The CEO's Empathy Pregnancy Pains

Chapter 244 Washing Hands of Any Responsibility

"Another subpoena? Hayden, how many people have we pissed off now?"

Evelyn was fuming as she snatched the latest subpoena from the delivery guy, giving him an earful before slamming the door. She turned to Hayden, venting her frustration. Hayden, caught off guard by this streak of bad luck, had no clue who was gunning for them this time.

He cursed under his breath, ripped open the envelope, and shredded the contents in a

fit of rage.

But then he saw the plaintiff's name. Hayden froze, his jaw dropping. "Emily? Seriously? She's really pushing it to the extreme!"

Fear crept in, overshadowing his anger. Emily was out to air the Brown family's dirty laundry, aiming to kick him out of Brown Corporation and tarnish their name in Emerald City.

To Hayden, it felt like a public slap in the face.

Staring at the subpoena, he realized Emily meant business.

Evelyn was just as terrified. Her pipe dream had crumbled. Not only did her daughter miss out on marrying Michael, the richest guy in Emerald City, but now they were being sued by Emily.

Stealing from others always came back to bite you.

That day had finally arrived.

With no one else to blame, Evelyn could only cry and curse her luck.

Hayden, seething with rage and nowhere to vent, stormed upstairs. He grabbed the despondent Sophia from the bed and slapped her hard across the face, leaving a red mark.

But this time, Sophia didn't fight back. She just laughed bitterly and yelled at Hayden. "Go on, hit me! Kill me if you want! At least I won't have to face court and humiliation with you! Stealing from your ex-wife, how could you? You can't even shut your daughter's mouth, and now you've dragged me and Mom into this mess!"

right. So he slapped her again, harder,

him, but when she

"Besides hitting us, what else can you do? If you're so tough, go

to smash her head against the bedpost. He pointed at her, shouting, "How dare you, Sophia! If you hadn't schemed against your sister, Michael wouldn't have come after you, and you wouldn't be in

was in complete chaos, thanks to the subpoenas from the Smith

upstairs grew louder, but downstairs, the servants went about their business, chatting and laughing, completely unfazed by the family's

felt like two different worlds, perfectly showing that people's joys

Hayden was out all

a ways off, the chaos died down a bit, but the gloom hung over the

As for Sophia...

daughter, so he locked her

key, even Evelyn couldn't see her. She could only bring

Evelyn

else to go without Hayden. It was better to

didn't come

door. "Sophia, you have to think of something. The court date is coming up, and the Brown

and Sophia felt

came up with

Evelyn asked, "To whom?"

Sophia replied, "To Scarlett."

"Yes... to Scarlett. My good daughter, you must talk to her

daughter saw Scarlett as

she held a high position, and they

know, Scarlett didn't care

The next chapter is just a

"Sophia, it's hilarious that you would call