Chapter 1361
“After getting married, any woman should act obediently and virtuously just like your mother. She takes good care of her family, her children, and her husband. However, the husband thinks those are all that she should do. He‘s never given her a single word of approval or appreciation. You should know it yourself. Your mother has never dared to go against my father‘s will.”
The car was parked outside the apartment. Lucy unfastened her seat belt but did not get out of the car. Instead, she turned to look at Elaine.
“So, is that why you don‘t like my mother?” Lucy waited for her answer in silence.
Elaine leaned on the back of the seat. “I just can‘t stand your mother‘s aggrieved looks and pleading manners.
Lucy lowered her gaze and said nothing.
It was not that she did not know that her mother felt aggrieved and wronged. After getting married to the Xaviers, she could no longer engage in the profession that she liked. Edward wanted her to be a housewife and even asked her to cut ties with her own social circles.
Her mother always said that her marriage to Edward was her second marriage, making her unworthy of Edward, not to mention that she had married him with a fully grown daughter.
Edward was a successful businessman, and a man‘s reputation had always been important in the outside world. Thus, he had asked her to cut ties with her own social circles only because he did not want her identity to disgrace the Xaviers‘ reputation.
But to put it bluntly, her mother had remarried only to become a nanny for the Xaviers.
Not only did she have to place her husband first in all aspects of life, but she was also prohibited from having her own thoughts.
Lucy had once asked her mother if she regretted the decision, but she did not answer.
‘In fact, I think she regrets it too, but it was her choice, so what‘s the use of regretting that?‘
Watching Elaine drive away, Lucy stood downstairs for a while before turning around and walking into the apartment.
At that time, at. Soul…
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