The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan!-Chapter 427: At His Beck and Call

Simon Hawthorne hadn’t reacted yet, when Mrs. Hawthorne suddenly turned to Julian Hawthorne, "I want to see him, I want to see him!"

She wanted to ask herself; she didn’t believe what others said!

These people were all deceiving her!

Mrs. Hawthorne wanted to find trouble, and Julian naturally indulged her. If he didn’t trample her so-called beautiful things into the ground, she would always believe that everyone owed her.

Julian and Paige Sterling took Mrs. Hawthorne to see that young man from society.

He was now being held at the military department; Mrs. Hawthorne didn’t recognize him at first glance.

Almost thirty years had passed, the punk from back then had long turned into a middle-aged man, no longer resembling what Mrs. Hawthorne remembered.

Actually, Mrs. Hawthorne didn’t quite remember what that punk looked like. Over the years, what she seemed to remember were those things repeated day in and day out in front of her by Nanny Sawyer.

But no matter what, he shouldn’t look like this middle-aged man in front of her.

—Bald, with a beer belly, cloudy eyes, and a face full of wrinkles...

When the punk faked his death, he was still young; Mrs. Hawthorne never imagined what he would look like in middle age.

At this moment, the bloody reality really struck her hard; she even felt a bit nauseous, unable to believe that she once loved such a greasy old middle-aged man, and even went through so much to avenge this greasy old man...

She was truly hit hard, increasingly feeling that she had lived like a joke all these years.

She stared at the middle-aged man across from her, biting her teeth, slowly recognizing some familiar features from his face.

"Why? Why did you deceive me?"

So many years had passed, Mrs. Hawthorne still looked very young, while the middle-aged man in front of her seemed from another generation.

The middle-aged man scarcely dared to lift his head, "I’m sorry, I deceived you. If you want to hate me, I have nothing to say."

Back then, he was young and frivolous, fond of fame. Having a prestigious young lady like her willing to follow him, enduring hardships, initially felt very proud.

But as time went by, he realized he could not support this young lady.

Yet, he didn’t want her to leave.

At that time, he didn’t know about Nanny Sawyer’s scheme, he just wanted to make money.

So, he kidnapped the Chambers Family’s young lady.

He wasn’t afraid while kidnapping, but regretted it after the act.

But the deed was done; he could only brave it out.

Until later, injured by Jared Sullivan, Nanny Sawyer and Thomas Thorne quickly arranged for him to fake his death. Upon awakening, he considered going to find Mrs. Hawthorne, but after hearing Nanny Sawyer and Thomas Thorne’s analysis of the pros and cons, he dared not do it, he didn’t want to go to jail, didn’t want his life ruined.

So he went silent, living anonymously for years.

Initially, he still felt some reluctance regarding Mrs. Hawthorne, thinking he owed her.

However, over time, that not-so-deep feeling seemed to fade, eventually he married and had children, his life filled with mundane necessities, and Mrs. Hawthorne seemed like a distant dream, with few memories remaining.

Seeing Mrs. Hawthorne today reawakened the events of the past.

Mrs. Hawthorne opened her mouth, facing the middle-aged man’s words, suddenly unsure of what to say.

The hero she thought she had found in youth was actually no hero at all.

And for such a person, she took revenge against the Sterling Family, resented her son, even caused the death of the man who loved her most, ending in a broken home, son not like a son...

Mrs. Hawthorne fell ill upon returning home, this time truly sick, lying in the hospital for many days.

Simon Hawthorne went to Old Master Hawthorne to inquire about past events that day, finally learning of his mother’s past actions.

No wonder elder brother’s feelings for mother are so indifferent...

Father was killed because of mother, brother endured mother’s abuse for years; though I was too young to remember, my brother knew everything, how could he possibly feel anything towards mother after all that?

Being able not to hate mother, not to seek revenge upon her, is already commendable.

Even now that mother knows she’s wrong, even though years have passed.

But he is not his elder brother; he didn’t endure those hardships, hence he has no right to demand that his brother must forgive mother.

Simon Hawthorne now feels complicated; he didn’t personally experience those events, so knowing about them makes it hard to hate Mrs. Hawthorne, and sometimes even makes him feel his mother is pitiful.

Simon Hawthorne sighed and went to the hospital to see Mrs. Hawthorne.

Upon hearing the door open, the bedridden Mrs. Hawthorne instantly turned her head, seeing it was Simon Hawthorne, her gaze directed immediately behind him.

Upon discovering no one behind Simon Hawthorne, her expression darkened.

Simon Hawthorne noticed but said nothing, asking, "Mom, are you feeling better?"

Mrs. Hawthorne kept her eyebrows lowered, feeling unable to lift her head before her son, even feeling resentment towards Julian for exposing everything, making her seem like a joke now.

However, she also knew clearly that her relationship with Julian must not further deteriorate.

"Your elder brother... what’s he busy with?"

Simon awkwardly replied, "Mom, there’s something at the company, elder brother has been quite busy lately."

"I know, he hates me, he hates me, unwilling to forgive me, doesn’t even want to see me..."

Mrs. Hawthorne covered her face, crying, "It’s my fate, all my fate, someone like me doesn’t deserve to have a son, I shouldn’t live in this world..."

As she spoke, Mrs. Hawthorne suddenly went to hit her head against the wall, scaring Simon Hawthorne.

"Mom! What are you doing?!"

"I’m sorry to Julian, I’m sorry to him, he won’t forgive me, I’d be better off dead..."

Mrs. Hawthorne showed self-harming tendencies, leaving Simon Hawthorne helpless, compelling him to call Julian, asking him to visit Mrs. Hawthorne.

Julian squinted his eyes, a flash of coldness passing through them, before going to the hospital, accompanying Simon Hawthorne to bring Mrs. Hawthorne home.

He remained very indifferent, but Mrs. Hawthorne believed this was a sign of their improving relationship.

Indeed, she is Julian’s mother, as long as she shows a little affection towards Julian, he would be unable to refuse.

Soon, she believed she could control this son, making him obedient to her wishes.

Paige Sterling frowned upon receiving news of Mrs. Hawthorne’s self-harming behavior.

Even after learning the truth, the inherent selfishness of Mrs. Hawthorne hadn’t changed.

The deep rift with Julian can’t be eliminated in just a day or two, could it? If Mrs. Hawthorne truly cared for Julian, she should recover, take it slow, and use maternal love to move Julian.

Yet, Mrs. Hawthorne enacted coercion through threat of death; in this way, if Julian wouldn’t forgive her, refusing mother-child grace, it would mark Julian as unfilial; how would others speak of Julian then?

She wasn’t genuinely seeking Julian’s forgiveness; she just wanted to feel better, using such means to force Julian’s forgiveness to serve her own ends.

Frankly, Paige wasn’t keen on seeing Mrs. Hawthorne anymore, so she no longer intervened in the matter.

With Mrs. Hawthorne making a fuss, Julian might soon take action.

This man, when enraged, truly goes mad. Mrs. Hawthorne’s behavior is completely draining his tolerance.

Thus, Paige directly went to the laboratory, staying there for two days.

Solar energy is already widely applied, but development remains insufficient, especially here in Veridia, where solar power has not been economically maximized.

The laboratory has now developed solar cell technology for phones, partnering with the Hawthorne Group’s mobile phones, causing a market sensation, propelling Hawthorne Group’s phone sales to become first worldwide.