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Chapter 71 – Why do you think we care?

Chapter 71: Chapter 71 – Why do you think we care?

Joanna was reluctant to answer the call, causing Alex to stretch his neck to catch a glimpse of the caller.

"Answer the call," he encouraged her, but Joanna shook her head in refusal.

"It’s my dad, no need."

"Answer it," Alex persisted, already thinking of ways to deal with the bastard of a father once more.

If he had his way, he would make Cole disappear. "It’s just my dad. He’s not important to me," Joanna refused once more, but Alex casually stretched his hand, and his finger slipped across the screen of the phone.

"Then I should answer it for you."

Joanna did not care for her father, so she did not stop Alex from answering the phone, activating the speaker button.

An angry voice met their ears. "Joanna, are you crazy? I want you at home right now."

The voice was so commanding that Alex was offended, wondering if Cole forgot that Joanna was not Mia.

"She’s not coming," he responded curtly. Cole’s voice lowered instantly, regretting his forgetting the fact that Joanna was now Mrs. King.

Well, that marriage was still questionable until after the massive wedding.

"Alex, this is an emergency," he said politely. Joanna laughed at her father’s sudden humility, not afraid of showing her excitement at his making a fool of himself.

"Why do you think we care?" She asked sarcastically. Cole was seething from the end of the line, understanding that he was being mocked by his illegitimate daughter.

Maybe if Alex understood the kind of woman he called a wife, he would understand the reason Cole wanted nothing to do with her and her mother.

"Joanna assaulted her sister, Mia, and she’s admitted at the hospital. I’m afraid I’d press charges."

Joanna was slightly nervous, wondering what Alex would think about her and having no idea that he already knew.

If she had known, she would have answered the call so that Alex would not have done so on her behalf.

Waiting for him to chastise her, a chuckle escaped Alex’s lips. "Go ahead."

His voice was so calm, and the way he smiled at her meant he was not pretending.

Greatly, her heart was warmed, but Cole was frustrated at the end of the line, knowing that Alex was supporting his illegitimate daughter.

"Alex, this isn’t fair. Joanna is jealous because Mia closed some of her deals and beat her up," Cole lamented, but Joanna had the sickening feeling that Mia did not tell the whole truth of the matter.

In that case, Alex might see her as immature. As for Cole, Joanna did not care what he thought about her, and before Alex spoke, she took the words from his mouth.

"Is that what she told you?" She asked, sarcasm lacing her voice.

Upon second thoughts, she changed her mind about arguing over the phone. "I’m coming over." She ended the call.

At the end of the line, Cole was happy to have gotten her where he wanted. A smug smile settled at the corner of his lips.

"She’s coming."

His wife, Rene, had a smug smile in the corner of her lips. "I will get everything ready. She will wish she was never born for doing this to our daughter."

Mia was excited, having been discharged from the hospital just a while ago. She always knew Joanna was wild but not this wild.

It was time for Alex to break up with the bitch for good, and who else would fit the position of his wife better?

Being crippled was better than being bedridden, right? Besides, Joanna had mentioned that he was very good in bed, and she might even be pregnant with his child.

Mia hoped that Joanna would die with her baby if there was any.

In Alex’s office, he did not like the way the call ended, since he never trusted any member of the Baker family, except his wife.

"I won’t allow you," he declared after Joanna ended the call, but she was determined.

"Trust me."

"Then I will come with you." His voice was solemn, pressing his superiority, but Joanna refused his company. After all, he was too busy.

"Jack is enough."

The mention of Jack’s name made Alex slightly uncomfortable. "And I’m your husband. Don’t forget that this is a family matter."

Joanna recalled what happened with Jeremy, even if it was more of a reward. Alex would transfer Jack if he found out that she had any form of liking for him.

"Alright, but what did you want to tell me before?" She asked, accepting the fact that Alex would go with her.

Alex thought about what he wanted to say before but suddenly kicked against it. "It’s not important."

"Then you would not have told Jack to bring me here," Joanna expressed her unbelief in his words, he succumbed.

"Okay. It’s about the intimate part of our relationship."

Nervousness washed over Joanna, but knowing Alex, she felt she might be overthinking it, choosing to seek clarification instead. "I don’t get it."

Alex forced a smile, but his nervousness was still visible in his eyes as he explained.

"Look. There will be more expected of us during and after the wedding, and I just want to be sure you are completely in."

Joanna hoped it wasn’t what she was thinking. The last time her mind went in that direction, she was hit with something unexpected, drawing them apart, so she asked seriously.

"Can you explain what you mean by more?"

Alex pursed his lips, stared into her eyes, and spoke seriously. "There are times we shall be required to kiss in public."

He observed the redness of Joanna’s cheek, shaking his head and adding. "Either of us might not have the chance to ask permission before it happens."

Joanna expected it but just did not anticipate it so soon. No matter how she tried, the thought of doing something so intimate with Alex caused something strange to move inside her. About to respond, Alex said something that broke her heart.

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