The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan!-Chapter 426: What Is the Truth

Some people even directly advised her, saying that Paige Sterling is such a good daughter-in-law, if she could get along well with Paige, her son would respect her more.

In short, everyone believes that as a mother-in-law, she is just bored and intentionally looking for trouble with Paige, even going so far as to smear Paige.

How can Mrs. Hawthorne not be angry? Clearly, Paige is so vicious, why can’t those people see it? Instead, they speak on Paige’s behalf, telling her to be kind and generous to Paige.

It’s simply ridiculous. She has been constantly harmed by Paige, isn’t she?

Jared Sullivan killed her beloved, and now Paige comes to confuse her son. She is inherently at odds with the Sterling Family!

And while she’s angry, Paige dared to come back.

She angrily looked at Paige, "You have the nerve to come back?"

Julian Hawthorne looked at Mrs. Hawthorne, "This is The Hawthorne Family, she is the acknowledged daughter-in-law of The Hawthorne Family."

"Acknowledged daughter-in-law? Ha, has there been a formal marriage? The wedding hasn’t even been held, where does a daughter-in-law come from?"

Julian’s expression turned stiff. At the time, they got married low-key, not expecting it to become a handle for Mrs. Hawthorne to attack Paige.

He said coldly, "The wedding I want to offer her is so grand that it needs time to prepare, it won’t disappoint you."

"You..."

Mrs. Hawthorne stared fiercely at Julian.

Although she was unwilling when she married into The Hawthorne Family back then, she had to say that the occasion was grand, and to this day many still envy her.

But now Julian says the reason for not holding the wedding is because it’s not ready yet.

He’s the head of The Hawthorne Family, with just an order, a wedding could be held the next day. Why say it’s not ready? Isn’t it because he wants to prepare it more elaborately?

A wedding with so much time spent preparing, its grandeur speaks for itself.

Why should her son put so much thought into marrying the Sterling family’s daughter? What makes the Sterling Family deserving?

"If you dare do this, I’ll die right in front of you!"

Simon Hawthorne saw the atmosphere between Julian and Mrs. Hawthorne tense again, quickly said, "Mom! Please don’t be like this..."

Then turned to Julian, "Big brother, mom just gets easily upset, she’s getting older, don’t argue with her..."

He truly finds it difficult...

At this moment, Julian had thoughts of rebellion, wishing Mrs. Hawthorne hadn’t returned to The Hawthorne Family, so the atmosphere at home wouldn’t be so tense.

Clearly, everyone got along well before. Why can’t his mom just let everyone live peacefully?

Simon is weary, already so afraid he doesn’t want to marry.

"He just married and forgot his mother! Indulging this woman to bully his own mother, he doesn’t regard me as his real mom at all!"

Paige said, "Auntie, you’re overthinking. Julian always has you in his heart as his mother."

Overthinking again!

Every time, whatever she does, Paige’s light words of overthinking, that tolerant and calm attitude, make her seem like a lunatic stirring up trouble.

"It’s you who have meddled and made our mother-son relationship this way! Why does this woman love to manipulate things so much?"

Julian, "Now you’re shifting the blame onto others? Was it Beau who pushed you to marry my father? Was it Beau who pushed you to mistreat your son? Was it Beau who compelled you to kill your husband?"

Julian’s words, each delivered in an unfluctuating tone, yet felt like knives stabbing Mrs. Hawthorne, bringing up everything she avoided thinking about.

Mrs. Hawthorne’s face turned pale, "You, you, you..."

"The lack of affection between us is because you failed in your duties as a mother, because you killed my father. I don’t warm to you, it’s because I’ve never regarded you as a mother, what’s it got to do with Beau? You refuse to admit your mistakes and incompetence, and dare not face your son who no longer cares about you, so you naturally push everything onto Beau? Does Beau owe you? What right do you have to boss her around?"

Julian rarely says so much at once, but each word left Mrs. Hawthorne’s face pale.

"I am your mother, a child is not to speak of a mother’s faults..."

"Oh? So this is how you see it, that despite doing wrong, as your son, I have no right to mind it, so I should continue to be respectful and filial without any resentment, and if not, it’s all Beau’s instigation, right?"

Mrs. Hawthorne met Julian’s icy gaze and sank onto the sofa.

"I won’t discuss this with you...", she suddenly reacted, "Yes, I won’t discuss this, I want to talk about Nanny Sawyer, she did nothing wrong, why did you capture her?"

Dora Upton couldn’t help but quietly remind Mrs. Hawthorne, "Aunt, Nanny Sawyer was arrested because she committed an offense..."

Mrs. Hawthorne raised her voice, "No matter the severity, Nanny Sawyer was just trying to vent for me."

Her gaze fell on Paige, but her confidence faded, "It’s not like she poisoned you, you’re fine, why be so meticulous?"

Paige nodded, "I understand, Auntie thinks that way, since Auntie is always angered by me and yet hasn’t died, why are you always so meticulous with me?"

Mrs. Hawthorne, "..."

She felt herself losing in words to Paige, angrily glaring at her.

Julian no longer wanted to speak to Mrs. Hawthorne. She now needed some blows from her biological son to face this harsh world.

So, Julian expressionlessly tossed his phone on the table, "Ms. Upton, have a look at this video."

Not even calling her mom, straight to Ms. Upton.

Mrs. Hawthorne didn’t notice, she looked down at the phone.

On the phone was a video, now playing.

This video was edited, the first part was filmed by Julian, a scene of Paige questioning Nanny Sawyer, the second part was Nanny Sawyer confessing and explaining everything to the authorities...

These two videos revealed several things to Mrs. Hawthorne—

The pure love she believed in was calculated.

The Nanny Sawyer she treated like her own daughter, was from start to finish manipulating her, even drugging her to the point of mental collapse.

The lover she thought dead was actually alive, having his own family while she sought revenge.

All those years she thought she was avenging, was simply a laughable farce.

Mrs. Hawthorne found it hard to accept, "No, impossible! This can’t be, he wouldn’t treat me like that... he wouldn’t..."

"This is the result of the authorities’ investigation, he not only faked his death, but also has a wife and children, living what seems a happy life."

Julian seemed intent on tearing open Mrs. Hawthorne’s scabbed wounds, exposing the bloodied injuries beneath.

The authorities have now captured the young socialite, but unfortunately, he had no access to the core secrets of the lab, usually just helped transport essentials.

Because of Nanny Sawyer and the young socialite’s capture, the lab has become wary. When the authorities located one research base and rushed there, everyone was already gone and the base bombed, no useful information obtained, even injuring several officers.

A reality-stricken Mrs. Hawthorne threw Julian’s phone aside, clutching her head and screaming.

"Mom, don’t be like this...", Simon was bewildered, not knowing what happened, feeling like a fool.

The revelations from Julian were things he never knew.

Mother mistreating Julian, mother having killed father...