A family of three.
Her marriage with Ethan was truly too crowded. There had been no room for her for a long time.
…
The news that Hannah had moved in with the child soon reached Lily as well.
On this trip to see Amelia, besides delivering the divorce papers and cursing out Ethan, Lily also brought explosive news.
“Amelia, I heard Mason is coming back soon.”
Lily looked up, watching her hesitantly.
Amelia’s heart trembled, her expression dazed.
Mason.
Actually, she’d long lost the right to call him that.
To the Everetts now, she was just a stranger.
Her smile turned bitter. “Lily, the Everetts were good to me.”
Back then, because of her, there had been a rift between Mason and Nora.
The Everetts’ situation was complicated. Her existence would only give Mason more grief.
Moreover, the person he kept in his heart wasn’t her.
Therefore, the farther she stayed from him, the better.
Lily felt a pang of sadness. Outsiders had no idea what had happened between Amelia and the Everetts back then.
Three years of affection.
The Everett brothers had all doted on Amelia as their little sister.
Until later, when Amelia stubbornly moved back to the Harlows, and the Everetts’ second son went abroad.
If Amelia had the Everetts’ protection, how would the Rowes dare to bully her like this?
“I’m just giving you a heads-up. Right now, the most important thing for you is to get a divorce from Ethan.”
Amelia took the divorce papers she handed over, along with the property transfer agreement she’d prepared, and made a trip to Rowe Group.
She’d always held a nominal position at Rowe Group and had even worked at the grassroots level for a while.
Because of internal conflicts at Rowe Group, Amelia had put in considerable effort to help Ethan.
Privately, she’d also helped Rowe Group secure many projects.
But back then, she hadn’t known that Ethan had been harboring Hannah in his heart.
Although Rowe Group’s employees didn’t know about their secret marriage, they had a good impression of her.
When she arrived at Rowe Group, a little girl’s carefree, lively laughter echoed through the lobby.
Not far away, Isla sat in a corner like a little princess surrounded by courtiers, blowing bubbles, with snacks and toys piled all around her.
At the same time, employees were gossiping.
“The girl Mr. Rowe brought in today must be his daughter, right? He really spoils his little princess. Not only did he specially set up a children’s area in the office, he even played blocks with her. Just for a meeting, he had someone specially prepare snacks for her too.”
“I heard the little princess is Mr. Rowe’s daughter with his childhood sweetheart, that
Ms. Gray, who just arrived today. They do look quite well-matched. But thinking about it this way, Mrs. Rowe is pretty pitiful. Mr. Rowe even has an illegitimate daughter.”
“Men, when they don’t love you anymore, that’s just how it is. Mr. Rowe was forced to marry Mrs. Rowe in the first place. Now that the real deal is back, and she even brought the little princess, who would he choose? Need you even ask?”
Rumors flew, and everyone’s words carried sympathy for the legitimate wife.
This kind of thing was common among the elite, but flaunting it so brazenly without any regard for the wife’s dignity was indeed rare.
Listening to this, Amelia felt as if her heart had been viciously clawed at.
She still remembered that after marrying Ethan, he’d told her he didn’t like children and they’d never have any in this lifetime.
Turned out it wasn’t that he didn’t like children. He just didn’t want children with her.
Lost in thought, she didn’t notice when Isla had snuck up in front of her.
“Bad woman, what are you doing here? Ethan doesn’t want you anymore. Why are you still throwing yourself at him?”
Amelia hadn’t planned on arguing with a five-year-old child. She was about to leave with the divorce papers when Isla blocked her path, showing off triumphantly.
“I’m warning you, stop pestering Ethan. Ethan belongs to me and Mommy. An old hag like you, Ethan doesn’t like you at all! Do you know, Ethan bought me and Mommy lots of sparkly things, and he even bought Mommy a heart-shaped necklace, all diamonds.”
A heart-shaped necklace?
Wasn’t that the one she’d liked a while back? She’d even specifically mentioned it.
Who would have thought Ethan had actually given it to Hannah?
“How about that, old witch? Do you know how little you matter now, you ugly hag?”
Isla wore a pretty princess dress and a little crown, tilting her chin up high.
Amelia suddenly spoke up. “You have something green in your teeth.”
Isla’s eyes widened.
Amelia bent down and said deliberately, “Also, an old witch’s specialty is turning annoying little kids like you into mutes in the dead of night.”
Isla immediately covered her mouth, looking at her with both resentment and terror.
After a moment, she burst out crying.
This quickly drew the attention of people around them.
Amelia ignored it and stood up, walking toward the CEO’s office.
She waited in the office for a while until Ethan’s meeting ended and she finally saw him.
When he saw her, Ethan immediately launched into accusations. “Why did you lose your temper with Isla? She’s just a child. Isla is timid. You scared her to tears and it took Hannah forever to calm her down.”
“She’s just a child, which is exactly why she needs more harsh lessons from an old witch like me.” Amelia let out a mocking laugh. “If you want to know what happened, just pull up the security footage.”
Rowe Group worked efficiently.
Soon, Ethan saw what had actually happened.
He felt a twinge of regret for blaming Amelia without hearing her side first, and for once softened his tone.
“Isla is still young. I’ll have Hannah teach her well.”
Amelia’s thoughts were entirely on the divorce papers. She couldn’t be bothered to remind Ethan that being young was never an excuse for bad behavior.
She pulled out the property transfer agreement and said indifferently, “This is the Emberfall Villa contract. Sign it. I’ll move there in the next couple of days.”
Ethan glanced at it. It was indeed a transfer agreement in duplicate.
He signed at the bottom of the page.
Amelia took it. One more month, she told herself.
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