Free Web NovelChapter 43: Fire Yvonne, And I’ll Come Back To You
"Mother, don’t you think that people will laugh at us even more if we yield and give up Wendy to Christian?" Michael’s gaze was very intense, and even though his voice was soft, it was stern and firm.
Winnie was taken aback by his words. After some time, she replied, "So, you’re telling me that Christian... desires Wendy?"
Michael did not answer her question. Winnie laughed angrily, "How dare he!"
Even though Winnie did not like Wendy, it was nothing compared to what she felt about Christian. She hated him. And no matter what Wendy had done in the past, she was still her daughter-in-law. On top of that, Wendy had always been respectful toward her.
However, Christian’s existence was like a stain in Winnie’s life.
"It’s better if you don’t interfere in this matter," said Michael.
At that moment, Madam Lucas entered the living room with Christian behind her. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
Winnie had held herself back from doing anything to Christian at the dining table. But now, the sight of him made her stomp up to him.
She gave him a harsh slap. She said, "Christian, you’re just an illegitimate child, and you shouldn’t consider yourself as part of the family just because your grandmother has allowed you to step into this house. You better keep in mind who you really are. Otherwise, I, Winnie Quinn, swear to make you pay no matter what."
The relationship between Anthony and Winnie had always been poor. Anthony had been a more diligent husband in the first few years of their marriage, but after making use of Winnie’s family’s influence to grow MC Enterprise into a big firm, he stopped fearing them. Naturally, he grew more impatient toward Winnie as well.
The change in Anthony’s attitude toward her was obvious, and soon afterward, Winnie found out about his affair with Lily Yates.
When that first happened, Winnie insisted on getting divorced. However, she figured things out. Anthony had made use of her to get everything that he wanted, and if she insisted on getting divorced, then her husband would surely leave everything that he had to his illegitimate son, Christian. On top of that, he would marry Lily. And when that happened, Lily would end up getting everything that once belonged to Winnie.
Since Winnie was not stupid enough to do that, she gritted her teeth and forced herself to put up with everything. All these years, Anthony’s siblings would ridicule her from time to time, but she could only tell herself to endure it. She just hoped that this would allow Michael to hold on to the inheritance that he deserved. However, she never expected Christian to return to this country and gain Madam Lucas’s permission to join this family.
On top of that, he now desired Michael’s wife. Even if Michael did not love Wendy, Winnie agreed that Michael could not yield and allow Christian to get what he wanted. She thought, even if my son does not want Wendy, we cannot allow Christian to get her.
Winnie would hear about the things happening within MC Enterprise from time to time. She never interfered, but she did not expect Christian to harbor such intentions toward their family.
"Aunt Winnie, I know very well who I really am, and I’m very grateful to grandmother for being willing to accept me into this family," said Christian with his head bowed cautiously, "I think that perhaps you and Michael might have some misunderstandings about me."
"Hehe... Misunderstandings about you?" Winnie sneered, "Even if I’m naive enough to believe that Wendy is a good person, I will never believe that I’m mistaken about you."
Winnie was extremely prejudiced toward. Wendy for the following reasons:
Winnie was extremely prejudiced toward Wendy for the following reasons: firstly, Wendy drugged Michael three years ago; and secondly, Michael hated her all this time. However, Winnie would never believe that she was wrong about Christian. His presence here in this mansion was more than just a coincidence.
Wendy stood by the side innocently. She stayed silent. After all, she was not unused to the misunderstandings that both Winnie and Michael had about her. She had stopped caring what they thought a long time ago.
"Christian, you should get going first," said Mrs. Lucas as she glanced at Christian. She was starting to regret summoning Christian home with the rest. She realized now that she should have taken her daughter-in-law’s feelings into consideration. Wendy drugged Michael three years ago, and secondly, Michael hated her all this time. However, Winnie would never believe that she was wrong about Christian. His presence here in this mansion was more than just a coincidence.
