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Busy comforting the child, I had no time to explain to the crowd. Suddenly, Kathleen screamed, “Elizabeth, how could you use a Herbal Sleep Pillow for the baby? Don’t you know I’m allergic to it?”
“No wonder he’s so frail! He’s allergic just like me. Elizabeth, didn’t you notice at all?”
“That poor little thing couldn’t speak, suffering silently for three years… After all, he’s not her biological-”
Then she knelt before me, putting on a show of motherly devotion. “Please give my son back! He’s the child I struggled so hard to bring into this world!”
I thought bitterly about how that newborn had been dumped at the doorstep like unwanted goods, still slick with birth fluids.
Gary and Kathleen flaunted their honeymoon abroad on social media without sparing my dignity, their public displays turning me into the circle’s laughingstock.
Had I not heard those wails, that infant would’ve frozen to death
outside.
You couldn’t bother feeding your own child back then, yet now you playact devoted parents?
My expression hardened as I placed the baby back in the stroller.
Gary snapped, “Elizabeth, give Kathleen her child! You can’t even
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handle childcare properly—you’re unfit to be Mrs. Perez!”
I smirked, “Who cares? I’ve remarried already!”
“Kathleen holds a Harvard master’s degree. She’s more qualified than you to lead the Perez group. If not for my consideration…”
Gary was chattering away when he finally registered my words, stammering: “What did you say?”
Kathleen stood nearby, offering understanding: “Elizabeth, how could you say such hurtful things? I never meant to compete with you. I’d be content just staying by Gary and the child.”
Gary movedly grasped Kathleen’s hand. “You’ve always been thoughtful.”
Then he looked me up and down, sneering: “Every single luxury item on you–which one wasn’t bought with my money? And you talk about remarrying?”
“Who else could give you this lavish lifestyle?”
“Elizabeth, the Perez group isn’t what it used to be. If you want to keep living like this, you’d better treat Kathleen with respect!”
“From now on, Kathleen will move in to bond with the child.”
“Since you can’t raise them properly, let their real mother do it!”
A glint of triumph flashed in Kathleen’s eyes as she looked at me. I couldn’t be bothered with them and looked down at the message from Dylan Baker: “Sweetheart, I’ve got one more business deal to wrap up in Europe. Thanks for taking care of the kids these days. I’ll make it up
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to you when I get back!”
Then, eighty million dollars was deposited into my bank account.
“Take yourself out for afternoon tea, my love,”
After that, he sent a ‘praise me‘ emoji.
The frustration in my chest instantly melted away. I typed with a smile: “Focus on your work. I’ll be waiting for you.”
But then, as soon as I looked up, I saw Kathleen feeding chocolate to the child.
“Come on, son, try this chocolate Mommy brought back from abroad. Tell me if it’s good.”
I dashed over and knocked the chocolate out of her hand, my face flushed with anger. “He can’t eat chocolate.”
Suddenly, Kathleen threw herself backward and screamed, “Ah! Gary, help me!”
Gary pushed me away to help Kathleen.
I lost my balance and fell to the ground.
The curses around grew louder, “How can there be such a wicked nanny who won’t even let the birth mother hold her child!”
“She’s clearly rotten to the core! Can’t you see she’s dressed more lavishly than the mistress? Probably embezzled loads from her employer over the years!”
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