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Hearing this, my mother–in–law beamed with delight, her smile so wide that it almost couldn’t be contained.
Meanwhile, the surrounding crowd began endlessly praising Erin, calling her beautiful and capable, unlike me, who they deemed sloppy.
She lay nestled in Victor’s arms, listening to Frank call her “Mom,” enjoying everything that should have rightfully belonged to me.
Amidst the crowd’s laughter and teasing, the two of them openly kissed.
Victor gazed at Erin with eyes full of
affection and said, “Erin, you will always be
the love of my life.”
This scene pierced my heart deeply.
After a long while, the two finally
separated, leaning against each other like a loving couple.
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At this moment, someone suddenly said, “The more I look, the more I feel that Frank
resembles Erin. Could it be…”
Hearing this, everyone immediately turned. to look at me, their gazes shifting back and forth between me, Frank and Erin.
“I always wondered why Frank didn’t resemble Liane at all. Now that I’ve seen Erin, it finally makes sense. So that’s how it is!”
“Congratulations! The family is finally
reunited.”
At this moment, my heart suddenly skipped a beat and a memory from the delivery room years ago surfaced in my
mind.
Right after giving birth to Frank, Victor had brought a woman into the room. Now that I thought back, that woman was clearly Erin.
He had lied to me, saying Erin was his sister who had come to visit me and even took away my child whom I hadn’t even
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held yet.
Back then, I thought Frank didn’t resemble me because he took after his paternal relatives. But now…
I didn’t dare to dwell on the thought.
Sixteen years. In all that time, I had never felt fear like I did at this moment as though a bucket of ice–cold water had been poured over my head.
But along with the fear came a growing fury.
I loved Victor, so I kept silent before.
But now, this blatant humiliation had crossed my bottom line.
I couldn’t hold back any longer and spoke up. “Victor, have you forgotten how she got this company in the first place?
“And don’t forget, I am your wife. Don’t you feel pain when you treat me like this?”
It was the first time I had spoken up since
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arriving here.
The room immediately fell silent.
But the silence was quickly followed by mocking laughter.
“This woman really doesn’t know her place. She’s clearly no longer connected to Victor, yet she shamelessly shows up at the birthday banquet!”
“Seeing Victor living well now, she just wants to stir up trouble again!”
My mother–in–law‘ s gaze was filled with hostility as she snapped, “You used to hit and scold my son every day. Now that you‘ re divorced, you can’t stand to see him doing well. What more do you want?”
Bitterness filled my heart as I struggled to reply, “Mom, you know very well that I am still…”
“Shut up!” she cut me off harshly. “My son only has one wife and that’s Erin. If you don’t know your place, get out of
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here!”
At her words, the crowd turned their angry
stares on me.
“Shameless wretch! Stop pushing your luck!”
“Look at yourself in the mirror! Do you even deserve to be with Victor anymore?”
“It was a mistake letting you in today, sneaking into a proper birthday banquet
like a rat!”
My son yelled from the side, “My dad shouldn’t have married her in the first place. Someone like her doesn’t deserve to be connected to me or my dad. Get her out
of here!”
The crowd agreed, “Frank is right, throw
her out!”
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone stood up and started to physically push and shove me.
Erin rushed over and took the opportunity
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to slap me across the face.
“Liane, so you’re this kind of lowly person. I even took you in and let you work in my store and you’re really disappointing!”
Amid the pushing and shoving, my head hit the door frame and I bled a lot.
Seeing this, the crowd finally stopped.
I dragged my aching body out of the hotel. At this moment, my body hurt, but my heart hurt even more,
