Chapter 87: Chapter 87

“What are you doing here, Samantha?! “ Charlie snarled, possessed, approaching her “Morgan already made it very clear that you were forbidden to enter this building!

“Oh, I know. He hired good security this time, I had to give them a lot more than I had planned for them to let me in through the fire escapes. “Samantha gave an easy shrug, as if she were sharing a gossip with an old friend.

“Well, so they just lost their jobs. And you, don't think there's anything you can do to stop the will contest hearing from happening in two days. Now get out of my husband's office! “Charlie order , furious, pointing to the door she had closed “ Immediately!

“ The hearing... Of course... “ Samantha nodded, as if she was thoughtful “ Funny, I thought you would be very proud of what your husband managed to do, since, now, the hearing will not happen again... Otherwise to be, of course..." she lifted her eyes in Charlie's direction, wickedly speculative "That you don't know what he did...

“What are you talking about now, Samantha? “ Charlie grunted, irritated “What's your new plan to try to get me away from my husband?

" My plan? “ she laughed heartily “ Not at all, my dear. The only one who devised a Machiavellian plan to outsmart me was our dear Morgan. But that's the way men are, isn't it? “ her former stepmother sighed, shrugging her shoulders “ One day you think they are righteous men and devoted husbands and the next they are sneaking around behind the scenes to take money from a poor orphan and a young widow...

"Let me call security for you…" Charlie growled, heading towards the door, but Samantha hurriedly grabbed her arm.

“You can call, honey. But first…” Quickly rummaging through her purse, she pulled out a single piece of paper and handed it to him, “Why don't you take a look at this and explain to me exactly why your upstanding, dear little hubby didn't tell you about it?

Even fearful, Charlie snatched the paper from her hand, anxious to end that new plan of hers, whatever it was, and get rid of that horrible woman as soon as possible. However, once her eyes landed on the document in front of her, Charlie stopped, confused.

“It's a court order ordering a transfer from your account to another…” she read fearfully “In the name of Morgan Sullivan?

" Exactly. In fact, to be more precise, she orders the transfer of all assets that belonged to her father. The Supreme Court is making me give all of this to him because of an undercover challenge he filed. “Samantha explained and Charlie couldn't help but feel the barely contained anger in her tone “Cheer up Charlie, I lost… But it's sad to be in the same boat as me, isn't it?

" What are you talking about? “ Charlie swallowed hard, squeezing the paper between her hands “ You were the only one who got hurt in this situation!

“Oh really? So tell me, little darling, why didn't her husband tell you he had made this secret request? “ Samantha pondered, approaching Charlie in a way that reminded her of a fox on the prowl “ You shouldn't have been the first to know, since this money is in his name, but theoretically it's all yours?

“ That… That came out today, didn't it? “ she looked at the dates quickly, trying not to show how nervous she was starting to get to her “ He... He must have forgotten...

“Did you even forget to say that you had filed the application? “ Samantha sneered, looking like she was having a lot of fun “ I don't know if you know, but court decisions don't come out on the same day. This started months ago, behind my back... and yours too. she added, as if she were spilling a secret.

“He... He must have some plausible reason for that. “Charlie continued to defend her husband, even though she felt more agitated by the second“ Maybe... Maybe he was wanting to surprise me or...

“Or maybe he wanted to make sure you had enough money to support yourself… Once you guys get divorced before you're 21…” Samantha murmured, glancing at her sideways.

“That… That doesn't make any sense…” she tried to snap back, even though her voice was very close to cracking.

“Oh, come on, honey, did you really think he could last a whole year? “ her ex-stepmother smiled, as if she was pitying her “ Look at you... So young and passionate... And so willing to give him anything he wanted in bed... I know how men like him are , my dear. “ she tried to put a hand on his shoulder, but Charlie pulled away “ Don't be like that. Don't you see? He married you because he never liked me and he didn't want to let me keep all of Anthony's money. So he became your husband so he could make sure I didn't get anything and he moved this other dispute process on the sly so you wouldn't see his true intentions and you wouldn't get hurt... Until he was sure everything went the way he wanted. . “ she touched the paper with the tip of her fingernail “ Until I was sure that I would have that money in hand to be able to pass it on to you and become your ex-husband, without leaving you depending on him. And, of course, to also make sure he had a young lady willing to do whatever he wanted in bed until he got bored.

“He... He wouldn't do that. Charlie denied, swallowing hard to try to contain the panic that threatened to break loose inside her.

“Oh, poor Charlie…” Samantha shook her head, , again as if full of pity “ It's okay, you can try to fool yourself all you want, it's normal... But, just ask yourself... If he would never do this... Then why did he do it? Why didn't he tell you about all this?

“You… You're making this up…” Charlie growled, furious, throwing the court order to the floor “That's false!

“Do you think that I would falsify a document against myself and that you could easily confirm with it whether it is true or not? “ Samantha laughed “ Oh, Charlie, honey, you really don't have much sense for situations like that, do you?

“Why would you come over here and tell me that? “ she asked, gritting her teeth “ If that's really true, then you've lost everything! You should be with your lawyers right now, contesting that decision!

“And you think I won't do that? Don't you see, Charlotte? I may have lost the battle, but I still haven't lost the war, you bet... " Samantha approached her face, with a victorious smile " But, once I realized that you, sincere as you are, didn't would have why hide this other process from me since we last saw each other... I realized that you might not know about it, as well as I did. And, of course, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to come here and say that I may have lost... But so did you. “ she hummed in a whisper, adjusting the bag strap over her shoulder “Now, I have a lot to do. Why don't you go to your beloved little husband and ask him the veracity of these documents? I guarantee you will be in for quite a surprise. Samantha blinked, turning her back on her, but Charlie couldn't help but watch her haughtily walk out the office door.

Petrified where she was, Charlie had to first force herself to stop her body from shaking, before finally mustering up enough courage to reach for the crumpled paper she'd thrown to the floor. And she was just finishing reading it, attentively this time, when the door opened again. But this time it wasn't Samantha, it was Morgan.

“Charlie! “ he exclaimed, going to her like he was desperate “ We have to go! There's something very important I need to tell you...!

“Is this true? she snarled through clenched teeth, pushing the paper into his chest.

" What...? “ he asked, extremely confused and surprised by the anger in her expression, going to read the document quickly, his eyebrows rising higher with each word “How… How did you get that…?

“ I asked…” she growled again, this time more slowly “Whether that's true or not!"