The President's Secret Wife

Chapter 7

Chapter 007 Jenny Said that She Wouldn’t Get a Divorce

Jenny pursed her lips and didn’t say a word.

“Laura, you tell me.”

Laura immediately said pitifully, “Barret, don’t blame Jenny. It’s my fault. I’m so weak. I tried to stand up, only to find that I simply can’t do it.”

“Really?” Barret looked over at Jenny.

Jenny still didn’t say anything.

Barret looked at Laura again. “Why did you suddenly want to stand up when your legs are not well yet and you should sit in the wheelchair?”

“I’m sorry, Barret, because…” Laura cried out in anxiety, “Because I got so emotional when Jenny said just now… She said that she wouldn’t ask Grandpa for a divorce and that she’d die before she’d divorce you.”

“You’re lying. When did I say that?”

It was the first time Jenny had been so confrontational and out of control in front of Barret.

“You said that?” Barret looked at her coldly.

“If you don’t believe me, I can ask Grandpa for a divorce right now.” Jenny held her hands out in a gesture of indifference. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Barret rubbed between his eyebrows as he sighed and spoke in a soft voice.

“Laura, I know you’re anxious and want me to get a divorce right away, but didn’t we agree? Grandpa’s in poor health now, so we’ll talk about the divorce after his birthday party.”

“If you can’t even wait for a couple of days, then I’m sorry, but I have to choose Grandpa between you and him.”

Laura immediately panicked when she heard that.

She reached out, tugged at the corner of Barret’s coat and pitifully said, “I’m sorry, Barret, I didn’t mean to.”

“I shouldn’t have argued with you about it the other night.”

“I was just too anxious. I was afraid that there would be trouble and you wouldn’t want to get divorced. I was even more afraid that you wouldn’t want me anymore.”

With that, Laura actually reached out and hugged Barret right in her arms.

Jenny’s eyes widened. As a mistress, Laura was hugging another woman’s husband in broad daylight and she was not ashamed to do so.

Just as Jenny was about to speak up, a cold voice suddenly came in a powerful way.

“So the world is really changing. Since when can a mistress hugging someone else’s husband be so bold?”

That voice?

Jenny had just turned around when Barret said, “Mom, what are you doing here?”

“Why? I can’t come here? I was doing my daily rounds of the mall and saw something disgraceful, so I came to stop it, only to find that it’s my son who did it.”

Lillian grunted coldly and the words that came out of her mouth were even colder.

“Mom, it’s not Laura’s fault. She didn’t mean to do it and…”

Before Barret could finish his words, Lillian cut in forcefully.

“If it’s not her fault, then it’s yours. How can you hug her like that when you’re married? Don’t tell people out there that you’re my son.”

Lillian had always had an aversion to “mistresses”.

“Keep your hands to yourself. If I catch you hugging a woman other than your wife again, don’t you ever come into the Smith house. You’ll taint it.”

Lillian said fast and furiously, without a word of nonsense.

Every word, every phrase, was precisely to the point.

Jenny stood there. She suddenly felt that she was too weak in front of her mother-in-law.

At this moment, she simply wanted to raise a flag and shout, “You’re so mighty, my mother-in-law.”

Still, she was surprised.

Since they got married, she and Barret hadn’t been to the Smith house very often, and every time they did, it was basically to visit Grandpa.

As for Lillian, they had seen each other only a few times.

From what she remembered of her mother-in-law, Lillian was a very cold woman who was always indifferent to her and didn’t talk to her much, so Jenny thought Lillian didn’t like her.

She even told herself that a wealthy woman like Lillian would surely want a gentle and intelligent daughter-in-law from a famous family and that Lillian wouldn’t like a girl from a humble family like her.

That was why Jenny never bothered Lillian when Lillian didn’t ask to see her.

She never thought that Lillian would help her out so much.

Sometimes, you have to believe that everything has its vanquisher.

A woman like Laura, for example, had to be dealt with by Lillian.

Laura clenched her hands hard and tried to explain, “Auntie, you’re right. I went over the line.”

“You’re not hopeless yet, knowing what you did is wrong.”

“I just got back and heard that Grandpa’s birthday party is moved up, so I want to find a present for Grandpa. Barret knows what Grandpa likes, and that’s why I asked him to help me with it. Please don’t blame him.”

“He is spending time with another woman instead of his wife when he has a day off. Of course, I would blame him. What’s more…”

Lillian looked at Laura with her sharp eyes. “I remember my father didn’t invite you, so you don’t have to get any present for him. He won’t want it anyway.”

“Mom, stop it. I invited her,” Barret said, feeling sorry for Laura.

“You shut up.” Lillian glared at him immediately.

Then she said, “It’s your grandpa’s birthday party, not yours. Since when can you make the decision for your grandpa? You want to invite her? Then it’s better to wait until your 80th birthday.”

Laura’s face was as white as paper, with no hint of blood.

At this point, Lillian put on a warm smile. “My father likes collectible things that cost a lot of money. Your Hill family may be wealthy, but it’s nothing in front of our Smith family.”

“Please, Auntie, don’t worry. Our Hill family is not as rich as we used to be, but we can still afford such a present.”

“Really?” Lillian said sarcastically, “I believe that the Hill family still has some money, even though they’re declining, but I think your sister Anna is more favored in your family now.”

“You’ve broken your legs, and you’re not a dancer now. Your place in the Hill family is not what it used to be. I don’t think you have much pocket money, so you should keep it for yourself instead of……