Divorce Anxiety
Chapter 233

Everyone in the hall gasped, trying to make sense of what she meant.

"Shut up!” Yasmine was enraged. “Vanessa, have you lost your mind?” “You're the ones who've lostyour minds!” Vanessa yelled at the top of her lungs. “It's our family's assets. Why should it be givento an illegitimate child whose origin we don't even know?” “Enough!” Yasmine was clearly pissed off."Vanessa, do you know what you're talking about?”

Vanessa scoffed, “Of course I do. In fact, I know everything. Ms. Schott, you're my biological aunt.Shouldn't you know more about this matter?”

The keen senses of the reporters present told them that juicy gossip was about to be released.They became excited and started shooting questions at Yasmine.

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“Ms. Schott, can you answer Ms. Yoeger's question?1 “Ms. Schott, what's happening? Just whosedaughter is Kathleen's mother?” “If Kathleen's not Old Mr. Yoeger's granddaughter, is she stillqualified to inherit the Yoeger family’s assets?”

Feeling smug, Vanessa stared at the stage with a smirk on her lips.

See it now? If you people can manipulate public opinion, so can I. I'll never lose to all of you!

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Yasmine cast Vanessa an indifferent glance. “You're an idiot.” BM I'm an idiot?” Vanessa snickered. “Iguess you're right. If I were to be any more foolish, all of our family’s assets would've been takenaway. Anyway, I'll never let you give our family’s assets to an outsider!”

Yasmine's face darkened. “How is Kathleen an outsider? Even if she’s not Old Mr. Yoeger's biologicalgranddaughter, she’s still the only descendant left by your mother’s daughter.

“Mother?” Vanessa let out an arrogant laugh. “Aunt Yasmine, if Kathleen's mother, Rebecca, wasactually my sister from a different father, I'd gladly accept the decision. Unfortunately, she's not!”Yasmine's expression darkened more. “Must you really unveil this secret?” “Why not?” Vanessa askedicily. “Everyone's going to replace out about it sooner or later.”

It's only a matter of time.

Yasmine gave her an unfathomable gaze and said frostily, “Fine. Since you're dying to cause a scene,then I won't hold myself back from exposing the Yoeger family’s secrets. You better not regret this,Vanessa.” “Regret?” Vanessa scoffed. “Regret is what I'll be feeling when I watch you give away myfamily’s assets with my own eyes.” “Very well!” Yasmine snorted. “I hope you'll be able to keep upthis attitude until the end.”

Vanessa remained indifferent.

Yasmine turned to the crowd below the stage and announced emotionlessly, “I promise everything Isay today is the truth. I'll accept any form of judgment if there is a single lie in my words.”

Everyone was ecstatic upon hearing that.

Yasmine said sternly, “The story begins over fifty years ago.”

That long ago?

The audience was shocked to hearthat.

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"As everyone knows, the Schott family has three daughters. My eldest sister is Teresa, my secondsister is Frances, and I'm the youngest. My elder sisters were twins, and they were spitting images ofeach other. Even our family members couldn't differentiate them sometimes. Teresa had a serioustemperament, while Frances was more cheerful. Many people liked Frances Instead of Teresa,thinking the latter was hard to get along with. When they turned twenty years old, Old Mr. Yoeger,Hector, fell for Frances. However, he didn’t know it was Frances he was attracted to. On top of that,Teresa pulled some tricks, causing Hector to marry her instead of Frances.”

She took a deep breath before continuing, “After the marriage, Hector realized something wasamiss, but it was already too late. From then on, he hated Teresa for pretending to be Frances andruining his marriage with her. Thus, he started giving Teresa the cold shoulder and drank all day,even refusing to go home at night. At that point, Teresa was already five months pregnant. Hectornever spoke to her, even after she gave birth. In the end, Teresa fell into depression during herpregnancy. On top of that, she lost excessive blood during labor. She lost all motivation to live anddied in the middle of giving birth.”

Everyone fell silent.

What the heck? Hector's basically a scumbag!

“That's not all!” Yasmine said furiously. “The doctor performed a C-section on Teresa. Turns out, shehad two babies—a boy and a girl. They were too small and needed someone to take care of them. Itwas at that moment when Hector conceived an evil idea.”

Hearing that, everyone stared at Yasmine, wondering what the evil idea was.

Yasmine snorted coldly. “He told our family to let Frances marry him with the excuse that otherwomen might not treat Teresa's children well. My parents were threatened back then; they had nochoice but to agree. Frances was in a relationship at that time. In fact, she and her boyfriend lovedeach other very much. For the sake of our family and Teresa's two children, Frances had to sacrificeher relationship and marry into the Yoeger family. She didn't realize she was already pregnant untilshe married Hector. Unable to accept Hector as her husband, she made a deal with him. She wouldhelp him bring up Teresa's children. In return, he had to accept the child in her belly. However,Hector made a request.” At that, she paused.

The crowd was intrigued; they could not figure out what request Hector had made.

Yasmine snorted again. “He knew Frances was great at business, so he let her manage the Yoegerfamily’s business. I'm sure everyone's heard of Frances being called an iron lady. Well, sure enough,the Yoeger family’s business bloomed as soon as she got involved. At that point, she made anotherrequest. She wanted to own thirty percent of the shares, and she wanted the right to manage thempersonally.”

The audience listened attentively. They seemed to have a picture of what had happened.

“Hector agreed to her request,” Yasmine said indifferently. “In other words, Hector accepted itdespite knowing Frances was pregnant with someone else's child. Secondly, she didn't steal theshares. In fact, she acquired it fair and square. Thus, I believe no one has the right to interfere withhow she decides to deal with her shares.”

With that, everyone in the hall finally understood the situation.

Yasmine glared at Vanessa. “Even if Hector were alive today, he has no power over those shares. So,what makes you think you have the right to intervene, Vanessa?”

Vanessa paled.

When she found out Rebecca was not Hector's biological daughter, she was so elated that sheinstantly rushed over despite Zachary's efforts to stop her.

She never expected there was more to the story. “That's impossible!” Vanessa insisted, gritting herteeth. “Words are not enough to prove it. I've got the results of the paternity test. I can prove thatRebecca's not my father's daughter!” “You want proof?” Samuel spoke coolly.

Everyone's attention instantly turned to him.