A Contract Marriage With My Boss novel Chapter 56

Arriving home, Emma saw her mom sitting on the couch and weeping. Pausing at first, she hurriedly walked toward her. “Mom, what’s wrong with you? Why are you crying?”

Cristina was agitated from all the crying. Looking up to Emma, she grabbed her hands and said. “Emma, you came!”

Hugging Emma tightly, she sobbed. “I’m so sorry! It's all my fault. I hurt you before, and I hurt myself. Why was I so stupid at that time? How could I come between you and Charles? I'm sorry… I'm so sorry.” She said, sobbing.

Emma didn’t know what had happened, her mom was acting so strange today. Although Christina had recently started to show pity towards her, this was the first time that she was blaming herself like this. Emma became worried. Tapping her mother's shoulder to comfort her, she asked. “Mom, what happened? Why are you so sad and suddenly so self-condemning?”

“All because of that vixen… that woman, Sarah. I won’t let her go easily, absolutely not!” Mrs. Thomas cried with resentment.

Surprised, Emma asked cautiously, “Mom, what did my sister-in-law do to you?”

Christina's anger was triggered again, and loosening her grip on Emma, she started yelling hysterically. “Don’t mention her name. She is neither your brother’s wife nor our family member!”

Emma dared not speak. She became frightened, seeing her mother was losing control.

Mrs. Thomas sobbed for a while, then gnashed as if sinking into deep anger. After a long time, she finally said, “I will not so easily let that woman call herself my family. No way!”

“Mom…sister…what on earth did Sarah do? Why are you so angry?” Emma asked tentatively.

Christina stared blankly in front of her, with shrew and coldness in her eyes. She didn’t say anything, but Emma was scared looking at her. After a long time, Christina suddenly turned around, holding Emma's hands and asked. “Emma, tell me, do you still love Charles?”

Her tone was so kind as if she was imploring, overwhelming Emma. Emma didn’t know how to answer, and just looked blankly and a little shy at her mother.

Christina held Emma's hands tightly and said, “I wouldn’t blame you now. Just tell me your real feeling. Do you still love him?”

Looking at her mother's pleading eyes, Emma lowered her head and answered hesitantly. “Mom… I really liked him. When I was young, I liked it when he was taking me to school every day. I just adored him. When I grew up, that feeling grew, and I started to love him. In the beginning, I thought I just adored him as a brother, until one day, I began to feel jealous when I found some love letters from other girls or when I saw him go out with another girl.

"I knew I loved him little by little. He's not my real brother, and he was so good to me. I was certain I had fallen in love with him, but I suppressed my feelings for many reasons until one day, I couldn't take it any longer and confessed to him. I didn’t expect that he loved me too, but he said he loved me. I was so stupid at that time because I believed that we could be together if we loved each other. But then … you and dad were bitter against us.”

“It’s all my fault. I was against you and Charles from the beginning. And it was me who convinced dad against you two. I didn’t expect to cause so much trouble.” Christina confessed.

Thinking back, Emma still felt pain. Suppressing her real feelings, she resumed. “Later, I figured that perhaps when two people love each other, but can’t be together as a couple, at least they should support each other. So, I gave up… till now…”

Emma hesitated for a while, then continued, “Up until now… I still love him. I loved him so much and can’t forget him… but… but I had no courage to strive for it. I got tired of struggling.

What's more… he got married and didn't love me anymore…” Emma couldn’t help but crying while saying that as if she was still in so much pain.

Christina hugged Emma, comforting her. “Emma, I was so stupid back then. I'm so sorry. But now I'm willing to make up for it. Do you want to give it another try? You said just now that you were afraid to persuade it any further because you're tired of fighting the world. Now, I'm on your side. Can you get up the courage to strive for it again?"

Emma lifted her head in hesitation. “But……he doesn’t love me anymore. He loves Sarah!”

Christina trembled. “Stupid girl. You should fight for your love, no matter whether he loves you or not. How can he love you if you didn’t fight for him? Besides, that vixen took him away when he still liked you. Now you take him back. Why not?”