Beth was so angry that she stomped her feet. “You old fool! Why do I have a mother like you?!”“Ha! How did I ever give birth to a b*tch like you?!” Thea’s words stung even more.“What are you all fighting about?” A man’s deep voice rang as he pushed a lovable woman in.Beth turned around and hurried over, regaining some confidence as she did so.“Conrad! You’re back just in time. I’m speaking with Esme’s grandmother about the project.”Conrad frowned, and his eyes went to Fia who was standing in front of the hospital bed.“Didn’t we already settle this matter? I’ll buy it off her with twice the market price.”“What? Twice the market price? What for? When will we ever break even like that?!” Beth’s unwillingness was plastered all over her face. She could not allow her daughter to suffer such a loss.She turned around and wanted to continue her argument with Thea.“Ha!” Thea laughed out in a bitter voice. “I’ll make this clear today in front of you, Conrad. I’m not selling the

“Conrad, please give Esme’s uncles a call. Once they’re here, please speak on my behalf.” Beth could already hear her heart thumping uncontrollably. If something were to happen to her mother, then she had to keep a good relationship with her brothers.That way, she would have no fear of punishing that pair of shameless mother and daughter!“Mom, please wipe your face.” Esme took out a wet tissue from her bag and handed it to her mother. Blood covered her entire face and it made her look like a murderer.Beth wiped her face and hands, and then said to Conrad, “Conrad, you love Esme very deeply and I watched you grow up. When you're younger, your relationship with your parents wasn’t great and you spent a lot of time at my place.”Conrad gave Beth a frigid glance. He hated it when people talked about his family.His relationship with his parents was bad back then, and it hadn’t improved.His grandfather was the one that took care of him. His father spent most of his time out of the

Conrad wiped his face as he was getting more and more agitated. He didn’t know where this agitation came from.He became agitated when he saw her cry.He became agitated when he saw her becoming distant toward him.He became even more agitated when he saw her showing her pitiful face to Jason.He didn’t know if it was because of his identity as her husband.He loved Esme for so many years and could not forget her for the past three years.He was happy when he knew she had returned.The person he loved should still be Esme.But… Why was Fia able to affect his emotions?Perhaps…He stared at Fia’s once beautiful eyes. They were red and swollen.Her nose and her cheeks were all red, just like when she was little.Perhaps…Once they were divorced and they were no longer husband and wife, he would no longer feel agitated.Once they were divorced, he would feel nothing because he was no longer her husband. He would no longer care who was getting close to her.Yes! That must be

“Douglas! Conrad’s the one who said he will divorce Fia and marry Esme!”Beth spoke with an expression that showed as if she had been misunderstood. “Conrad was originally in love with Esme and they had such a good relationship. If it were three years ago…”“Yeah, that was three years ago!” Hector said harshly. “Even you’re getting angry at me, Hector?” Beth said with a pout, as if she was a young woman that had been wrongfully blamed.“Wallace, we’ll visit Echo. You tell her!”Douglas and Hector left. They didn’t want to waste any more time with Beth.“I was only worried about mom, Wallace. You know, I have a bad temper and sharp tongue, so…”“Enough. Let’s talk business.”“What… What business?”“We’ve helped your husband a lot, seeing that you’re our sister. However, seeing that the Mannings are doing better, it seems like Hank no longer needs us to give him any advice. Therefore, I’m now letting you know that the Lawsons and the Mannings should keep our distance. Both in t

The woman on the bed moved and said, “I want pork chop in barbecue sauce.”“…” Pork chop in barbecue sauce again?Conrad then remembered that Beth asked him to go to her place just now so she could make that dish for him.He even suspected that she had heard it and simply said it to make him uncomfortable.“I want pork chop in barbecue sauce,” Fia said as she got up with irritation. “Fine.” Conrad turned around and got back down.He took out some pork chop from the fridge but didn’t know where to start. But when he remembered that there were plenty of videos and recipes on the internet, he took out his phone and began searching.One hour later, Fia was already fast asleep.Meanwhile, Conrad walked into the bedroom with a plate of pork chop in barbecue sauce that, at the very least, looked edible.“Get up. The pork chop in barbecue sauce you ordered.”Fia groaned and didn’t even move. All she wanted to do was to sleep.The bag of plums had already satisfied her.“Didn’t you