Chapter 57
Chapter 57
Chapter 57
Grace looked at her daughter’s overly dramatic expression and sighed.
“Who could you have possibly seen? You act like you ran into royalty p>
She was used to Sienna’s flair for theatrics and didn’t take her words seriously.
Sienna pressed her lips together, annoyed.
“It was Autumn. I just saw her walking from the restroom with some guy helping her.
“Mom, don’t you think her sudden change in attitude toward us might mean she’s fallen out of love with Julian?
She paused for a moment, then added with even more exaggeration, “I only caught a glimpse of that man, but he seemed pretty attentive. I bet they’ve known each other for a while.
“Autumn’s an orphan. She doesn’t have a family. That guy couldn’t be a relative. What if he’s the guy she’s cheating with p>
Sure, she’d always looked down on Autumn and wanted her out of the picture so Julian could marry Luna.
But that didn’t mean Autumn got a free pass to cheat while still married.
If this were the old days, she’d have been dragged out and shamed publicly.
How shameless could a woman be to cheat while still married?
“What?” Grace shot upright in bed, rage burning in her chest.
“You’re saying you saw Autumn being helped by another man p>
“Yep,” Sienna confirmed with a firm nod.
Grace clutched at her chest. “Did her legs stop working? Why the hell does she need someone to hold her up p>
Autumn used to cater to their every whim, but ever since the cancer diagnosis, she’d completely changed.
She grew tougher, no longer cared about what the Carters thought, and even had the audacity to slap her daughter yesterday.
One thing after another-it was all hard to believe.
Grace had chalked it up to desperation, thinking Autumn was simply acting out in the face of death.
She hadn’t taken it seriously,
But now? She saw it differently.
It turned out someone else had stepped in to pick up the pieces.
No wonder Autumn was in such a rush to get divorced.
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Chapter 57
The thought of Autumn walking away with six million dollars from her and using it to pamper some young lover made Grace’s blood boil.
After all, what kind of decent man would go for a divorced, terminally ill woman?
Autumn was spending her son’s money on another man.
What a calculated and manipulative woman.
The more Grace thought about it, the angrier she became.
Sienna scoffed. “She’s clearly faking it, acting all weak to win some man’s sympathy. Isn’t that how she had Julian wrapped around her little finger back then p>
Grace reached under her pillow and pulled out her phone, immediately dialing Julian’s number.
Seeing her mother call her brother lifted Sienna’s mood.
Autumn had dared to slap her and even gave her ammunition to use.
Of course, she wasn’t going to let that go to waste.
If Autumn really had done something behind Julian’s back, there was no way they’d let her off the hook.
It took a while before the call connected.
Grace launched into a furious retelling of everything that had just happened.
By the end, she deliberately twisted the knife. “Julian, a while back Autumn took six million dollars from me. You’ve got to find a way to get it back for me.
“I even have the transfer receipt to prove I gave it to her. She told me she wanted to buy a gift for you- that’s the only reason I sent her the money.
“If I’d known what kind of woman she really was, I would’ve never given her a dime. You have to do something and get it back for me p>
There was a brief pause on the other end before Julian responded, “Got it p>
Grace hung up with a cold, mocking smile.
That contract had been torn up, and there was no way her son would believe anything Autumn said.
If Autumn thought she could walk away with her money and go spoil some other man, she was dead wrong.