My Billionaire Mom
Chapter 398

Karen had nothing to be afraid of. Duncan was the one who had made the first move and attacked Chuck. Now that Duncan had died by her hand, she knew they would threaten to disown her. However, she would face it head-on.

Karen had been in a similar situation before. When she had married Chuck's father, almost everyone in the family opposed it. He had no power, no family background, and no money.

Almost everyone in the family thought that he was not worthy of Karen. Karen had ignored them all and married him in the face of adversity.

In the end, Karen ended up making her own choices happily.

There had been no friction between Chuck's father and herself over the many years they had been married as well. Karen thought she had made the right choice.

Karen was glad that she had not given up on Chuck's father and stood her ground.

She did not look disturbed in the slightest so Willa felt at ease. She knew that Karen had gone through a lot before. The incident on this day had been serious and it was likely that Karen would be driven out of the Lee family. However, Willa believed that Karen would get through this.

A little bit of worry still nagged at Willa though. After all, the Lee family had always favored boys over girls so Karen had not been held in high regard since her birth. She was even looked down upon by many members of the family and was excluded by them.

Ever since Karen was a child, she had been talented. She was independent and her ability was particularly outstanding. She was better than most people in her family.

At that time, Karen's brothers spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on college per person. However, she in comparison had only been spared a few hundred dollars.

But she did not complain. In fact, she was grateful for that. She had worked hard to obtain the wealth she had today. Her brothers could not compare to her hard-earned achievements.

Karen had grown up in a self-dependent environment.

Now that Karen had killed Duncan who was the successor of the family, she knew that her family would take their revenge.

Willa really wanted to return to the United States with Karen.

"Auntie Karen, are you going to tell Chucky now?" Willa asked, worried.

"That won't be necessary," Karen said. She would certainly not tell Chuck how dire the matter had become. It didn't matter if the killer blow had been dealt with by her or not. Duncan had to die either way. "Alright," Willa sighed.

"I'll have to return first. I'll leave the farewells to you," Karen said and promptly got on the helicopter. She then went to the airport. There was a private jet waiting for her there which proceeded to fly her back to the United States.

Watching Karen leave, Willa felt worried. Soon, she turned her head and sought Chuck out.

Chuck knew that Karen would have to leave soon but he hadn't expected her to leave in such a hurry.

"Auntie Logan," Chuck called. He could feel that Karen was in trouble. Brayden would have definitely started his act of vengeance by now because of Duncan's death.

"Chucky, get back in and rest up," Willa said as her heart ached. After all, Chuck was badly injured right now. He needed to recover.

"Auntie Logan, you are so nice to me," Chuck replied. He didn't know how to properly express how moved he was by Willa's arrival. "If I give her a hug right now, would she refuse?" he thought.

Chuck did not dare to do so. He was starting to gain more and more respect for her.

"Don't mention it. Go rest now," Willa ushered. She really wanted to check on Chuck's injuries at that instant but how could she do that when Yvette was here?

"Alright," Chuck replied as he turned away and walked down the stairs with Willa. Hotel Luna had dealt some damages, it was a mess up there. Chuck had to call for repairs to start immediately tomorrow. He couldn't risk closing down the entire hotel.

As Chuck entered his room, he found that Yvette had already fallen asleep on the bed from fatigue. She was seriously injured. Chuck felt distressed as he slowly walked up to her. He gently lay beside her and kissed her on the cheek.

Chuck shut his eyes and started to doze off with Yvette in his arms. She felt a little cold. She curled herself up and pushed her body closer, settling into Chuck's arms eventually.

Chuck felt at ease and didn't bother doing anything else. He was exhausted as well. And so, he fell asleep like that.

When Karen landed in the United States, she calmly walked down the platform out of the plane. Dozens of black Mercedes-Benzs were parked in the private airport, waiting for her. All of the Lee family's members were present. Karen was silent as she moved quickly.

