Chapter 18a

Sarina

"Why are you here? I thought you had already left?" Maximus's grandmother asked angrily. I tried to keep my temper and be patient as much as possible. But with the scene I walked into, it seemed unlikely unless she stopped.

"Grandma, Sarina is my wife." I raised my eyebrows at his words and didn't hide it from her. Imagine, she scolded the old lady right away.

"I don't care!" His grandmother said angrily with her eyes glaring at me.

"If only I had known that you were here and with that flirtatious woman, I wouldn't have bothered coming home and would have continued enjoying my vacation."

"You're talking back," and then she suddenly slapped me. I didn't expect that, so I wasn't prepared. I forgot that this is how rich people are, except for the Satudez.

"Grandma!" Maximus exclaimed in surprise. Then he got up from his hospital bed and approached me. I held my cheek, and I wanted to cry, but I held back, so my teeth clenched.

Maximus touched my cheek and lifted my face, but I crin