Chapter 797 A Scheming Woman

• Clara heard a thud on the other end of the line but did not pay much heed to it. After all, she was just telling the truth. As an outsider, whatever happened to their son did not concern her. If this old hag successfully summons Shawn back to her side, then all the effort I've put into preparing myself for the Grant family patriarch's birthday banquet will go to waste. Why would I have thrown myself at this sweaty, fat, middle-aged man if I hadn't heard through the grapevine that he had been chosen to attend the birthday banquet on the mayor's behalf?
• To her, Shawn was a just stepping stone for her to worm her way into the upper crust of the Lumenopolis society.
• A short while later, Shawn's wife finally spoke in a shaking voice. “Tell that Chapman fellow, if anything untoward happens to my son, I'll haunt him even in my death!”