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Chapter 556
To Catelyn, Maia had always been a manipulative woman.
Catelyn slowly straightened herself as she looked at the old man and smiled. "Yes. It's hard for a
single mother to raise children, so please bear with me."
The old man was irritated by her emotionless reply as his face sank.
"You know how these two children were conceived. The Mason family didn't know the baby's
existence before, but now we do. You're no longer qualified to raise them!"
Still, Catelyn was not infuriated by his scornful speech.
"You can't just use blood ties as an excuse to take them away from me. I can go to any law firm
for notarization if you don't believe me. No matter what happens in the future, I won't take the
assets of the Mason family."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"But Mai is pregnant! who knows if you won't encourage your son to snatch the wealth that
belongs to Mai's child? I won't allow my great-grandson, the descendant of the Mason family, to
become a puppet at your disposal!"
Draco's voice intensified darkly over time.
From Catelyn's point of view, Draco and Cedrick were much alike in their demeanor, she found it grueling to get
along with them.
She did not answer right away but looked at Maia's flat belly.
If what Cedrick had said that night was real, that he never touched Maia, no one could be certain that the infant in
Maia's belly was the Mason family's future heir.
Noticing that Catelyn's eyes were falling on her belly, Maia smiled warmly and generously without even the slightest
guilt in her heart. "Cat, don't worry. I'm an aunt of the two children after all. I'll love them as much as my children in
the future."
Maia took out a check with numbers written on it from her purse while she spoke.
"This is just a small gift from me. You've worked hard to give the children a healthy growing environment. If you feel
this isn't enough, shout a number and you'll have it. Take it as compensation for the children."
'A compensation for my children?' Catelyn found that sarcastically hilarious.
She slowly reached for the check and looked at it calmly.
Maia was overjoyed when she saw her accepting the check. 'You have no choice when the old man is here!
Everything will soon be fine after I deal with Cedrick! ' she cheered internally.
Eason was shocked when he saw the scene. 'Catelyn wants to take the money and leave like that? If Master Cedrick
woke up and heard about her decision, would he get angry again and capture her?'
However...
Rip!
Catelyn slowly tore the billion-dollar check to shreds and threw them into the trash can unblinkingly. "Do you think
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmthis is some sort of trade? Do you think I'd sell my sons as items?"
"You — " Maia then bit her lower lip in an attempt to appear feeble in front of Draco. "Grandpa,
it seems that Catelyn isn't satisfied with the money you offer. I'm afraid she'd go pestering
Ceddy..."
Draco patted Maia's hand to appease her, then turned to stare at Catelyn coldly. "You should be
grateful that Mai is patient enough to negotiate with you, but I'm not. You'll get nothing in return
eventually if you insist on fighting for custody. I won't allow Cedrick to marry a woman like you! "
They both left afterward.
Maia was still sweet-talking to Draco along the way. " Oh, don't be bothered by that, Grandpa. I'll
need your help when my child is born..."
Draco sank his eyes and looked at Maia.
Although he had already heard about Maia betraying Cedrick, he did not want to refute her
because of Cedrick's baby in her tummy.
Nothing was more important to him until she gave birth to the baby.
Compared with Catelyn, he would prefer Maia to be his granddaughter-in-law as she always
spoke to him kindly and understanding^.
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