Just as Karen stepped onto land, an elderly man in a suit got out of his car to greet her. He was Elias Xinos, the butler of the Lee family.

There were also others coming out of their cars. They were all dressed in similarly formal clothes.

"Elder Xinos," she greeted the man standing before her.

"Miss, if you don't have anything lined up today, it'd be best if you come home with me now," Elias huffed. The whole family was rendered into chaos last night. Duncan was the first successor of the family. His death was so unexpected, and it was by the hand of his own aunt as well!

The Lee family was fuming!

"Okay," Karen answered impassively. When she had decided to return here, she had already known what she would be coming back to. She did not regret her decision a single bit.

"Ma'am, this way please," Elias reached out and opened the car door for Karen to get in. Once everyone had settled into their seats, they all headed towards the family house.

In the car, Elias sighed when he was met with Karen's impassive nature. He had been in the Lee family for decades so he knew her very well. No matter how poorly she was treated by her family, Karen was always very kind to them. Karen had never minded the unfair treatment at all.

It was the Lee family's blessing to have such a daughter. However, he knew that the other members of the family did not think so.

Elias couldn't help but sigh when he thought about it. Once they reached home, Karen would definitely suffer the consequences.

Karen smiled eventually and inquired, "Elder Xinos, how is your granddaughter? Is she still sick?"

His granddaughter wasn't doing very well at the moment. Karen had done so much for him to help with the situation so Elias was immensely grateful to her. He felt it was unfair that a kind person like Karen was being oppressed by everyone in the Lee family.

"Miss, how about your son?" Elias asked with concern instead.

"He's fine. As for your granddaughter's disease... Well, the pharmaceutical company has developed a special medicine for treatment. It's in the late stages of clinical trials right now so don't worry," Karen reassured him.

"Thank you," Elias let out a relieved sigh.

Everyone in the Lee family gathered together.

In the humongous villa, each and every relative of the Lee family was present. There were more than 30 people, including Karen's four brothers. There were more than a dozen children, and of course, her father, the current head of the family was there as well.

Everyone was glaring at her. They were fuming with rage. Duncan was the most capable among the descendants of the Lee family. They couldn't believe that he had just died like that.

Even more preposterous was that he was killed by someone in the family.

Karen's brothers' hearts all ached at the loss.

"I cannot believe this, Karen went too far this time! How could she kill Duncan?!" Karen's second brother muttered angrily.

"That's right! We're not allowed to cause conflict within the family! It's unacceptable that she had killed one of our own! Even the elders were forbidden to commit such crimes because they thought it cold and ruthless! How is it that we have such a disgrace as a descendant!"

"We'll have to punish her severely this time!"

"I agree. She was too cruel. Did she kill him to let her son take Duncan's place?"

"I don't doubt that for a second!" Everyone in the Lee family was angry at her.

"Dad, Karen killed my son to deliberately cause conflict between us. She doesn't care about keeping peace at all! Are we just going to bear with her insolence?!" Brayden said to his father. His eyes were brimmed red with hatred.

Another sibling said, "She should be disowned! Our family doesn't need such ruthless descendants! If she remains in the family, I dread to think what would happen. My son is also capable to take over the inheritance, will she have him killed as well?"

The Lee family was in utter chaos. She had committed an unforgivable crime. If she was not punished adequately, the family would spin into further chaos.

The family would eventually be a right mess.

Brayden kept his cold facade up. He had told the family about what had happened just last night. They were all outraged.

"Be quiet. Elder Xinos is waiting for her at the airport. Don't worry, I will deal with it," the head of the Lee family spoke. Everyone in the room quieted down at that. They wanted to see Karen disowned, once and for all.

"Master, Miss has returned," Elias ran in as he announced. A tense atmosphere started to fill the room. There were anger and hatred mixed in the air. Elias could do nothing but bemoan silently at Karen's poor luck. She was going to be punished. Was someone as kind as her really going to be disowned from the family?

"Karen would be devastated," Elias thought helplessly.