Mona let out a sigh and remembered the scene when Jennifer approached her earlier.Jennifer had told her to give Ginny a massage because the latter had a stiff neck.Her tone was as if she was bossing around a servant.Mona agreed without thinking. It was not her style to retreat into her shell to hide when she had been insulted and had her dignity stepped on.“My mom said you have a stiff neck.”Mona went to the bed, sat down, and raised her hands to prepare to touch Ginny’s neck.Ginny was startled by Mona’s sudden change and obedience. Just as Mona’s hands were about to land on her neck, she immediately shifted to the side to avoid it.A mocking curl emerged from the corner of Mona’s lips. “What’s wrong? Are you scared?”She thought, ‘The battle hasn’t even started, but you’re already ready to run. Ginny, you’re nothing much after all.’Ginny swallowed and put away the panic on her face. “You’re too close to me. Sit further away.”Mona shrugged, feeling genuinely helpless.
Ginny curled her lips and snorted coldly, not caring the least that Mona had revealing photos of her.“If you dare to upload those photos to the Internet, I’ll spread the word that you poisoned me. After all, anyone with a mouth can spread rumors.”She did not believe Mona would discard her identity as Mrs. Fontaine to do such a thing. It was just a trick to scare her. Back then, she was scared because she had no backing.However, it was different now. With Jennifer on her side, what did she have to worry about?Mona was completely calm. “Ms. Kimball, you almost lost your life just for a room. What else are you going to use to obtain a man’s heart? On your body, is there anything more important than your life? Or...”She curled her lips into a smile full of mockery and contempt.“Or maybe your life has less value than dirt. What a failure it is for a person to live like this. It’s completely worthless. Tsk, tsk. I pity you, Ms. Kimball.”“You—” Ginny was so angry that she was at
Mona parked the car to the side and led the two children into the house.As soon as they stepped past the door, they heard voices. Servants surrounded a large tree with their hands spread, shouting, “Master Fontaine, please come down. Be careful not to fall.”“Goodness, Master Fontaine. You’re getting more and more unruly. Why are you climbing a tree like a child?”The old man’s hearty laughter came from the tree. “Hahaha! My two great-grandchildren are coming today. I have to pick fruits for them.”When Mona saw the scene, her heart instantly leaped to her throat. She hurriedly ran over.“Grandpa, how dare you climb a tree?!”As she spoke, she told the servants to help the old man down quickly.Xavier came down from the tree with a sweaty head and a red face, but his clothes had pockets full of fruit. At the sight of Mona, he was so happy that he grinned from ear to ear.“Mona, don’t worry. Look at me now. I’m healthy as a horse!”Mona was worried but also agreed with Xavier’
After dinner, Xavier took out what he called the ‘family heirloom’.It was a signet ring.“This is my signet. Take it and keep it.”Mona took the signet ring and looked at it. It was made of jade and had Xavier’s initials engraved on it. She asked, “Grandpa, why are you giving me your signet ring?”“Just take it. You’ll know its use in the future. Listen to me. I won’t do anything to harm you.” Xavier smiled and touched Mona’s head with a kind expression.Mona nodded and placed the signet in her bag. At that time, she had no idea how useful this jade signet ring was and that it would cause an uproar in the city.After the meal, Xavier played with the two children. “Bobby, Millie, how about we play Monopoly?”“Yay! I love playing Monopoly with Great-grandpa.”Millie cheered and tugged Bobby’s shirt to pull him to the play area full of the children’s favorite toys. There were more toys here than in Fontaine Residence, which made it even more fun.They were all toys that Xavier h
“I have freedom. I don’t need to report everything to you, Mr. Fontaine.”“I told you that no matter where you take the children, you must first report to me. It isn’t a matter of your freedom but the safety of the future generation of the Fontaine family.”Xavier stood to the side and watched the two gamble on who would take a step back first. It was clear at a glance that they were sulking and quarreling.“Thaddeus, can’t you speak to your wife in a better tone? There’s no shame in a man compromising for his wife.”Xavier always stood on Mona’s side to defend her regardless of who was right or wrong. This time was no exception.“Grandpa, this is my family’s business. My wife and I will solve our problems ourselves. There’s no need for an outsider to interfere.”Thaddeus spoke to Xavier with an expressionless face and pulled Mona to leave.Xavier froze, looking at his grandson as if he were a stranger.In his memory, this young couple in front of him quarreled several times, b
Thaddeus stood in front of Xavier, a little stunned by the latter’s yell.Only then did he start to face this old man in a serious manner. This grandfather made him feel very strange.In his memory, when he was a child and his father abandoned his wife, Thaddeus spent most of his time living with his mother at Fontaine Residence. Every month, his mother would bring him to the old residence to visit his grandfather, who was a very legendary and capable man. Xavier had brilliant achievements in the business world and was a figure Thaddeus admired and respected.Then, he developed dissociative identity disorder due to the extreme pain and torture he suffered, and was helpless to take care of anything else. In the past few years that his second personality occupied the body, many things became thin and unimportant to him, and even his feelings for his grandfather faded a lot.“Grandpa.” Thaddeus opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.Xavier stomped on Thaddeus’ leg hard, causing t
Xavier was the most sensible person in the family, as well as the last person who wanted to see this happen. Thaddeus’ actions made him extremely disappointed.“Grandpa, this matter is very complicated. I can’t explain it at the moment, but I’ll definitely handle it. Please rest assured.”“Your wife already brought her children to live in my house. If this is what you mean by handling it, I’d be senile to believe you!”Thaddeus frowned. He did not like hearing his grandfather’s words.“Mona is staying here because you asked her to. I came here to pick up my wife and children. I told you that this is a matter between me and Mona. I hope you won’t interfere too much, Grandpa.”Xavier was instantly displeased.“So, are you blaming me for adding to your troubles?”“You can say that. I don’t want you to get involved. It’ll only make things more chaotic.”While Xavier really cared about Mona and the two children, it was easy for that concern to cause chaos. Problems could not be solv
Thaddeus saw how tough Xavier’s attitude was. He knew it was impossible to convince him, so he decided to let Xavier do what he wanted.It would be best if Xavier could solve the problem. He was just worried that Xavier’s good intentions would cause a bigger mess. That was the last thing he wanted to see...“Since you want to go, I won’t stop you.” Thaddeus said calmly, “The Fontaine Residence always welcomes you. If possible, move there to live with us in the future. It’ll be more convenient for Mona and me to take care of you if you stay with us.”“Take care of me?” Xavier snorted coldly and knocked Thaddeus’ head. “You want me to move in with that unreasonable mother of yours? What’s the difference between that and abusing me?”Thaddeus fell silent. His grandfather was right on that point. According to his mother’s nature, she would not be able to live under the same roof as his grandfather. Rather than letting Xavier stay at Fontaine Residence, it was more comfortable to let hi