When Jordan saw Lauren’s strange expression, he immediately knew that she was overthinking things. In reality, there were many cases of mothers-in-law and sons-in-law having affairs.
Jordan hastily explained. “Don’t think too much. I just want to see how similar you are to your mother when she was young.”
Lauren smiled sweetly. “Alright, wait for me.”
Lauren walked up to Marissa and asked, “Mom, why are you putting on your jacket? Are you going back so soon after dinner? Stay a little longer.”
Marissa looked at her unhappily and said in a strange tone, “You aren’t the only owner of this home. How can I stay here as long as I want?”
Lauren knew that her mother still couldn’t accept the fact that she was living under the same roof as Victoria. She needed time to get used to it. After all, the daughters of rich and powerful families grew up like little princesses. They had a lot of pride.
It was not easy for them to share their husbands with other women.
Lauren said, “Mom, do you have any photos from your younger days? Send me one.”
Marissa said, “You want to see my photos when I was young? That’s easy. Just go to the washroom and look in the mirror. When I was young, I was just like you, only prettier.”
Lauren smiled. She knew that her mother was quite narcissistic.
“Mom, just send it to me. I want to see it,” Lauren said coquettishly.
Marissa said, “I don’t have any photos of my younger days on my phone. If you want to see them, you have to come home with me.”
Lauren shot Jordan an awkward glance.
Marissa sensed something was wrong. “Who is the one who wants to see my photo?”
Lauren felt that there was nothing to hide, so she told the truth. “Jordan.”
The atmosphere in the hall instantly became strange. Stefan, who had been standing at the side admiring some calligraphy, was stunned. Marissa looked at Jordan in confusion.
Jordan felt very awkward. Why were his parents-in-law looking at him like that?! Couldn’t a son-in-law look at photos of his mother-in-law?!
Jordan quickly explained. “Yes, I’ve often heard you say that Lauren looks exactly like you when you were young, so I wanted to see what you looked like when you were young.”
Stefan smiled. “Don’t listen to Marissa’s nonsense. How could she compare to Lauren?”
Marissa was annoyed when she heard this. “How am I not comparable to our daughter? When you married me back then, I was the number one beauty in the capital, okay?”
Stefan retorted. “During that time, there weren’t many beauties in the capital. You being the top doesn’t prove anything. There are a lot more beauties nowadays and competition is more intense. Our daughter is the real deal.”
Marissa put her hands on her waist. “Stefan! That’s not what you said when you wooed me back then! You praised me that I was like a goddess and that you were charmed by me the moment you saw me. You even said… that I have good hips and can give you sons!”
Stefan: “…”
Everyone else: “…”
His mother-in-law was indeed formidable. She dared to say such things in front of the younger generation.
It seemed like Marissa held a lot of resentment towards Stefan.
Stefan quickly begged for mercy. “Alright, alright, I was wrong. You’re the most beautiful, okay? I was just trying to praise our daughter. Why are you jealous? But to be honest, Jordan, your mother-in-law was indeed one of the top beauties in that era when she was young. You can come with us back home to look at the photos.”
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