Dangerous Love: You Are My One and Only Bride novel Chapter 448

Helen said with a cold expression, “Aery, watch your mouth. I’ve been teaching you how to act and treat others since you were young. Why have you still become someone with a foul mouth? I’m letting you two in right now so that you have time to settle yourselves down. I’ve divorced, so I have nothing to do with Jean anymore. You’re legally an adult too and you’re still studying. I don’t want custody over you, but I’ll provide half of your living expenses and tuition fee. Other than that, no more. Jean, you should go find a job as well. I won’t be fully responsible for Aery’s expenses, nor will I pay for you!”

All Aery thought about was living comfortably while depending on her mother, but Jean was level headed now. Helen’s attitude was resolute. There was no room for discussion. He shamelessly fought for the most benefit he could get. “Aery is going overseas to study. You know that studying abroad is expensive. How could I afford it now? Even when we’re separated, you should still care for your daughter. I’ll find a job and accompany her overseas. I’ll be with her physically while you spend the money. It’s fair, isn’t it? Forget about halving the expenses; sponsor it and we’ll stay far away, no longer pestering you.”

Aery was unwilling when she heard him. She wanted to stay in the city to wait for Mark, not go overseas for some studies. Once she looked at Jean’s expression, however, she knew that it was not as simple. Currently, their biggest worry was having no money. Jean might not really want to send her abroad for her studies. They just wanted to get some money from Helen!

Helen thought about it and replied, “Alright. As long as you guys go abroad, I’ll pay for Aery’s living expenses each month. Before she completes her studies, I’ll pay $15,000 a month. Once she graduates, I won’t give a cent more. Whether both of you are lying to me or being honest, that’s all I’ll provide.”

Jean thought that it was too little, but before he spoke, Helen glared at him. “No more! You two better arrange to go abroad at the earliest possible opportunity. My patience to face the two of you is limited!

After Helen went back to her room, Aery asked Jean softly, “Dad, are we really going overseas? What can we do with $15,000 abroad? If I have a party with my friends, I’ll have nothing left for the month. Is that even humanly possible?”

Jean sighed. “Your mother made herself clear. We can’t depend on her, and of course, we can’t go overseas. Let us complete the procedures and then stay back secretly. It’s fine as long as we don’t appear in front of her. This way, we can still live decently here since she’s giving us $15,000 a month. It’s just that you can’t keep buying branded clothes. We’ve got to be more thrifty and rent a nice house. We can use excuses like you being sick or something to get more money in the future but that’s all we can make do with for now.”

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In the Tremont Estate, Mark sat before the French window in his room while carrying Rice Ball as he watched the clip playing on his phone. It was a clip of Arianne that Jackson had secretly recorded for him. He could only see her through this method now.

He had thought about keeping her aggressively, but once he thought about her tearful look on the day she left and the fear in her eyes, he could not bear to hurt her anymore.

She must have lived uncomfortably in the Tremont’s estate all these years. Was the current freedom and life what she wanted?