His Secret Spoiled Wife (Lily and Alexander) novel Chapter 827

“Why? That’s the truth!” Narrowing his eyes, Joseph did not think anything was wrong with what he said. At least, that was what he had felt over the years.

Letting out a snort, Eloise looked at him. “Oh, you’ve been great to her? Even though she had worked so hard, you refused to delegate power to her, and Ari has gotten to her position through her own effort! What have you given her? You only care about your son and plan to leave everything to him. Have you spared a thought for Ari’s future?”

Hearing this for the first time, Joseph took a second to respond. “She’s going to get married sooner or later! When she gets married, she’ll no longer be a member of the Tanner family. How could she inherit the company?

“I’ve told you this before, and it’s not my fault that she’s born a woman. Yes, Ari is capable, and if she were a man, I’d definitely hand the company over to her. However, she’s a woman and will get married someday. That’s why I told you we should try to have a son, but you…”

Eloise’s body had been affected after giving birth to Arianna, and she had been unable to conceive since. Joseph then started an affair with Elizabeth, who later gave birth to Damian. Eloise tolerated them because she knew she was still the lawful wife and was not powerful enough to go against her husband.

But now…

“So it’s my fault that I couldn’t give birth to a son? Just because of this, you’ve treated Ari this way, thinking that you’ve been fair to her?”

“It’s the same for every family! Who on earth hands over family businesses to the daughters?” Thinking that he was right, Joseph snarled. When he saw her disappointed look, he suddenly caught onto something. “Oh, you ganged up with Ari to set me up just because of this?”

“Set you up?” Eloise let out a derisive chuckle. “If you call Ari’s effort a set-up, then I’ve nothing to say. Your precious son has run into trouble, made you lose face, and brought a crisis to the company. Ari has only tried to gain control of the company for his and your sake!”

Joseph was speechless.

“Ari has been trying hard to think of ways to solve the problem, even to the point of pushing her uncle. But you? All you know is to blame everything on her! Fine, just do so. I’ll ask her to stop bothering to help so that we can all be happy!”

While she spoke, she picked up her phone to call Arianna.

Still trying to process what she said, Joseph was stunned to see her picking up the phone and tried to seize it from her. “What are you doing?”

“This is what you want, isn’t it?” She tried to hold on to her phone.

Being stronger and faster, Joseph managed to take it from her. “Can you calm down? Are you trying to say that Ari visited my brother to find solutions for the problem?”

“What else? The company is in bad shape now. Why would she bother to take it over?” Tears welled up in her eyes.

Joseph grew regretful. Seeing her reddish and swollen face, he knew he was too rash and acted too harshly.

“El…” Joseph tried to caress her face, but Eloise turned it away. “Save it! I don’t want your sympathy.”

Embarrassed, he chuckled. “I’m sorry, I was being reckless. It’s my fault that I lost my temper without knowing the truth. How about you hit me back?”