That evening, Deanna moved out of the estate and temporarily stayed in a hotel.
The two little ones followed her.
As soon as they moved out, Sam called Lance to inform him.
Lance coldly replied, "If they've moved out, they've moved out. Why are you calling me? Clean up any trace of Deanna living there and throw out all her stuff!"
"What?"
Sam was taken aback by Lance's demand and didn't react immediately.
Lance didn't give him time to respond and hung up the phone.
During this time, Samantha was sitting beside him. Hearing Lance's words, she frowned deeply.
"Aren't you going too far? There are things there that aren't just Deanna's."
"Am I being too much, or is Deanna? Mom, whose side are you on?"
Lance retorted unhappily.
Samantha was at a loss for words and glared fiercely at her son.
If she didn't know the situation was fake, she would have been furious.
Stubborn boy, know when to stop!
No, if it isn't convincing, it won't fool others.
Lance and Samantha stared at each other.
Samantha had no choice but to cooperate. "Fine, I won't interfere in your matters anymore!"
With that, she turned and left the hospital room in large strides.
Meanwhile, Deanna was instructing her company to sever ties with Mercer Group.
All the responsible parties were stunned upon receiving the news.
What was going on?
Before they could react, news of Deanna and Lance's marital troubles began to spread online.
There were pictures to prove it.
Deanna was seen leaving the estate with her luggage, and later, the estate's butler was seen throwing out all of Deanna's belongings, which were captured by reporters.
Netizens were shocked and started discussing fervently.
"I knew there was something wrong between Deanna and Lance. I guessed right."
"If Deanna and Lance were really in love, why would Deanna try to stab Lance?"
"So what's really going on between them? They were so publicly affectionate before."
Everyone was curious.
Reporters swarmed to investigate Deanna's whereabouts.
They found out she was staying at a hotel and camped outside, hoping to get the first-hand scoop when she came out.
In her hotel room, Deanna saw the online frenzy about her breakup with Lance. Her eyes narrowed.
Although this was part of her and Lance's plan, it was clear that some comments were being manipulated.
She noted down the names of a few netizens who were particularly harsh and sent them to Shannon's sister.
Since Leighton rarely appeared in public, she wouldn't attract attention.
"Find out who paid these people to badmouth me."
"Yes!"
Leighton nodded in agreement.
The two little ones also saw the news online. Especially when they saw their mom's and grandma's things being thrown out of the estate, their eyes widened. They genuinely believed their parents had fought.
"What should we do?" Chloe anxiously looked at Gregory.
Gregory had no solution either. Finally, he said, "Let's call Auntie. She'll know what to do!"
However, their calls kept going to voicemail.
After several attempts with the same result, the two exchanged glances.
"How about we call Uncle? He's great at comforting women. We can ask him for advice and then trick Daddy into doing it," Chloe suggested.
Gregory thought about it and agreed they should contact their uncle.
He wasn't looking for comforting tips from his uncle but hoped his uncle could come back and help reconcile their parents.
Even if Uncle couldn't help, he could support Mommy as her family representative.
The call connected quickly, and Landon's gentle voice came through.
"Good morning, Gregory and Chloe. You wouldn't be calling this early unless you caused trouble, right?"
Landon was not in the country.
Since Lance proposed to Deanna, he had volunteered for a business trip to Africa to set up a new branch office.
As a result, he was unaware of everything happening back home.
Hearing this, Chloe eagerly sought help. "Uncle, we didn't cause any trouble, but something happened between Mommy and Daddy. You're really good at comforting girls. Can you tell us how to make Mommy feel better and stop her from breaking up with Daddy?"
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, there was chaos on Landon's end of the line, followed by his anxious voice.
"What exactly happened?"
"We don't know the details. We only know that Mommy hurt Daddy. This morning at the hospital they were fine. But this afternoon they had a fight, and now Mommy has moved us out of the mansion. Daddy even threw away Mommy's belongings."
Chloe shared what she knew.
Upon hearing this, Landon gritted his teeth in anger. "Lance, you promised me that you would treat Deanna well!"