A Beautiful Misunderstanding

"Okay, I'll get to the point," Mary said in a serious tone. "I don't want this accident to happen again, and it doesn't matter to me whether you did it intentionally or not. Valery's baby is the eldest grandson of our family. If anyone dares to hurt him, I will not spare that person."

"Don't worry. I won't do anything for her anymore." With a soft voice, Essie said these words in a neither overbearing nor servile manner.

There was a muscle on Mary's face that twitched a little. Last night, she asked Essie to take care of Valery but she didn't do it, and today she even said such words to block her. She wouldn't have dared to challenge the authority of her mother-in-law if she wasn't under the protection of Zac.

"Valery is pregnant. You are responsible for taking care of her. To be the lady of our family, you have to be tolerant and generous. If you are not mature yet and can't do this, you'd better not interfere in the affairs of our family for the meantime."

Mary's voice was slow and low, but full of threats.

Essie understood that Mary was quite unhappy about the fact that Albert had asked her to help his wife with running the household.

But she actually had no intention of taking part in the affairs of the family. In fact, she had even been thinking about how to refuse Albert. What Mary said caught her interest because she hated doing anything that would please her opponents. Apparently, her rejection of that responsibility was exactly what her mother-in-law and Valery wanted.

"Mommy, you're just overthinking things. That kid will be born from a concubine's belly, so he can't inherit the properties of the family. He won't be a threat to me at all. I will only end up destroying the relationship between me and Zac if I hurt him, and I am not that stupid. As for running this household, since daddy asked me to help you, I will do my best to live up to his expectations." Her tone was casual, as if she was just talking about some insignificant game.

Mary's face darkened. The word 'concubine' pierced her eardrums. "If you can't give birth to a son, then he wouldn't be just a concubine's son."

"Mommy, with all the advanced technology now, it's not difficult to have a son. And even if I don't want to have a son, there is always a way. I'm sure you'll be able to have a grandson." Essie smiled.

"Okay, I'll wait." Mary gritted her teeth and left.

Essie closed the door and a mocking smile appeared on her face.

Her mother-in-law was just like Vicki. The only different was Mary was arrogant and domineering, while Vicki was insidious and cunning.

Luckily, ice guy was born with indomitable spirit. He was a pretty unruly son and was not as blind and obedient as Baron. Otherwise, she would have left him at once.

By the time Zac came to their room, Essie had just finished taking a shower and was lying on the bed, ready to go to sleep.

He went over to her and said, "Honey, you smell good."

She raised her tired eyes and looked at him. "Is she feeling better now?"

"It's nothing serious. She'll be fine in a few days." He lay down beside her and added, "I really hope that her baby could be born as soon as possible." Just thinking of that happening, he heaved a sigh of relief. He would be free from all of this then.

But Essie didn't think so. She said, "It's your fault that you slept with Valery."

replied with nothing but a helpless

had an impulse to tell

couldn't. He

that he was wallowing in self-pity, so she changed her attitude and tried to comfort him. "Don't worry.

playing at the corners of his mouth, Zac turned over and said, "My dear

him the green light once, and Zac became totally

going to sleep." She pulled the quilt towards her to cover her body

do what I want even if you are

stiff after hearing

didn't seem like she could run

made Zac feel satisfied. "Be good and wait for me to come back," he said. With a sly smile, he gave her a kiss, got up, and walked towards

The next day...

that he left on her neck

she had

takes a close-up shot of me by accident, it will certainly cause a scandal,'

you can put a mark on my neck too. I don't mind letting everyone in the company see it," he said with a wicked smile. Before he could say another word, Essie turned around and bit his neck out of

of you." She gave

at the gate of the house, she crossed paths with Valery who was just coming back from a

the love marks on her neck at first sight, and the jealousy in her heart burned

probably become pregnant in less than two or three

had decided to wait until the baby was born. If Essie had a baby too, she would lose her only

was no way she could let such a thing happen. She had to

battle quicker. All she had to do was to find another person who could help her

across each other. Leila didn't expect that Valery would reach out to her and ask her to have tea with her. After all, they had known each other for more than ten years and they never got along

and Zac would marry you. I didn't expect him

sip of green tea and noticed how calm Leila looked. She sneered in her heart and thought,

her out. So she decided not to beat around the bush and asked, "What did you

I thought I should ask you out so we can talk. We fought against each other overtly and covertly for so many years, but neither of us were able to get Zac. Should we sympathize with each other?" Valery asked in a gentle voice as she thought about why she had asked Leila to come here

the same suffering. He loves me, but you will never get

you in the past, but Essie is the only one in his mind now. He has

reason he got married to Essie is that—" Realizing that she was about to blurt out the secret, Leila stopped talking at once. If Valery found out the

it?" Valery asked quickly for fear that

Leila gave her a quizzical answer to reassure her. Not buying her alibi, Valery rolled her eyes at Leila and said, "I don't think so. Zac treats her like she's his treasure. I'm guessing that he hasn't been visiting you these days, has he?" Valery said with