The Billionaire's Mistake (Anya and Daniel) novel Chapter 287

Elena slammed the door loudly so they could hear her come in. both women froze where they stood and turned to look her way.

“Look who is back. It is the child throwing a tantrum. You actually dare talk back to me when I called you. Look at the time you are returning. You should have been here from the beginning to help me cook and prepare!” Cecile scolded.

Elena looked around the room to see from the preparations that a lot of guests were coming.

“Auntie, don’t talk like that, if Elena prepared all this herself, she would be tired. Why don’t I help?” Melanie said.

“You are just too nice for your own good. There is no need for you to help, you are a guest. You should relax and let others do it,” Cecile said. Elena glanced at both of them and turned to walk away.

“Hey, I am talking to you, where are you going?” Cecile hurriedly blocked Elena’s path, “Hurry up and enter that kitchen!” Cecile scolded.

“Why should I do that? It looks like old age has taken away your commons sense or at least your hearing. Did I not already say that I am divorcing your son? We just signed the papers. Have your new daughter-in-law do it instead and stop blocking my path!” Elena said, pushing Cecile out of her way.

Cecile tumbled slightly and Melanie went to catch her, and they both fell to the floor.

This was what Donald saw the moment he walked into the house. He had only returned an his mother and Melanie were on the floor while his ex wife was staring at them coldly from the first step of the staircase.

“What have you done? Are you crazy?” Donald hurried over to help Melanie up, ignoring his mother, which made the older woman furious.

“You crazy son, you should at least help your mother up first, right? Look how much she enjoyed making people suffer for your sake and you ran to help your mistress up,” Elena said and Donald realized that his mother was still on the floor.

Melanie saw the resentful look on Cecile’s face and hurriedly tried to help her up.

“Don’t try to sow discord between mother and son!” Melanie said righteously. This statement even though not calming Cecile’s anger, made her see Elena as an enemy.

“You crazy woman! You dare push me down? Why did you not step up to help me up?” Cecile said.

“It is you lot that is crazy. I am no more a member of your family. I don’t think I ever was. You better educate you mother and mistress on what divorce means before they embarrass themselves outside.

“Elena, I have never tried to come in between you and Donald, there is no need for you to call me a mistress!” Melanie said righteously.

“Be careful, even angels would run from your righteousness. You are a woman who crawled into a married man’s bed, what were you doing there? Looking for bed bugs? Are you a priest or an exterminator, which is it?” Elena said and Donald paused.

It was the first time he had actually heard Elena this way. Her words were poisonous. He realized, he had never heard her in this manner before.

“Do not slander me!” Melanie’s eyes filled with tears, making Donald frown.

“You are the one who was found by the marital bed naked, but I a slandering you. Even if your part time job is to check for bedbugs in people’s husband’s beds at night, you should have known to wear your priest robes so that we can recognize your holiness and not slander you,” Elena said and turned to leave.