“Hank, you’ve forgotten about me after marrying your wife, huh? This isn’t how you behaved in the past. You must be bewitched by that mistress so much that you want to abandon me. What a tough life I have. Why did I give birth to such a son who married a mistress?
“Liberty, I regret it. I’ve learned from my mistakes. You’re still better. You could cook and do household chores. You also treated me well and brought good luck to your husband. When you were around, Hank was doing well in his career. He was lucky and wealthy. Our family was living in happiness.
“Once you left, Hank started to be down on his luck in his career. His income has reduced greatly. Even Chelsea and her husband have lost their jobs. As for me, I’ve been bullied every day… I regret it. I regret it so much!”
While bawling, Olivia criticized her son for being unfilial. She recalled how her family was living well when Liberty was around.
However, tears did not flow out of her eyes. She was merely wailing.
Indeed, Olivia regretted it, and so did Chelsea.
Making such a comparison only led to despair.
In the past, Chelsea found Liberty so useless that she was eager to see Hank and Liberty split. Now, Hank got together with Jessica, who was not to be trifled with lightly. When Chelsea provoked Jessica, the latter even counterattacked her fiercely.
When Olivia sided with Chelsea, Jessica told Olivia to live with Chelsea and have her daughter take care of her in the future. This was because Olivia favored Chelsea and made things difficult for Jessica.
With her competence, Olivia would side with her daughter without being bothered. about her son and daughter–in–law. She even gave her daughter the money that she got from her son. When she was unable to move around, she would want her son and daughter–in–law to look after her. Olivia could dream on!
Jessica mentioned that if her parents–in–law continued to be irrational and side with their daughter, she would be unfilial toward them. She would not be bothered about how Hank was going to treat his parents. Anyhow, she was not her parents–in–law’s biological chiid.
Her parents–in–law had never raised her, so she was under no obligation to serve them.
This made Mr. and Mrs. Brown’s blood boil.
“Mom, stop bawling. I’ve been down on my luck in my career. I just want silence when I return home. You keep kicking up a fuss every day. What’s the point of regretting it? Liberty and I are already divorced. I married Jessica today, and she’ll be your daughter–in–law from now on.”
Hank was trying to stop his mother from bawling.
He said huffily, “When Liberty was around, you and Chelsea would always nag me about how useless Liberty was. You said Liberty spent money indiscriminately without knowing how to make money, and that she stayed at home and only took care of the kid every day without doing anything much.
“You called Liberty a spendthrift and claimed she wanted to live with her sister. The two of them had been stuck together for over ten years. Before Liberty got married, she had never requested anything from our family. The only request she made was to have Serena live with us until Serena got married.
“You and Chelsesa had been badmouthing Liberty, saying that an adult like her could have rented a house outside since she had income. She insisted on staying with us, and you believed she wanted to sponge off us. At that time, Liberty would pay you. two thousand dollars of living allowance every month, whereas Chelsea stayed here for about two months, yet she didn’t pay a penny.
“When Liberty’s parents passed away, how old was Serena? She was about 10 years old. What was wrong with being a little reliant on her sister? The two of them who had always been stuck together couldn’t bear to part with each other. How is that considered sponging off us? That was what we promised Liberty before our marriage.
“Do you think Serena was happy to stay in our house and be at our mercy? She was worried about her sister and wanted to reduce Liberty’s burden. She helped Liberty with some household chores so her sister won’t be too tired.
“Mom, you have yourself to blame. If you and Chelsea hadn’t complained about Liberty and her sister that way, Liberty and I wouldn’t have rowed so often, which ruined our relationship. That was why I fell in love with someone else.
“You regret it now, huh? You only regret it after learning that Serena has married Zack and that Liberty and Serena’s aunt is Mrs. Stone. Even if you regret it, you have to endure the guilt. This is because you played a huge role in Liberty and my divorce.
“Anyway, Jessica has become your daughter–in–law. If you want to have your son and daughter–in–law care for you when you’re old, you should treat Jessica well.
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She’s not your biological child, so she doesn’t owe you anything. If you don’t treat her well first, why should you expect her to do the same to you?”
Olivia was speechless.
“Mom, you’d better not go to Liberty and pour out your feelings. Don’t wash our dirty linen in public. You’re already so old, yet you’re under the impression that Liberty will take pity on you if you vent to her. All she’ll do is gloat over it.”
Hank expressed all his dissatisfaction in one go.
His words made Olivia grimace, and she was at a loss for words.
“Mom, think about it.”
With that, Hank turned around and walked away.
“Where are you going?”
Seeing that her son was about to go out, Olivia asked him.
“You stomped on the flowers that I planned to give to my wife. I’m going out to buy a new bouquet of flowers.”
Olivia was speechless.
Hank left without looking back. He went out to buy Jessica another bouquet of flowers.
When he returned, he saw his mother weeping on the couch. Distressed, he ignored his mother. He entered his room with the new bouquet of flowers.
Jessica was watching a video using her phone on the bed. She would chortle from time to time.
At the sight of the flowers in his arms, Jessica put down her phone. She jumped off the bed and walked toward Hank barefoot.
“Darling, you’re back.”
When Hank told Olivia off in the living room just now, Jessica actually heard everything from her room.
Jessica was pleased that her husband took her side.
“Darling, this bouquet of flowers is for you. Today is our wedding day.”
He even took out a Tiffany box and opened it. Then, he lifted a gold ring. “This is for you.”
After Jessica received the flowers, she stretched out her hand to have Hank put on the gold ring for her. She said coquettishly, “We need to renovate our wedding room, so let’s be frugal. As for my parents… we’ll pay for our wedding and family support. A simple one will do.”
If Hank paid her parents family support worth 60,000 dollars, Jessica would not get anything. It would only benefit her two brothers. Why should they be eligible for it?
Jessica’s mindset changed swiftly.
Before she married Hank, she persuaded Hank to promise her parents the amount they requested.
Now that she was married to Hank, she felt that she deserved everything that belonged to him. She could not bear to give so much money to her parents to help her brothers.
Anyhow, she was already married to Hank. There was no way her parents could threaten her.
Jessica refused to help her brothers. Now that she had been married off, she wanted to live a good life first. If she was wealthy enough, she would occasionally lend a hand to her family if they were in trouble. Having said that, it would be impossible for her to use up all her money here just to help her family out.
Upon hearing Jessica’s words, Hank hugged her. He lowered his head and kissed her on the face. “Darling, thank you for being considerate.”
“We’re a married couple. I just want us to live much better than you and Liberty did.”
At the mention of Liberty, Hank clearly stiffened. Nevertheless, he did not say anything. He soon carried Jessica to bed.
Every moment of the wedding night was precious indeed.
On the other hand, Serena strolled outside the hilltop villa. Only when her legs were tired did she return to the house.
Zack silently followed behind her.
Every time he wanted to speak to her, she would say, “You liar, stay away from me. I don’t want to talk to you now.”
This caused Zack to become submissive. All he could do was silently follow behind her.
By the time Serena returned to the house, her phone was already fully charged.
She unplugged the charger and picked up her phone, only to see many incoming missed calls and WhatsApp messages. There were also text messages.
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