This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

Chapter 248

Oh, good, so Rina hasn’t actually been found yet. But it seems as if Mom can’t wait to see her because why else would she bother decorating Rina’s bedroom before the girl is even located? At this rate, Mom’s attention will be stolen by her the moment she returns.

Tina’s hands curled into fists on top of her knees as she dwelled upon these thoughts. She lowered her head by a fraction and hid the dark look on her face.

After a pause, she looked up once more and feigned concern as she asked Julia, “Mom, what if—and this is a big what-if—Rina has a weak and cowardly character because she’d grown up in a poor family? Assuming that is the case, she would only embarrass you in public because she’s too afraid and too incapable of doing anything right. Would you still like her and look forward to meeting her?”

Julia shot her daughter an affronted look, her face no longer a picture of gentle compassion as she demanded, “Tina, why would you ask such a thing?”

 

Tina held her by the arm coquettishly and explained, “I was only curious because that’s how most soap operas go—you know, how the long-lost child from some affluent family is finally reunited with their parents. But they end up getting shunned by them because their incapability is humiliating. I’m just worried that you and Dad might treat Rina the same way.”

“Oh, is that it?” Julia batted away her doubts and smoothed Tina’s hair affectionately. “Pay no mind to things like that, seeing as they only ever happen in soap operas.”

“So you won’t end up treating Rina like an outcast even if something like that happens?” Tina narrowed her eyes slightly as an icy gleam lit up her depthless orbs.

Julia nodded firmly. “Of course not. I carried her and gave birth to her, not to mention she was the child your father looked most forward to. You have no idea how your father—” She broke off with a quick sigh, then added, “It doesn’t matter. The bottom line is that you have absolutely nothing to worry about. Your father and I won’t mistreat or sideline your sister that way, and even if she were to be in such unfortunate circumstances, it would only make us love her harder. We wouldn’t shun her or dislike her at all. In fact, we’d try to make it up to her even more!”

“I’m so happy to hear that!” Tina broke into a smile, looking as if she truly was relieved on Rina’s part.

she had had was amplified, and she was the only

 

her mother into revealing her true feelings about her lost daughter. That had backfired, though, seeing as it did not curb Julia’s excitement for the reunion but

is turning out to be my biggest hurdle next to Sonia. Tina grew mutinous, and a sinister gleam flashed in her eyes as

…

Fullers’ Residence, Toby stepped out of the car

pulling up. She had

Toby,” she remarked disapprovingly as she

driver had handed him, then said, “I was stuck in traffic, Grandma. Shall we

of telling the old woman about what happened at the restaurant earlier, fearing that

we shall,”

proceeded toward the house with their individual canes, which proved an entertaining

fruits from the kitchen when she saw Rose and Toby. “Oh, you’re home, Toby!” she exclaimed

briskly

a seat,” she urged as she hastily put the platter down and made

and said, “I’ve got it.” There might not be any strength in his legs, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t manage sitting on

slowly eased into his seat. Jean, on the other

his mother but made no reply. He wondered why his mother would even see this as

how his every thought and emotion had been inexplicably swayed and manipulated because

done for her before the accident—regardless

to be Maple all along, then there was no way he would let her get away with such a despicable form

thought of this, Toby grabbed his cane and rose from his seat. “Grandma, Mom, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be going back to my room to rest.

bedroom so that he could find out for sure if Tina was Maple, though he

platter of fruits, then at Toby’s back. Slightly peeved, she grumbled,

the same space with this daughter-in-law of hers, seeing as Toby had already left. If it weren’t for the fact that this woman has been good to

his drawer, intending to take out Maple’s past letters to him and read through them once more. However, he froze in shock when he saw that his drawer had been emptied out, and not a single

moment, he felt as if his own heart had been emptied

summoned all the household servants. With a voice like thunder, he demanded, “Who took my letters

and bewildered looks. They shook their heads slowly and denied

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