Albert lighted a cigar and stared at her deeply. "Did she ask your help to lobby us?"
"I just hope that Zac can have a stable marriage and they can live happily together." Mary said in a motherly tone. It seemed that she really cared about her son. But the truth was that she did it for herself. As long as they didn't divorce, Essie wouldn't get a chance to get back together with her son again, then she wouldn't need to worry that her crime would be exposed.
"Why didn't you think of it this way before?" There was a sharp look in Albert's eyes.
Mary understood what he meant. "Essie is a scheming woman. She has been a troublemaker since she got married. Our family was in great trouble ever since she entered our Rong family. I can't serve this daughter-in-law well. But Leila is different. She is sensible and filial. How can I not like her? "
Albert frowned. "You never reflect on yourself and put the blame on others. You have turned the family into a mess because you have connived at it. You indulged Valery to do whatever she wanted. In the end, even our grandson was killed by her. Zac and Essie turned out to be in this situation, you should be blamed for it. "
With a slight twitch of her muscles, Mary said: "You are all cheated by that woman. I am the most sober one in this family."
"Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking about. For what happened in the past, I thought you would reflect on yourself. I didn't expect that you don't regret it at all. You are disappointed me." There was a deep sense of reproach in Albert's voice.
Seeing that he was angry, Mary didn't dare to rebuke Essie. She only whispered, "Anyway, they have divorced. I'm doing the right thing to help my daughter-in-law now."
Zac looked at his father. If he was right, his father referred to the affair between her mother and Luce. It seemed that he knew it, and perhaps he could get some truth from him.
After his mother left, Zac handed a cup of tea to his father. "Daddy, did anything happen between Mommy and Essie's mommy in the past?"
"It had something to do with Elizabeth's business. She keeps involving in it," Albert said with understatement.
"Have mommy really done anything terrible? Or did she just involving in it?" Zac raised his thick eyebrows slightly.
Albert waved his hand. "I don't know what she has done. Anyway, she does a lot of things in that. The biggest mistake your mother has made in her life is to make friends with Elizabeth,"
"So in order to find out the truth, we have to ask your Mommy." Zac sighed. It turned out that his father didn't know much about it.
Albert took a drag on his cigar and looked at his son with a meaningful look. "Those things happened like a thousand years ago. Why are you suddenly care about us?"
"Though it was a long time ago, my relationship with Essie have been affected by it. How can I not care about it?" Zac frowned. The reason why his little fool had given up on him was because of the grudge between the last generation. If the grudge couldn't be dissolved, there would probably be no hope for their relationship.
Shocked, Albert asked, "Is it related to your divorce?"
Taking a sip of tea, Zac said, "Since her mother knew my identity, she has been against us being together. She doesn't want Mary's son to be her son-in-law."
Albert was shocked. "Did she vent her anger on your mother because of what happened between her and Elizabeth?"
"I don't know. It's not that simple. She totally regards Mommy as her enemy." Zac sighed in distress. According to what Essie had said, his mother didn't only get involved in their business, but to cooperate with them. However, she didn't want to reveal what she had done exactly, so he had to find out by himself.
Albert took a drag on his cigar and puffed out a smoke ring. As he stared at an inconspicuous corner in the distance, the look in his eyes deepened. Since Luce had been back to Dragon City for a long time, it was time for him to see her.
Turning his head, he took a look at his son and said, "The most important thing for you now is to deal with Leila's problem. Otherwise, Essie will be taken as someone else. You will regret when everything is done."
A strange and profound smile appeared on Zac's face. In the past, he wanted to get her back, but now he had changed his mind. He wanted to solve all the contradictions, and then wait for this little fool to come back to beg him.
When he came back from the garden, he was about to go upstairs to see Rabi who was taking a nap when a slender figure rushed over from behind and hit him on the shoulder without saying a word.
"Brother, you are so hateful. I'll blacklist you from now on!"
Zac turned around. He was in a daze for a second before saying, "Ivy, when did you come back?"
"Two days ago." After graduating from middle school, she went to Europe to go to college. Now that she was about to graduate, she applied for studying and came back for an internship.
Zac looked at her. She looked cold and arrogant. It seemed that she was very dissatisfied with him. But when did he mess with her?
"You served me with punches as soon as you come back home. I should have not spoiled you like that." He frowned and pretended to be angry.
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