After marrying my boss (Anna)
Chapter 438

Chapter 438

Does he think that I am still that weak and helpless woman? Does he think I am still that stupid? Whatmakes him think that he can coax me so easily? If that's what he thinks, I can only say that hedeserves to be a laughing stock.

“I'm afraid I can't do that, Mr. Shaw. I came back here to obtain Amaury's custody, and I won't hesitateto do anything to take him back. Amaury is my child. He's my flesh and blood. The Shaw family has noright to keep him!” I said firmly.

I went through ten months of difficult pregnancy and pain to bring Amaury to this world. There is no waythat the Shaw family can take him away from me and stop me from seeing him. They have no right todo that to me! If it wasn't for the Shaw family, Amaury would have already been living with me. Wewould have been happy and content. They were the ones that cruelly tore me away from him and mademe lose a year with him. No one could swallow such indignity. Not even a saint.

Lincoln seemed shocked to hear me declaring my intention bluntly. However, he soon recovered, andhis eyes gleamed with devious intentions.

“You said you came back to fight for Amaury's custody. What makes you think that I would agree tothis?” he uttered.

“I don't care whether you agree with it or not. No matter what I have to do, I will get Amaury back. Noone can stop me,” I replied.

Although Lincoln tried to intimidate me with his tone, I was not afraid at all. The more he threatenedme, the more I desired to make him worry. It made me want to snatch back Amaury from him evensooner.

“Anna, don't go too far. I asked to meet with you today to have a chat with you. How dare you plan towrench Amaury's custody from the Shaw family? What makes you think you can go against us?”Lincoln glared at me. His tone was filled with fury. At the moment, he looked just like when he forcedme to leave a year ago.

“The one that has gone too far is the Shaw family. I am no longer the Anna you knew. Your threat nolonger scares me. I have the power to get Amaury back. Don't forget, I now have a large companybacking me!” I replied.

The Shaw family's confidence and arrogance came from their prominent status. In the past, I was just agirl from the countryside and did not have a way to fend for myself. Thus, I had no choice but to letthem manipulate me.

However, things had changed. I was no longer the same person, and I would never allow anyone tobully me again. Instead, I would make them experience the pain they inflicted on me.

Lincoln was not stupid. He knew I had changed. Apart from that, he understood that I dared to speak tohim in such a confident manner because I had powerful support.

He glared at me furiously. After a long while, he finally took a deep breath to suppress his fury.

“Anna, we were once a family. Do you have to come back and cause chaos? You have gained so muchin a year. I'm sure you can replace a better man to marry and have more children. Besides, Amaury hasalso grown used to living in the Shaw residence,” Lincoln said in a calm tone as if he was trying to talksome sense into me.

However, I would not listen to anything he said. He said that I gained a lot in one year. In actuality, I hadlost so much more than I had gained.

I lost the man I love and my child. I suffered every day from separation from Amaury.

I met Lincoln's gaze calmly and said in a chilling tone, “Apart from my child, I don't want anything else!”

Lincoln scoffed when he saw that his gentle coaxing did not work on me. With his expression darkeningfrom fury, he glared at me and spat in a threatening tone, “Why are you so determined to fight theShaw family? Do you think you can get your child from us with your current ability? Aren't youunderestimating us a bit too much?”

Facing his wrath, I did not show any fear. After all, I had experienced Lincoln's heartless actionsagainst me before. As such, I had nothing more to fear. It was he who should quiver with fear.

I smirked and looked at Lincoln confidently. “You can wait and see for yourself whether I have the abilityto oppose the Shaw family or not. Our companies are rivals. I am confident that my company couldtake over the Shaw family's asset one day!”

In truth, I did not have any confidence that I could do that. However, I could not give away any fear orhesitation before my enemy. Any doubts would only provide a hint to the enemy of one's weakness.

That was something I had learned over the course of this one year, and it had helped me both at workand in daily life.

Lincoln glared at me coldly. It seemed he was trying to determine the truthfulness of my statement.

“You were once Michael's wife. How could you bring yourself to go against him now?” Lincoln said witha stern expression. His tone was even colder than before.

“It's all thanks to the Shaw family that I turned heartless. All of you had treated me with cruelty andpushed me to this. Why should I care that we were once a family? I shall repay you for your cruelty inmultifold!” I retorted.

In the past, Lincoln was my most respected elder. Now, I spoke to him as if he was my enemy.

When I first came to the Shaw family, Lincoln was like a father to me. I thought that he would alwaystreat me with fatherly kindness. However, it turned out that Lincoln only saw me as an outsider. Hedeveloped a hatred for me after what happened to Josephine.

“You!” Lincoln slammed his hand on the table and glared at me furiously. However, he did not sayanything else.

“Mr. Shaw, I have told you all you wish to know. I have to deal with many matters, so I shall take myleave now,” I said coldly and stood up. Then, I turned to leave without giving him a chance to sayanything.

After walking out of the restaurant, I felt much better than when I walked in. Although I said many harshwords, it felt like I had avenged myself.

Before this, I would never have thought that I was a vengeful person.

I drove my car and returned to my apartment. After a shower, I lay on the bed and fell asleep. It would

be Monday the next day, and I had to continue poaching clients from Michael's company.

I knew it would be a tremendously challenging task, but I had to do it. If I wanted to be more powerful, Ineeded to make more effort.

At midnight, I woke up and could not fall asleep again. With nothing better to do, I turned on my laptopand examined the client list to pick my next target.

I had no idea how Nicholas did it, but he managed to obtain lists of clients in Michael's company. Theselists were complete and even stated all the details of their collaboration.