Chapter 79 Returning Home
When I opened my eyes again, it was daylight
Thadrohre benzeally shaken up berauer 1 tell amossally drained, and i didn’t even have an apperite I just took a sip of water and quickly fell back adeeg.
a wan’t until the plane touched down that 1 bully woke up. Tchecked my phone, but the bartery had died long ago
Lila noticed that and dragged me to get a new phone. I picked the farest model and made sure that in hadthe largest storage. She offered to pay, for I piped Tee’s raid instal
Lila’s expection emenda but, and trouldn’t figure out what she was upset about.
“Ivette has plenival mom Tarumadlauwm für behalf.”
(thought that the dentre world be quick and that we’d be done for good, test it was turning out to her a more complicated process fra „once Yvette got back froon verseas, we would finalizo
When the time come, we would he pingu separate ways and split
with than in mind. I bought a few more things–wone cliches des
La gift for Benjambs, and something die Krong.
Leven picked out a dress for Lila. When the trintit eo, she looked smiling.
“Tou look amazing.” | said
With a pilastel valike her lens, Llamased, “HYvette find put that poet’ve used bet tand to buy me a gift, she’s going to burit.”
She wasn’t wping your seemed to have a specialatalike for Lila. It was tiranga because the things dut hat happened in our past lide haknevent occurred in this life.
neither as embarrassed her. So, why couldn’t Yvette stand Lila?
takt cared. The angries Yvette pot, the move in amusedme.
beckdenly. Trained an eveboow at Lita and said. “Oh, 1 almost forgot Weren’t you planning to join the entertainment industry? How’s that goligh
Lila brushed her fingres through my han pintally as her lips curled up into a faint smile. “It’s a secret for now. I’ll you in ace have averything handled”
After that, I told Lila to head home and get some it. I felt wide awake afer sleeping so much on the plane, so decided to stop by the hospital in check in on Benjamin. I’d been away for a
În the cab, t. held both my old phone and my new phone. The old one had try to switched the 51
SIM card to the new one. As soon as powered it up, a string of messages from Yvette
wem yesterday, and there had been one senti
Lone sent every half hour. The line of the messages became increasingly angry, and it was losing patience as she sent them. Tenuid aliun penure Voette sooeding 11 was too bad that the old phone’s screen wasemarked, as I hadn’t seen any of the messages
apps also die rip of mind til each one within a few mines of the other. They are all dialed after I had boarded the tight. literathy a bit slibcked i farver though that Yvette wouldamı Üke this, calling me nonstop like someone who had been possessed.
diọt almenonem calling was what the old me used to do in my paste, back when I was crazy about Tverte and drowning in my insecurities
feeling slightly battled, but I chose not to respond. After all, Yvette wasn’t the type to get dingy et anstoes
arting. His way now, it could only mean one thing—the was worried because Lila was with me. She was probably afraid that I’d make her look bad by getti
y getting toschea to someone
ti animedat the hospital, aut lock couldn’t have been mogue. To our surprise, Yessie’s non had found Tenjamin’s and was giving him a tongue–lashing
saging. “Wow, I never mould we pursued You look sickly and broke with that scruffy be and How did you end up being a sagar daddy for some young plaything!”
tatni alunit cleanliiess and maliti Whocking star sickness you have!
caingle department fane Durwiar, Iseouliba’s fave caught you two the king around today! What does Yvettes in a useless man like
ded was fou. I volta to pinch him in a relapse.
i don’t you take a lo
Chapter 20 Returning Home
crush a big You can fix your lookos all you want, but it won’t hide how ugly you become when you’ve firing mean. And you
Lyda’s face neisted with tiny: “Ohweis Yated“
ou still have the nerve
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Tdsbe’t flinch andersstiinued my sharp wouds. “Shut up! How many times lurve Toddyon na dop listening to all the lies your daughter fends you? You believe been every word without question. You’ve been fooled for salang and haven’t lameda thing. And now youdite shim up here jest to pick a fight with my sick while I’m away?
