Chapter 602

"Isn't it obvious? I want you to clean up the whole mess with Mia! Don't tell me you're just going to leave things as they are," Joey snapped. She knew Mia would not rest until she got Mario to compromise. If he could resolve this amicably, all would be right again. If not, Queenie might get dragged further into their mess. "What do you expect me to do? She's barren, and no miracle that will change that! It's not like I can marry someone like her and have the entire Atkinson bloodline end with me," Mario argued. Talking about Mia always set him off. Pivoting on the topic, he drawled sarcastically, "Oh, I forgot you and Queenie are part of the prestigious Hooper family now. I guess you're too high up on the social hierarchy to care about our lowly family's troubles." Of all the things he had inherited from Hanson, it had to be the latter's mocking skills. "Seriously? You're going to throw a hissy fit right now?" Joey countered. She was furious with him, but she remembered that she