“Don’t spout nonsense,” Sandra reprimanded her sister. The former’s expression became unnatural when she saw Kathleen.
With a stony expression, Kathleen eyed Yvette and uttered, “You have a mouth but fail to speak properly. It might as well have grown below you; at least it would serve some form of purpose then.”
“What did you just say?” responded Yvette in an extremely shrill voice.
“Do you not understand what I mean? If you do, then great. If not, looks like your brain’s faulty too,” said Kathleen with an icy tone.
“Kathleen, my sister did not speak in a nice tone just now, but did you really have to criticize her like this?” interjected Sandra, frustrated.
“Well, wasn’t your sister the one who started it first?” Kathleen said flatly. “Surely you know that it’s always the instigator who’s at fault.”
Sandra bit her lip and did not say a word.
Back then, Kathleen said the exact same thing to her.
Yvette mocked, “Kathleen, what’re you so cocky about? You and Samuel have been married for three years, but he ended up having a mistress anyway.”
Kathleen’s delicate countenance paled a shade.
Previously, Samuel and Nicolette appeared in the Yoeger residence together.
Everyone in Jadeborough knew that he personally fed that woman cake.
At that time, Kathleen’s marriage to him had not been publicly announced yet, so everyone thought that Samuel and Nicolette would be a couple.
“Why the silence?” asked Yvette smugly.
In a calm manner, Kathleen said, “Even if he has a mistress, you decided to insult me, the wife, instead of blaming the cheating man. Where are your morals?”
Yvette was stunned for a moment before replying angrily, “Kathleen, stop lecturing me like you’re on the moral high ground. I inquired about this long ago; Samuel and Nicolette were a pair, to begin with. The one who snatched someone else’s partner was you! You’re the real homewrecker!”
Kathleen sneered and said, “I’m the homewrecker? What a pity—the ‘homewrecker’ you’re referring to is actually Samuel’s real wife, while Nicolette became the mistress that everyone hates. Are you dissatisfied with that?”
“Kathleen, you vile, shameless woman! Samuel will divorce you eventually! Homewrecker b*tch!” Yvette hissed through gritted teeth.
“Yvette!” Sandra creased her brows.
Kathleen chuckled aloud and said with disdain, “I’m a homewrecker b*tch? What does that make your sister?”
At that, Sandra’s expression turned grim.
“What’s wrong with my sister?” said Yvette with arms akimbo. “She’s a thousand—no, a million—times better than you!”
Kathleen glanced at Sandra frostily and uttered, “Sandra, if you can’t restrain your sister even the slightest bit, then don’t blame me for going all out.”
“Stop talking,” said Sandra as she pulled Yvette’s arm, intending to drag her sister away.
“Sandra, what’re you doing? Why’re you afraid of her?” Yvette scowled. “She’s a homewrecker, a vixen who destroys other people’s relationships! What right does she have to be the young madam of the Macari family?”
“If I don’t have the right, do you?” A hint of scorn filled Kathleen’s beautiful eyes.
“If I had the chance, I’m sure Samuel would like me,” declared Yvette assuredly.
In truth, her attacks on Kathleen were merely out of her jealousy, not out of support for Nicolette.
Yvette came to know Samuel because of Sandra.
Rather than saying she “knew” him, she actually only saw his photo as Sandra and Samuel went to the same school.
Yvette liked Samuel almost to the point of obsession.
Even though she had devised countless plans to approach Samuel, she did not succeed even once.
It was absolutely impossible for people of her social status to get close to Samuel.
Perhaps she could have had the opportunity to get in touch with Samuel back when Sandra was still coursemates with him.
After that, they did not contact each other anymore.
And so, Yvette lost any chance of seeing Samuel.
Although Yvette worked hard throughout the past few years, her efforts proved to be futile.
It was only when Samuel announced his marriage with Kathleen some time ago that she discovered he was taken.
Moreover, the woman that he had married was a parentless orphaned girl.
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