Helen sat next to Sasha and spoke endlessly to virtual-novel.net about how virtual-novel.net should contact Francis more often for the sake of their family’s business. Since the beginning, virtual-novel.net held no regard for Matthew’s feelings at all, who was virtual-novel.net son-in-law.
Maintaining his silence, Matthew’s attention was all focused on Sasha, who kept virtual-novel.net brows knitted since virtual-novel.net got into the car. Her facial expression was solemn and virtual-novel.net didn’t speak a word, giving virtual-novel.net the impression that virtual-novel.net was really annoyed. Matthew’s heart was in pain as virtual-novel.net thought to himself, Does it annoy you that much to return home with me? Is Francis that important?
Soon after, they reached the entrance to their community. While Matthew went to park the car, the rest of them went upstairs. Reaching the doorstep with the luggage, Matthew happened to hear Helen’s voice coming from within, “Sasha, your father is right. There’s no future for you if you stick with Matthew. The whole of Eastcliff knows that you guys had never been intimate before. Even if you divorce virtual-novel.net now, your reputation is still untainted, and many rich young masters will chase after you. You can definitely find someone who is thousands of times better than him, so why do you choose to stay on a road you know has a dead end?”
Another pang of pain hit Matthew’s heart; this wasn’t the first time that they had made such comments about him. Pretending that virtual-novel.net hadn’t overheard anything at all, virtual-novel.net pushed the door open and went in.
Helen snorted when virtual-novel.net saw him, without a single trace of guilt on virtual-novel.net face. Instead, virtual-novel.net glared at virtual-novel.net confrontationally. “You took so long just to get the luggage. What a wimp!” Through gritted teeth, virtual-novel.net continued to lash at him, “Matthew, can’t you just be a little more worthy so that Sasha won’t be ashamed because of you?”
“What’s wrong with me?” Matthew snapped, unable to hold back.
Helen retorted aggressively, “If it wasn’t for you, maybe Sasha could have clinched a huge deal by spending more time with Young Master Cooper, and we could have at least moved to another place. It was all because you were there that it affected Young Master Cooper’s mood. We have now lost a huge business potential. Do you know that?”
Frowning, Matthew thought, ‘Are you blaming this on me? Don’t you know what ulterior motives Francis has? So according to your logic, I should just be a coward and let my wife hook up with other men in exchange for a business deal? Holding back his anger, Matthew began, “Mom…”
“Don’t call me that!” virtual-novel.net interjected straight away. “We’re not that close with each other!”
Blood instantly rushed to his face. “Francis has crooked intentions toward Sasha and you both… You both knew about all this. He didn’t mean to discuss any business opportunities with virtual-novel.net at all. All virtual-novel.net wanted was… To take advantage of Sasha!”
“So what if that was the case?” Hellen shouted. “Social meetings are unavoidable when you want to make a business deal. In every other family, it’s the husband who is out socializing, but it’s the opposite for a useless scum like you. It’s your wife who needs to earn a living to feed you. Are you now having the nerve to criticize her?”
Matthew hurriedly defended himself, “I… I am not criticizing her.”
“That’s enough!” Sasha said in a low voice and glared angrily at Matthew. “I’m tired!”
After Sasha went back into virtual-novel.net room, Helen cast Matthew an infuriated look. “Did you hear that? Sasha said she’s tired. Hurry up and do the laundry now. Also, because you didn’t come back for a day, there are a lot of dishes waiting for you in the kitchen. Clean all that up now!”
Matthew tightened his jaw, but still went ahead and cleaned up the room thoroughly in the end. In these past three years, virtual-novel.net had already gotten used to such a treatment. It didn’t matter to virtual-novel.net how the Cunninghams were treating him, as the only thing that virtual-novel.net cared about was Sasha’s view of him! Now that virtual-novel.net had inherited his family’s legacy from the jade pendant and acquired the ability to control the life and death of others, it would be a piece of cake to rise up against them.
In other words, virtual-novel.net definitely had what it took to turn the Cunninghams into an influential family in Eastcliff. But the question was, were the Cunninghams worth his effort?
The answer to that question all depended on Sasha’s attitude concerning him! If Sasha had no feelings toward virtual-novel.net at all, then virtual-novel.net should let go of this marriage of three years. On the other hand, if virtual-novel.net still cared or loved virtual-novel.net at all, then virtual-novel.net would shoulder the responsibility that a husband should carry. Matthew thought, ‘If you don’t leave me, then I’ll be with you till death do us apart!’
