Chapter 4

Ramos cried, "Maria, Reid died because of you. Are you trying to abandon us now?"

"You have no conscience! How did the Charles family end up with a bitch like you!"

"These past few days caring for you have made my heart feel uncomfortable. If you insist I take care of you, I'll have to abort the baby."

Victor was relentless. "Nonsense! Back in our day, every pregnant woman worked in the fields with a belly, and nothing happened to their babies!"

"I think you just don't want to serve us and you're making excuses!"

"Right! You're seven months along—the fetus must be stable by now!"

"No matter what you say, this child is Reid's unborn baby and my life. I have to protect him."

I turned and left without looking back, no matter how much they shouted.

That evening, the full-time caregiver I hired called me.

"Miss Maria, your in-laws are forcing me to leave. They say if I don't go, they'll bite their tongues off."

"Don't worry, they won't actually die. Do your job well. If they give you trouble, just bear with it. I'll pay you triple."

These two old bastards were desperate to drive away the caregiver because with her there, they'd have to keep pretending to be paralyzed.

If I was taking care of them, after I left at night, they could still get up and move around.

Now, let them just lie there.

Next, I had very important things to do.

First, I went to the hospital and aborted the baby in my belly.

After recovering for a week, I rushed to the company under Reid's name and, as Reid's wife, convened a board meeting.

"Distinguished shareholders, I am Maria, Reid's legal wife. I will inherit all of his shares."

"I majored in finance at Harvard. I'm confident I can work pleasantly with all of you in the future."

Reid's confidant immediately objected.

"As far as I know, Mr. Reid still has parents. How can you inherit all of his equity?"

I produced my in-laws' paralysis certificates. "My in-laws have lost full capacity for conduct. If the company is handed to them, how can it continue operating?"

"Moreover, I'm a Harvard graduate with honors, while my in-laws only have middle school education. It's quite clear who should inherit the company."

The confidant still objected.

"What do you mean they've lost capacity? That's just your side of the story!"

I directly projected the surveillance footage from home onto the screen.

In the video, I was serving the two disabled elderly people attentively and conscientiously.

The confidant's face turned green.

In the end, I gained support from more than half the shareholders and obtained all of Reid's shares.

Then I ran to every bank to check if there were any other bank cards under his name.

Whenever I found one, I presented the death certificate and marriage certificate, transferred all the money in his cards to my account, then canceled his cards.

After completing this entire process, my account had gained another thirty million.

Thinking about Reid abroad trying to make a purchase only to discover his cards had been canceled—the look of shock on his face—I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Reid was living it up abroad with Georgia, spending money lavishly.

Now they had no money at all. They definitely couldn't stay there.

These two people would be coming back soon.

After doing all this, I went home to see my parents.

Since Reid and Georgia faked their deaths, I hadn't been home.

Mom and Dad hated me for causing Georgia's death, not knowing I was the one who suffered most.

Dad opened the door, saw me, and immediately snorted.

"What are you doing here? Your mother and I don't want to see you!"