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By the time Orlenna returned from the Jorgansen’s, it was dark.

When Margaret saw Orlenna return, she hurried forward and asked with concern, "Mom, how did you feel after you defeated them?"

Margaret was sure that Orlenna had won!

She didn’t believe that Orlenna would lose to the Jorgansens when Orlenna got something on them.

Orlenna sat on the sofa and took a sip of water slowly. When she raised her head and saw the happy look on Margaret’s face, she could not help frowning.

"Why are you so happy?"

As a mother, Orlenna worked so hard to handle everything for Margaret, but Margaret was inconsiderate.

Margaret pursed her lips and said with a smile, "I was just excited to see you come back."

Orlenna snorted and looked at the kitchen. "Is dinner ready?"

The food in the Jorgansen’s was horrible.

Orlenna had no appetite. Only drinking a lot of tea, she still felt hungry.

She spent a hard day there.

Margaret hurriedly said, "Julian is preparing your favorite dishes."

Orlenna preferred something light. As she was getting older, she would naturally be more careful about what she ate. Margaret just had a baby and needed to eat light like Orlenna.

Although Margaret said so, Orlenna was sure that Julian was definitely cooking Margaret’s favorite food.

However, Orlenna was not holding on to that. She said in a deep voice, "Hilla and Bruce are here today, aren’t they?"

"Yeah."

Margaret said truthfully and then couldn’t help urging. "Mom, just tell me. Don’t keep me in suspense." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Margaret had been looking at Orlenna expectantly for a long time.

Orlenna glanced at her. "What’s there to talk about? Do the Jorgansens not know what they have done?"

Just then, Julian came out of the kitchen, and Orlenna stopped satirizing.

No matter what, Julian was here.

Julian was fine with it. Wearing a pink and white apron, he looked a bit soft and cute.

Margaret smiled and thought men in pink were also good-looking.

Orlenna pretended not to see the expression on Margaret’s face and said, "The Jorgansens handled it all right. Missy is a month old in a few days, and I’m going back to River City."

When Orlenna said that she was returning to River City, Margaret turned around in surprise.

Margaret frowned and said reluctantly, "Mom, why are you leaving so soon?"

Although Orlenna was naggy, Margaret didn’t seem to feel the same way after having a baby.

With Orlenna around, it was easy for Margaret to take care of Missy. If Orlenna left, she couldn’t take good care of Missy alone.

Orlenna glanced at her. "Am I supposed to keep living with you? Don’t you guys dislike me?"

Margaret said in a low voice, "That’s so, but I definitely love you more."

Orlenna was helpless.

Before Julian greeted her, Orlenna sat at the table.

After a busy day, it was time for her to rest.

Seeing Orlenna sit down, Margaret went to sit down beside her.

Margaret found herself still a big eater after having a baby. She got enough milk to nurse her baby, but she did not lose much weight.

She was really going to keep getting fat.

However, Margaret was frustrated when she was not fit into her beautiful dresses.

Julian took off the apron and sat down, and gave Margaret a bowl of chicken cream soup.

Looking at the cream-colored soup, Margaret hesitated but finished it the next second!

Orlenna ate leisurely. Although she was hungry, she still had to figure something out.

"Do you have the right person to take over Andy’s branch?"

Orlenna looked up at Julian.

Unlike other families, the Jorgansens owned most of the Jorgansen Group’s shares.

Although it prevented outsiders from controlling the Jorgansen Group, it also caused a lot of conflicts for the Jorgansens. After all, the Jorgansen family was growing, and many shares of the company were scattered.

Julian, the heir of the Jorgansen Group, actually held only a small stake.

Therefore, the absolute control of the Jorgansen Group still remained in Brittany’s hands.

Hearing Orlenna’s words, Julian paused and said seriously, "It has been arranged. It will be decided soon."

Orlenna nodded.

Andy tampered with the branch over the years, so it should be easy to find out what was wrong with those accounts.

Now it was going to take them a while to get all those transferred assets back. Anyway, Andy was still in their hands and might be unable to fight back. "Mom, what ... what did Brittany do with Jessie?"

