Trading My Ex for His Uncle by Hello Spring

Chapter 1292

After the maid left, Warren dialed Emerald's number. "I heard Edward woke up. Is that true?"

Emerald, on her way back to the estate, furrowed her brow. "Yes."

"So, what's your plan now? Once Edward recovers, he'll want you to return control of the Nixons to him," Warren asked.

A flash of frustration crossed Emerald's face. "We'll see. I have things to take care of, so I'll talk to you later."

She hung up and set her phone down, still unsettled.

The land issue remained unresolved, and now Edward had woken up. The people who were already unhappy with her because of the land might side with Edward. She needed to come up with a solution, or things could spiral out of control quickly.

She had finally secured her position. Even if Edward recovered, she wasn't going to give it up without a fight.

As she thought it over, George's call came through. "Ms. Kinsey, we've captured Darcy. Should we bring him to the estate now?"

A cold glint crossed Emerald's eyes. "Yes."

the estate, the first thing Emerald did was visit Brian. As she approached his bedroom door, she heard him shouting angrily from within. "I've told you

dishes crashing and clattering echoed from

find a mess on the floor, a maid trembling in the

and he

he laid eyes on her, he was reminded of the leg he had lost, and it made him feel like a shadow of the person he

blame Emerald for what happened, but if it weren't for her making so many enemies, he wouldn't have ended up like

from resenting Emerald, he couldn't bring himself

Emerald turned to the maid and ordered,

The

scene as he had before, the maid quickly gathered the scattered

about to pull the curtains open, but Brian stopped her "Don't open

yanked the curtains wide open and pushed the

out a sarcastic laugh. "You trying to freeze me

turned to look at him. Seeing her once-proud son now

felt a sharp pang in

you came back,