Jade Bell sneered and continued, "Fine, if you won’t say it, then I will. Because Maya didn’t obey you regarding her marriage, you feared she would become uncontrollable in other matters. You wanted to use Luna as leverage to blackmail her into obedience. What you didn’t anticipate was that the leverage would be useless; she didn’t need any of your threats. You demanded she leave without taking anything, and she complied obediently, leaving everything behind without hesitation."
"You are so protective of Luna because she resembles Maya. You feel guilty towards Maya and you’ve transferred that guilt onto Luna. Maverick Williams, am I right?"
Maverick Williams clenched his teeth and said nothing.
Silence fell in the hospital room for a long time.
Everyone’s facial expressions were different.
Hope Williams suddenly felt the chill around her make people shiver.
Her gaze was fixed tightly on Maverick Williams.
Maverick Williams’ forehead veins bulged, his hands clenched at his sides. After a long time, he finally asked, "Do you have to say these things in front of so many people?"
"What? After doing something so definitive all those years ago, are you now too scared to let the younger generation know?"
Maverick Williams’ brows twitched stubbornly, insisting, "If she had listened to me back then, would she have ended up ? I arranged the right path for her; she’s the one who didn’t cherish it!"
Jade Bell looked at the man before her. This was why, since Maya Williams left, she had been unwilling to see Maverick Williams.
His selfish and paranoid need for control was suffocating.
She had thought Maya’s death would bring about some change in him, but no, he stayed the same, expecting everyone to follow his dictates, convinced that he was always in the right.
With Hope’s situation, it was the same; ignoring everyone’s advice, he demanded that Hope bone marrow to Luna. If Hope didn’t want to, he was determined to achieve it at all costs.
This was Maverick Williams.
Jade Bell was utterly disappointed.
"So, my father developed a gambling habit because you planned it to force my mother back to the Williams Family?"
The thing her mother hated the most was her father’s gambling; he had gambled away all their money, eventually turning to alcohol and even becoming violent towards her mother.
During that time, they lived in agony every second. Then her father left, and her mother fell ill.
Hope Williams could hardly imagine that all their family’s suffering was due to Maverick Williams.
He did all this just to prove that her mother was wrong and he was right.
What a terrifying person.
No wonder during that time her mother took her from place to place in hiding, probably because she didn’t want to return to a madman like that.
If Jade Bell hadn’t stated it herself, Hope Williams would have never believed it.
Waylon Lewis’s eyebrows were furrowed; he hadn’t experienced the pain of Hope’s childhood and couldn’t fully empathize, but seeing the woman’s pained expression, his heart felt heavy as if pressed by a huge stone.
Why did she have to meet such a person? What could he do now to alleviate her pain?
Hope Williams turned to look at Waylon Lewis, probably not wanting him to worry, and forced an ugly smile, "...I’m fine."
How could she be fine?
Waylon Lewis held her tightly.
"These shares and the company were left to me by Maya; now I’m giving it all to Little Hope. I don’t care if you object or not, if you do, choke on it."
Jade Bell’s manner was exceptionally strong.
Maverick Williams was so enraged his nostrils flared, but he said nothing.
Luna Williams was raised by Maverick Williams without parents; he gave her all his love.
So after hearing what Jade Bell said, it didn’t affect her.
On the contrary, she even felt fortunate to have stayed with the Williams Family. Otherwise, she would’ve had to suffer like Hope, which she definitely wouldn’t have enjoyed.
What mattered to her now were the shares and the company. Since they were left by her mother, she deserved a part of them. Why should it all go to Hope?
Now that Maverick Williams was silent, Luna couldn’t sit still and looked up at him.
Why wasn’t her grandfather speaking?
This was utterly unfair!
Why didn’t she get a share of the stocks and the company?
Lips pursed, Luna Williams started with a sense of grievance and discontent, "Grandma, what about mine? Since it was left by my mother, shouldn’t I have a share too?"
Jade Bell paused, then looking at Luna Williams, whose entire face was etched with grievance, she spoke, "This is the compensation I’m giving your sister for all these years. You had the best of everything in the Williams Family – clothes, food, housing, as long as you wanted it, the Williams Family provided. Yet Little Hope had nothing."
Not only that, but Jade Bell also knew that Maverick Williams would certainly give Luna shares, definitely more than these, and Hope had only these. She had no reason to give any part of this to Luna.
Her words meant that she wouldn’t get a thing, and Luna’s lips twitched.
"Grandpa..." Luna Williams looked at Maverick Williams, her eyes filled with lament.
Maverick Williams was in a particularly dark mood, unable to offer comforting words to Luna at the moment, though he knew what she was implying.
He looked at Jade Bell, "I agree you give some to Hope, but you have to give Luna half. She is also Maya’s child and calls you ’Grandma.’ It’s unreasonable for her to get nothing; you’re completely biased."
Jade Bell glared at him, "Aren’t you biased? These years she lived like a princess, but how did Hope live? This is compensation for Hope; does she also need compensation?"
Maverick Williams’s face turned rigid.
"Don’t say anymore. I’ve made up my mind; all this goes to Little Hope. I believe your grandfather won’t let you down later on."
Luna Williams lowered her head and bit her lip, clearly reluctant, "Grandma, I don’t want these things; it’s just that the way you’re doing this... it’s not fair."
"It is unfair. You’ve lived like a princess these years, whereas how did your sister live? I admit my oversight; I’ve given too little to Hope. Little Hope, your grandma will add two more villas for you. Additionally, I own several beauty salons, cafes, and jewelry stores – I’ll transfer them to your name."
Jade Bell looked coldly at Luna Williams, "Do you think this is fair now?"
Luna Williams was so angry she almost bit through her lip. Even a fool could see that Jade Bell was purposefully slapping her face.
She was determined to give everything to Hope Williams.
"These are the assets of the Williams Family, our shared property. Have you asked for my agreement before giving it to her?" Maverick Williams said with a stern face.
Jade Bell immediately said, "Then we’ll divorce. Our joint property can be divided by lawyers. Whatever I get, I’ll give to Little Hope. Do you have any more objections?"