Madam Stockton was seated on a chair inside the dressing room, and there was a grave look on her face.
Julie felt tension the moment she saw her. She whispered, “Mom…”
Madam Stockton glared at her. “Don’t call me 'Mom'. You are no longer my daughter-in-law!”
She had a secret room built into her dressing room which was an altar filled with pictures of John! There was even a sculpture sculpted in the likeness of John!
Even an idiot could tell at one glance that Julie was obsessed with him.
Madam Stockton felt insulted to think that she had once expressed her concern for Julie and that she felt she had been too hard on Julie the last time.
This entire time, Julie was not merely trying to drive away Sherry to secure her position in the family. She was out for John! She wanted John for himself! She was going to claim the brother of her deceased husband for herself!
They had lived together for so many years, and it was only now that she found out this terrible dark secret that Julie had been hiding the entire time!
She could not believe that this was the true nature of her daughter-in-law of whom she had once been so proud. She was furious and exasperated! She felt like she was going to lose her mind!
She was about to storm out of the room when she heard something drop on the floor. It sent tremors across the floor.
Julie knelt in front of her.
Madam Stockton was stunned by this display, at a loss for what to say.
Julie cried and spilled her heart out, “I’m so sorry. It's just that I couldn’t resist. He’s the best man I have ever known and I could not repress my desire for him.” She bawled her eyes out and was filled with remorse for what she had done.
Madam Stockton did not know what to make of this. She glared at Mia who was standing by the door, and shooed her away. "You, leave us.”
Mia quickly scuttled away.
Madam Stockton turned her attention back to Julie. It made her uncomfortable to see Julie kneeling in front of her.
She had a point. There was not a single man in the entirety of Glanchester who could match with the likes of John Stockton. Not only was he the richest man in Glanchester, but there was also no one more attractive than he was.
Since the incident with Shannon, there had been countless people approaching her and proposing to have their daughters wed John.
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