The Return of His Unrivaled Ex-Wife by Zara Gibbon

Chapter 725

Joanna’s mind was in turmoil. She said, “How can I sit back and do nothing when such a big problem has happened

to the company?

“Hurry up. Get the car ready. I have to go to the office.”

“Madam…”

“Cut the crap,” Joanna said. “Hurry up. Go.”

Seeing that she insisted on going, the butler could only reluctantly agree. “Alright then,” he said.

Beep, beep, beep.

Joanna made another call to Bruce.

The phone rang for a long time before Bruce finally picked up.

“Hey, honey!” Bruce said.

Hearing Bruce’s voice, Joanna felt a tightness in her chest. “Bruce, where did you go?” she asked.

“Uh…” Bruce hesitated.

“Quick, tell me,” Joanna said. “Where are you now?”

“Honey, I’m outside now,” Bruce said. “I’ll be back soon.”

“What are you doing outside?” Joanna said. “You sneaked out. Do you know that I am very worried?” Joanna’s voice

revealed a hint of anger.

“I, um, I’ve got to attend to something,” Bruce said. “Anyway, don’t worry. I’ll be back soon.”

Joánna was at a loss for words. She choked up.

“So how long will it take you to get back?” Joanna said.

“Um, I’ll be back at about six in the evening,” Bruce said.

Upon hearing this, Joanna instantly became furious. “Six in the evening?” she said. “Where exactly are you now?”

Bruce pondered for a few seconds and could only make up a lie. “Uh, Jordan introduced me to a therapist for

psychotherapy,” he said. “I saw you were still asleep in the morning, so I didn’t tell you.”

“Really?” Joanna said. “Then why did Gael say you went to buy gifts for the children?”

Bruce chuckled and said, “After the psychotherapy session, I’ll go buy gifts for the children. In any case, I’ll definitely

be home before six o’clock.”

Joanna was skeptical. “Is it true?” she said.

“Of course it’s true,” Bruce said. “Jordan said it is very difficult to schedule an appointment with this therapist. He is

only available in Greyport today.

“That’s why I didn’t have time to tell you. You know, I’m not intelligent. Maybe I’ll become smarter after the

psychotherapy

session.”

Joanna was even more skeptical after hearing this.

However, Bruce’s lie sounded so smooth that she had no choice but to believe it. “Alright then,” she said.

“In the future, you need to let me know when you’re going out,” Joanna said. “Don’t go out alone. What if you

encounter bad people?”

“Honey, don’t worry!” Bruce said. “I brought along Darcy and Carson. I’ll be fine.”

“Come home early after you’re done with the psychotherapy session,” Joanna said.

“Mm-hmm,” Bruce said. “I’ll definitely be home before six.” Upon saying that, he pretended that it was his turn in

the queue. He pretended to talk to someone, saying, “Okay, Doc. I’ll be right there.”

“Honey, it’s my turn now,” he said. “I won’t talk to you for now. I need to quickly go in for the therapy.”

“Mm, alright, Joanna said.

“Kiss me,” Bruce said. He then took the lead to give Joanna a kiss over the phone.

Joanna did not overthink it. She also responded with a kiss over the phone.

“I’ll hang up now,” Bruce said.

After hanging up, Joanna looked at the clock. It was only one o’clock in the afternoon. Bruce would not be back until

six.

“Taking advantage of this period of time that he is away by going to the office is the most appropriate thing to do,”

Joanna thought.

This was especially the case as she had to talk to Liam about Bruce’s guardianship. So, she had to go to the office.

However, what she did not know was that the company was currently in the midst of purging the negative elements

in the organization. Wrongdoings were being corrected and order was being restored.

Liam was already in the police station drinking coffee.

“Gael, have you gotten the car ready?” Joanna said.

Gael said, “Madam, you had better not go…”

Joanna said solemnly, “If I don’t go, the company will go bankrupt. No matter what, I have to go to the office to

understand the situation.”

Gael knew that he could not persuade her, so he could only compromise. “Alright then,” he said.

After a while, Joanna hurriedly went upstairs to change her clothes. She asked Miranda and Kelly to accompany her

to the office.

