The Wife He Forgot to Marry (Winona and Yule) novel Chapter 514

Unable to squeeze a dime out of her father, Tallulah had no choice but to head home, gather several sets of expensive jewelry, and hand them off to her assistant to pawn.

Her assistant was secretly baffled. *How is it that after giving the Locke family a son, Tallulah is actually broker than before?*

But she didn't dare voice her thoughts. She simply took the jewelry and hurried off.

Once the PR money was spent, the trending tags died down. The Locke family remained entirely oblivious to the scandal, sparing Tallulah their wrath.

However, the next day, her assistant delivered more bad news: the legal team representing the victims was incredibly aggressive. They had zero chance of winning in court. The best move was an out-of-court settlement; otherwise, losing a public trial would bankrupt them in legal fees and payouts anyway.

Weighing her options, Tallulah bitterly decided to settle.

She'd just treat it as a stroke of terrible luck.

But she didn't have enough liquid cash, forcing her to hand over a few limited-edition designer bags for her assistant to liquidate.

Tallulah thought she had neatly swept the whole mess under the rug. She never expected that pawning her bags and jewelry would catch the attention of her mother-in-law, Willow.

Because Tallulah had been living at the Locke estate recently, the housekeeping staff cleaned her suite daily. The moment a maid noticed several high-value items missing from the walk-in closet, she reported it straight to Willow.

It didn't take much digging for Willow to uncover exactly why her daughter-in-law was suddenly fencing her luxury goods.

That evening, when Yulen returned home, Willow ambushed him with the information.

"Yulen, what is wrong with that wife of yours? If she doesn't have the brains for business, she shouldn't be playing entrepreneur. Not only did she lose a fortune, she nearly dragged our family's reputation through the mud! And how on earth was she running that clinic? So many botched procedures that she had to sell the jewelry and bags you bought her just to pay off the settlements. She gets a massive allowance, yet she has zero savings. Her spending is entirely out of control!"

Yulen's patience snapped. He agreed Tallulah had gone too far.

He marched upstairs to their bedroom to confront her.

Seeing him walk in, Tallulah remembered how he hadn't come home for the past two nights, ignoring her calls and texts. A surge of irrational anger bubbled up inside her.

"Where were you the last two nights?"

Yulen felt absolutely zero obligation to report his whereabouts to her. Shrugging off his suit jacket, he shot back, "Mom tells me that little clinic you opened went under, and you've been fencing your jewelry and bags. What's going on? Are you completely broke?"

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