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“No! Anya really loves you. She’s willing to do anything for you…”
Corinne got up to check on the situation outside.
Phoebe was kneeling to Jeremy with tears streaming down her cheeks, begging for Anya’s release.
Corinne narrowed her eyes. ‘Just how stupid can this old woman get? Does she really think Jeremy will help her
after everything she and Anya did to him and me?’
Phoebe’s pleading did nothing to evoke Jeremy’s sympathy. He simply looked down at her with cold hatred. “Miss
Phoebe, Anya has no one to blame but herself for where she ended up today. No one else can help her unless she
repents for what she did.”
Realizing it was useless to beg Jeremy for help, Phoebe sobbed twice and wiped away her tears. “Well, if that’s how
you want to play it, you can just give Joey back to me!”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Give him back to you? Why should I when he’s legally my adopted son?” questioned Jeremy mockingly.
Phoebe stood up and dusted off her clothes. “Mister Jeremy, have you forgotten that you and Anya agreed you’d
only help her adopt the kid but bear no responsibility for taking care of him? In other words, you don’t have Joey’s
custody at all!”
Joey did not quite understand what Phoebe said, but he could sense he was about to be in peril from her attitude.
Thus, fearing he would be handed over to Phoebe again, he clutched Jeremy’s clothes tightly.
Jeremy patted Joey’s back softly to calm him down while saying, “You’re right. Anya and I did talk about Joey’s
custody when she emotionally manipulated me to adopt him. However, you’ve forgotten to consider one thing, and
that’s the law. Since Anya is in jail right now, I naturally become Joey’s main legal guardian which trumps his
grandmother, you.”
Phoebe knew the law was not on her side, but she would be screwed if she let go of her human bargaining chip
without a fight.
“You’re right, but what do you know about raising a kid, Jeremy? Isn’t it better for me to take care of Joey?”
“Well, that’s where I come in. As his wife, I don’t mind helping him raise Joey,” said Corinne as she strolled over
casually to stand beside Jeremy.
“You? Hah! We all know a stepmother is never good to her stepchildren!” said Phoebe after she shook herself out of
her shock.
Corinne smiled. “It’s not like Miss Anya is his real mother either. Plus, it’s obvious Joey doesn’t want to stay with you.
Or are you so blind that you can’t tell at all? If you and Miss Anya were good to him, he wouldn’t have clung to my
husband as though for dear life now, would he?”
Phoebe glared at her and said between gritted teeth, “This matter only concerns Jeremy, so mind your own
business!”
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“If that’s the case, may I speak on her behalf?” chimed Lucas as he hobbled over with his crutches. “Why do you
insist on keeping Joey by your side? Are you even sure you can take care of him well?”
Phoebe looked at Lucas with shock. She then seemingly deflated a bit. “Lucas. You’ve come too?”
Lucas stopped beside Corinne. “Aunt Phoebe, the reason Grandpa sent you here is so you can do some self-
reflection, but from what I can see, you have no intention to change at all. How can you expect us to leave Joey
with you?”
“But… But… Joey is Anya’s kid… My grandson!” stammered Phoebe, who had always been scared of Lucas.
Lucas chuckled coldly. “Anya turned out the way she did because of you. Are you trying to teach Joey the wrong
things too? Do you really think Grandpa would allow you to do so? Even if he did, I’ll stop you!”
“You… You might as well kill me right now! End my misery! First, you let them take away Anya, and now you want to
take away Joey too? What’s the point of me living?!”
Seeing as she could not win in an argument against Lucas and the others, Phoebe decided to threaten them with
her life. In a fit of madness, she dashed toward a pillar not far away with the intention of bashing her head against
it.
The servants started to panic when they saw that. They quickly rushed up to stop her, but…
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