Seeing that Joanna was about to leave, Gael felt somewhat worried. He quickly took out his phone to call Bruce. “I

had better give Mr. Everett a call and let him know that Madam is going to the office,” he said.

Beep, beep, beep.

Gael quickly dialed Bruce’s number and made the call.

Unfortunately, the phone rang for a long time, but no one picked up.

After Bruce hung up on Joanna, he went to the conference room to prepare for the meeting. He did not answer any

calls from anyone.

Gael said, “Jeez, why isn’t Mr. Everett answering the phone?

“Carson and Darcy aren’t answering their phones either. I’m so damn worried!” Gael could not feel at ease, so he

quickly arranged a car, wanting to go to the office to check on things.

An hour later, Joanna walked into the business building of Everett Group with a few servants.

The customer service representatives at the front desk were shocked when they saw Joanna coming over.

“Miss Haynes, why are you here?” they asked.

Joanna did not say anything. She merely smiled at the employees and walked straight to the elevator.

“Gosh, what’s happening today? Mr. Everett is here, and now even Miss Haynes is here.”

The customer service manager could not help but talk critically. “What’s so surprising about that?” she said. “Miss

Haynes has been helping Mr. Everett manage the company all along.

“Now that such a big thing has happened to the company, Miss Haynes will definitely come over personally to take

a look.”

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, Miss Haynes’s belly is so big now,” one of the customer service representatives said. “She’s probably

going to give birth soon, right?”

“Stop gossiping,” the customer service manager said. “Get back to work!”

Ten minutes later, Joanna arrived directly at the floor where the conference room was located.

She did not know that such a huge change had happened in the company.

“Miss Haynes, why are you here?”

A group of bodyguards stood at the entrance of the conference room. Carson even personally guarded the door.

When Joanna saw Carson, she was even more shocked. “Carson, why are you in the office?” she asked.

Carson was at a loss for words. He looked awkward.

“Didn’t you accompany Bruce for the therapy?” Joanna said.

“Uh…” Carson looked away. He did not know how to respond.

Joanna was stunned for half a minute before it finally dawned on her

was actually happening.

“It seems that Bruce didn’t go to some bullshit psychotherapy session at all,”

“In other words, that idiot has been lying to me.”

she thought. “Instead, he came to the office.

When Joanna brought her wandering mind to the present, she was intensely angry. Her brows were tightly

furrowed.

She glanced at the conference room. The blinds outside had all been pulled down. Hence, she reckoned that a

meeting was

probably in progress inside.

“Who are in the meeting?” Joanna said. She tried her best to suppress her anger, but deep down, she still had a

small hope that there might be a reasonable explanation for Bruce’s actions.

She thought, “Maybe…”

She said, “Uh, the company’s shareholders and senior executives are having a meeting inside.

“Open the door. I want to go in.” Her gaze became intense.

She thought, “Bruce must be inside.

“And he must be hiding a lot of things from me.”

“Miss Haynes, you can’t go in,” Carson said.

“Bruce is in there, right?” Joanna said.

Carson was quiet. He did not dare to say a word.

“Mr. Everett must be in there,” he thought. “It’s his order for all the senior executives to have a meeting.”

“Get out of the way!” Joanna said. She immediately walked toward the conference room.

“Miss Haynes, please don’t make things difficult for us.”

“Mr. Everett is having a meeting inside. You can’t go in.”

“I’m going in now,” Joanna said. “I’m telling you to get out of the way. Do you hear me?” Joanna’s gaze turned

intense. Her chest was filled with a surge of rising anger that she could not suppress.

“Miss Haynes, why don’t you wait a moment? I’ll go in and report!”

“Get out of the way!” Joanna said. She could not wait any longer.

“Bruce must be hiding a lot of things from me, she thought.

Although she had suspected that he pretended to be retarded, she had been fooled by his superb acting skills time

and time again.

Seeing that Joanna was really angry, Carson did not dare to forcefully stop her.

After all, Joanna was already eight months pregnant. Even Bruce cherished her greatly. They did not dare to anger

her.