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!"

couldn't argue with her. She was right. So he slapped her again,

to stop him, but when she couldn't, she

unable to stand the sight, shielded Evelyn and hurled insults at Hayden. The more he hit, the harsher her words. "Besides hitting us, what else can you do? If you're so tough, go beat Emily to death. It'd be better for

hadn't schemed against your sister, Michael wouldn't have come after you, and you

thanks to the subpoenas from the Smith

and crying upstairs grew louder, but downstairs, the servants went about their business, chatting and

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

was out all

chaos died down a bit, but the gloom hung over the Brown family. Hayden spent his

As for Sophia...

his daughter, so he locked

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

home at night, Evelyn could only talk to Sophia through the

had nowhere else to go without Hayden. It was better to wait and see, and come

didn't come

have to think of something. The court date is coming up, and the Brown family is on the brink of bankruptcy. We can't go down with your father. I

Sophia felt annoyed listening to

back and, after some thought, came up with a

Evelyn asked, "To whom?"

Sophia replied, "To Scarlett."

must talk to her and ask Scarlett to

her daughter saw Scarlett as

and they had no one

Scarlett didn't care about the Brown

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said, "Sophia, it's hilarious that you