Loveless Marriage

He'd seen that Minh a few times, but he didn't pay too much attention to him at the beginning. Until last night... He hoped he didn't overthink.

Isabella got on Christian's car and returned home first, but she was still wondering about the thing last night.

In the Scenery Bay.

Isabella entered her apartment, followed by Christian who insisted on staying with her.

Seeing them come back together, Diana wasn't surprised at all. But the way she looked at them made Isabella feel very uncomfortable.

"Christian, make yourself at home." Diana waved at him.

Christian smiled warmly, looked at Isabella, and said: "I'll visit Mr. Jones first."

Diana pointed to a room, saying: "That room."

Before Isabella could stop him, Christian had already headed towards the room.

She glanced at him expressionlessly without saying anything, then walked into the living room and sat with Diana.

Probably having heard something and seen it was Isabella through the crack of the door, Rachel quickly ran to her from the bedroom.

Isabella gently said, "Come over, Rachel."

The little girl immediately snuck into her embrace.

Caressing her soft and tender face, Isabella asked Diana: "Mom, aren't you going to ask me why I didn't return last night?"

Without even looking at her, Diana said, "You're not a kid anymore, and you still want me to keep an eye on you? You may find me annoying if so, and I still need to take care of dad." With an aggrieved expression, Isabella said, "Mom, I'm pregnant now. Who was the one that insisted on staying with me all day? But now you even refused to look at me?"

"Since there's someone more concerned with you than me, I don't have to be like that way." Diana said indifferently.

Alright then.

Isabella glanced at her dad's room and asked coldly: "Did he tell you why I didn't come home last night?"

Diana finally turned her gaze from tv show to Isabella and snorted disdainfully, "You dared to ask this. Do you even know how shameless you're. Thank goodness it was Christian last night, otherwise I'll break your legs."

II

Isabella was stupefied, and looked at Diana in a daze.

Shameless?

What the hell did she do?

What did Christian told Diana last night? Surely it wasn't about the thing that she went to hospital last night, otherwise, her mother definitely wouldn't have such an attitude now.

However, she didn't continue to ask but only said snappily, "Why are you relieved if it was him? Aren't you afraid that he may do something to me?"

"They are his babies, so what could he do?" Diana obviously despised her question, then blamed her, "What's more, he has never done anything wrong, and also realised his problem after you got divorced. Why do you always pulled a long face in front of him?"

Isabella's face instantly darkened after Diana finished her words.

"Mom, that... that's not what you said before. You said you'd always respect my choice and stand by my side... " It'd only been a few days and she'd changed her mind. How did Christian brainwash her? Diana glanced at her and said with righteousness, "I respect your decision, but you shouldn't gone too far, should you? Leeds is so far away, but a busy boss like him still comes back every few days just because he kept worrying about you. That's why I change my mind."

Feeling slightly guilty, Isabella pouted and said: "I didn't force him to do this."

Before their divorce, if he was like this, she would rather resign her job and stay with him in Leeds.

But honestly speaking, Isabella was currently a little shaken inside. Women were usually the most vulnerable when they were sick or in trouble, and any man who took meticulous care of them would soften their hearts.

Therefore, she hesitated but also a bit timid, daring not to respond easily.

Hugging Rachel closely, Isabella held onto her forehead in melancholy.

Looking at Isabella again, as if she didn't notice her depression, Diana continued to lecture her: "If he does anything based on your mood, is he still a man of his own mind? You belly is getting bigger and bigger, even I can't be at ease with you going outside everyday, let alone him. He knows it's impossible to persuade you to resign, so all he could do is to travel between two cities every few days." Hearing this, Isabella didn't say a word with her head lowered.

She also knew what Diana meant. It was just that she'd tried her best to be nice to him, but he just really hurt her feelings during the past three years.

Inside Tristan's room, Christian sat on a chair beside the bed. His calm expression revealed the steadiness of a mature man. Looking at the old man on bed, he said, "Because of you, someone is targeting her now."

He wasn't blaming him, but just telling him the truth.

Tristan's face turned pale. Panic was reflected in his turbid eyes. "Christian... you...you can't let anything happen to Isabella. She's innocent. My fault has nothing to do with her."

"I know. I won't let anyone hurt her." Christian said expressionlessly.

The fear on Tristan's face didn't disappear. He just chuckled, and said in a desolate manner: "She always said that except for the commoners, the only person I should feel sorry for is Diana, but in fact...I feel most sorry for her. I haven't done many things for her since she was a child, and she seldom asked for anything like other girls..."

Then he turned to look at Christian with a complicated gaze, "The only thing she asked for was... and then I went to your dad's..."

Christian walked out of the bedroom in a state of preoccupation, then went to another room, only to see Isabella sitting on the ground with a cushion laid, teaching Rachel how to write. Her side face looked extremely gentle, which made him remind of Tristan's words just now.

He'd originally thought that they were both forced to get married. But It turned out that... she'd been acting in front of him for three years, and he was the only one forced. Feeling the gaze, Isabella turned her head and saw that pair of deep eyes.

After staring at each other for more than ten seconds, she suddenly went back her senses. Then she said in a gentle and calm voice, "Wait a minute, I'll go right away." After assigning Rachel some homework, Isabella packed her stuff and followed Christian downstairs.

She was going back to the company, so was he. ]]

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