Katie Poole’s petulant voice came from outside the door, “Wyatt, what’s with the scratches on your neck?”
“Got bitten by a mosquito and scratched it a few times without thinking.”
Wyatt Perry unconsciously scratched it again, trying to cover something up.
“Really?” Katie Poole laughed.
“I thought you went out on a date with some other woman last night!”
“How could that be.”
Remembering Claudia Ross’s stubborn look as she struggled to hold back her tears, Wyatt Perry felt a tightness in his chest, and turned his head to force a smile at Katie Poole, who was staring at him intently.
…
Claudia Ross didn’t want to be treated like a dog anymore; she just wanted to leave the Perrys as soon as possible, to get away from this place of trouble.
She was determined to leave, not even Wyatt’s mother could stop her.
“Claudia, don’t you even care about your mom anymore?”
Wyatt’s mother had exhausted all her kind words, almost to the point of kneeling to beg Claudia Ross not to leave.
The old lady’s eyes were filled with warm tears, making it hard for Claudia Ross to be heartless.
“Mom…” As she spoke, tears also started falling.
“No matter what happens between me and Wyatt Perry, you’re still my mom, and I can still go shopping and have afternoon tea with you like before.”
Before Wyatt’s mother could say anything else, Claudia Ross, dragging her suitcase, strode out the door.
She was worried that if she continued to talk to Wyatt’s mother, she would not have the heart to leave.
With her ID card and passport with Wyatt Perry, Claudia Ross couldn’t stay at a hotel and had no choice but to return to her father’s home.
After her father remarried, she had been attending a boarding school ever since, participating in social practice activities during summer and winter vacations, and hardly returning home except for the New Year, even less so after getting married.
…
Claudia Ross’s car pulled into the yard just as her father was preparing to leave the house.
Seeing Claudia Ross getting out of the car with her luggage, he rushed over and started berating her, “What are you doing here?”
“I’m here to stay for a few days.”
“A few days?
Isn’t there enough room for you at the Perry’s gigantic house?”
“From now on, the Perrys have nothing to do with me.”
“How could I have such a useless daughter?
You can’t even keep your own man, not offering me grandchildren after three years of marriage.
Do you have any idea how much our family will lose if you divorce Wyatt Perry?
Get back there; you are Mrs.
Perry, and as long as you refuse to divorce, no one can throw you out.”
Claudia Ross’s throat choked up, barely able to speak.
“Dad, on my way back, I was hoping that you would comfort me, telling me that no matter what happens, our family’s doors are always open for me, that I can come back whenever I want, and that you would protect me from anyone who tries to hurt me…”
She took a deep breath and continued, “I really didn’t expect that the only thing you care about is the great loss our family would suffer if I divorced Wyatt Perry.
You don’t care at all about whether I’m happy in the Perry household.”
Her father awkwardly defended himself, “Claudia, you’re misunderstanding me.
The news about your divorce from Wyatt has been the talk of the town these days, and the company’s stocks have been hitting limit-down every day.
I was just too anxious and didn’t consider your feelings.
This is your home, and of course, you can come back any time.”
“I’m only staying for a few days.”
“You can stay as long as you want.
Come inside quickly.”
The Ross household didn’t have Claudia’s room; every time she returned, she stayed in the guest room.
In this home, she was no different from a guest.
After putting her things in the wardrobe, Claudia Ross walked out of the room and overheard her father talking to her stepmother, “It seems Claudia’s marriage to Wyatt Perry is definitely over.”
“It’s good that we didn’t marry Lily to him; otherwise, it would’ve been her getting divorced today,” her stepmother Nicole Gill said with schadenfreude.
Although Claudia Ross was very unhappy, she held back her tongue and didn’t say anything.
She listened to her father’s reply, “It’s fortunate that Lily wasn’t chosen, it’s a blessing in disguise, I guess.
I still don’t know why Wyatt Perry chose Claudia in the first place!”
Claudia Ross tilted her head back, opened her eyes wide, and fought to keep the tears from falling.