NovelOnlineTanya's lips slightly tightened as she pondered strategies to secure Megan's position. She could never let Aurelia slip back into the picture.
Aurelia was a cunning vixen, appearing meek and docile, the epitof harmlessness, but she was a master at winning people over.
Not only could she charm men, but she could also bewitch women. She would becLeopold's right-hand woman without anyone noticing it happening.
"Jessica, isn't it a bit too harsh? Even if Megan and that adulterer are beyond redemption, the child is innocent. Isn't it like imprisonment to trap him on an isolated island for life? It's just too sad!" Jessica glanced toward Tanya idly. "A bastard child is lucky enough to be alive. That's a kindness in itself." Tanya felt her anger coiling like a spring. That child was her grandson, not sbastard! She picked up the coffee cup from the table, gulping down the contents to quell her rising fury.
“Stay calm. Don't give yourself away.” Tanya reminded herself in her heart.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtInside the house, Aurelia made rose jam, muffin cookies, a loaf of bread, and a fruit salad.
Jessica had to watch her cholesterol and couldn't indulge in too many sweets, so the fruit salad was especially for her.
Skyler had set out chili powder and ketchup. Dip a piece of bread in the rose jam and then in the chili for a tangy contrast. Divine! "Let's dig in." The bread with rose jam and ketchup was downright delicious! Jessica and Tanya returned from the garden to join in the afternoon tea.
Tanya could see Jessica was quite taken with Aurelia, her former daughter-in-law. Though she didn't show it outright, her actions spoke volumes. She wouldn't have invited Aurelia over if she didn't like her.
Jessica's fondness for Aurelia was from her sensible and virtuous demeanor and understanding of her son, Leopold. Besides Aurelia, he wouldn't accept another woman.
Jessica wasn't a domineering woman and had no desire to control. She let Leopold make his decisions and choose his path since he was little.
On the contrary, Tanya was the opposite. She had a strong desire to control and was so self-centered that she requested everyone to obey her words.
She couldn't accept defeat. Anything that was hers must be reclaimed at all costs if taken away.
It was a flaw ingrained in her character, a kind of obsessive personality.
Back then, her father had chosen Tanya, but the Stirling family's patriarch had insisted on Jessica for his daughter-in-law.
She approached Jessica to negotiate, knowing the Stirling family wouldn't force the issue if she rejected them, but Jessica chose to marry into the family.
She then desperately produced Leopold, shattering all of Tanya's hopes.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe could never swallow the grudge.
Leah crunched on a piece of bread, glancing at her chat group where the latest gossip had surfaced.
[Mr. Leopold has done a paternity test, and as expected, the child isn’t his. Megan's secret affair is now public knowledge.] "Jessica, someone leaked the paternity test results. The whole socialite circle knows now." Jessica frowned. "There are no secrets that tdoes not reveal. It was bound to cout." Tanya suspected that Leopold had spread the news himself to get rid of Megan.
At that time, Megan was beyond redemption.
"Speople just love to stir the pot," Leah spat. | bet the adulterer who cuckolded Leopold has spread the news. "We have to find this guy and cut his penis off. See how he likes that." She brandished an imaginary pair of scissors in the air, filled with righteous indignation.
Aurelia couldn't help but admire Leah's wild imagination.
She smoothly played along. "Your theory might hold water. That person could be watching Leopold's every move, hoping to pass off the kid as Leopold's. After the paternity test, they couldn't hide anymore, so they decided to provoke us and break the pot since it's already cracked." "The absolute scum!"
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