Chapter 1488: 1488. Do you really think my dad loves you?
Originally, she thought that after saying this, Leo Hall would show some sort of guilty expression. However, he merely looked at her with confusion and asked:
“My dad committed murder and arson; isn’t it perfectly normal for the police to arrest him? Even kindergarten kids know that police officers catch bad guys, Mom, surely you wouldn’t be unaware of that?”
As he spoke, he grinned brightly, the innocence reflected in his small canine teeth seeming pure and clean. Yet to Mia Brown, her son’s cold-bloodedness was becoming utterly terrifying.
Cold-blooded…
Yes, she had finally found an appropriate word to describe the current Leo Hall—truly cold-blooded, cold-blooded to the extreme.
“Leo, you…”
At that moment, Mia Brown stared at Leo Hall as if she no longer recognized him, unable to utter a single word.
She had never felt her son was this unfamiliar to her before.
“What else do you know?”
“Hmm… The Hall Clan should now already belong to my half-brother, Harry Hall.”
As he said this, he spread his hands in mock helplessness toward Mia, speaking:
“Mom, the Hall Clan is already in Harry Hall’s hands. Shouldn’t we head back now?”
He gestured toward the impoverished mountainous area surrounding them, curling his lips:
“Staying here to win over internet sympathy isn’t going to change the fact that the Hall Clan is no longer ours.”
Mia Brown’s complexion turned increasingly pale and visibly worsened. In the end, after bearing the title of a mistress for decades, she had gained nothing.
Over the years, aside from holding the lawful wife’s identity, she always possessed a strong sense of superiority before Leanne Richards.
Her education level was higher than Leanne’s, she was younger than Leanne, and most importantly, William Hall loved her.
All these years, outsiders acknowledged her as Mrs. Hall. She had always believed that with William Hall’s support, taking the Hall Clan alongside her son would be an easy task.
An official title was nothing compared to the vast enterprise of the Hall Clan.
But now, she no longer felt that unparalleled sense of superiority before Leanne Richards. Just thinking about Leanne strutting arrogantly before her made her physically tremble with rage.
What was that woman Leanne Richards but someone who merely gave birth to a capable son? How could she compare to her?
The more Mia Brown thought about it, the more unwilling she felt, but what could she do with that unwillingness?
“Let’s head home first and see what your dad has to say. I don’t believe he didn’t leave anything for us.”
Mia Brown initially came here to “suffer” so that when her son inherited the Hall Clan, they wouldn’t be criticized too harshly.
But now that the Hall Clan was gone, what was the point of staying here pretending?
Leo Hall stared thoughtfully at Mia Brown for a while before grinning and said:
“Mom, do you really believe Dad genuinely loves you?”
Mia Brown froze at Leo’s question for a moment before resolutely answering:
“Of course.”
All these years, she was the only wife he publicly acknowledged, the one he brought to every important occasion.
He gave her face and respect, letting her hold her head high in front of his business associates. If that wasn’t love, what was?
Leo Hall seemed to guess what Mia was thinking, staring at her for a while before letting out a sarcastic chuckle and said:
“Mom, if he truly loved you, why would he keep you under the label of a mistress for over twenty years?”
Mia was momentarily stunned, wanting to refute him, but Leo cut her off:
“I know what you want to say—that Dad only acknowledges you publicly and doesn’t acknowledge Leanne Richards. But so what? Leanne Richards is recognized by the government and by the Hall Family; that’s all that matters.”