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."

door, she heard him shouting angrily from within. "I've told you a hundred times! I don't want to eat!

crashing and clattering echoed from

find a mess on the floor, a maid trembling in the corner, and Brian seething

saw her, his expression soured, and

wanted to see was Emerald. Every time 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 used to

knew he couldn't blame Emerald for what happened, but if it weren't for

aside from resenting Emerald, he couldn't bring himself to blame anyone

Emerald turned to the maid and ordered, "Clean up

The

had before, the maid quickly gathered the scattered food and broken dishes and took

moved to the window. She was about to pull the curtains open, but Brian stopped her "Don't open it! I hate the

wide open and pushed the window

let out a sarcastic laugh. "You

Seeing her once-proud son now a

a sharp pang in her

expression neutral and said, "Since you came back, the curtains and windows have never