Chapter 220
Little did she expect that Sophia, Evelyn, and Finn would work together to set a trap for her.
Hazel turned around, avoiding Sophia's gaze, and spoke quietly, "I have no idea how things turned out like this. I didn't expect that after just a few days, Sophia would become so sharp-tongued. I just came to comfort her, but she set a trap for me. I'm so angry."
There was no way Hayden would care about Hazel's feelings right now. He only thought that this mother and daughter had caused him trouble again. He was the one who should be angry.
"What do we do now?" Hayden asked coldly.
Hazel took a deep breath, "How would I know?"
Although Hazel was far away from her, Sophia could still see the two of them arguing.
Anyway, no matter what Hayden and Hazel said today, she was determined to get back her inheritance.
Just as Hazel didn't know what to do, two more figures appeared at the entrance of the Smith Villa.
Aiden and Anais walked over supporting each other, followed by two bodyguard-like people.
Hearing the noisy commotion in the yard, Aiden immediately looked displeased, "What's going on? Why are so many people gathered here?"
Seeing them, Finn hurried over and explained respectfully, "Mr. Smith, you're here! These are Mrs. Smith's family members. They're discussing how to transfer the inheritance that Mrs. Smith's mother left her back then to Mrs. Smith's name."
Hearing this, Aiden raised his eyebrows and looked toward the crowd with some curiosity, "Really? When Sophia's mother passed away, she left her an inheritance?"
Finn nodded, "Yes, Mr. Smith. When Mrs. Smith's mother passed away, she left her quite a bit of inheritance. Now that Mrs. Smith is married, Mrs. Brown is planning to transfer her mother's inheritance to Mrs. Smith."
Finn deliberately praised Hazel in front of Aiden, hoping it would make it easier to get the inheritance back from Hazel later.
At this moment, Anais stepped forward, looking Hazel up and down, then put on a pleasant expression, though her underlying manner was cold, giving off an overall "stay away" vibe, "So it's Mrs. Brown here. I didn't expect you to be so kind-hearted, knowing to transfer Sophia's mother's inheritance over as soon as she got married. I really didn't expect you to play the stepmother role so well."
Hazel smiled awkwardly. She was already in a difficult position, and now with Aiden and Anais here, she had even less idea what to do.
"Yes, the inheritance Sophia's mother left was always meant for Sophia. Giving it sooner or later makes no difference. Before Sophia got married, we didn't transfer the inheritance to her because we were worried she couldn't manage it well as a single woman."
"But now that Sophia and James are married, we don't have that concern anymore."
When Hazel said this, she paused. How could she be willing to hand over the inheritance just like that?
At this moment, Evelyn stepped forward directly, continuing her words, "Mrs. Brown, since you don't have that concern anymore, can you transfer the inheritance to Sophia now? If it's not convenient here, Sophia and I can go with you to the Brown Group."
Facing all these people, Hazel was too nervous to speak. After all, this inheritance truly belonged to Sophia, and she shouldn't be keeping it.
But if she handed it over now, she really wasn't willing to, because that inheritance was equivalent to more than half of the Brown Group's shares.
Handing over her own company to someone else was harder than death for her.
Veda, standing to the side, saw Hazel's pale face and immediately looked angry.
She walked forward directly, not caring whether Aiden and Anais were present, acting unreasonable and aggressive, "What are you doing? Shouldn't you go discuss this with my dad? Why are you making things difficult for my mom here? The two of us can't make this decision at all."
After saying this, Veda turned around and looked directly at Sophia, "Sophia, if you really want to get back the inheritance, just go to the Brown Group later to find dad. Don't force my mom here."
Sophia raised her eyebrows and stepped forward with a puzzled look, "Veda, what do you mean by that? What do you mean by 'forcing'? Just now it was clearly your mom who said she would voluntarily return the inheritance to me. How come now, from what you're saying, it sounds like I'm forcing you to do things?"
Veda wanted to say more. After all, Sophia's words had really made her angry. She was about to argue with Sophia when Hazel quickly pulled her back, "Veda, say less."
Her phone call with Hayden had already ended. Now Hazel only felt isolated and weak.
She could only hold Veda back, preventing her from getting into conflict with them, and then think of a delaying tactic.
"Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith, how about this—let Sophia come back to the Brown family with us, and then we'll do the inheritance notarization. Although I'm very willing to transfer this inheritance to Sophia, the transfer process is still quite complicated."
Aiden and Anais could see at a glance what kind of person this Hazel was.
Especially Anais, who had investigated Sophia's background thoroughly when looking into her before, knew this Hazel inside and out.
As for whether Hazel was willing to hand over the inheritance, she knew better than anyone.
If they didn't make Hazel transfer the inheritance today, this matter would probably cause a lot of trouble in the future.
"It's okay, Mrs. Brown. What procedures do you need? I can arrange for servants to go to the Brown Group or your home to get them."
Hearing this, Hazel's face immediately stiffened.
She didn't expect Anais would say this.
"Mrs. Smith, there's no need to go through all that trouble. Sophia just needs to come back to the Brown family with me. Don't worry, Sophia is your daughter-in-law now. I'm not going to take her away. After we finish these things, I'll personally send her back to you."
Anais knew what tricks Hazel was playing, so she wouldn't give her that chance at all, "It's fine. We have plenty of servants at home. Just let them do it. Mrs. Brown, let's go inside and have some coffee and wait quietly. Like you just said, the inheritance will be transferred to Sophia sooner or later anyway, so giving it earlier will put her mind at ease."