Margaret looked at Julian beside her. After all, Brittany was Julian’s grandmother, so she had to watch her language.

Orlenna sneered and said coldly, "What else can Brittany do with a crazy woman?" Naturally, Jessie was sent to a mental hospital.

If Sally hadn’t committed suicide on the spot, Jessie would have been worse off.

Jessie should have been in prison for a few years.

Jessie was young but scheming, misbehaved while looking obedient.

Although Sally did the wrong thing, she really took Jessie as her own daughter. Margaret pursed her lips and snorted. "She’s really lucky."

Instead of staying abroad, Jessie came back to make trouble and finally got what she deserved.

"Jessie deserved it. She’ll never get out."

The Andersons would never do anything to harm anyone’s life.

The Anderson family was rich but had few children. So, they wanted to do something good.

"Then Sally definitely won’t agree."

Margaret frowned. Sally spoiled Jessie. How could she allow Jessie to be sent to a mental hospital?

She would most likely not agree.

"If Sally doesn’t agree, go with Jessie just for company."

Orlenna said indifferently.

Sally also deserved it.

Orlenna understood that Sally loved Jessie, but she didn’t take pity on Sally because she was pushed around by Jessie and refused to repent.

Since Sally was worried about Jessie, she could stay with Jessie.

Margaret nodded vigorously and thought Orlenna was right.

"What about Andy? He is cunning. He did not say anything strange, right?" Margaret thought of Andy, who was devious and evil and felt revulsion. Andy was really evil!

Orlenna looked at Margaret and said, "How did you know that he talked nonsense?"

Margaret knew Andy very well. But didn’t she see that Julian was sitting aside?

Margaret chuckled and waved. "Don’t take it seriously. I guessed it."

She shouldn’t have guessed Orlenna’s thoughts!

...

Margaret did not expect Andy to end up like this. Brittany even prevented Andy from going to jail to preserve the Jorgansens’ honor.

Orlenna disapproved with a cold smile.

Andy might as well have been sent to prison early as he never kept his nose clean.

Sophie was locked back in Costsburgh Convent. Brittany did not speak and obviously wanted to protect Andy.

Orlenna just smiled and said, "If you can’t bear to part with him, the Andersons can help."

Brittany’s face sank on the spot, but she did not retort Orlenna.

After all, the Jorgansens were in the wrong and should come up with a solution for the Andersons.

Staring at Andy in front of her, Brittany only said meaningfully, "You are really like him!"

With that, she left.

Brittany did not reprimand Andy. Instead, Andy cursed in the Jorgansen’s lobby for a long time.

Orlenna heard this and understood that Andy was not an adopted son but an illegitimate son.

An illegitimate son was less respectable than an adopted son in the Jorgansens’ eyes, but Andy didn’t see it that way.

Andy was a Jorgansen, but he had never been treated fairly.

Why did he have nothing to inherit from the Jorgansen family when all Brittany’s sons were disappointing useless?

Andy was clearly the most talented among the Jorgansens, but from a young age, Brittany was holding him down.

Outsiders all thought that Andy was a Jorgansen, Preston’s late son.

They all took him for somebody. Who knew what the Jorgansens thought of him and laughed at him?

Margaret heard Orlenna’s voice of discontent. Although she was angry, she said, "Mom, don’t be angry. Anyway, he won’t be able to cause any trouble in the Jorgansen’s anymore."

Andy asked Sally to steal Margaret’s daughter to threaten Julian and the Jorgansens.

He wished. But the Jorgansens did not value her daughter. Besides, Julian and the Andersons would not allow it.

Andy couldn’t steal Judy even if he wanted to.

"It’s your family’s business. I’m not angry."

Orlenna looked up and gave Margaret and Julian a cold look.

Margaret became silent immediately, and Julian nodded.

Orlenna was right about everything she said.

In a flash, the babies were a month old.

The Keys and the Jorgansens held a party at the same time. It was said that the two babies were born only ten minutes apart.

For a time, it became an interesting story in the entire Far City.

People felt happy about it.