Wendy remained standing by the side innocently. She stayed silent. After all, she was not unused to the misunderstandings that both Winnie and Michael had about her. She had stopped caring what they thought a long time ago.
"Christian, you should get going first," said Madam Lucas as she glanced at Christian. She was starting to regret summoning Christian home with the rest. She realized now that she should have taken her daughter-in-law’s. feelings into consideration.
After Christian left, Mrs. Lucas sat down on the couch. She raised her head to look up at Michael and Wendy, who was standing before her, and said, "I know about what happened at the company, and I’m sure the both of you know why l asked you to come back here. I need you the both of you to be accountable to me. If I do nothing and let things continue to develop, I believe that in less than three days, the public will hear about both my grandsons fighting over the same woman. On top of that, Wendy’s reputation will definitely be ruined. I know that Wendy’s reputation has never been good within the company, but in the past, nobody knew about your relationship. Now that everyone knows, Wendy’s reputation is just as important as our family’s reputation."
As nobody responded, Mrs. Lucas shifted her gaze to Wendy and said, "Wendy, talk to me."
Wendy did not have much to say, as she did not have a choice in most of these decisions. After giving it some thought, Wendy said with clear and determined eyes, "Grandmother, I’ve agreed to get a divorce. As soon as we get divorced, I will cut off all ties with the Lucas family. When that time comes, the family’s reputation will no longer be affected no matter how notorious mine is."
"Wendy Stewart, you wouldn’t agree to a divorce no matter what we did in the past. Now, you’re so insistent on getting divorced ..." Winnie studied her inquisitively, "Don’t tell me that Christian’s feelings are not one-sided, and you’re interested in him too?"
Wendy felt helpless. She thought, it seems that Michael isn’t the only one who thinks this way Even Winnie believes that I only want to get divorced so that I can get together with Christian. I am a failure. I’ve been in this family for over three years, but they do not trust me at all.
"Wendy, is that really the case?" Mrs. Lucas’s tone was much firme, "I want you to tell me the truth. Are the rumors circulating within the company real, have you really fallen for Christian?"
Mrs. Lucas usually treated Wendy very well, but her words sounded quite threatening this time. Wendy kept her head lowered as she explained, "That’s not true, Grandmother. My desire to get divorced now has absolutely nothing to do with Christian. I can swear that after this divorce, will not get together with Christian. In fact, I can leave Lake City entirely."
"Since you’re not getting divorced for Christian, then there is another way that you can deal with the nasty rumors," said Mrs. Lucas. "You can quit your job as Christian’s assistant and go back to working for Michael. Then, have someone start another rumor saying that you only started working for Christian after an argument with Michael, and only because you wanted to make him jealous."
"I approve of this method," said Michael after a long silence.
Wendy knew that Michael was trying to keep her by his side. But he was not doing it because he loved her, but rather, because he wanted to mess with Christian. Wendy was nothing but a pawn on the chessboard between the two brothers, a pawn that they would manipulate for their own victory.
"I still think we should get divorced. My selfishness was what led to my marriage with Michael all these years, and since he’s in love with Yvonne, it’s not right for me to remain his wife," said Wendy.
"I told you that I will not agree to this divorce," said Michael resolutely, "I’m the only person who gets to decide if our divorce goes through or not. And right now, I don’t want to."
"You don’t want to?" Wendy chuckled. She stared at Michael and said, "Do you want me to go back to working for you? Fine, fire Yvonne first, and I’ll come back to you."
Wendy was betting on the fact that Michael Would not agree to this. After all, Yvonne was the woman he had loved and doted on for four years, and he would do anything for her. Even though Michael had indeed become colder toward Yvonne recently, Wendy did not believe that he would fire her just like that.
Wendy’s smile grew mocking as she continued, "Since you can’t do that, then ..."
Before Wendy could finish speaking, Michael interrupted her, "I can."
