My Extraordinary Wife

Chapter 38

You sure were heartless when you hit me so hard that I couldn’t show my bruised face for a week! I don’t recall you missing me when you beat me up even though it was Penelope who was in the wrong, and you made me kneel outside the house on a winter night! You have no right to talk to me like that!

“Dad, state your business,” Ashlyn scoffed. She had no time to play nice with Horace.

Horace glanced at Susan for help but she simply averted her gaze.

Horace was livid. Hey, we’ve been through this before! Why are you keeping quiet now? Do I really have to say it myself?

He then stared at Mary.

Mary felt indignant but she had no choice but to come into the picture. I’ll make sure this hag doesn’t get away with this later!

and commented, “If that’s all, I’ll be taking my leave then. Grandma’s

with some trouble lately. In the renovation trade, we need to give our workers a portion of their pay before starting work. However, the client will often try to stall for

the

spent a lot of time and effort getting this job. However, due to sheer misfortune, one of the workers met with an accident during work and fell from the ladder. Now, the Haddock Group wants to stop working with us and wants us to pay them double the amount as a penalty. The worker’s family members aren’t understanding either and keep causing trouble for us

then requested, “Ashlyn, I know you’re a doctor and a rather famous one at that. I heard that Arthur Haddock has contracted a rather severe disease. Would you mind taking a look at him? If you manage to treat him, perhaps

what he needed. However, given his personality, it was unlikely that

not mentioned the

that things were not as simple as they seemed and queried, “How’s

now! He’s done nothing but cause losses for the company. I’ve already compensated a

raised her eyebrow in a mocking manner. If he’s really in the ICU, the hundred thousand won’t