Chapter 567
“Mom, why are you only telling me something this important now?” Angel complained after stepping out of the court.
She had been feeling inferior all these years because of her identity. She even lost her dream job because she was an illegitimate child.
Now she knew that Celeste wasn’t Shawn’s biological daughter at all.
If they had told her earlier, would she have lost her job over this?
Thinking of Celeste taking her place and bossing her around, Angel was furious!
“If we had told you earlier, how could she have helped us?” Helen looked at Angel with a dissatisfied look.
Whether Celeste was illegitimate or not, Angel’s identity couldn’t be revealed. And the fact that Celeste’s real identity was exposed after Angel’s was actually to their advantage.
Everyone’s focus was now on Celeste’s true identity as the ex–wife of the Reed family, so no one cared about Angel anymore.
Celeste would also be too busy to do anything with this sudden news. Whether it’s fighting in court or investigating the accident from years ago, she would be overwhelmed. It was like killing two birds with one stone.
But Angel was still unhappy. When she was exposed as an illegitimate child, netizens tore her to shreds. Why should Celeste get off so easily?
She pulled out her phone and opened Instagram.
“This won’t open.” The little boy next to her handed his snack to Helen.
Helen pushed his hand away and said, “Be good; let your sister help you open it.” She then said to Shawn, “Shawn, there will probably be more interviews coming in the next few days. Remember to stick to the story we told in court today: that Celeste wronged you, not the other way around.”
Shawn frowned. “Can’t we just refuse the interviews?”
Helen knew that Shawn was going soft again. “Shawn, Celeste showed us no mercy when she was against us. If you don’t deal with her thoroughly, we will be the ones to suffer when she fights back! She’s not your biological daughter; don’t you feel wronged after all these years?”
Shawn clenched his fists. “She and Liam are divorced now; she can’t stir up any trouble. Going too far will also harm our reputation.”
Did Shawn forget that he was the one who sent the driver away and let Celeste get in that car when they just wanted to get rid of Caitlyn?
And now he’s pretending to have deep father–daughter feelings?
Helen patiently said, “Shawn, I know you’re soft–hearted, but you can’t be on this. And I’m always uneasy about the money we invested in Smart Chips.”
Smart Chips went public last Friday, and its stock price skyrocketed by 60 points on the first day, earning him nearly 50 million in one day. Shawn immediately sold two–thirds of it.
He originally planned to sell all the stocks. But because of the continuous good news from Smart Chips, the investment group he was in was discussing this company every day, and many people felt regret for not being able to buy the stocks.
Some experienced stock investors predicted that the stock price of Smart Chips would hit the upper limit for at least ten consecutive trading days.
He was not fully believing this prediction at the time, but the stock price hit the upper limit as soon as the market opened today, up 20 percent, and he immediately regretted it.
Hearing Helen ask him to sell the remaining stocks, his face immediately turned sour.
If it weren’t for Helen nagging every day, saying that Liam and Celeste were divorced and definitely wouldn’t let him take advantage, he might not have sold immediately after the stock market opened, and he could have made another 20 million today!
“Shawn, cash in hand is real; being greedy brings risk…”
“Enough, Shawn interrupted her, looking a bit impatient. “I have it under control; you just manage the house.”
Helen wanted to say something else, but Shawn said, “Stop at the intersection ahead. You take the kids home; I’ll go to the company.”
