His Secret Child, Her Revenge: Remarrying Up novel Chapter 93

Chapter 93 People Change

Chapter 93 People Change

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She had gone to a boarding school ever since junior high, and throughout college, she had preferred working part-time jobs over coming home. It was her only way of escaping Eleanor, whose venomous words could chill a person to the bone even in the dead of summer.

“Eleanor! You’ve gone too far!” Arthur shook with rage. “How can you think so poorly of Jasmine? You’re her mother-are you really completely blind to her character after all these years?”

Eleanor let out a sharp scoff. “People change, and you never truly know what someone is capable of. Who knows what she’s really thinking!”

“You-!” Words failed Arthur as he pointed a trembling finger at her. “Eleanor, your own flesh-and-blood son is the one in the wrong here, how can you…”

“My flesh-and-blood son? Isn’t he yours too?!” Caught up in the heat of the moment, Eleanor blurted out without thinking, “Honestly, it’s bizarre how little you care about your own son, yet you’re so fiercely protective of someone who isn’t even your biological—”

Smack!

A resounding slap cut her off, landing squarely across Eleanor’s face. All of Arthur’s bottled-up fury erupted in that single instant.

Eleanor was utterly stunned into silence. No one could have predicted that Arthur, who had spent his life walking on eggshells around his wife, would actually strike her. Jasmine stood there, completely paralyzed with shock.

As the reality of what happened sank in, Eleanor’s face twisted into an expression of sheer disbelief. “Arthur! You dared to hit me?!” she shrieked at the top of her lungs. “Have you forgotten that your entire fortune only exists because my family helped you build it?!”

Eleanor had been throwing those exact words in his face for a lifetime, and Arthur was thoroughly exhausted from hearing them. He didn’t regret hitting her. Long before his hand had connected with her cheek, he had already accepted whatever consequences would follow.

Arthur let out a deep, heavy sigh. “Eleanor, let’s get a divorce.”

Eleanor stared at him, utterly dumbfounded. “What did you just say?”

“Since you claim my entire fortune exists because of your family’s help, I will return everything to you,” Arthur said. “I’ll leave with nothing. I will unconditionally transfer all my shares in the corporate group to you, along with the real estate and the cars. I don’t want a single thing.”

Eleanor was consumed by a mix of fury and resentment. “Arthur, you better not just be talking out of anger.”

A profound sorrow washed over Arthur’s face. “For decades, no matter how overbearing you were, no matter how much drama you caused, I endured it. You were my wife and the mother of my children, and I didn’t want to make a shameful scene in front of them. But now, I’ve hit my limit. I can no longer stand by and watch you treat my daughter like this, time after time.”

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He looked at Jasmine, his heart breaking for her. “We owe Jasmine far too much, and I refuse to keep letting this injustice continue. Back then…”

“Arthur!” Eleanor panicked, cutting him off. “Think carefully about the consequences before you speak!”

Arthur sighed and fell silent, leaving the rest unsaid. Jasmine noticed the strange tension in their exchange, but she didn’t analyze it too deeply. She simply assumed the debt her father spoke of referred to the decades of mistreatment and grievances she had endured under the Thorne roof.

Seeing things escalate to this point, Hugh completely lost his bearings. “Dad, you’re not seeing another woman, are you?”

The moment the words left his mouth, Jasmine kicked him.

“Ow! Why else would Dad want a divorce and leave with absolutely nothing?” Hugh whined, rubbing his leg. “Unless he’s gone completely senile!”

Arthur looked at his son with deep disappointment. “You are not a child anymore. If you keep acting like such a hopeless scoundrel, even leaving you the entire family fortune won’t save you from burning through it. Mark my words, you’ll squander everything until you’re left with nothing.”

Turning back to Jasmine, his eyes filled with profound regret. “Jasmine, I’ve been useless, and I am so sorry. You have been my daughter for twenty-eight years, yet I failed to fulfill my duty as a father to protect you. I honestly thought that if you married the man you loved, your life would finally be happy. I never imagined…”

Arthur’s eyes welled with tears. “Jasmine, if life with the Vances is too exhausting, just leave. Leave Silas. Find someone who truly loves you, understands you, and treasures you, and spend the rest of your life with them. Jasmine, if you can’t find peace and happiness, I won’t even be able to rest in peace when I die.”

“Dad…” Jasmine choked out, a thick lump forming in her throat.

Suddenly, Eleanor lunged forward and grabbed Jasmine by the collar. “This is all your fault! Every single time you come back to this house, you ruin things for everyone! Jasmine, you are a curse to this family! You’re destroying all of us!”

Jasmine felt a sudden, explosive pain in her chest. It hurt so intensely, and an icy chill washed over her. This house felt exactly like a frozen wasteland.

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