Chapter 1094

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Stella perfectly understood what Susanna was getting at.

“You don’t honestly feel bad about taking Derek’s stuff, do you?”

“Not exactly,” Susanna said. “Everything my mom is claiming now is just what he owes her for all those years.”

Who had five or ten years of their youth to just throw away and be used by someone else?

Derek had been the original scumbag back in the day. To protect Adelle, he actually pulled a stunt like that.

It was the textbook definition of exploiting a woman.

And considering he couldn’t even remember if he and her mother had ever been intimate, there were probably quite a few women he had manipulated.

“It’s good that you see it that way. It’s exactly what he owes your mom,” Stella said.

“Yeah, I know.”

Hearing Stella’s validation, Susanna signed the documents even faster!

She was going to fleece him for all he was worth, entirely guilt-free!

At worst, when Derek finally realized the truth and fully accepted she wasn’t his daughter, he’d try to snatch it all back, and they’d just have to go to war over it again.

“So, you’re coming to my wedding, right?”

“Don’t worry, I’ll be there!”

Life for Stella and Susanna had finally stabilized. Stella lived entirely devoid of worries.

With Ronald around, no one dared to cause her any trouble. Even external threats had been mercilessly snuffed out by him.

Susanna’s only source of annoyance was Derek’s relentless clinging.

Sure enough, the moment she hung up with Stella, Derek walked in!

Looking at the massive pile of documents Susanna was signing, a bitter expression washed over his face.

He didn’t utter a word.

He just sat across from her, sipping his tea.

At that moment, he actually looked the part of a loving, doting father!

“Get to the point if you have something to say,” Susanna snapped.

Derek just wanted to spend time with his supposed biological daughter, but it honestly gave Susanna the creeps.

After all, compared to Derek, she trusted her mother with absolute certainty.

As for Derek…

She had no idea if he would absolutely lose his mind once the truth exploded in his face.

“How did your mother meet Elliot Harlow?” Derek asked.

His tone carried a tinge of melancholy.

Yes, melancholy…

In Susanna’s mind, he fluctuated between two extremes: a deeply pathetic melancholy or an explosive, raging lunacy.

Having to be around someone like this was seriously taxing on her nerves.

“How should I know? They probably met while she was on the run from your assassins,” Susanna replied flatly.

“Probably?” Derek raised an eyebrow.

“Definitely!” Susanna corrected.

‘Probably’ wasn’t definitive enough, huh? Fine, she’d give him some certainty!

“They’ve practically built their relationship on surviving life-and-death situations together!”

“Anyway, when she was in Portis City, she didn’t have a man!”

‘Surviving life-and-death situations together and ‘didn’t have a man in Portis City’-those two pieces of information instantly made Derek’s face freeze. Conterit

She didn’t have a man in Portis City!

But while she was being hunted by him, she found one…

So what did that mean? Did it mean he had personally pushed Lacey right into Elliot’s arms?

Derek’s breathing turned ragged. “They are not married!”

His previously melancholic tone shifted instantly into something dark and seething.

“!!!” Susanna froze.

The hand holding her pen paused.

She immediately stood up and

headed straight for the door.

Barnaby was guarding outside and Susanna had learned her lesson

well.

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The moment Derek showed signs of going crazy, she would just open the door…

and unleash Barnaby!

“What are you doing?” Derek demanded.

Seeing Susanna going to call for

backup again, he couldn’t supprest

said.

his rising anger. He hadn’t even s anything out of line yet!

Susanna’s hand was already resting on the doorknob.

Seeing his furious expression, she glanced back at him. “You’re having an episode again.”

“What you need right now is a trip to the hospital!”

“I’m not sick!” Derek snapped.

“Typically, patients with depression or psychotic tendencies refuse to admit they’re

sick,” Susanna stated matter-of-factly.

“What are you trying to say…?”

“I’m saying, I think you’re clinically depressed!”

Derek was left entirely speechless.

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