My Child and I Married a Billionaire novel Chapter 166

Chapter 166: Chapter 166: A Family of Good-for-nothings

Cecelia Archer walked in carrying Rocky. "Brother, Sister-in-law."

Things had gotten so ugly that she expected her sister-in-law, shrewish and aggressive, to let her have it.

But the moment she finished speaking, her sister-in-law let out a wail and burst into tears.

"Cecelia, you’re finally back! *Sob sob sob...* Your brother laid a hand on me today! We’ve been married for so many years, and sure, we’ve had our ups and downs, but he’s never, ever hit me before. But today he did! I just... *sob sob...*"

Cecelia looked at her brother in surprise.

She hadn’t expected her brother to get physical with his wife on her account.

’No matter what, it’s wrong for a man to hit a woman.’

"Bro, how could you..."

For once, June Archer lost his temper.

"So she’s allowed to lay into me all day, but the one time I raise a hand to her, she cries like it’s the end of the world? Is she the only one who’s human here? Does she feel pain and I don’t?"

"You complain all day that I’m a good-for-nothing, you hate my job, you hate that you’re suffering with me—fine, then let’s just end this! Divorce! You can have the apartment, Rocky stays with me. You’re still young. With a house and no kid, you won’t have any trouble finding someone else. What’s there to cry about?"

"*Sob sob sob...*"

At that, his wife cried even harder.

"Cecelia, listen to him! Does that sound like something a decent person would say? Ever since you got with a powerful man, he thinks he’s got backup. He’s gotten bold. He would never have dared to say something like this to me before!"

"I’ve worked myself to the bone for him for so many years, and now he wants to kick me out and separate me from my son? My life is so miserable!"

Cecelia handed Rocky to her brother to hold, then went to stand in front of her sister-in-law.

She was already at her wit’s end but still had to comfort the woman in a soft, gentle voice.

"He didn’t mean it like that. You, of all people, should know how honest my brother is and how devoted he is to you and Rocky. Things just got heated and he said things he didn’t mean. I’ll apologize on his behalf. Sister-in-law, please don’t say things you’ll regret. Rocky’s old enough to understand everything now, and this will hurt him."

"Besides, it’s getting late. We should have dinner. I’ll order some takeout, and we can all eat together."

As she spoke, Cecelia pulled out her phone to order, but her brother stopped her.

"Forget about eating! Let’s get to the point! What exactly is wrong with Candy? Where’s Damien? Doesn’t he care that Candy is sick? And why are you suddenly talking about selling a house?"

This was precisely what the sister-in-law wanted to know. She immediately stopped crying and stared at Cecelia with wide eyes.

Cecelia had thought about this the entire way over. If she wanted her sister-in-law to give up the house, she would have to tell her the whole truth.

"Damien is out of town and won’t be back for a while. Besides, I can’t rely on him anymore. We were never legally married."

"What?"

"Let me finish, Sister-in-law. Damien isn’t just some ordinary person. I didn’t know at first either; I just sort of stumbled into a relationship with him. I only found out after his mother came back from abroad recently. It turns out he’s the president of the Vaughn Group. A family like that would never let him marry someone like me. Plus, Candy isn’t his biological daughter, and his mother would never allow him to be a stepfather. It was his mother who came to me today and demanded I give the money back. She said if I don’t, she’ll not only have Candy thrown out of the hospital, but she’ll also sue us."

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