Listen up. My uncle has heart issues. If you ride him up and trigger an attack, I promise you’ll be on tometton’s headline. The matriarch of the prominent jenning family causes abrant patient to relapse. Let’s see how you handle the public backlash.and everyone’s criticism.”
Lydia’s face went pale with bury, but I didn’t stop there
“You bange in and accuse me without any evidence. Fui puzzled. Do you and your chibh en always like to insagine the worst? Did your husbandcheat on you so much back in the day that it left you this tuisted, and now you’ve passed on that paranoid mindset to your kids? So, they keep thinking their partner is clieating on them”
Lydia glaredat me in shock. “How dare you! I’m your mother–in–Law. Is this any way to speak to an elder?”
I let out a cold laugh. “An elden? An elder is someone like my uncle who looks out for me. You’ve just a bitter oldħag ”
Chapter 80 Divorcing Vertte
Ju soon as I finished speakong, the hospital room fell into a silence so deep that one could hear a pin dreg
Benjamin and Lila stared at me wide–eyed. They hadoriginally steppeil in, hoping to help me, but they hadn’t expected me to be this sharp–tongued. They were left speechle
As Joe Lydia, she was so stunned by my lecture that she couldn’t even impond.
Lydia was trembling with sage, bei face shifting from Fed to pale. She then polisted a quivering linger at me but was mable to spraka single word
I pressed she had probably neves heard me speak this crudely before, kuce, Fiftalledback to her in the past, but always held back a little, ghring her some fate
man that way just how I was 11 someone caine at me, I’d prsh back take as hund, I was kindwhen faced with kindness.
This time, Lydia had picked on my honest and good–manned uncle, sol had nochester but to stand up for him.
Lila was the hot to snap out of it, she slappedhej hand and grinned home towa. Then, she rare Lydia a cold glance.
“Well, listen up, old lady That’s how a seal elder sherllact You’dusnally hot spit
it out nonsense and insult you son–in–law without any basis. It’s shameful. You should go home and learn
Bendamisalustegained his comprente, his expression turning steen as he looked at Lyda.
“You’ve from the ferning family, right‘ stow done you bully someone from my Dunily? Just you wait and see
Leda mappedwith primed teeth, “Want and see? MAN T’I make wae that Yvette divorces you. How are a deserve to be part of the lenning tomi –
Lydia marted out, still testing, but I couldn’t one less, in fact, let out a chuckle as a smirk mugged at my
with no manners and notespect, talk back to an elder you don’t
As if I’d ever wanted to be part of this precios Jenning family. Sure, the move was great and the lifestyle was rushy, but none of that was mine amway. It was their wealth and not mine
dents, I felt two paisteves xatto me. I had my head to see both Benjam and Lila looking dead serious as they stated at me.
A stives can–down my spine. “What’s wrong?”
Benjamin’s gaze, didn’t water as he said in a deep race, “Owen, the last time Larosd why you wanted a divorce, you said that it was just some minor disagreements and that the marriage. was a linerless amnangement. But with everthing going on row, be honest with me. Has the Jenning family been bullying you this whole time?”
Lita’s eyes were filled with a deep sabiess as she stared atine with a mos of sympathy and concern.
I punadmy lips. Sormes trom both this life and the last flash through my mind like a movie ceel. I recalled the harsh criticism from the fanning family, their relentless mistreatment, Yvetta’s cold indiresence, and the betrayals within the manage
I made peace with all before my death in the previous lile, just thinking about it now stil stirred a wave of digunt and sent a chill down my spine
1 betend a small smile and shook my head. “It wasn’t all bad. Alexitreats into well *
Benjamin’s ança esziom softened, but there was a thick of regret in his eyes. His weathered face seemed even older, and eyes reddened
“It’s my fault than I couldn’t find you sooner. You and your mother sufleted so much because of that. But from now on, I’m here for you, and I swear that I’ll protect you.”
Namully. Benjamin looked intimidating. His ragged and thick beard made him seen almost there. Yet, hearing those words and seeing the sincerity in his eyes heartened me
Who woklader 1 watt a strong protector when He had been nothing but filled with hardships? in my past life, I’d faced everything alone and endured so much pain in silence. But hearing such cating with in this lifetime broke me.
