendy didn't expect that Helen would no longer scruple to break up with Johnny.
Although Wendy felt very happy, she didn't want to eavesdrop on others, then turned around and wanted to go downstairs first.
Just after hearing something, she stopped suddenly in her tracks.
"Johnny Lim, I'm telling you, don't even think about a divorce! If I'm going to hell, I'm dragging you with me! You want to get rid of me and my daughter? You're just dreaming! If it weren't for the good daughter you raised, how would we have ended up like this, and how would Urn's Group have gone bankrupt!"
In the study, Helen said as she threw the things on the desk onto the floor like a shrew.
"Helen Lee! Don't you, the culprit, know exactly why Lim's Group went bankrupt?" Johnny was pointing at her and his hand was shaking, "If you hadn't gone to Macau for years to gamble behind my back, and even embezzled the company's funds to cover your gambling debts, how would the company have gone bankrupt? And you have the nerve to say it here! Since you and I have been married for so many years, I've done the right thing by not taking legal action against you. You and Yolanda, mother and daughter, brought this on yourselves, not Wendy!"
When Helen [Lee] heard this, she was not happy, "What do you mean? Are you now regretting that you let us in and kicked that little bitch out?"
"Yes, it's a pity that I'm to blame for not seeing your true face earlier!" Johnny shook his head with a wry smile. "Johnny, don't forget that our child died because of her!" Helen reminded him, gritting her teeth.
"Everything has a cause and effect." Johnny heaved a long sigh.
When Helen heard what he was referring to, she completely exploded. She couldn't lift the wooden desk, so she lifted the chair next to her and smashed it against the wall, "Johnny Lim, how could you say that! I have given birth to your child and took care of you for so many years, and I also contribute to this family!"
"Ah, now you're acting like you're remorseful, even though I was the one who seduced you in the first place, but it was you who came to me later on your own accord! Did I force you to cheat on your wife after marrying her?"
Johnny looked at the mother and daughter, and his blood pressure rose.
He even wondered if they were really his own daughter and the wife who had been his companion for many years. Now their faces made him feel strange and disgusting. He didn't want to say another word, just pointed at the door and cursed, "You two, get out of here now!"
Thereafter, he even stepped forward to drive the mother and daughter out of the room.
Although he was old, he was a man after all, and had the advantage of strength, so he cleared both mother and daughter out, and slammed the door heavily.
"Mom, what should we do?" Yolanda wiped her tears and asked.
Helen got up from the ground and glared at the closed door. She gritted her teeth and said, "You've seen your dad's face. It's probably not going to do any good if we keep messing around with him, or maybe he'll call the police. Let's call it a day and come back another day!"
Wendy was still standing where she had just been, her hand clutching the armrest.
The conversations in the study had all slipped into her ears. When she heard the footsteps, she turned around and wanted to walk down the stairs to avoid them. However, it was already too late. The voices of the mother and daughter had already come from behind her.
"Wendy?"
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