Secretly Married: Don't Mess With The CEO's Wife novel Chapter 223

Even though the news had caused a huge commotion in Ningcheng City and everyone was talking about it, the center of the storm—the Shaws—was calm as if nothing had happened.

For one thing, Julian had kept all the voices from outside. On the other hand, Susan knew it was part of Julian’s plan, so she was unflustered. However, it was not the same case for other places.

“Julian! What the hell is going with Susan again? Why is it when something happens, it’s always her? Isn’t everything about Richard over already? Why would someone suddenly bring the matter up again? If everyone knows that the woman of the Shaws is a murderer, then our reputation would be at stake! How are we supposed to stay in Ningcheng City?” Madam Shaw’s bellow erupted from the other side of the line.

Julian took the phone away from him, and he only began to talk after Madam Shaw had finished her long tirade of questions, “Mom, Susie will attend the trial in three days. If you’re interested, you’re welcome to attend as well.”

“Are you kidding me, Julian? Haven’t we been humiliated enough already? And now you want me to attend the trial?”

“Don’t worry Mom. I assure you it’ll be so interesting that you’ll never forget it for the rest of your life,” Julian said flatly.

Madam Shaw was shocked by the calm of his voice. She fell silent for a moment and then replied hesitantly, “Are you certain, Julian?”

“Yes,” Julian replied confidently.

“Okay, then! Since you’re so sure about it, I’ll attend the trial as well. But remember Julian, the Shaws' reputation precedes everything else, and you must protect it at all costs,” Madam Shaw said sternly.

Julian chuckled and said, “See you in court in three days later, Mom.”

The Jenkins were in a mess.

“What’s going on? Who spread the news out?” Mandy’s face was pale.

It was never her intention to make a big fuss out of it. The court summons was just a warning.

In her vision, Julian should have contacted her and hoped that she could drop the lawsuit. Then, she would use the evidence as her concession to negotiate with Julian.

This was her original playbook.

However, the news had spread and everybody knew about the trial that would be happening in three days. This kind of fight between the riches was what the crowd loved to watch the most. As such, with so many people showing solicitude in this matter, neither she nor Julian could back down.

Right now, the lawsuit must be held.

Initially, all she wanted was to take this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Julian. Unless she wanted to bring Susan down along with her, or else she would not truly send Susan into jail.

She did not know who spread the news. Right now, the situation had developed to the point that backpedaling was not an option anymore.

It was at this moment that her phone rang, cutting off her bitter, frustrated train of thought.

She picked up the phone and Madam Ainsley’s desperate voice wafted into her ear, “Mandy, were you the one who filed a lawsuit against Susan? Are you out of your mind? The Shaws have just announced that they will suspend all the collaborations with the Ainsleys. Also, due to the Shaws, many of our other partners have terminated their contracts with us as well. In less than an hour, our direct economic loss has piled up to more than fifty million dollars!”

“I…” Mandy did not know what to say.

She never expected that Julian would retaliate so fast.

They should sit down together, have some tea, and have a chat to find a way to smooth the dispute between them behind closed doors. How could he initiate an attack on the Ainsleys directly?

Before she could say anything to Madam Ainsley, Madam Jenkins rushed over.

“Idiot! Did you go and press charges against Susan?” Madam Jenkins looked at Mandy as if she was looking at a lunatic.

The reason she went so far and cremated Richard’s corpse was that she wanted to destroy all traces and hoped that the case could be closed as soon as possible.

After all, she just wanted to keep Susan away from Luke, and she had already obtained her goal.

She could not fathom why all of the men loved Susan so much, be it Julian or Luke. Drowned by her jealousy, she decided to throw everything to the wind.

She did not care if she offended Julian and she did not care if she enraged Luke. At this moment, she just wanted Susan to pay the price.

Luke stared daggers at her, and then he suddenly let go of his hand.

Mandy slumped to the couch and she let out a brazen laugh, “I knew it, Luke. I know how much you want to strangle me to death for that slut, but you can’t. How do you feel right now? Do you feel pain? Or do you feel angry? Come, don’t suppress yourself anymore. I’m right here, come forward and kill me! Hahahaha!”

Mandy laughed like a lunatic.

Luke paid her no mind and exited the house.

He took out his phone and punched in Susan’s phone number. But his finger stopped on the dial-out key.

Susan was pregnant. He did not know if she had heard the news already and he did not know how she felt. The trial was happening in three days…

Luke was worried sick about Susan, but he did not know what kind of identity he should use to make the call and care about Susan.

Everything about this was caused by Mandy.

He did not have the face to see Susan anymore.

All of a sudden, he was assaulted by a surge of powerlessness and he dropped his arm down.

There was nothing he could do now. Three days later, the matter would finally come to an end in court.