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

“I’ve been working all day, and I’m tired. Is it a crime to have

If you have

yourself!” he shot

ask me to go make dinner for

it!” she berated righteously.

and down–to–earth Ryder was, he was

deserved respect.

day, and

day. How dare she yell at me

What have I truly done, marrying this impudent woman to

my wife?

it hard to

room, phone in hand, and

with Emmanuel.

fight with Abellyn

cautiously.

had sensed the tension between Ryder and his wife over the

becoming more

replied, suppressing his anger.

to make dinner for

care less if she would go

seething in

Robby in their

guilty toward Chloe and put a strain on their relationship as

for his wife in favor of

the last straw.

I cannot live like

with fury.

she stormed into the

stormed toward

doing his

notice his mother’s

burst into the room, she planned to simply

still on the phone with

of resentment. Without a

Emmanuel,

in her life

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