Chapter 4

Arabella pretended to be reasonable, but every word was an accusation to me.

I knew that in her eyes, I wasn't even as good as her adopted daughter, Sofia.

But over the years, the Williams Group had been going downhill.

Without the support of the Scott family, it would've gone bankrupt ages ago.

Asher's parents knew perfectly well that Asher and Sofia were in the wrong, but they thought they had me cornered because of Lucas.

As long as they had him, they thought they could keep milking the Scott family for benefits and taking advantage of us.

So, even when I said I wanted a divorce, Arabella was so sure that just mentioning Lucas would make me back down.

Arabella kept saying on the phone, "Alright, Lillian, I know you're mad. I'll scold Asher and make him take you and Lucas on a vacation."

Then, Asher's father, Alfred Williams, took the phone and said in a solemn tone, "Lillian, you're sensible, and the Williams family owes a lot to you.

"But you should cut Asher some slack. You know he only likes you. He just looks after Sofia a bit more, but she's his sister.

"For my sake, drop this talk of divorce. You and Asher are married. What grudges can't be settled overnight?"

I knew their real goal was to protect the Williams family's interests, which was why they were hitting me with such words.

I said coldly, "I've made up my mind about the divorce. The Scott family and the Williams family won't have any ties from now on.

"Thanks to your son's actions, Lucas and I are already used to life in a single-parent family. He might as well have been dead these past few years."

As soon as I finished speaking, both of them on the other end were stunned, not expecting me to be so firm and decisive.

They'd always thought I'd keep swallowing my anger for Lucas' sake and let them push me around.

But this time, I'd prove them wrong.

"Lillian, what do you mean? Asher treats you so well. How could you curse him?

"He just looks after his sister a bit more. How dare you want a divorce? You're being incredibly selfish!" shouted Arabella.

She didn't even bother to hide her true feelings anymore and lashed out at me.

It was ridiculous how, even though Sofia and Asher had gone too far, I was always the one getting blamed in the end.

It wasn't the first time in the past few years that Asher and his parents had sided with Sofia and accused me, the only outsider, of being too petty to accept Sofia.

Sofia had shown up when I was thirty-two weeks pregnant with Lucas.

That was the first I'd heard of Asher having an adopted sister who'd married and moved abroad.