Perfect Mysterious Husband (Maddox and Kimberly)
Chapter 329

"For example on their birthdays, Erica would receive new clothes, but Kimberly would not. You completely treated her like an outsider. In addition, you even asked her to work and told her to take care of Erica. You would always tell Kimberly that because she was the older sister, she had to take care of her younger sister. Am I right?"

When Juliette said this, she recalled the time when she investigated this matter and a hint of disgust inevitably appeared in her eyes. "Even after Kimberly had gotten a divorce, you still forced the dissatisfaction your youngest daughter felt about her marriage onto her. She was asked to replace your youngest daughter in the marriage and endure the unfair treatment. Mrs. Shell, I've never met a human so cruel that she would do such a thing."

Even Mrs. Shell felt that she was guilty of doing such a thing. However, on second thought, she felt that what she had done was justifiable.

"How am I being cruel? You are aware that Kimberly is not my biological daughter. Any human would treat their biological daughter well. However, she is not of my blood. So why should I treat her well? I don't owe her anything! Moreover, the Shell family has brought her up long enough. I have also given her the education she needed. What have I done wrong?"

"Mrs. Shell, I'm afraid that you're not aware of your own ill intentions, right? If Kimberly had a choice, do you think she would have chosen you as her mother? It was you and your husband who wanted to adopt her because you couldn't have a child of your own. Yet, you let this child suffer injustice once you've had your own child. Whenever you treated Kimberly unfairly, did you ever think about how much joy and happiness she has brought to you in the beginning?" Juliette bellowed.

Mrs. Shell was speechless.

She suddenly recalled that before she was pregnant, the two of them were very happy when they adopted Kimberly. They felt that she was a very cute baby and that she would grow up into a pretty lady. At that time, they even discussed that they must replace Kimberly a good husband when she had grown up.

However, after Mrs. Shell had her own child, those thoughts slowly began to change. She even began to hate Kimberly. She felt that this child was a burden, and it would be a waste of money to spend it on her. Therefore, she never bought new clothes for Kimberly. Moreover, even when Erica bullied Kimberly, she would turn a blind eye and even felt happy about it.

When Kimberly was abducted by the traffickers, Mrs. Shell even thought that it was a great thing.

Kimberly was a child whom she brought back from the welfare home after all. Hence, she was originally an abandoned child. It didn't matter to Mrs. Shell when the traffickers had abducted her. Besides, she even felt overjoyed when she thought that she would no longer need to raise her if the traffickers sent her to other families.

These thoughts were growing crazily, but later, the police called and said that Kimberly had been found. They even asked her to go to the police station to take her home.

She hesitated for a long time before she took Kimberly back. Since then, she had hated Kimberly more and even wondered why she didn't die at the hands of those human traffickers.

In short... everything that happened was hard to explain.

"So, what is your purpose in coming here today?" Mrs. Shell asked.

"You've admitted that the child was adopted from the orphanage and that she is not your own daughter, right?"

At this point, she could only admit it. Hence, Mrs. Shell nodded.

"Yes. You have already investigated it thoroughly, thus I have nothing to deny. Who are you? What is your purpose in doing this?"

Juliette glanced at Quill who nodded. Juliette then asked, "Where is the peace pendant?"

Mrs. Shell looked at them and then said grumpily, "Why on earth do you want it for?"

"Mrs. Shell, this matter is very clear now. Are you sure you don't know why?"

"You..." Mrs. Shell thought for a while, and then, she suddenly opened her eyes wide and pointed at them in disbelief, "Gosh, is Kimberly..." "If it's possible, please return the peace pendant. As for the answer, it's written on the pendant itself. The Old Master of the Hanover family had spent a lot of money to get someone to custom- make the pendant."

Mrs. Shell felt that life was so mysterious. She actually adopted a child from a rich family? They had even come to look for her.

No way.

She couldn't return Kimberly just like that.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Shell coughed softly, "It seems that you are looking for Kimberly, but how can I know if you are telling the truth? The peace pendant is obviously very valuable, and I have brought the child back from the orphanage. I haven't committed any crimes, have I? As for what happened afterwards, those were done after adopting her. As her parent, I have the right to decide how to handle her. She is already grown up. Are you trying to tell me Kimberly is the daughter of the Hanover family now? Huh, I won't trust you without any evidence. I will not give you that peace pendant either."

Juliette smiled and said, "Since you've spoken up, we couldn't be more delighted."

After that, she took out a card and placed it on the table like a magic trick. "Mrs. Shell, there's 5 million dollars in it. It's your reward for taking care of Miss Hanover for all these years. If you are willing to return the peace pendant, then this money will belong to you."

When Mrs. Shell heard the words '5 million dollars', her eyes became bright at that moment. It was like the feeling when the lights were turned on all at once during a silent and dark night. However, she glanced at Quill in front of her again.

Since the man came in, his aura had enveloped the whole room. It could be said that the whole house couldn't accommodate his aura. For such a person... wouldn't 5 million dollars be too little? Thinking of this, Mrs. Shell pretended to be aloof and coughed lightly as she said, "Oh? Are you trying to bribe me with 5 million dollars? Do I look like the kind of person who would only cherish money?" "According to the investigation, you owe more than 1 million dollars of gambling debts. Your husband has been working tirelessly because of your debt. Moreover, your eldest daughter, Kimberly has already paid 300,000 dollars for you, right?" Juliette said in a serious voice.

Mrs. Shell was speechless for a moment before she said, "It seems that you have indeed investigated everything thoroughly."

"Mrs. Shell, you are a smart person. You should know whether this deal is worthwhile or not. This money is able to offset those gambling debts. The remaining money is enough for you to retire."

"What do you mean?" Mrs. Shell stood up angrily, but she was still intimidated by Quill's imposing manner. She lowered her voice and said, "I have raised her for more than 20 years. Yet, you want me to trade her in just for money?"

"If I could, I wouldn't have offered you money either. If that's the case, Juliette..." Quill suddenly spoke up. Juliette reacted and went forward to take away the bank card.

"Before we came here, we initially didn't prepare any money. After all, you were the benefactor who has raised her for more than 20 years. It will hurt her if we solved the problem with money. Now, it seems that Mrs. Shell's thought is the same as ours."

Mrs. Shell was so shocked that her eyes widened when she saw Juliette take away the bank card.

What was going on? She wanted more money, but she didn't expect...