Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 108

Listening to his wife's words, Nathan felt a bitter pang in his heart. She remembered their past, but couldn't recognize him, always mistaking their son for him.

"Mom, I'm fine. I'll hold the baby." Nathan took the toy from his mother's arms. Then, supporting his mother with one hand, he walked past Grace and the others.

Kayla and Ashley chuckled softly as the mother and son walked by.

"What are you laughing at? Trying to scare my baby?" Janice might have been mentally unstable, but her hearing was top-notch. Hearing their sneers, she instantly lost her cool, stopped, grabbed Ashley, and slapped her across the face.

"Ah!" Taken aback by the slap, Ashley screamed in shock and pain. NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

"Dare to yell again. You are disturbing my baby, you evil woman, trying to steal my husband and my child. Dream on!"

Janice was furious. She slapped Ashley several more times, causing her face to swell on both sides.

Kayla was so startled that she released Grace's hand and took a few steps back. Then, recalling Grace, she hurriedly stepped forward and supported Grace as they both stepped back. They usually only dared to gossip in front of Grace, never daring to confront the madwoman.

Janice's sudden outburst caught everyone off guard, including Ethan. It wasn't until Janice had slapped Ashley several times that Ethan reacted, rushing forward to pull Janice away. After Ethan had pulled her away, the servants hurriedly pulled Ashley back. They pulled so hard that Ashley nearly fell, looking extremely awkward.

"Get away from me! If I see you again, I'll slap you again. Did your parents raise you this uncultured and teach you to seduce other people's husband?" Janice pointed at Ashley and scolded her loudly.

Ashley was both slapped and scolded, her anger flaring. She struggled to argue with Janice, but the servants held her back.

"Ms. Ashley, Janice is mentally unstable, you shouldn't be bothered."

"Mom, let's go, don't mind her."

Ethan also persuaded his mother to leave. With Ethan's persuasion, Janice left with her son.

"Let me go! That lunatic dared to hit me, and you all just stood there doing nothing?" Ashley was so angry she was almost hysterical. She ran up to Grace, pointing at her own face, crying out in pain. "Look at my face, that lunatic hit me. Do you see what she did to me? I'm in so much pain!"

"You have to get rid of that lunatic right away. She can’t stay at home anymore. She's always causing trouble, now she's even hitting me." After venting to the old lady, Ashley started shouting at Nathan.

Nathan watched as his wife relentlessly slapped Ashley. He felt guilty towards Ashley, but after hearing her words. He tightened his face and said emotionlessly, "You said something to provoke her, or she wouldn't have lost it. My wife lives in my house. If you find her noisy, you can stay away."

The Blue family and the Anderson family were the same, everyone lived together, but each had their own house and yard. Connected yet independent. Everyone led their own lives without interference.

Kayla and Ashley often came over to their house, saying they were accompanying Grace, but in reality, they were competing for Grace's favor and trying to drive Janice away.

"Nathan!" Ashley was furious.

"Mom, sorry for disturbing your rest. Let Kayla help you back to your room to rest." Nathan came up to help his mother.

Grace looked very shocked, and said to her son, "Your wife is always causing trouble, making our family restless. You should send her to the suburban villa for some quiet rest. You and Madeleine need to make a decision soon, she's much younger than you, she won't wait for you forever."

Nathan gently said, "Mom, I'll handle things between me and Madeleine. Ethan is protective of his mom, and he gets anxious at the mention of sending her away. Mom, I only have two kids, I don't know where Lucy is, whether she's alive or dead, Ethan is the only one who grew up by my side. About sending his mom away, we often quarrel, and our father-son relationship is almost ruined. Mom, you wouldn't want me and Ethan to become enemies, would you?"

Grace, "Kayla, help me back to my room, I'm so pissed off. Ashley, go home and put some ice on it, don't say things that make her uncomfortable in front of her in the future, otherwise she might do something to you out of control."

Kayla quickly helped Grace back to her room. Ashley felt that Grace was still biased towards Nathan's family.Nathan was still the family patriarch. Business had been growing since he took over Blue Corporation, and his money was amassing in a speech that made everyone's eyes turn crimson.

How enviable.

Ashley huffed and turned to leave.

Ethan didn't care about all this. He took his mother and left the villa, strolling on the big lawn where he had just made a call. "Mom, I will find my sister, we have some leads now. I believe, soon, I will

find my sister. She must be alive."

Otherwise, there wouldn't be an investigation into who lost their child.

Janice said, "Honey, if those women come to our door in the future, I'll hit them hard like just now. Would you think I'm horrible?"

Ethan smiled and said, "Mom, you're not horrible at all. You're the kindest and gentlest person."

Janice was talked into laughter by her son and said, "I always knew my hubby was on my side. Grace keeps yapping about how you're the head of the house, gotta wine and dine and all that. She says it's only a matter of time before something happens. But turning a blind eye to my husband's antics? No way. My man's my man, and I ain't about to share. Doesn't Grace treasure her hubby too? She wouldn't want to share Daddy's love with anyone else, so why should I have to share you? Our family of four should always live happily."

Listening to his mother's words, Ethan was boiling with anger inside. He heard that Grace always butted into their marriage, trying to convince his mom to let his dad play the field without keeping him on a short leash.

Grace always said, men just wanted to have a little fun on the side, as long as they knew where home was, it was all good. But their parents never took Grace's advice. As a result, his dad's admirer, frustrated by the unrequited love, took a wicked turn and ended up taking his sister away.

This plunged his parents into two decades of grief.