Way Back Into Love (Essie)

Chapter 111 The First Wife (Part One)

That name.

No one was more familiar with it than she was.

No one knew her better than she did.

No one understood her better than she did.

Because she bore that name for seven whole years.

Essie was Cathy Xu.

After divorcing Baron, her mother changed her name to Lucy in the hopes of forgetting her past life and

starting a new one. After she married Bob, Essie offered to change her name in order to ease her

mother's conflict with her new grandparents. Since her mother's second marriage, they had severed

ties with their original family and become members of the new family wholeheartedly.

However, did she actually become engaged to that ice guy?

Wasn't this the biggest joke of the century?

How come she never knew about it?

He was eleven years old then, while she was only six years of age. At that time, Elizabeth took her son

and daughter and became part of the family. Essie and her elder sister Alice were too busy fighting with

Valery and her little brother, so she knew nothing about this. It was a political marriage arranged by the

adults. The children would know about it when they reached puberty.

Hearing him mention her childhood nemesis, Valery became a little furious.

Cathy had always been more beautiful, smarter, and more brilliant than her. She was better than her in

every aspect and stole her thunder at every turn that Valery was doomed to live in her shadow forever.

Ever since she found out that Zac's grandfather chose Cathy as his future granddaughter-in-law, she

had been looking for the every chance to kill her, but the woman luckily managed to escape every time.

Fortunately, her mother had finally become the legal wife and kicked Cathy and her mother out of the

family. She was no longer a threat to her.

"She has not been a part of our family for a long time. Who knows, maybe she has been living like a

sparrow in the slums. Do you really want to marry her?" she demanded angrily.

Zac smiled coldly, scorn evident in his eyes. "She may be a sparrow... and you're her half-sister. That

makes you a turtledove."

Zac's words held a double meaning. There was an old saying that a turtledove takes over the nest of a

sparrow. He was implying that Valery was occupying the position of her sister Cathy.

Upon hearing these words, Essie felt relieved, as if she had drunk a jar of iced tea in the middle of

summer.

For the first time, she was impressed by Zac's sharp tongue.

Valery was rendered speechless by the barb, so angry that she began to stomp her feet. Elizabeth

quickly restrained her and said, "Be careful, you are pregnant." The child was definitely a trump card,

especially if it turned out to be a son. Valery would get whatever she wanted once she gave birth to a

son. Yesterday, Valery had the baby examined by B-ultrasound and was relieved to have the gender of

the baby confirmed.

Elizabeth took out the ultrasound image from her bag and said, "Zac, come and see your son. He is

beautiful and healthy."

Taking it over, Zac carefully looked at it.

The four-month baby was basically formed. His little face and little fist could be seen in the photo.

A faint smile played at the corners of Zac's mouth.

This must be the joy of being a father for the first time.

Essie noticed his expression and felt a slight twinge piercing her heart. To Elizabeth and her daughter,

however, the softening of Zac's expression was a sign of hope.

He cared about the baby. As long as the baby could be born well, Valery could still ensnare him.

"Zac, a child needs a complete family to grow up healthily. Don't you think he should have both his

father and mother after he is born?" Elizabeth seized the opportunity and said earnestly.

Essie snorted ironically to herself. What a beautiful scenario Elizabeth was painting. It was like she had

forgotten that she was the homewrecker mistress who broke up Essie's parents. Did it never occur to

her that Essie and her sister needed a complete family themselves?

At that time, her sister was twelve years old, while she was only seven.

Her sister chose her father, and she went with her mother. They hadn't seen each other since their

parents separated.

Zac placed an arm around Elizabeth' shoulders and said, "Aunt Elizabeth, don't worry. He will have a

complete family. Essie and I will raise him together."

At these words, Valery got so angry that she almost fainted. "Who the hell is that woman? If she dares

to touch my child, I will kill her!" Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

"She is my wife!"

Zac said strongly, and each word was like a thunderclap exploding within the mansion. Then, he slowly

took out the bright red marriage certificate from his pocket.

Elizabeth's calm mask completely crumbled.

She never foresaw such an outcome, even with her machinations. Once the marriage certificate was

obtained, her daughter automatically became the mistress. She lost her advantage and was left in a

passive position. If news of this leaked out, Valery would become a big joke in the upper-class circle.

Albert was also quite shocked, but his expression remained unruffled. After all, he wasn't known as a

powerful king in business circles who had weathered countless storms for nothing. He could tell that

Zac didn't really want to marry Valery. As stubborn as he was, he would not change his mind no matter

how hard anybody tried to convince him otherwise. Ever since Valery got pregnant and Elizabeth came

to pressure them to get married, he washed his hands off the matter and let his son solve the problem

by himself. However, this strategy went beyond his expectations. Zac used to play hide and seek in the

past, but now he went for the direct attack and took a wife home. This was not his usual style.

Stunned by what she heard, Mary felt the onset of a headache. Since the couple had already obtained

a marriage certificate, it would be extremely difficult to drive Essie out of the house. She had known

Valery since she was a child and treated her as her own daughter. Now that she was pregnant, she

couldn't just stand by. Zac had always been cold to women, with the sole exception of Leila. The

woman whom he had married must be such an exemplary character to have captivated someone like

Zac. He was so obsessed that he gave her the family ring and even obtained the marriage certificate.