Drowning Him In Regret novel Chapter 29

Chapter 28

As soon as the workday ended, I hailed a cab straight to Ewan’s villa, knowing Jude wouldn’t come to pick me up.

Sure enough, as soon as I arrived, I saw Jude already sitting inside.

The group was chatting and laughing, only he seemed out of place.

When I walked in, Jude’s aunt, Mireille, smiled and pulled me inside.

“I knew it. Our family’s daughter–in–law is really… frugal. That bag must be at least five or six years old, right? Can still sell for a few hundred bucks now?

“You look like an intern, honestly…” Mireille said. She’d always been sharp–tongued.

She once tried to set Jude up with her best friend’s daughter, but I swooped in and stole him. So, every time we met, she’d take a few jabs at me.

I just smiled and kept quiet. Most of the Carsons knew my situation, and they all saw me as a joke.

Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and quickly covered her mouth. “Oh dear, my poor memory! Whatever you want to wear or use, you’d have to get Jude’s permission first.

“Otherwise, you won’t be able to open the wardrobe, right?”

Of course, the whole Carson family knew about this. Everyone looked at me with a bit of disdain.

Jude’s expression stiffened slightly, and his gaze towards me was clearly displeased.

I knew I embarrassed him. But what else could I do?

“You’re right, Aunt Mireille. I really don’t have the right to use things around the house freely.” I smiled at Mireille and nodded to the others with a smile.

At that moment, Ewan coughed heavily and waved at me. “Ada, come sit here. I heard you went back to work at the company? Why be so hard on

yourself?”

liked me getting involved in the business world but believed women should focus on being wives and mothers.

and I didn’t want to raise kids. I obediently sat next to Ewan and listened quietly as they talked about businesses.

The daughter of a bankrupt family really has no manners, making the elders wait for her at a family gathering?”

too, “Exactly. Such an important family gathering and she’s not wearing even a decent dress or jewelry? Outrageous!”

While, Jude just sat there quietly, listening to his family gang up on me.

I was actually used to it now, he’d always been like this towards me.

But this time, I didn’t want to hold back. I looked up, glancing at Mireille’s necklace around her neck, and raised an eyebrow. “Better to have no jewelry than fake ones. Auntie Mireille, your emerald looks about the same as a beer bottle.”

Before my family went bankrupt, my mom wore plenty of expensive jewelry. I could tell real emerald from fake at a glance.

Among the generation of Ewan, only he managed to rise to prominence, while his two other brothers relied on his reputation to secure a meager business opportunity.

Bodhi took over the business from his dad but had been barely making ends meet, so they often came for handouts with Ewan.

Now that Mireille’s jewelry was all fake, I jeckoned they were running low on funds.

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Chapter 28

She glared at me. “What are you blabbering about? What would someone from a small family like yours know? You…”

“Ugh…” Before she could finish, a wave of nausea hit me, and I quickly ran to the bathroom, covering my mouth.

I was actually kind of proud before, thinking chemo wouldn’t make me feel bad, but I was wrong.

I threw up so hard in the bathroom that I felt dizzy.

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Suddenly, someone handed me a cup of warm water. I didn’t even have time to say thanks before accepting it and rinsing my mouth quickly.

“What’s going on?” Jude looked at me suspiciously, seeming a bit worried.

I waved it off, replying, “Just an upset stomach.”

He didn’t press further and had the maid bring me another cup of warm water.

After drinking it, I finally managed to suppress the nausea.

Meanwhile, he just watched me quietly and suddenly asked, “Why didn’t you ask me to open the wardrobe?”

1 laughed coldly, “Jude, isn’t that ridiculous? I need your permission just to wear a piece of clothing.

“Every time I call Veronica, her tone and attitude, you should hear it yourself. You don’t feel embarrassed, but I do.” I tossed the cup aside, not even bothering to glance at him.

He grabbed my wrist, gentler this time. “No wonder you’re so skinny, just take a sick leave if you’re not feeling well. Why…”

“You didn’t let me take leave, forced me to come back. Don’t you remember?” I tried to shake off his hand, but he didn’t let go.

He seemed to recall the past too, momentarily at a loss for words.

We stood there in a stalemate until Aunt Juno walked over with a smile. “Ada, don’t blame Mireille; after all, you’re part of the Carson family now and

can’t afford to lose face.

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“It’s fine among family, but what if there are outsiders? That would be a disgrace for the Carson family.”