The Woman From Hell
Chapter 1503

In that case, I understood why Alex would approach Munchkin now.

Mason had been sent to prison, so even though Lady Winnie had passed down the technique to him, he had no chance of using it either.

According to the rules, Munchkin was the only legal heir, but because he was still young, the technique to change one's appearance sat idle waiting for someone to come forward and claim it.

Simon could not stand it any longer. He had the Hodds to back him up, so getting his hands on the technique was no problem.

Alex did not want others to snatch his mother's efforts away, so he needed a stronger reason. The best one was to adopt Mason's son who was stranded out there-Munchkin.

That was the reason why he, a stranger and biological uncle, would agree to save Munchkin's life.

"The next portion is about Mr. Grant." Ronny seemed to realize that he had been telling too many stories and finally came back to the main point.

"Mr. Hodds emigrated a long time ago, but he's always been keeping an eye on Mr. Mason. He knows Mr. Grant as well, and we've always been aware of Munchkin's existence, though we never wanted to interrupt."

If Munchkin heard what he said, he might not believe him either.

'Three years ago, Mr. Grant learned about us but never contacted us. A few days ago, he sent an email and contacted Mr. Alex, offering to solve his problem."

He made a pause. "The conditions he stated prompted Mr. Alex to save Munchkin."

"What did he mean by solving his problem?" I sensed that something was wrong.

"Mr. Grant said that he could agree to transfer custody to him."

I was shocked. It turned out that Alex did not force him. Theo had done everything voluntarily. He arranged and anticipated it!

I felt like laughing all of a sudden.

I never thought there would be such an ending to this case, but after thinking about it, everything seemed expected somehow.

This had always been Theo's way of doing things, no?

"He claimed to be Munchkin's legal guardian but not his biological father, saying that he's merely his adopter. Hence, he said that as long as we agreed to save Munchkin's life and transfer eight percent of Hodds Corporations' shares to him, he'd agree to give us Munchkin's custody."

My expression and mind were blank. All I felt was a ball of fire burning harder and harder in my heart.

Something suddenly came to mind. "Theo had already signed the papers when you gave them to me. Where was Munchkin then?"

"Munchkin was in Simon's hands at the time. We promised Mr. Grant to bring the child back unscathed."

Like someone had thrown a bucket of gasoline at the ball of fire in my heart, there was a boom. My entire body burned.

In other words, Theo had used his custody rights to exchange for shares before making sure that the child was safe.

The things he said earlier were nothing but lies.

He promised to take care of Munchkin with me. It turned out that he was waiting for this day.

I suppressed the rage in me. I must not show my emotions in front of Ronny no matter what.

"What about me? What sort of conditions are you going to offer me?"

They probably knew that Theo was not the only guardian from the start. Since they had already operated on Munchkin, I believed they were already prepared to convince me wit their conditions.

"You agreed to give Theo eight percent shares, but I got nothing. Isn't that unfair for me?" I deliberately bargained and acted like I was moved at the sight of money.