Serenity and Zachary York novel Chapter 3118

Belinda did not want that!

She had given so much, and sacrificed so much, but ended up back at square one.

“Since you like fooling around so much, you’ll be free to get as many girlfriends as you like once you’re divorced. No one will restrict you. But if you do get divorced, I want you to get a vasectomy to avoid having more children with your second wife or something. That’ll be bad for my grandchildren.

“Once they have a stepmother, even their father will change. I have to make sure my grandchildren’s interests are protected while I’m still alive.”

Adrian was speechless for a moment. “Mom, I’m your son. And even if I do remarry and have children, wouldn’t they be your grandchildren too? How could you be so biased?

“Plus, they’re already in their teens. By the time I remarry and have more, they might already be adults. Why should they be scared of getting bullied and abused by their stepmother?”

Belinda could not be bothered to listen to her son’s rationalizations and said coldly, “These are my conditions. After the divorce, you must get that vasectomy. I have many grandchildren as it is and I don’t need more.

“Unless Caroline has a daughter. That, I’ll accept. The rest of you already have children. There’s no need to have more.

“And even if your kids are already in their teens, once they have a stepmother, she’ll whisper into your ears every day, and then you’ll slowly grow biased. You might end up giving all your assets to your children in your second marriage. That’s very unfair to my existing grandchildren.

“To protect their legitimate rights and interests, you’re getting that vasectomy immediately after the divorce. If you don’t want to, you’re not remarrying and having more children. If I find out that any of your girlfriends are pregnant and you’re not taking her for an abortion, I’ll help her get one—by hook or by crook!” Belinda was used to getting her way. She did not allow her son to defy her.

“If you don’t want me to control you, you can sever your ties with me and leave the Fisher family. But you’ll have to return a reasonable amount of the assets you got from the family. I’ll distribute them equally to your children.

“That way, whether or not you marry an eighteen- or a twenty-year-old, it’ll have nothing to do with us anymore.”

Adrian was at a loss for words.

Usually, Belinda treated all his kids the same, though she favored his eldest son a little bit more because the little boy was her first grandchild whom Belinda and Hunter loved and doted on dearly.

He did not expect his mother to demand that he get a vasectomy for her grandchildren’s sake just as he was about to divorce his wife.