71 Chapter 71

"All you have to do is sit and play with your daughter, right? You don't need to worry about money after all," Chelsea suddenly said. She sneered at Chloe as if it was Chloe's fault in the first place.

"I never said that…." Chloe replied.

She should be hurt, of course. But she was actually used to her big sister's rant. At least when you were given the same dish over and over, you'd get used to it, even find it a little boring.

"I… I will go to mom's room now. Talk to you later, sis," Chloe didn't want to hear Chelsea's annoying rant for now because she had something much more problematic waiting for her.

Chloe knocked on the bedroom door twice before pushing it open slowly. She saw her mom, Judith, sitting while watching a random TV channel.

She looked in Chloe's direction, and her expression turned worried instantly, "Chloe, come and sit beside me. I need to hear your problem."

"Mom…"

Chloe entered the room and closed the door shut. She sat right beside Judith, waiting to be interrogated by her mother.

Judith gently put her hand on top of her daughter's hand on the armrest and asked, "Chloe… I heard that you have a problem with Vincent. Can you tell me?"

…

"It's not a problem anymore, Mom," Chloe replied. She was scared, so scared that her body turned stiff. She curled her toes inside her shoes as well.

"Not a problem anymore? Really?" Judith knew a big problem in her daughter's marriage, and she wanted to know the detail before making a fair judgment. "You should tell me, Chloe. I'm your mother. I will understand you."

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"Well, it's not a problem anymore because it's done. It's over," Chloe replied, not wanting to stretch this out any longer. She felt so guilty just looking at her mother's concerned face. "I… I've filed for divorce…."

Chloe lowered her head. She expected a gasp at least, followed by a more shocked expression from her mother.

Chloe waited for all kinds of questions coming from her mother. Because her mother was the first supporter of her relationship with Vincent. In fact, Judith was the first one to say that she and Vincent should get married soon.

So, Chloe expected her mother to lash out, probably barraging her with questions. But, none of her expectations came true. There was only silence between them, so Chloe lifted her head and looked at her mother.

She saw Judith Carlson— her mother, sigh full of woe, "Chloe, did you cheat on Vincent?"

…

"What?" Chloe thought she had misheard.

No, she must've misheard it. How could her mother accuse her of cheating! She was the one who suffered here!

"Chloe, you're an educated woman. You should be able to know what's wrong and right. I'm not university-educated, but I know that cheating is just wrong."

…

"I don't know why would you do this to your beautiful family," Judith said. Her tone was actually a little condescending to Chloe's ears.

Chloe felt weak from head to toe. She stared at her mother, who didn't seem to be shocked about the divorce.

In fact, Judith's eyes were very cold while looking at her, as if she was looking at dead meat.

"I—It's not me. I didn't cheat—"

"Stop your bullshit, Chloe. I know what happened," Judith said. All of her gentlenesses suddenly disappeared, leaving only a shell of a woman filled with hatred.

"… Mother?"

"Don't call me mother with your filthy mouth. You used your mouth to suck another man's cock, right?" Judith said ruthlessly. Chloe had never seen her mother like this in her entire life.

She was always so gentle and brimming with hope. Despite being a single mother, she worked many jobs in the past to make ends meet for three of them.

She never remarried after divorce because her husband was a cheating bastard. So Chloe and Chelsea grew up fatherless, with only their mother supporting them.

So Chloe idolized her hardworking mother so much.

But now, everything was shattered right in front of her eyes. Because her beloved mother— who was already sixty years old, glared at her without pity.

"I heard everything from Vincent. He came this morning. He looked haggard and sad. You've seriously ruined a good husband like him," Judith said mercilessly. "He told me what you did with the gardener, driver, security. YOU SCREWED THEM ALL, RIGHT?!"

"I—I—I—" Chloe could not mutter even a word to defend herself. Her whole body started trembling as her mother continuously gave her a mocking gaze full of ridicule and anger. She looked at Chloe as if her daughter had no worth at all.

"And now that he learned everything, you're filing for divorce to get his money?! YOU'RE A DESPICABLE WHORE!"

"I didn't know I've raised a whore my whole life! All of my hard work to raise you to be a good woman, and this is what you gave to me?!"

"GOD, I'VE RAISED A WHORE!"

Judith continuously berates Chloe, venting all her anger and frustration that just exploded out of nowhere. She couldn't hold her rage when Chloe acted so sad and pitiful, while she was the one who cheated on her husband!

Chloe was too stunned and terrified at the same time. She was still trying to recover from the shock. She tried to form a single word but couldn't.

'ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ No(v) e lBin ᴏɴʟʏ.',

Thus, she just stared at her mother with her doe eyes, full of fear mixed with confusion.

Judith was already angry at Chloe, and now that Chloe kept staring at her, trying to get her pity, she couldn't handle it anymore.

Thus, she decided to get up from the chair before standing right in front of Chloe;

"You're seriously fucked up, Chloe! I thought you would tell the truth about your adultery and sincerely apologize to Vincent. But you're filing for a divorce instead?!"

"I—I'm not cheating! Mom, I didn't cheat at all! He is!" Chloe got a shot of courage when her mother called her an adulterer. But what she got was…

SLAP!