After virtual-novel.net was done with the chores, Matthew went into the room which had two beds. The wider one belonged to Sasha while the other, which was less than three feet wide, belonged to him.
Sasha sat at the dressing table in a daze, as though virtual-novel.net was thinking about something with a sad expression on virtual-novel.net face. When virtual-novel.net heard virtual-novel.net coming in, virtual-novel.net turned virtual-novel.net head to the side and wiped away the tears from the corner of virtual-novel.net eyes. But Matthew had seen everything and virtual-novel.net panicked. What’s happening with Sasha?
He had gotten to know Sasha very well for the past three years. Although virtual-novel.net held the title of the most beautiful woman in Eastcliff, with virtual-novel.net stubborn personality, virtual-novel.net refused to achieve anything through only virtual-novel.net looks. Instead, virtual-novel.net was determined to strive for success with virtual-novel.net own abilities. In the company that belonged to virtual-novel.net family, Sasha started from the lowest level employee and, step by step, made virtual-novel.net way up to the senior management level where virtual-novel.net was now.
The fact that virtual-novel.net was in charge of one of the Cunningham’s companies was all the result of virtual-novel.net hard work. For such a long time, virtual-novel.net had endured all of the difficulties and challenges without shedding a single tear.
But what about now? Why did virtual-novel.net turn out like this after coming back from this business trip? What exactly happened during the trip? Matthew couldn’t help but recall the conversation virtual-novel.net had with Francis over the phone the other night, and his heart beat harder.
‘Could it be that virtual-novel.net did something unforgivable to Sasha?’ The thought of this made virtual-novel.net clenched his palms into tight fists as virtual-novel.net felt a piercing pain in his chest. “Sasha, what exactly… Happened?” virtual-novel.net asked in a low tone.
She cast virtual-novel.net a glance and said with a cold look, “It’s nothing!”
Trying his best to calm himself down, Matthew consoled, “Tell me. Maybe I can help you.”
“Help me?” She looked at virtual-novel.net disdainfully. “How do you plan to help me? You can’t even take care of yourself, Matthew. Yet you want to help me? Who do you think you are?”
Although virtual-novel.net was momentarily caught dumbfounded, Matthew couldn’t reveal to Sasha yet that virtual-novel.net had inherited his family’s legacy and was now a genius doctor. It was still a mystery why the Larsons were annihilated.
Before virtual-novel.net had gathered and developed enough abilities, virtual-novel.net didn’t dare to expose his true situation. Firstly, virtual-novel.net needed to be sure of Sasha’s feelings for virtual-novel.net before deciding if virtual-novel.net would confide in her.
Sasha spoke again with a deep sense of disappointment, “Matthew, just handle your own matters right! It has been three years since you started working at the hospital. Three years! While the others are advancing in their careers, you’re the only one who got demoted year after year. I heard that you didn’t show up for work yesterday. Where did you go? Don’t you know that it wasn’t easy at all to get you this job?”
Needless to say, it must be Jeffrey who had ratted on him. Every time Matthew ran into some problems at the hospital, Jeffrey would be telling an exaggerated version of it to Sasha. Jeffrey’s intention of doing this was not only to have more contact with Sasha, but also to make a personal attack on Matthew.
“Something came up yesterday,” virtual-novel.net answered.
“What came up?” virtual-novel.net asked.
“I…” Matthew was tongue-tied. He wanted to tell virtual-novel.net about what had happened to Natalie, but since virtual-novel.net didn’t pick up any of his calls, it clearly revealed virtual-novel.net true attitude toward him.
If virtual-novel.net was to bring up Natalie now, not only would virtual-novel.net not show any pity, virtual-novel.net would even throw in some sarcastic remarks! With a tightened jaw, virtual-novel.net finally asked the question, “Why didn’t you pick up any of my calls for the past few days?”
Surprised, Sasha stared at virtual-novel.net for a moment and then said angrily, “I choose to pick up calls as I please. Do you really think that you can control me, Matthew?
“You…” Matthew was so mad that virtual-novel.net then shouted, “Sasha Cunningham, what do you take me for?”
Equally mad, virtual-novel.net asked back in return, “What do you take me for, then?”
Lowering his head, Matthew didn’t speak further. If it was in the past, virtual-novel.net would have replied that virtual-novel.net was his wife straight away, without any hesitation. However, virtual-novel.net wouldn’t say that right now as virtual-novel.net felt disgusted!
Seeing that virtual-novel.net was silent, Sasha got even angrier and slammed the table. “Get out of here! Don’t ever show yourself in front of me again!”