The Day I Quit Him (Autumn and Mars) novel Chapter 258

**Mars Wright Digs His Own Grave**

As Mrs. Lopez gazed at her husband, who appeared utterly defeated and despondent, a wave of frustration surged within her. The sight of him, so pitiful, only intensified her anger.

“If I had known you were this useless, I never would have married you!” she spat, her voice rising with each word. “Look at us now! My daughter is ruined! She’ll never find a husband with you as her father, doing absolutely nothing while Autumn Lopez walks all over us. What’s the point of our existence? We might as well just die!”

As Mrs. Lopez’s words hung heavy in the air, tears began to stream down her cheeks, and soon Lydia, feeling the weight of her mother’s despair, joined in the sobbing.

The once vibrant villa was now engulfed in an oppressive atmosphere of gloom and despair. Mr. Lopez felt a sharp throb in his head, a reminder of the chaos that had erupted in his home.

“Enough!” he interjected, his voice cutting through the tension like a knife.

A pang of guilt gnawed at him; he couldn’t deny his part in this disarray. Yet, he couldn’t shake the feeling that it was this mother-daughter duo that continuously found themselves in trouble.

If they hadn’t been so fixated on scheming to ensnare Mars Wright, would they be in this predicament?

Before the incident that marred her beauty, Lydia had been a wealthy socialite, a promising student returning from abroad. Even if her degree was little more than a façade, her name alone would have opened doors to potential suitors for a respectable marriage.

But this relentless duo had badgered him, insisting that Mars Wright was a rising star worth pursuing. They kept whispering that Autumn wasn’t on their side and that he needed to prepare for her inevitable betrayal.

How could he guard against his own flesh and blood?

Reflecting on the past, Mr. Lopez realized that Autumn had always shown him respect. It was Lydia and her mother who had been planting seeds of doubt in his mind, creating a rift between him and his daughter.

Autumn had been running the company with remarkable competence, and all he had to do was collect his dividends annually. Now, he found himself not just working himself to exhaustion but also returning home to a mother-daughter duo who berated him for being inadequate. They treated him like a mere workhorse, devoid of any dignity.

“If you want to die, then go die outside,” he snapped, frustration bubbling over. “Don’t poison the atmosphere in this house. We all know how we ended up here. I shouldn’t need to spell it out for you. If you can live with it, fine. If you can’t, then we’ll get a divorce. You can take your daughter and find your own place to live.”

Mrs. Lopez’s jaw dropped, a tear precariously perched on her lip. She stared at Mr. Lopez, her mind racing with disbelief.

“What did you just say?”

He met her gaze with a chilling stare. “Was I not clear enough?”

A shiver coursed down Mrs. Lopez’s spine.

They had experienced fierce arguments in the past, but never had he looked at her with such frigid indifference. It was as if he had completely detached himself from her, from their marriage.

How could this be?

Despite her own selfish desires, Mrs. Lopez had always believed that Mr. Lopez had chosen her out of genuine affection. She never envisioned a day when he would regard her with the same coldness he once reserved for Autumn’s mother.

Panic gripped her heart.

“Oliver, what are you talking about…”

Her tone softened, her features morphing into a mask of vulnerability. “I was just so angry; I didn’t mean what I said.”

“Why are you taking this so seriously? The entire internet is attacking our daughter right now. As her parents, we should be supporting her, not bickering among ourselves.”

In the past, he might have succumbed to her theatrics. But not anymore.

Although he found his job draining and the novelty of being a CEO had waned, he relished the perks that came with the title. Having indulged in the company of younger women, he had gradually lost interest in Mrs. Lopez, who, despite her best efforts to maintain her appearance, was undeniably aging.

Especially after she had, in so many words, laid bare her true feelings.

There was no way Mr. Lopez would forgive her.

A woman who owed her very existence to him had the audacity to label him useless!

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