Still Loving You Nonetheless

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.

"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

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

* It’s not like that! My parent's death

Mrs. Shelby drank the soup and sighed softly, "I just feel

don't want to hear them anymore," Ivy covered her ears with her hands tightly, shook her head, and went

status as Josiah’s wife, it would be a piece of cake to get rid of your stepmother

Shelby finished the soup and passed her the empty bowl. "Leave

bowl in her hands but she did not leave. Instead, she stood there looking at Mr. Shelby with

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?

Ivy slowly composed herself.

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

again. "You useless piece of rag! If I were your mother, I’d have

Because the pain that she

pleaded again, " Mrs. Shelby, tell me where