Rejected Heiress, Reigning Queen novel Chapter 20

"That's none of your business! All you need to do is be a good little girl and sign over the shares!"

Gillian frowned, her voice rising with sudden urgency.

Emma, however, looked calmly at Logan. "Do you feel the same way, Logan?"

"Yes," Logan replied coldly.

Emma set the contract back down. "Alright. I can sign it. But didn't you forget something?"

Logan narrowed his eyes at her. Emma squinted back, her lips curling into a mocking smirk. "I hold thirty percent of this pharmaceutical plant's shares. I am the largest shareholder. Asking me to transfer my shares requires a lot more than just this single transfer agreement. You need to convene a board of directors, have all the shareholders sign off on it, and provide a legitimate, legal reason for the transfer."

"The fact that you aren't a Lockwood daughter is reason enough!" Gillian shrieked furiously.

That actually made Emma laugh. "Where is the proof?"

Gillian froze for a second before the realization hit her.

"You just want a paternity test? Fine! You just wait!"

Gillian spun around and ran out of the office. Logan watched her go with concern and immediately ordered his assistant to follow her.

Then, he snatched the equity transfer contract right out from under Emma's nose.

"Is this what you learned after spending all those years abroad? How to scheme for other people's family assets?"

Logan's ruthless words revealed a hint of unexpected vulnerability in Emma's eyes.

She smiled brightly at him. "I never imagined you'd become so venomous after six years apart."

Logan frowned deeply. Her words made his heart skip a beat, but the moment he remembered how frail and sickly Gillian looked when she first arrived at the Lockwood estate, his gaze darkened once more.

"Even if you manage to stick around a little longer, Percy is never going to marry you again. The only person he should, and can, marry is Gillian."

She was wearing a discreet Bluetooth earpiece.

"Mrs. Palmer, if we don't do the paternity test, the board has no authority to demand Emma legally transfer her shares during this inspection period. What else can we do?"

Gillian's eyes blazed with anger. The person on the other end of the line fell silent for a moment.

"It's just an inspection. So what if you let her stick around a little longer? My sweet girl, I was your mother for seventeen years, and I'm only thinking of what's best for you. If the Lockwoods take her for a paternity test, the outside world will see it as the family doubting your identity. Then Emma could just use the whole ordeal to keep swindling people with the Lockwood name."

Gillian was struggling to accept this. "But the shares..."

"Your biological mother has a weak personality. If Emma really tampers with the test results and proves she's also a Lockwood daughter, you will absolutely never get those shares back."

Hearing those words, Gillian's expression turned utterly vicious.

"You're right. Delaying the shares doesn't matter right now. I can't let Emma's scheme succeed. I have to find a way to get her out of the country as quickly as possible."