The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 377

Chapter 377 I Am Here to Fulfill the Engagement

“What are you doing here?” Jolly’s face sank as soon as she saw Ryan. Ryan sat upright and said indifferently, “I am here to fulfill the engagement.”

“Is there something wrong with my ears? Since when did I get engaged to you?” “Six years ago, when my father was still alive, he made an agreement with Mr. Carter. At that time, Mrs. Carter also agreed, and they gave us a token as a testimony.”

There was a mahogany box on the coffee table with a bright yellow satin bottom and a glistening jade bracelet inside that was clearly extremely valuable at one glance. Jolly also owned a jade bracelet that was exactly like this one.

“We did get engaged before, but I’ve never heard of two parties that are engaged to each other where one of them married someone else and divorced, then tried to resume the previous engagement. What do you take me for, a backup plan?” Jolly was furious. “Mom, did you call me back just for him?”

Ever since she entered the house, her parents hadn’t said a word. At that moment, she felt that something was not right.

Marilyn looked at her seriously. “Jolly, I’m going to ask you a question. You have to answer me honestly.”

“What question?”

“Is Samuel really Chris’ child?”

Jolly’s expression stiffened.

As a mother, Marilyn immediately confirmed her doubts when she saw Jolly’s reaction. “How dare you hide something so important from me and your father for so many years? Jolly, do we even mean anything to you?”

Jolly panicked. “Mom, I… I wanted to tell you about this at first.”

However, she knew very well that if she came clean to her mother back then, there would only be two outcomes. Either Marilyn would go to the Sutton Family and make Jolly fulfill her engagement to Ryan, or if she refused to marry, with her mother’s personality, she would definitely not allow her to keep the child and would force her to get rid of it.

“Do you know how difficult it is to be a single mother? Are you a fool? Jolly, do you even want to marry in the future?”

“Mom, I know that the person I want to marry wouldn’t mind.”

“Who wouldn’t mind? That small-time celebrity?”

The news about Jolly and Leroy was blowing up, so it was impossible for her parents not to know.

“Mom, he’s a good person.”

“He probably has other motives!” Marilyn had been dabbling in business for many years and had had a lot of contact with the entertainment industry. Hence, she knew very well about the industry and had always looked down on these new stars. Without waiting for Jolly to defend herself, she immediately dismissed, “Today, I’m making this clear. You have to break up with Leroy immediately.”

“I don’t want to.” Jolly was used to being stubborn and immediately refused. She glared at Ryan opposite her angrily. “I can’t believe you’re this despicable. Snitching on me to my parents? You can’t bear seeing that I’m better off than you, right?”

“That’s enough. This time, he’s here to propose a marriage.”

Marilyn’s words made Jolly’s expression fall. “Mom, have you gone senile too? Have you forgotten how much shame he brought to our family when he married Estelle back then?”

“That’s because you didn’t marry him first!”

“I did that because…”

“Because what? You already have a child with Ryan, and you’re still being so childish. Now that things have already come to this and Ryan has already apologized, you should also rein in your temper. There’s a limit to how much of a grudge you can hold.”

Jolly couldn’t argue with her. She couldn’t believe that her mother would favor Ryan to this extent.

“Mom!”

“It’s settled.”

Saying that, Marilyn turned around and left, clearly not wanting to say another word to her daughter.

“Dad!”