How I Accidentally Married a Billionaire
Chapter 284 - Chapter 284 Chapter 283

Chapter 284: Chapter 283 Chapter 284: Chapter 283 Cindy was in the office, coquettishly complaining to Howard, “I just want to live in a villa, and your son wants to be born there too~”

Howard straightforwardly said, “Alright, I’ll go back and discuss it with her.”

Cindy blinked, “Yeah, you should discuss it with her, after all, she’s the real owner of the villa. It’s in her name~”

She knew exactly how to provoke Howard.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished, Howard immediately retorted, “What do you mean ‘hers’? It’s mine! I’m the head of the household! Haven’t you seen that I call the shots in the company? You’ll come home with me tonight, and settle down in the villa!”

Seeing his reaction, Cindy quickly added, “Won’t your wife get upset and kick us out? Didn’t she kick me out last time?”

“How dare she!” Howard snapped, his chin lifting defiantly.

Just then, someone knocked and entered the office, handing Howard a lawsuit document, “Mr. Howard, someone just delivered this! They claim we didn’t submit the R&D proposal on time. Davis Corporation is suing us! They demand we compensate them with twenty million in accordance with the contract!”

“What?!” Cindy exclaimed in disbelief, staring at the lawsuit.

Howard casually waved it off, “It must be a mistake, Mary Davis is so good to Keera, she wouldn’t sue us!”

He then looked at his secretary, “But didn’t the R&D department submit the proposal on time?”

The secretary replied, “Mr. Howard, our core employee in the R&D department was poached last month. He had asked for a raise which you denied, and told him to get lost. That led to the delay with the R&D proposal.”

Howard vaguely remembered this.

Their company’s R&D department had only one key technical person, who was poached by Dr. South’s company last month. He had come to Howard, mentioned he hadn’t had a raise in two years, and said he would stay if Howard gave him a raise.

Otherwise, he would resign.

Howard, being a matrilocal husband with a particularly strong ego, definitely didn’t like being threatened and had furiously told him to leave!

At the time, the secretary had warned, “If this core employee resigns, our partnership with Davis Corporation might be jeopardized…”

Howard had scoffed, “If we can’t make it on time, just push it back. Whenever it’s done, just give it to them, right? With Mary Davis at Davis Corporation, it’ll be fine!”

He hadn’t expected things to escalate this far.

Howard immediately said, “Don’t panic, I’ll call Mary Davis right now.”

After saying this, he took out his phone and dialed Mary Davis.

She quickly picked up, and Howard explained the situation then continued, “… do you think there’s some misunderstanding? Or maybe you can give our group an extension for a month? We’ve hired new technical staff, surely we can deliver the proposal to you!”

He thought this would settle everything.

Considering how many projects Davis Corporation had, no one would fuss about such a minor one. They were comfortably holding onto the R&D funds, and not delivering results didn’t matter much…

But unexpectedly, Mary Davis burst out shouting, “Howard! How dare you call me?! Do you know, because of this issue, I’ve also faced repercussions at work! My granduncle was already unhappy that I got a position in the corporation while my cousin didn’t. He’s using this situation against me now, planning to kick me out! I can’t help myself right now, let alone you! You’re on your own!”

Leaving him with these words, Mary Davis hung up.

Howard was stunned.

He immediately turned to his secretary, “Quick, go to Davis Corporation and find out if Mary Davis was really fired!”

“Yes.”

After the secretary left, Cindy asked, “Howard, what do we do now? Do we really have to pay twenty million? Even if we sell the company, it isn’t worth that much!”

Howard was desperately paced, and then suddenly stood up and headed out, “I’m going to see Keera.”

Cindy, looking anxious, caught his words and her eyes flickered. She immediately followed him, “I’m coming with you!”

They quickly returned to the South Family villa.

At that moment, Keira was still playing the role of a devoted wife and mother, preparing lunch for Howard’s mother in the kitchen.

As the door opened, Howard burst into the kitchen.

Keira perfectly displayed a surprised and delighted expression, “You’re back?”

Seeing her face trying to please him, Howard arrogantly ordered, “Call Mary Davis right now and get her to withdraw the lawsuit against the company!”

Keira pretended to be unaware, “What lawsuit?”

“Just call, don’t waste words!” Howard bristled.

Keira immediately bowed her head, “Alright, I’ll call now.”

She cast her eyes down and took out her phone to call Mary Davis, but the prompt on the other end of the phone was, “Hello, the number you have dialed is switched off…”

She paused and looked at Howard.

Howard hurriedly said, “WhatsApp voice call.”

Keira quickly opened WhatsApp and made a voice call to Mary Davis, who immediately hung up and quickly sent her a message: [Keera, I’m sorry, we shouldn’t contact each other anymore.]

Keira tried to message her back, only to discover she had been blocked.

Stunned, she stared at her phone.

Howard, furious, stepped forward and raised his hand to slap her, “Bitch! You ruined me!”

Keira dodged the slap.

She seemed extremely aggrieved; the moment Howard tried to hit her, she just collapsed to the ground, hugged her knees, and started sobbing, “Why, Mary Davis? Why did she block me?!”

Howard’s slap missed, and just as he was about to kick Keera, she stood up and grabbed Howard’s arm, “Howard, you can’t abandon me! I’m your wife, and I can’t come up with twenty million. With the unstable housing market in Clance, if we have to sell the house, it’ll only go for half its value. Even then, we won’t make twenty million! What if they send me to jail? Think of something, we’re husband and wife, we’re in this together…”

These words made Howard pause.

He suddenly realized… the company’s legal person and shares were all in Keera’s name, even this villa was hers!

So, if Davis Corporation pursued this issue, all he had to do was divorce and push all the blame onto her, then he could walk away scot-free.

His eyes instantly lit up.

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