Thud!
All of a sudden, Clarissa slammed the mug down with a gloomy expression, startling Hilary.
She immediately grumbled, “Clary, you almost scared me to death. You damned brat! What’re you doing?”
Clarissa gave her mother a cold-eyed stare, and Hilary suddenly felt a little guilty.
“What…what’s wrong with you?” Hilary stuttered.
Clarissa replied in an icy tone, “You don’t understand anything and yet you’re here giving your two cents. How do you know anything about it? You’re not the one involved. And I don’t think I can help you with that matter.”
With that, she turned and left.
“Clary, what’s the matter with you? I’m not done yet. Come back here.” Hilary quickly fetched her bag and chased after Clarissa.
When she finally got hold of Clarissa at the door, she was suddenly shoved aside by Gina and lost her footing. “Ouch!”
Then, Gina went to stand in front of Clarissa and glared coldly at the woman on the ground.
“Don’t worry, Gina. She is my mother,” Clarissa clarified.
Hearing that, she stepped aside.
Clarissa then went forward and helped Hilary from the ground. Letting out a sigh, she asked, “Mom, are you okay?”
“Who is this girl? How could I be okay? Ouch…” Hilary stood up, holding her waist. Actually, it’s not my waist that hurts. My buttock hurt too as I sat on it just now. And I can’t massage them here in public.
Clearly exasperated, she shot daggers at Gina. “Who are you? How dare you assault me? Who do you think you are? No, I have to call the police. I must…”
Clarissa immediately stopped her mother. “Mom, stop. She’s my friend. Just now she was just worried that you might harm me. It was a misunderstanding.”
“Friend? What kind of friend is she? Why would I harm you? I’m your mother. You…” Hilary paused suddenly as she seemed to notice Gina and the car that was beside her. Good gracious, that car! And this girl doesn’t look like her friend at all. She seems more like a bodyguard.
With a glint in her eyes, she looked fixedly at her daughter. “Clary, is that your car? Where do you get the money to buy such a car? Also, are you sure she’s your friend? She looks like a bodyguard instead. Have you made a lot of money recently? Or are you…” she trailed off as an assumption formed in her mind.
However, Clarissa did not disclose the truth, nor did she want to tell her mother anything “What are you talking about? Since you have nothing else to talk with me, I’ll go first.”
“No, don’t go. You are not going anywhere until you explain yourself.” Pulling her arm stubbornly, Hilary refused to let her go.
Gina looked over and seemed to want to make a move, but Clarissa shook her head. Then, she turned to Hilary and heaved a sigh. “Mom, what do you want me to say? Do you want me to say that I’ve made a fortune?” “What kind of fortune? I don’t think you can make any fortune throughout your life. You’ve got a boyfriend now, haven’t you? Who is this man? I’m your mother, so you’ve got to tell me. If both of you get married in the future, I would be his mother-in-law. So, I have to run a background check for you. Even if you refuse to tell me, I’ll send someone to check anyway. With the car plate number there, for sure I can find out the owner of the car.”
Well, Mom is a lot smarter now, but I really don’t want to tell her about it. Recently, I’ve been so annoyed by the Tysons, and I can foresee Mom’s reaction if she knows about Matthew. I really don’t want to deal with her now. Does she think that her daughter can marry into a wealthy family? I’m not even sure if I will be accepted by the Tysons.
Clarissa eventually became irritated and forcefully pried her hand away. “Mom, it’s too late for you to care about me now. Where were you when I needed you then? However, you don’t have to worry. I’ll definitely notify you the day I get married. But other than that, you don’t need to know anything more.”
With that, she quickly walked away from Hilary and got into the car. So, Hilary hurriedly took out her cell phone to take a photograph of the car, but she was too slow. By the time she tapped on her phone, the car had sped away, leaving her a blurry photograph.
Sighing, she put away her phone disappointedly. Needless to say, the little brat still hates me for the things I did before. But who cares? Even if she bears a grudge against me, she can’t change the fact that I’m her mother. Now that she has met a rich man, she wants to keep it from me? That’s impossible.
With that thought in her mind, she hurried home and got Zach’s subordinates to help her to find out the owner of the car in the blurry photograph.
I’m sure I can find the identity of Clarissa’s boyfriend.
While over on the other side, Clarissa grimly went back to the Zen Highlands. I know that even though I didn’t tell Mom just now, she’ll eventually know the truth one day. But I’m fed up with all of these. If the Tysons already know about my presence, it doesn’t hurt to have Mom knows about it too.
Leaning against the sofa, she hugged her knees and stared into space as she thought about various possible scenarios that could happen in the future.
For example, the Tysons coerce and bribe me, and I eventually succumb, take the money they’ve offered and leave Matthew. In the end, Matthew marries a wife who is a good match for him and they live happily ever after. Meanwhile, I return to my hometown, but Matthew takes revenge on me, causing me to become destitute and impoverished. Thus, I live miserably for the rest of my life.
Another scenario is the Tysons will pressure Matthew into leaving me. He would eventually give in and finally realizes that it’s a mistake to be with me. We part ways. So, he returns his family, while I’m devastated and return to my hometown. In the end, I spend the rest of my life alone.
Or, Matthew decides to elope with me after the Tysons try to repress us. We flee to a remote area and lived in seclusion. A few years later, we have a child, but the Tysons come and take Matthew away while I take the child with me to go and find him in D City. However, Matthew loses his memory, and the Tysons take away the child. After I lose the child, I go mad. And twenty years after that, the child turns into an adult and finds me, his crazy mother.
Well, these possible scenarios can be named Fatal Attraction, Tragic Love of the Rich, or… My Mummy Dearest!
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