Chapter 70
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Liam was startled , completely forgotting how angry Aria had made him earlier . He said , “ It hasn’t been finalized yet . No need to nunh
Hannah said , “ Let’s contact the lawyer first , give him the rest of the documents , and mention this issue while we’re at it . See what the chances are :
“ a ” Caleb dropped his gaze , not wanting to appear too vulnerable in front of his sister .
Both sides agreed to meet at the law office .
Liam handed over the paper documents . “ Mateo , here’s the prenuptial agreement and the medical report of the housekeeper who got assaulted .
“ This is also evidence that her adoptive parents sold her off as a child . A witness has agreed to testify in court if it’s not absolutely necessary , I’d rather
not bring this out ”
Selling a kid off as a child was disgraceful . As long as Aria didn’t push too far , Liam didn’t want to expose it either .
Mateo flipped through the documents , his frown deepening by the second . “ The other party isn’t asking to split your assets . This prenup is basically
useless .
“ The injury report can be used as evidence of her violent behavior . But where’s the actual proof she assaulted someone ? ”
Liam froze . “ in’t this enough ? ”
Mateo shook his head . “ Of course not . Your housekeeper got hurt . Just saying she hit her isn’t enough . Where’s the evidence ? ”
Liam replied , “ My bad , I didn’t prepare everything . I’ll have the butler pull the security footage . ”
Mateo nodded , then asked , “ Didn’t you say the money she used for investing came from fraud ? Do you have evidence ready ? ”
Liam answered , “ They’re the ones suing . Shouldn’t they have to provide evidence ? Don’t worry , Mateo , there’s no way she can prove she got that money legally . ”
Mateo explained , “ Mr. Cole , she invested and owns shares – that’s a fact . If you think she committed fraud and you don’t want her to take the shares , you have to prove it . It’s not up to her to prove she deserves to keep them .”
Liam added , “ She invested after we got married . The shares belong to the Cole family . ”
Mateo replied , “ Anything gained during a marriage counts as marital property . The initial 150 million dollars she put in is hers , but the profits – dividends . stock sales – are marital property . The problem is … ”
Mateo gave him a weird look . “ This prenup says that all personal and marital assets remain separate . You two have no joint property .
you want her shares or the profits from them , you’d have to invalidate the prenup . But if you do that , she can also ask to split your assets ”
“ As for this so – called ‘ child contract , buying and selling children is a crime . If this is true , both sides could face criminal charges . You giving me this contract … ” Mateo trailed off , his eyes glinting with a hint of contempt , guessing Liam probably wanted to smear Aria for being married twice .
Mateo continued , “ You swore up and down she was a fraudster , married you under false pretenses , and was violent . I thought you guys had solid
evidence . Now the trial’s about to start .
“ Mr. Cole , hate to break it to you , but you’re probably going to lose . ”
Mateo had seen plenty of rich men who wanted to dump their wives ather becoming sucessful and were reluctant to share assets
But Mateo had never met one who , after signing a p
a prenup , wanted to grab his wife’s assets too
“ This’s definitely a new low . If I had known it would be like this , I never would’ve taken the case , Mate thought
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Thinking about how confident the other lawyer was , Mateo fall completely humiliated now
There were better ways to handle this , but Mateo wasn’t the kind of giry to stoop that low .
Liam hadn’t expected things to be this complicated . His Ince darkened . “ No wonder Aris was so quick to sign that prenup . She was planning for this along ”
Mateo stayed silent . He really didn’t get how rich people’s brains worked .
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