Love At The Wrong Table

Chapter 176

“Hey, Manny, I see things have taken a turn for the better. The cyberbullying

against you has settled, hasn’t it?” Ryder asked with genuine concern.

He had just returned home from work after picking up Tommy and glanced

at the news on his phone before making dinner.

Seeing the public opinion now unanimously in support of Roselynn and

Emmanuel and scolding Hermann, Ryder’s heart was finally at ease.

Just as he was engrossed in the conversation, Abellyn returned home, a

storm brewing inside her. She had had an unlucky day playing poker, losing

all her money, and even skipping lunch. Naturally, her mood was nothing

short of foul.

Her anger was further kindled when she heard Ryder’s voice wafting from the

kitchen, full of concern for his cousin without even sparing her a glance.

“Ah, did Ms. Quillen help you out again? She’s pretty and capable, huh? You’ve

truly found a treasure, Manny,” Ryder remarked sincerely.

However, these words triggered Abellyn’s simmering anger into a full–blown

tempest.

“What is the meaning of this? Spending your time worrying about your

cousin’s wife while your own wife and son starve?” Abellyn yelled, her voice

laced with venom.

Ryder paused, setting his phone down, matching her ire with his own steely

working all day, and I’m tired. Is it a crime

you have so much spare time,

he

ask me to go make dinner for

it!” she berated righteously.

honest and down–to–earth Ryder was, he was but

deserved respect.

work tirelessly like a dog all day, and I’m

she yell at me when all I ask is

have I truly done, marrying this

my wife?

found it hard to vent his frustration

to his room, phone in

with Emmanuel.

you have another fight with Abellyn again?” Emmanuel

cautiously.

had sensed the tension between Ryder and his wife over the

She’s becoming

replied, suppressing his anger.

to make dinner for the insolent woman

if she would go

seething in

to include Robby in their family registry had already made

a strain on their relationship as

blatant disregard for his wife in

the last straw.

is preposterous! I cannot live like

with fury.

of sheer madness, she

stormed toward

busy doing his homework in another

notice his mother’s

the room, she planned

the phone

felt a rush of resentment. Without a second thought,

toward Emmanuel, knife raised

Abellyn had never attacked anyone in her