The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan!-Chapter 429: Sowing Discord

Early the next morning, Julian Hawthorne still went to the company, and only Simon Hawthorne and Dora Upton stayed home with Mrs. Hawthorne.

Even Old Master Hawthorne didn’t like staying at home now. He would go out for a whole day, and once he returned, he would lock himself in his room, rarely coming out.

Because of his two grandsons, he didn’t do anything to Mrs. Hawthorne. He even pretended on the surface to get along harmoniously with her, but the hatred he held in his heart was not any less.

After all, their only son was harmed by Mrs. Hawthorne.

The whole atmosphere of the house became oppressive because of Mrs. Hawthorne, yet she was utterly oblivious.

She now felt that all the hatred and love she had stubbornly held onto before had become a joke.

However, she didn’t restrain her temperament because of this; rather, because her past insistence had become a joke, she now desperately wanted to grasp onto something, even if those things were long lost due to her neglect, she wanted to regain control over them.

Like her son Julian...

Even though staying with him at The Hawthorne Family for these days made her a bit afraid of her son, isn’t there still Paige?

Unable to control her son, she would continue to control Paige.

After all, she was Paige’s mother-in-law and was of a higher seniority, she couldn’t believe that she as a mother-in-law couldn’t outdo Paige.

Just as she was thinking this, she saw Paige standing at the door.

Mrs. Hawthorne’s face immediately sank, especially when she saw Simon and Dora being so happy to see Paige, her face looked even worse.

Even though she knew the truth, it was impossible for her to like Paige.

—No one would like a daughter-in-law who knows all the past and all of one’s ugly secrets.

Moreover, this daughter-in-law has the capability to firmly hold her son’s heart, making her look like a lonely, unloved person.

"What are you back for? Do you think you haven’t angered me to death yet?"

Upon meeting, it was like a pandemonium, both Simon and Dora had a headache.

Paige merely smiled without confronting Mrs. Hawthorne, "I came to see Julian, there are some things I want to talk to him about."

Paige’s attitude could be considered polite.

If Mrs. Hawthorne were a sensible mother-in-law, she surely wouldn’t continue to be confrontational.

But Mrs. Hawthorne wasn’t, so she coldly sneered and taunted, "You’ve really tied your eyes to my son’s waistband, haven’t you? Just a few days of not going back, and you come looking for him? What? Can’t a mother let her own son return home to be filial?"

Paige didn’t want to argue with Mrs. Hawthorne. Seeing that she had been talking with Mrs. Hawthorne for such a long time and Julian hadn’t come out, he probably went to the company.

Since that’s the case, there was no reason for her to stay.

She said, "Of course, you can. Then I’ll be leaving now."

After saying that, Paige turned around to leave, deciding to go to the company to find Julian instead.

"What kind of attitude is that?" Mrs. Hawthorne suddenly stood up, "Is that how a daughter-in-law should treat her mother-in-law? Don’t forget, no matter how capable you are, you are a woman married into The Hawthorne Family. As a wife, you should fulfill your duties, be filial to me as your mother-in-law, instead of clinging to my son all day, causing him trouble, and giving me attitude! Do you believe that I can make my son divorce you immediately!"

Normally, Paige wouldn’t argue with Mrs. Hawthorne.

But now she was in a bad mood, and Mrs. Hawthorne’s nagging was bothering her, "Speaking of causing trouble, how can I compare with you, Ms. Upton?"

Mrs. Hawthorne glared angrily, "What did you say?"

Those issues were Mrs. Hawthorne’s sore points, and now Paige brought them up again. As she raised her arm to hit Paige.

Paige instinctively wanted to dodge, but at that moment, her stomach suddenly ached, limiting her movements. On top of being pregnant, she had removed her protective outfit, so when Mrs. Hawthorne’s slap landed, it hit her face solidly, knocking her to the ground.

Dora and Simon were stunned, they knew of Paige’s abilities, so they didn’t step in to help, fearing Mrs. Hawthorne would get even angrier.

But they never expected that Mrs. Hawthorne would actually hit Paige.

Mrs. Hawthorne was also stunned, usually, Paige would never be someone she could hit, so she didn’t expect to actually hit her when she raised her hand.

But now, she had hit Paige; since when had Paige become so fragile?

While Mrs. Hawthorne was still in a daze, Jared Sullivan’s angry roar came from the door.

"You crazy woman, how dare you hit my daughter, ah ah ah ah..."

From childhood until now, let alone hitting, Jared Sullivan couldn’t bear to even scold Paige.

But now, his daughter had been slapped by someone else.

Seeing this, Jared was furious, quickly losing all rationality, rushing up and started hitting Mrs. Hawthorne, not caring if she was a woman.

Simon hurried to pull Jared away.

Julian, who came in with Jared, quickly stepped forward to check Paige’s condition.

Paige’s face looked very pale, and his expression was somewhat panicked.

"Beau, are you alright?"

Paige’s face was also very pale, "My stomach hurts."

Julian looked at Paige’s stomach, quickly discovering blood beneath her, the blood growing more and more, Julian’s eyes almost turned blood red,

so much blood, far beyond the amount during a period.

Julian’s face turned pale, panic-stricken, he lifted Paige and rushed out.

Jared also realized, leaving Mrs. Hawthorne and turning to chase after them.

Even Dora followed them out.

Simon wanted to chase after them too, but saw his mother still lying on the ground wailing, rushing to pull Mrs. Hawthorne up, "Mom, are you alright?" 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Jared didn’t hold back at all, Mrs. Hawthorne’s face was swollen and bruised, hardly recognizable.

The original intention of Jared’s visit today was to reconcile with Mrs. Hawthorne. Since his daughter married Julian, Paige would have to interact with Mrs. Hawthorne, and he felt that his lowering his head for a better mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship was worth it.

Knowing that Julian and Mrs. Hawthorne didn’t get along, he even brought Julian along to mediate.

But upon arrival, he witnessed this scene; in the end, old grudges remained unresolved and new hates were added, likely making it a never-ending enmity in this lifetime.

Simon was terribly headache-ridden, "Mom, why did you hit sister-in-law just now?"

Mrs. Hawthorne was already enraged, and seeing Simon still questioning her, her face looked even worse.

"I hit her? Is she someone I could hit? I think she knew your brother would return today, setting things up for me to hit her, playing the victim for you guys to see! This scheming woman, she’s just trying to drive a wedge between me and Julian!"

Simon bluntly said, "Mom, what kind of mother-son relationship do you and brother have that’s worth driving a wedge into?"