Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother - Chapter 239

Chapter 239: Worried and Scared Chapter 239: Worried and Scared Meanwhile in Sephina’s office.

The three Ford women were glued to the screen, where Faye had revealed Amelia Brown’s name and had been proven guilty by Natalie.

“This Natalie!” Briena exclaimed.

“Why does it feel like she was aware of what was going to happen and prepared everything beforehand?

Were you trapping her, or was she trapping us?” Briena said in disbelief.

“What will happen now?” Clara patted her daughter’s hand and said, “Don’t worry.

Nothing will come to us.

Faye or no one else is aware of our involvement-not even Amelia Brown.

As I said before, if it fails, Amelia Brown will be the one to face the consequences.” Briena hummed and looked at her grandmother, whose gaze had turned colder.

“Grandma,” Briena called out.

“We have underestimated her,” Sephina said.

“I keep forgetting she would be sly and deceitful like her mother.

This girl, I have to crush her tail soon before she grows bigger.

I can’t let her gain power.” “Grandma, didn’t you see she already gained power by having the NextEra CEO with her?” Briena said.

Just then, they heard something from the TV, and all of their bodies froze.

“Are you Aroma?” they heard Ms.

Taylor asking Natalie.

The TV screen showed both their expressions-Ms.

Taylor’s shock with realization and Natalie responding with a smile.

“G-Grandma€¦” Briena’s next words choked in her throat as they watched what was happening next.

The three women, all shocked, continued to watch until Mia stopped the reporters from asking questions.

“Mother€¦” Briena turned to Clara.

“What will happen now?

Will she prove I’m not Aroma?

If that happens€¦” “She can’t prove it,” Sephina said, regaining her composure after seeing Briena panic.

“She has no proof.

She’s just bluffing to scare us.

Just like her mother, this wretch is shrewd and trying to intimidate us.

In reality, she has nothing in her hands to prove anything.

Back then, all the proof was on your side, and she was proven to be a thief.” Though Sephina sounded confident, Briena and Clara couldn’t help but feel wary.

“Mother, this is not the same Natalie from the past,” Clara added.

“The more I look at her, the scarier she seems now.

I can’t tell what she would do if she were in front of us.

She has changed a lot after her marriage.” “She changed when she returned from Xyros, but she hid her fangs well because of Albert.

But now, she has nothing to worry about,” Sephina replied.

“At the same time, she could have done this after returning from Xyros.

So why did she keep quiet for the past two years?” Sephina asked, then answered herself.

“It’s because she knew she couldn’t prove anything.

And now, she’s just bluffing because she has strong power behind her.” Clara thought about it and said, “She did say she had no proof.” “Yes, because she has none.

I took care of everything well,” Sephina assured her and looked at Briena.

“Don’t worry.

Just focus on the perfume competition and your movie shooting.

Once you win the competition, it will prove you are Aroma.” “Grandma, you know I am not that good.

How am I going to make competition winning perfume?” Briena asked.  “Leave it to me.

You will get perfume formula.

All you have to do is to practice on creating it, like how you did in the past,” Sephina replied.  “Yes, Grandma,” Briena agreed, but inside, she couldn’t help but panic.

I don’t think Grandma will do anything else to stop Natalie.

It seems I’ll have to take things into my own hands to protect myself.

I can’t afford any scandal now, or I’ll lose my film.

Meanwhile, Ivan had returned the city from his business trip.

On the way back from the airport, he was watching the news.

The moment he saw Faye on the screen, he had a bad feeling.

Faye was his employee, and her wrong actions would inevitably be linked to his company.

That ominous feeling in his heart, the fear in his mind, turned out to be true the moment he heard Faye take his mother, Amelia’s, name.

His face turned angry, and he almost crushed the tablet in his hands with his strong grip.

“Drive faster,” he ordered the driver.

Soon, Ivan reached the Brown residence and marched into the home after hurrying out of the car.

“Where is Mother?” Ivan asked the butler, who came across him at the entrance of the home.

“Madam is in her room,” the butler informed.

Ivan marched upstairs to his mother, worry gripping his mind.

What has Mother done?

—— Inside Amelia’s room.

She was crying while sitting on the bed as the news flashed on the TV screen.

Her husband, clearly displeased, was scolding her.

“Who asked you to do all this?” Ivan’s father reprimanded.

“Did you not consider the consequences at all?” “Father, don’t scold Mother, please,” Irene said.

“Mother is naive and didn’t understand how shrewd Natalie is.” “Didn’t understand?” Mr.

Brown exclaimed.

“Natalie worked in our company for the past two years.

Don’t we know how smart and capable she is?

She single-handedly took care of the toughest matters, ones even I and Ivan failed to handle!

You people clearly underestimated her and caused us trouble now.” “Father, once Brother is back, he will take care of it,” Irene said.

“That Natalie owes my brother, and she has to give in.

Also, I know she still loves Ivan.

She will let Mother go if he asks her to.” Just then, Ivan entered the room.

“Mother-” he started to say something but stopped when he saw his mother already crying.

Running a hand through his hair in frustration, he said, “What have you done?” Amelia’s sobs grew louder as she spoke in a hoarse voice.

“I was just trying to avenge what she did to you.

I€¦ as a mother€¦ can’t I feel bad for my son and punish the person who hurt him?

I only wanted to teach her a lesson.

She is enjoying her life with so many wealthy men and left you humiliated in front of the world.

Do you know how others talk about you, saying she played you for a fool?

How can I tolerate it?” “Mother€¦” Ivan didn’t know what to say and turned to his father.

“We need to do something quickly.

I’m going to talk to our legal team.” “You have just returned, and you’re tired,” Amelia said.

“It’s not the time to rest,” Ivan replied and turned to leave.

Before walking out, he said, “All I want is for you to keep quiet until I take care of this.” “Brother, you can just go to Natalie and demand she drop this matter,” Irene called out behind him.

“Just take care of mother,” Ivan instructed and walked away in an urgency.