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Chapter 1258
"Because you didn't try hard enough," Mrs. Shelby grabbed Ivy by her chin, stared into her eyes
furiously, and seethed, "all you do is apologize and claim that you’ve given your best, but have
you really? I've gone through hoops and secured an opportunity for you to have Joe's child, I
forced him to go visit your parent's graveyard with you, and even got the musical show tickets
for you. And what did you do? You handed over those opportunities on a silver plate and gave it
to Meredith Leighton."
Shaking her head, Ivy explained, "No! I didn’t do it on purpose, Mrs. Shelby. Joe...he..."
"Don't you dare to put all the blame on Joe!" Mrs. Shelby put her off again and went on, "If I
were you, I'd have found a chance and gotten rid of Meredith. By then, Joe would have no choice
but to marry you, wouldn't it?"
Ivy was stunned.
She did not expect to hear those words from Mrs. Shelby.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Mrs. Shelby, you...what do you mean by that?" Ivy stammered in fear.
Mrs. Shelby pulled at the corners of her lips and scoffed, "Ivy Landers, you grew up in a wealthy
and influential family, after all, didn’t you? You should have experienced those power struggles,
haven't you? Don’t tell me you don’t know what I'm talking about, hmm?" If It
"Do you really think that your parents were killed in that accident? Do you really think that it was that simple? Have
you seen those people who are taking charge of the Landers Group? Isn't it obvious to you what exactly had
happened to your parents?"
"No...” Ivy shook her head as tears ran down her cheeks. * It’s not like that! My parent's death was an accident, it
was an accident!"
"It's up to you if you want to keep telling yourself that. After all, it's none of my business." Mrs. Shelby drank the
soup and sighed softly, "I just feel sad for my best friend for having a useless husband who failed to protect the
family, and for having a useless daughter who can't do anything right.”
"Mrs. Shelby, please stop. I don't want to hear them anymore," Ivy covered her ears with her hands tightly, shook
her head, and went on, "I don't want to hear them, I don't want to hear them..."
"If running away makes you feel better, then keep running away," Mrs.Shelby scoffed, "I have plans of making you
one of the Shelbys and with your status as Josiah’s wife, it would be a piece of cake to get rid of your stepmother
and to take back your company. But since you don't have this ambition, let's forget it then."
Mrs. Shelby finished the soup and passed her the empty bowl. "Leave now. I want to get some rest."
Ivy took the bowl in her hands but she did not leave. Instead, she stood there looking at Mr. Shelby with tears in her
eyes.
Mrs. Shelby took a napkin, cleaned her mouth, and took a glance at Ivy. "Why are you looking at me like that?
Haven't I helped my best friend, your mother, enough? If it wasn't because I've such a lousy teammate. I'd have
gotten the Landers Group back."
Ivy slowly composed herself.
Wiping away the tears on her face, she looked at Mrs. Shelby and said, "Mrs. Shelby, the dead are already dead.
Even if I get back the Landers Group, it won't bring my parents back alive. SO...I just want to live in the present and
take good care of my child. If you really care about my mother as her friend, please, would you just let me free..."
Fuming, Mrs. Shelby slapped Ivy on her face again. "You useless piece of rag! If I were your mother, I’d have killed
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmyou myself!"
This time, Ivy did not feel any pain at all. Because the pain that she was feeling in her heart was too strong.
Grabbing onto Mrs. Shelby's blouse, she pleaded again, " Mrs. Shelby, tell me where my child is, please tell me
where she is.”
"I will. Only when you get married to Josiah." Mrs. Shelby pushed her away, got up onto her feet,
and said, " Get out. I want to rest."
"Mrs. Shelby...’’
"Stop calling me that," Mrs. Shelby cut her off coldy.
Biting down on her lips, Ivy bit the bullet and pleaded again, "Mrs. Shelby, please just tell me
how she is doing, my child...is she really not being treated?"
"Do you really think that I'd leave the little b*stard of yours in a hospital so that you could find
her?"
Mrs. Shelby then walked out of the door.
Feeling devastated, Ivy fell onto the floor and closed her eyes.
Night came and Meredith went to check on the kids in their room to find that Ivy was also in the
room.
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