Hesper had been racking her brain about who would sneak up on her at that time, but when she saw that it was Julie and Sophia, she immediately felt that there was nothing unusual about the situation.
After all, the news that she was in charge of Duval Group had been spreading in Genecity since that morning. As Duvals, Julie and Sophia must be two of the first batches of people who were unable to take this and stand back as if nothing had happened at all.
During this period of time, there were quite a few reporters waiting outside Duval Group, but because Hesper had been busy visiting the potential locations for her studio, all of them waited in vain. Initially, Hesper had thought that the reporters tracked her down and found the apartment she was living in, but she did not expect that it would be Julie and Sophia who found her first.
Julie and Sophia were a little embarrassed for a while, but Julie was quick to come back to her senses. She stepped forward with a sneer, wanting to grab Hesper by her arm. "You little imp, you don’t want us to make a fuss here and let the neighbors know just what kind of person you are either, do you?"
However, Hesper dodged her charge.
Julie almost rammed into the door frame head first. The rage that was only burning at the bottom of her heart skyrocketed in an instant. "How can you be so shameless as to have the guts to lay your hands on your husband’s family’s property? I’m warning you right here, right now. You’d better transfer all the Duval Group shares that you own to me this instant, or I’ll slap you to death, you b*tch!"
"Julie McCall, you can be ignorant of reason or the law, but it's rather embarrassing for you to come to me and create a scene with such a level of ignorance." Hesper lowered her gaze, and her expression remained unchanged, but it somehow felt a little more oppressive than before. "What’s more, Rickard and I filed for divorce long ago, didn’t we? So how does that make you my husband’s family? Weren't you always looking forward to our divorce while I was living with you as your daughter-in-law?"
Seeing Hesper’s condescending look, Julie could not help but feel a little embarrassed.
Sophia stepped forward and intervened. "Hes, don’t be like that. No matter what, you and Rickard were once married. Oh, and let’s not forget about Ren too. You can’t be such an ungrateful person. The Duvals spent a lot of money on you back then."
"Hes?" Hesper sneered at Sophia. "That’s a complete 180 in attitude, don't you think? Did you start taking acting classes while I was away?"
Hearing the sarcasm in Hesper’s questions, Sophia felt humiliated too, but Hesper was so dominant now that anyone could see that she was not to be trifled with, not to mention that Sophia had gone into jail several times before because of Hesper too.
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