OMG!!! My Crippled Husband is a Hot, Powerful CEO-Chapter 144 - A Little time

Rene’s expression grew tight at Alex’s question as Cole was torn between continuing with the pretense or coming clean.

How could he think of outsmarting the young man with such a feeble plan? Cole agreed that Alex was too smart to be messed with.

"Mr. Jude told me about the shares, so do you think it’s still right to lie to me?" Alex glared at the man on the bed as he asked, and Mia was nervous.

"Look, Alex..." she was saying but a voice devoid of warmth responded.

"It’s Mr. King, Mia, and from today, address your half-sister as Mrs. King," Alex said seriously. Mia was greatly pained but forced herself to endure it.

Joanna was nothing and yet, she had everything now. Rene and her daughter who had lived their whole lives in affluence and were going to be forced to take up some domestic jobs.

Alex wanted the documents signed today, so he was patient. "It wasn’t hard for Mr. Jude to confess it all, especially knowing that you were on the brink of losing everything," Alex revealed.

Cole could not pretend anymore. "Look, Alex, can’t you give a little time?"

The only way now was for him to escape from the shame and whatever it was Joanna might use against them but as if Alex read his mind, he refused.

"Time for what?" Alex asked, getting upset. "You destroyed the Company due to your inability to manage your home well. I have studied the details of the company’s finances and will be pressing charges."

The traces of Rene buying expensive cars or houses from the company’s account left a lot to be desired.

Joanna was stunned at this part, the fact that Cole had been so shameless in his spending on Rene to become so bankrupt.

It was clear that Alex had her back covered, doing all the background checks in secret. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

Joanna would not have known if she had stayed back. She knew there was so much to learn from Alex and remained quiet.

By watching him handle her enemies, Joanna had hope for the future.

"No, it’s my company, so I can manage it the way I want," Cole explained, but Alex shook his head as he glanced at Monica.

"She had shares in it, so you had no right to do this. If not for the deals Joan closed before the marriage, you would have closed down by now," Alex pointed out.

As an expert, he could see things from afar and could use a few minutes to resolve issues.

Cole felt like he was trapped in a hole but still pleaded. "Look, let’s forget about the pressing charges part. Perhaps there should be another way," he said gently, hoping that Joanna would reconsider.

Alex was about to say that there was no other way when Joanna countered. "Of course, there is a way."

Cole held her gaze, feeling that Joanna was not as helpless as her mother, but her words pierced him hard, wiping the little bit of positivity he held about her.

"We shall sell every asset in your, your wife’s, or your daughter’s name to recover for the losses." This was their last time outside the door and Fairytale was becoming disturbed.

Cole had seen this coming but never imagined that Mia and Rene would be affected. They were his backup plan in the case where he was unable to revive the company without being upset.

"You are more ruthless than your husband," Cole pointed out, bitterness lacing his voice.

Mia looked like she was going to faint, and Rene’s mind blanked out. It was just as her daughter said that they might end up begging on the streets.

Joanna could not be a little generous to even hire an apartment for us.

"Wasn’t it ruthless of you when you tried to keep my mother’s shares to yourself after watching us suffer?" Joanna asked, her emotions thick in her voice.

All her life, she had a worthy father but had to survive alone with her mother for as long as she could remember.

"Joan, please, I’m growing and can’t start over. The fact that I gave you life should make you consider," Cole pleaded. Rene hated that they were at the mercy of the illegitimate daughter.

"Not pressing charges is enough kindness. Or, we can have things the legal way," Joanna said coldly.

If not for the fact the winning family could not be represented probably, she would not be facing the crowd today, .

She also longed for a complete family. Her father and mother together, but that never happened for her because her father was busy with another woman.

It was time for them to go through the same thing she went through before all this began to happen.

"Joan, please, you already have Alex...Mr. King, and all the King family behind you. Even if you decide not to work, you will never be in need, so please consider."

At this point, Alex was enjoying watching his wife in action. He thought she was fragile, but it turned out the revenge boiling in her heart made her firm in her decision.

"Well, everything I have now is merely a compensation for how your mother stole my family from me. I suffered with my mother without a father in my life, but guess what? You get to undergo the same suffering with your father in your life," Joanna taunted.

Mia should have a great feel of suffering before Jessica would agree if its for free.

"Monica, please talk to your daughter," Cole pleaded, when he saw no way out of the situation but it seems he sought consolation in the wrong place.

Murmmers broke out as a result of Alex’s charming voice as they debated the situation.

"She’s too lenient. Had it been me, I would have kicked you out of the mansion right this minute," Monica added her voice.

Everything was going south, and there was no way for Cole to have it his way as it was too late to make amends because Joanna was now married.

Who knew that things would turn out this way? Monica was now a proud mother.

"Okay, I will sign the document," Cole finally said. Rene was so uneasy, her symptoms feeling like motion sickness.

"No, you can’t do this. Have you thought about me? Your daughter?" She raged but Cole had already appended his signature.

A sigh of relief escaped Monica when the documents reached Alex’s hand. It was over with justice prevailing over everything else.

This was the best day of her life ever since the day she met Cole because Joanna was now married.

"I lost hope before, but now I feel I should have told you sooner," she embraced her daughter as she spoke.

Then again, perhaps things must have been tougher if she had informed Joanna earlier. Despite Joanna being the one to initiate it, Alex was the one to implement everything.

"Cole, we have nothing. What do we do now?" She wailed as if Cole had been buried and before the latter spoke, Joanna reminded them.

"Oh, you have three months to remove yourself from the mansion and make way for the new buyer."

Joanna would not keep the mansion or give it to her mother because Cole had originally built it for Rene.

Therefore, it was better to sell it to use the money for something very profitable.

She would have bought or built a new one for her mother but knew the middle aged woman was so in love with her petite house.

However, Joanna’s sudden gesture was convincing enough, but why did Mia feel that Joanna was up to something bigger? It had always been so.

"Ike, drop Monica at home," Alex instructed before turning to Joanna. "How about we skip the reception and have a romantic dinner?"

The loving way Alex stared at Joanna, caused something to burn inside of Mia. Joanna was about to agree, but then remembered something and made a suggestion.

"Fine, but no private rooms if it’s a restaurant you are booking."

Alex’s gaze dimmed a little as he wanted something private. "Why?" His question only confirmed Joanna’s suspicions.

"If it will be a private room, then it’s better we eat at the mansion, so if you agree to the restaurant, then let’s eat like everybody else," Joanna proposed since they had a chef at home.

Alex was not liking this, but how could he refuse? "Okay, I agree with you."

Arriving at the restaurant, Joanna wondered what would have happened if she had agreed to the private room.

Everything was so luxurious, just like the life she was now getting accustomed to.

"I didn’t make a reservation, so we could talk as the meal is being prepared," he said as a waiter dropped an expensive wine gently on the table.

Alex merely poured a glass for Joanna when three ladies walked in, heading straight to Alex’s table.

Without permission, one of them embraced Alex in his sitting position. What Alex did, stunned everyone at the restaurant.