A Spoonful of Sugar: Don't Beg for Love

Hesper had been racking her brain about who would sneak up on her at that time, but when she saw that it was Julie and Sophia, she immediately felt that there was nothing unusual about the situation. After all, the news that she was in charge of Duval Group had been spreading in Genecity since that morning. As Duvals, Julie and Sophia must be two of the first batches of people who were unable to take this and stand back as if nothing had happened at all.

During this period of time, there were quite a few reporters waiting outside Duval Group, but because Hesper had been busy visiting the potential locations for her studio, all of them waited in vain. Initially, Hesper had thought that the reporters tracked her down and found the apartment she was living in, but she did not expect that it would be Julie and Sophia who found her first.

Julie and Sophia were a little embarrassed for a while, but Julie was quick to come back to her senses. She stepped forward with a sneer, wanting to grab Hesper by her arm. "You little imp, you don't want us to make a fuss here and let the neighbors know just what kind of person you are either, do you?"

However, Hesper dodged her charge.

Julie almost rammed into the door frame head first. The rage that was only burning at the bottom of her heart skyrocketed in an instant. "How can you be so shameless as to have the guts to lay your hands on your husband's family's property? I'm warning you right here, right now. You'd better transfer all the Duval Group shares that you own to me this instant, or I'll slap you to death, you b*tch!"

"Julie McCall, you can be ignorant of reason or the law, but it's rather embarrassing for you to come to me and create a scene with such a level of ignorance." Hesper lowered her gaze, and her expression remained unchanged, but it somehow felt a little more oppressive than before. "What's more, Rickard and I filed for divorce long ago, didn't we? So how does that make you my husband's family? Weren't you always looking forward to our divorce while I was living with you as your daughter-in-law?"

Seeing Hesper's condescending look, Julie could not help but feel a little embarrassed.

Sophia stepped forward and intervened. "Hes, don't be like that. No matter what, you and Rickard were once married. Oh, and let's not forget about Ren too. You can't be such an ungrateful person. The Duval spent a lot of money on you back then."

"Hes?" Hesper sneered at Sophia. "That's a complete 180 in attitude, don't you think? Did you start taking acting classes while I was away?"

Hearing the sarcasm in Hesper's questions, Sophia felt humiliated too, but Hesper was so dominant now that anyone could see that she was not to be trifled with, not to mention that Sophia had gone into jail several times before because of Hesper too.

Sophia murmured, "Anyway, please don't mess around with the company. Now that Duval Group has fallen into your hands just like that, it's bound to go down in flames. But why would Rickard let you mess around with the company's future?"

Hesper understood everything at once.

'The truth is, Sophia and Julie have never taken me seriously, not even for one second. They think I'm holding onto Duval Group's shares for fun.'

Although Hesper planned to return those shares to Rickard when the time came, if she were to insist on keeping them, what could Rickard do about it?

Rickard had signed the contract himself, and the notarization was also done by Duval Group's legal department. He had voluntarily and nominally gifted the 43% shares to Hesper.

"If the two of you still don't understand, I don't mind giving you a lesson on corporate law." Hesper was only a little impatient at first, but Julie and Sophia's ignorance and stupidity was leaving her in a rather helpless position. "I'm the biggest shareholder of Duval Group now, while Rickard doesn't own even 0.1% of Duval Group, so he's in no position to compete with me. If I wanted, I could even chase you out of the mansion you currently live in and do as I want with it."

The corners of Hesper's lips curled into a smirk as she moved closer to the mother and daughter. "You two should know deep down whether I actually benefited from my days living with you, or if I suffered bullying. If I were to demand that you move out of the mansion, what could you do to stop me?"

Julie and Sophia exchanged gazes. Both saw the panic in each other's eyes.

Although they did not understand the operation of a company at all, they at least understood the words that came out of Hesper's mouth.

Rickard no longer owned any shares in Duval Group, so Hesper was the one who possessed the power to decide their fate.

"You can't do this! What would Grandpa think if he saw you like this?!"