The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife
Chapter 382 Obstinate Madam Shaw

Susan answered the phone without looking at the screen. "Hello?"

She had no idea who could be calling her in the middle of the night.

"Who is it?" Julian asked.

"Don't know. There is no voice coming from the other end of the line," Susan mumbled, pulling the phone away from her ear to take a look at the screen. Then, her expression changed. 2

Upon noticing the change in her expression, Julian craned his neck over to peer at her phone. Then, he could not help narrowing his eyes.

Susan took a deep breath and said, "Is something wrong, mom?"

The person who had called her in the middle of the night was none other than Madam Shaw.

On the other side of the line, Madam Shaw squinted and said coldly, "I thought you had forgotten that I'm your mother-in-law. I assume that you have landed in Canada, so why didn't you come and visit me?" 1 Susan's face turned ugly when she heard Madam Shaw's accusative remarks.

Frowning, Julian grabbed the phone away. Just as he was about to end the call, Susan went forward and stopped him. She signaled that she could take care of it herself and took the phone back. "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" Madam Shaw's voice wafted over from the other end of the line again, sounding irritated. "Besides, what happened to Julian? I saw on the news that he was caught too and you've just been rescued."

She was pissed. When she had gone out today, other people had told her that Susan and Julian had been rescued and were on their way back to Canada.

What the hell was this?

She was Julian's mother, yet not only had she not known that Julian had been held hostage, but she had also been the last one to know that he had returned to Canada. She seldom surfed the net, and if no one else had told her about that, she would have still been kept in the dark.

Madam Shaw thought that perhaps Julian had not wanted her to worry about him, so he had not told her anything. Initially, she had reckoned that Julian would give her a call since he had returned to Canada. Unfortunately, she had waited until midnight yet Julian still had not called her.

Eventually, unable to hold herself back anymore, she had tried to call Julian. However, something had crossed her mind and compelled her to punch in Susan's phone number in the end.

She knew her son inside out, so she knew how stubborn he was. After Chessie's incident, Julian had mentioned that he did not want to see her anymore and he indeed had been ignoring her ever since. Subconsciously, she thought Susan was a softie.

Susan did not say anything and waited until Madam Shaw finished her tirade. After a long while, she responded calmly, "Are you done yet?"

Madam Shaw was even more enraged by her pacifism. She thus snarled, "Is that how you speak to your elders?"

"So you do know that you're an elder?" Susan's chest heaved up and down. "Why didn't you think about that when you took Chessie to do the DNA test?"

Susan could not help clenching her fist tight.

She could not forgive Madam Shaw no matter what. If she had been the only one hurt, she could have let it go for Julian's sake. However, that was not the case. Chessie was still a baby, and she was innocent. She had not done anything wrong, so she did not deserve any of Madam Shaw's baseless and malicious speculations or everything that had happened to her. It was fortunate that she had come out unscathed after being abducted by a man like Joseph, but that was not an excuse for Madam Shaw to have everything her way.

Madam Shaw, who had not expected Susan to fight back, choked for a moment. She soon flew into a shameful fit of rage and snapped, "I didn't think you could be such a petty woman. It's not a big deal, why can't you just let it go?"

It was not a big deal? Susan did not know what to say.

"Susan!" Madam Shaw took a deep breath and added," Okay, the past is in the past, so let's make a fresh start. Since it's been confirmed that Chessie is Julian's daughter, you should replace some time and bring her back to the Straws. Even though she's a girl, I won't say anything anymore since she also bears the name Shaw. However, you two must hurry up and have a second child."

Madam Shaw sounded as if she was doing Susan a big favor. Susan did not know where she got this confidence from, so she was speechless.

She replied, "Chessie and I will not come back. As for having a second child, we have our own plan, so you don't have to worry about that."

"You are not coming back? What do you mean by that? Are you still angry with me?" Madam Shaw frowned.

Susan sneered, "Didn't you already sign a contract? According to the contract, other than during the festive seasons, you are not allowed to visit my daughter. Since you've signed the contract, you have to comply with the agreement. Rest assured, all of us here love Chessie very much, so we don't need you to force yourself to accept her."

After saying that, without waiting for Madam Shaw to respond, Susan hung up the phone.

Initially, she had been in a good mood after returning to her loved ones today. However, Madam Shaw's call had spoiled everything. Her eyes slowly got red around the rims whenever she thought about the things Chessie had been through because of Madam Shaw.

Julian could not bear to see her in this state. He went forward and wiped away the tears at the corner of her eyes. "I'm sorry, Susie."

Madam Shaw was his mother. He could not change his mother, so he could only do his best to prevent his mother from hurting Susie and his daughter.

"It's not your fault." Susan looked at Julian. "Julian... maybe I was a little harsh with mom, but I really don't want to take Chessie back there. Considering mom's attitude, she still doesn't like girls. I want Chessie to grow up in a loving environment. I don't want her to live somewhere where she has to watch her step so that she won't incur someone's displeasure."

She was Julian's mother, and Susan was willing to make compromises for Julian's sake. However, for her daughter's sake, she would definitely not back down.

After she finished speaking, she turned and looked worriedly at Julian. She was afraid that Julian would not agree with her idea.

Julian rubbed her hair and replied, "Got it. That's what I thought as well. From now on, the two of us and

Chessie will stay with the Wrights." "Julian..." She had not expected that Julian would agree with her completely, and a flash of gratitude crossed her eyes.

Sighing, Julian wiped her tears away and kissed her cheek. The two of them held each other in silence for a long while, feeling that they had grown even closer. Suddenly, Julian noticed a rash. It was so faint that one could easily overlook it, but he saw it on Susan's neck out of the corner of his eyes.

At first, he thought he had seen wrong, but after taking a closer look, he knew he was not wrong.

"Susie, what happened to your neck? Why do you have a rash?" Julian asked, his brows frowning deeply.

"Hmm? I'm not sure either. Maybe it's an allergic reaction?" Susan replied.

"Let's go to the hospital tomorrow and check." Julian ran his fingers across her neck as a bad hunch formed in the pit of his stomach.

"That's not necessary. I don't think it's a big deal," Susan said.

"Nope. We must go to the hospital and check," Julian insisted.

"Okay, okay, fine. Let's go tomorrow." Susan gave in and nodded.

The night was deep, and Susan was exhausted from all the physical activities. Thus, she fell asleep soon.

As he was staring at the red rash, the bad hunch in Julian's heart began to grow. He had a feeling that he had forgotten something very important. But what was it?