Lucy called her and told her that she and Bob had arrived at the Dragon City and stayed in the InterContinental Hotel.
Essie hurried over to them. As soon as she entered the room, Lucy took her by the hand and placed a piece of newspaper from the Dragon City Evening Paper in front of her. On the front page, it said, 'Centaury General Report, a beautiful designer is married to the richest man'.
"Didn't you say that Zac comes from an ordinary family? Why did she become a member of the Rong family? "
"I didn't know who he was until recently. He did not tell me when we got married." Essie stammered to explain. She wanted to hide this from them, but she didn't expect that they would see the news so soon.
"Is he Mary's son?" Lucy's eyes flashed with anger.
Essie nodded. She could see her mother's gloomy face.
Hearing that, Lucy was trembling in extreme fury and clenched her fists tightly. In a hurry, Bob held her into his arms. "Please calm down, you've just had the operation. Please don't get angry again."
"Surgery?" "Mom, what's wrong with you? Are you not feeling well?" Essie asked worriedly.
"Don't worry. I just have a myoma of uterus, and it will be okay to perform the laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery to remove it. But..." Bob sighed.
"Just what?" Essie asked.
"The doctor found that your mother had been ligatured many years ago. I suppose it was during your delivery that the doctor did it without letting her know," Bob said.
"Asshole --" Essie roared furiously again, having an impulse to kill the bastard. She shouted, "Mom, do you remember the doctor? Let's get even with him!"
"Your father and I have asked in the hospital. She died in a car accident fifteen years ago," Lucy said.
"She was likely killed to keep the secret." With a sneer, Essie knew who had done that, needless to ask.
"Essie." Lucy grasped her hand and said, "You can't be with Mary's son. She is a devil and she will not treat you well."
"Mom." Hearing that, Essie lowered her head. It was true that Mary didn't treat her well and wanted her to be expelled from the Rong family.
Looking at her depressed face, Lucy knew that she was right. "Essie, do you know that it was she who introduced Elizabeth to your father and set up your father for her? At that time, Elizabeth was penniless and not powerful, so she couldn't turn over at all. If she hadn't helped her secretly, how could she successfully enter our Xu family and be wanton. She was not afraid of any danger? And she could even bribed the doctor to ligate me so that I could never be pregnant again! I think she is not only an accomplice of Elizabeth, but also a collusion." After she heard the news in the hospital, all the hatred she had hidden for years were stirred up. This time, she came here in order to take her daughter away.
"Why did she do that?" Essie asked in shock.
"She is a narrow-minded person who will seek revenge for the smallest grievance." Lucy could not help but grit her teeth. She didn't want his daughter to know too much about the conflict between the members of the prior generation. She said, "Essie, Mary is our enemy, and you can't be together with the son of the enemy. Your identity will be exposed sooner or later. At that time, Mary will definitely make things difficult for you and drive a wedge between you and her son. No matter how well Zac treats you, he won't go against his mother. You will fall into endless quarrels, just like what your father and I did before. Essie, I can't let you repeat my tragedy. It's not too late to divorce with Zac yet. Let's take you back to Jiang City or live somewhere else. Don't ever meet him again."
Her words were like a fire, burning up the only kinship of Zac and their marriage, leaving only the lifeless ash behind.
"Mother, you can go back with father now. You have just received an operation, so you should have a good rest. After I deal with the thing about Zac, I will go back to Jiang City," she said in a low and weak voice.
Lucy knew that she had taken her words seriously, so she said, "I'm worried about you being here alone. Your father and I will stay in Dragon City. If you have handled everything well, we'll go back together."
"Mom, don't worry. I'm not alone. I have my sister. I saw her. We often gather together," Essie said, patting her on the shoulder.
"Really?" Hearing that, Lucy's eyes turned red. She hadn't seen her elder daughter for many years. "Is your sister okay?" she asked.
"She is fine. Now she is the deputy CEO of Hengyuan Co., Ltd." "Don't worry. I'll ask for her help if there is anything I can't deal with," she added with a smile.
Lucy took her into her arms. The God had been playing tricks on them. She had taken great turns and finally her daughter bumped into the son of Mary. What a tragedy.
Out of the hotel, Essie wandered around the river.
It was in the afternoon. There were no other people on the quiet river.
Her heart was like being firmly strangled by a rope, and she was almost unable to breathe.
She had always wanted to leave him and get freedom. But why? When she thought that she could never see him again, she felt as painful as then thousand ants were biting her heart. It seemed that the whole world was about to collapse, as if the sky had lost the sunlight, and the night would never pass.
But mom was right. As long as there were Valery and Mary, there was no peace in their marriage. The endless conspiracy and war would tired both of them out.
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