Aggressive Wife novel (Madeline and Noah)

The villa's location and architecture was one thing; the interior also had to be taken into consideration.

If this place was furnished with expensive luxury items, the price of the

entire residence would soar through the roof.

"Madeline dear, the Quincy family is powerful and their business is worth millions. I'm sure Noah's

compensated you handsomely now that you've parted ways. He gave you this villa as well?" Bruno

took another look around, now that he had a clearer idea of how much this place could be worth.

At a rough estimate, the villa was worth at least 15 billion dollars. On his last visit, he had been in a

hurry and not in a position to take a closer look around. He had not expected that Madeline would

furnish her house with antiques! This was only the ground floor, no less. He was quite sure that the

other two floors would have tons of expensive items.

Bruno's mental calculations filled him with the utmost glee! Once he managed to find a buyer for this

place, the Grant family would be able to reverse its fortunes!

"What?" Madeline stared at Bruno, half-suspecting the man had gone mad.

"Don't bother pretending, my girl. I already know that you and Noah have separated!" Bruno could not

hide his glee as he spoke, as if such a calamity was an occasion for celebration.

"So, what are you planning to do?" Madeline was not in the mood to explain to Bruno that she and

Noah were still very much together. Instead, she immediately demanded to know the purpose of his

visit.

"What am I planning to do? I want to help you safeguard your property, of course! I know all about your

scandal with that pretty boy; it's all over social media. Let me drop a word of advice in your ear. Even if

Noah's given you a good sum in compensation, you shouldn't let other people take advantage of you.

That pretty boy is bad news!"

Madeline almost burst out giggling. Pretty boy? Joseph could certainly pass for one, provided one

looked only at his strong jawline.

"Let's do things this way. Whatever money Noah gave you as compensation, keep that and use it for

your living expenses. It would be better to sell this house, though, since it's definitely pretty valuable."

"Bruno Grant, are you telling me that you came all the way here this afternoon, just so you could sell

my house?" Any lingering drowsiness Madeline might have been experiencing dissipated at once.

What was more, she felt that her eyes had been opened in no uncertain manner.

She did not know if normal fathers would behave like Bruno if they found out that their daughter had

been cruelly abandoned and divorced by her husband. Would they hurry over as well, intent on selling

her possessions?

Up until now, Bruno had not uttered a single word of sympathy or even tried to console her.

"Madeline, don't be so harsh. I'm only doing it for your own good. You should stop assuming my good

intentions are schemes to swindle you!" Bruno was displeased that his motives had been unmasked so

quickly.

"If it's for my own good, then I think it's better if I stay put here. It's a good location, and I don't plan on

moving any time soon. If there's nothing else, please do leave." Madeline's temper rose.

What sort of shameless person was Bruno anyway?

"What's the point of you living alone in this gigantic house? Are you still under the impression that

you're a rich man's idle wife? Anyway, my reputation is in tatters because of you! I don't even have any

clean clothes left. Shouldn't you take some responsibility?"

"I see. That's your true motive. You think that I've been abandoned by Noah and I’m not under his

protection anymore, so you hurried over to seize control of my possessions?"

"So what? If you hadn't tricked me during that livestream, I'd have been able to reverse my fortunes. All

I want now is for you to compensate me. Is that so wrong?" Bruno retorted eloquently, feeling unusually

self-righteous.

"Bruno Grant, are you really my father?" Madeline was so furious her hands were shaking.

"Of course I'm your father. You ungrateful little snake, you'd refuse to acknowledge your own father just

for the sake of a bit of money, wouldn't you?" Bruno's matter-of-fact admission was like rubbing salt into

Madeline's wounds.

She had really hoped that Bruno would say he was not her real father, so she could deny any sort of

blood relation to such a grasping, shameless, unscrupulous man.

Unfortunately, Bruno had not done so. He was indeed her biological father. Her entire body crawled at

the thought of such a humiliating bloodline.

"Very well then. Since you want to sell this house, sell it." Madeline steadfastly suppressed her desire

to chop Bruno into tiny pieces and forced herself to calm down. She looked at him, her gaze becoming

increasingly colder.

Since he had stooped to this level, there was no reason for her to be considerate any longer!

Madeline did not want to bother with Bruno anymore. She went to the bar counter and sat down, then

pulled out her phone. Rapidly typing a message, she sent it off.

"You're serious? Well then, I've always said that you were a smart girl, Madeline, even when you were

little. When I finally turn my fortunes around, I'll make sure I repay you handsomely!"