CHAPTER 563: CHAPTER 563: I’LL RIP YOUR MOUTH OFF

Ian Keane was the last to get out of the car, raising an eyebrow. Uncle turned Aunt? This woman should call herself Aunt. Clearly not an Uncle, but insists on dressing like a man.

Ivana Monroe, Fawn Rhodes, and the two children entered the villa.

What greeted them wasn’t smiling faces, but a serious and strange atmosphere.

Ivana frowned when she saw the matriarch sitting on the chair, an old face devoid of any smile, with a very solemn expression. Beside the matriarch stood Leon’s mother, half a hand covering her mouth, bent over to whisper something into the matriarch’s ear.

"Something’s up," Fawn muttered softly.

Leon’s mother noticed Ivana’s entrance and stopped talking, straightening her body, looking at her with contempt mixed with hatred, as if Ivana had done something utterly rebellious, making Leon’s mother hate her to the core.

The matriarch looked at Ivana as she entered, with no change in her expression, giving Ivana a bad feeling that she had offended the matriarch, and deeply so.

Ivana glanced at Leon’s mother next to the matriarch. Could it be that she was speaking ill of Ivana in front of the matriarch again?

Ivana found it immensely laughable, crying wolf as the thief, where did she get the nerve?

"Lady."

"Lady."

The two little boys called out in unison.

The matriarch’s serious expression softened into affection when she heard the children’s voices, waving them over: "Little Timmy, Ian, come over to Lady."

The two little boys walked up to the matriarch.

The matriarch reached out to hug them, wanting to hold both on her lap, but alas, she was too old, struggling to hold even one, let alone two.

"Lady has something for you."

The matriarch looked lovingly at the two little boys, her eyes moist.

She didn’t want to do such things to their mommy; after all, Ivana was their biological mother, and it would also hurt the two children. But she couldn’t tolerate Ivana destroying the Kane Group.

"Is it a mysterious gift?" Timmy Monroe asked.

"Yes."

"Lady, Timmy doesn’t want a mysterious gift, he just wants you to live a long life."

Timmy’s clear eyes sparkled with sincerity, moving the matriarch deeply.

"Good boy, good boy." The matriarch embraced Timmy, kissing his forehead. This child was so sensible it made her heart ache. How could a woman like Ivana raise such an outstanding Little Timmy?

Leon’s mother, seeing this, felt utterly uncomfortable, glancing at Ian, who was silent, a real child. But Timmy Monroe was all slick talk to make the old lady happy, taking all the benefits.

Thinking about the two mysterious gifts the matriarch prepared, Leon’s mother felt a surge of resentment.

She thought she had squeezed all the matriarch’s wealth, not expecting the old lady to have a hidden card. Before the old man had passed, she had regularly bought funds and gold in Meridia, and the old lady was lucky, not only not losing money but earning over tenfold. It was a huge fortune! But she couldn’t withdraw it before her death because when she bought it, she signed an agreement, only to be withdrawn after death. This was originally intended for Ian Keane, the old lady said so herself last night.

But now, over half was to go to Timmy Monroe.

Don’t ask how she knew. Last night after the old lady went to bed, she peeked and found out, shaking in anger, wanting nothing more than to tear up the will, why should Timmy Monroe take sixty percent? Ian Keane only forty percent?

The old lady was biased, but not this blatantly.

Ian has lived with the Kane family for six years! Timmy Monroe was just brought to the Kane family, and he sided with Ivana. The old lady giving so much wealth to Timmy was indirectly giving it to Ivana, wasn’t it?

"Lady wants you to be taken to see the mysterious gifts." The matriarch lovingly stroked the little boys’ heads, saying, "Inside there are toys and pastries, you can play for a while, and Lady also has a mysterious gift for your mommy."

"Okay, thank you, Lady."

The two little boys, without a doubt, went to see the mysterious gifts with the nanny.

The matriarch watched the two little boys leaving, feeling guilty inside.

I’m sorry, Little Timmy, Ian, Lady deceived you. Can you forgive Lady? Maybe when you grow up, you’ll understand that your grandmother did this out of no choice.

The Kane Group cannot be destroyed in anyone’s hands.

Ivana and Fawn stood there, since they entered, the matriarch and Leon’s mother hadn’t offered them seats, and after the two kids left.

Leon’s mother jumped up first, pointing at Ivana, and scolded, "You shameless woman, how dare you bring a gigolo before the matriarch? What are your intentions? Trying to anger the matriarch to death?"

Fawn, seeing Leon’s mother scolding Ivana without asking questions, was irked: "Hey, old woman, who are you? The Kane family’s maid? I’m wearing red clothes, such feminine clothes. Can’t you see it? Are you truly blind? Yet you still wish to speak nonsense before the matriarch, what’s your intention? Trying to sow discord between the matriarch and Ivana?"

"Wh-who? Did you just call me an old woman?" Leon’s mother, accustomed to flattery, felt deeply insulted when Fawn scolded her: "Did you say I’m a maid? You’re blind! I’m Leon Keane’s mother, her mother-in-law."

"Huh? Really? You’re Leon’s mother?" Fawn remarked in surprise, "Leon loves my dear Ivana very much, how could he have a mother like you? Truly pitiful."

"Who are you calling pitiful? I’ll tear your mouth!"

Leon’s mother, fuming, charged toward Fawn, raising her hand to hit her.

"Stop it, no more of this," the matriarch commanded sternly.

But Leon’s mother would not listen, lunging at Fawn’s face, Fawn was startled and wanted to fight back, but remembering this old woman was Leon’s mother, if she did fight back, the old woman might hold a grudge against Ivana.

Fawn endured, but in dodging, her face got scratched by Leon’s mother.

Seeing this, Ivana, unable to bear anymore, pushed Leon’s mother away.

Leon’s mother fell to the ground, immediately wailing, "You vicious woman, taking advantage of Leon not being here, you dare lay hands on me? You’ve got some nerve!"

Ivana really wanted to shut her up with a slap or a kick.

"If I truly laid hands on you, you’d be facing more than just a fall," Ivana said coldly, "Compared to what you’ve done to me, even if I beat you up now, it wouldn’t be too much."

Fawn’s face stung with pain, but it wasn’t as painful as what she felt inside.

Suddenly she remembered, those kidnappers called out "Leon’s mother," referring to this malicious old woman before her.

Ivana is Leon’s wife! She gave Leon two sons, and this venomous old woman, was she utterly wicked to have done such malign things to Ivana?