However, the parties held at the same time put the wealthy businessmen in Far City in a tough spot.

Which one should they attend?

They couldn’t be absent from one of the parties. The Key family and the Jorgansen family were so powerful that they couldn’t afford to offend.

The Key family’s main business was in River City, but ... Riya was a Marley. They could not afford to offend the Marleys. So, they must attend it!

The Jorgansen family was an aristocratic family with hundreds of years of history.

Julian, its current heir, was outstanding.

Besides, Julian married the only daughter of the Anderson family.

Even all the Andersons were there. Therefore, the merchants had to go to their party.

They also could not afford to offend the Andersons.

They must be there!

All the merchants shook their heads helplessly. They had to go even it was troublesome. One of the parties was held in the east of the Far City while the other was in West City...

What was wrong with these two families? The guests must be tired after two parties.

But ... Whose party should they go to first?

This also vexed them.

It was not good to be late to one of these parties because the party organizers would feel like being unappreciated and would definitely hold a grudge!

Was that what the big shots were doing these days?

Here was a sticky business!

The guests scratched their heads and didn’t know what to do.

Margaret seemed to have issues with Riya and refused to hold a banquet with her no matter what.

No matter how embarrassing it would be, Margaret wouldn’t take a step back.

What if outsiders took it as an engagement banquet when they throw a party together?

And they would think Judy would marry into the Key family and become Riya’s daughter-in-law when she grew up...

Julian also said in a low voice, "I’m not going."

The Marleys invited them on purpose. But they were not going.

Hilla was at a loss. Margaret was her sister-in-law, while Riya was her best friend.

And Hilla was flooded with calls from Riya.

Riya insisted Hilla must go to the party for her son. Riya also said that it was her first child and that if Hilla didn’t attend, they wouldn’t have to see each other anymore.

Hilla didn’t know what to do now.

Orlenna glanced at Hilla and said coldly, "What’s all this fuss about? We’ll have our own party, and I don’t care if they come or not."

That was enough of this.

The parties of the two families were held in a grand manner in Far City.

It was more festive than a wedding, and they wished the whole town had rejoiced.

Guests congratulated the Keys on the birth of the son.

And they also congratulated the Jorgansens on the birth of their daughter.

All the rich people in Far City had been saying those congratulations a hundred times today.

Since neither family could be offended, the plutocrats came up with an idea.

They went to separate parties with their wives in turn.

So, in this way, they wouldn’t offend both families.

They were so smart.

And they were all too tired after the parties.

In the evening, after Margaret gave Missy a bath, she was lying on the bed looking at plump Missy in her crib.

It was good to be a child. They were busy all day while Missy had been sleeping soundly.

Missy’s little pink face seemed to become plump as time went by.

She looked very cute.

"It’s good to be a baby. She doesn’t need to do anything to gain everyone’s favor." Margaret had been staring at Missy for a month but couldn’t get enough of her.

Missy had Julian’s eyes, which were dark and bright, and she took after Margaret in her mouth and cheek.

Margaret thought, <It’s so strange.

There’s actually a child in the world who looks like me.>

Margaret, who was a mother for the first time, felt amazing every time she looked at Missy.

It seemed that Missy’s features were so perfect.

Missy’s small hands were plump. When she slept, she would clutch her hands tightly and put them on top of her head. Occasionally, she would twist her body and look uncomfortable.

Margaret could not help but laugh as she looked at Missy.

Missy was so cute!

When Julian came in, he saw Margaret giggling at the sleeping Missy.

Julian raised his eyebrows, walked forward, and carried Margaret in his arms.

Margaret was shocked. She subconsciously held Julian’s neck and retorted in a low voice, "You will wake her up."

Julian looked at Missy, who was sleeping soundly on the bed. Missy had a good appetite and was a heavy sleeper.

It was impossible to wake her up!

"It doesn’t matter. If Missy cries, I don’t want her. We can have another one." Maybe it was because of what Julian said. Missy on the bed cried all of a sudden. Margaret looked at Julian helplessly.

What should she do? Should she throw Missy away now?