SWNOVELS Chapter 37
Chapter 37
"Douglas! Conrad's the one who said he will divorce Fia and marry Esme!"
Beth spoke with an expression that showed as if she had been misunderstood. "Conrad was originally in love with Esme and they had such a good relationship. If it were three years ago..." "Yeah, that was three years ago!" Hector said harshly.
"Even you're getting angry at me, Hector?" Beth said with a pout, as if she was a young woman that had been wrongfully blamed.
"Wallace, we'll visit Echo. You tell her!"
Douglas and Hector left. They didn't want to waste any more time with Beth.
"I was only worried about mom, Wallace. You know, I have a bad temper and sharp tongue, so..."
"Enough. Let's talk business."
"What... What business?"
"We've helped your husband a lot, seeing that you're our sister. However, seeing that the Mannings are doing better, it seems like Hank no longer needs
us to give him any advice. Therefore, I'm now letting you know that the Lawsons and the Mannings should keep our distance. Both in terms of our official and personal matters."
Beth was shocked. When she saw that Wallace was also going to leave, she quickly caught up with him.
"What do you mean, Wallace? Are you saying that you, Douglas, and Hector, are going to abandon me from now on?!"
"Abandon you?" Wallace sneered as his eyes moved to Conrad. "Someone will take care of you, right? You don't need us anymore."
"Don't tell me you pity Echo because she's sick? Esme..."
"Don't worry. We won't take pity on anyone at all from now on. Since our mother has fallen ill, there are plenty of things that we have to worry about. You and Echo can take care of yourselves." Beth could only stare at them, stupefied.
"You're going to give up on her, too?"
"Fia will take care of her."
"Fia?" Beth frowned. She didn't believe that Fia had that kind of capability.
Wallace smiled icily and said, "And even you know Fia is frail and not capable, right?"
Beth didn't respond.
"Despite that, you've been harassing her all this time."
Beth felt awkward, but only for a second before saying, "Wallace, you're the capable one. If someone needs to help them, it's you. I'm just a woman and I can't afford to help anyone." "Take care of yourself," Wallace said before leaving to visit Echo as well.
"What's with the smugness? Don't worry, we Mannings will do better and better," Beth mumbled to herself.
She turned and looked at Conrad next to her and immediately burst into a smile.
"Now that your grandmother-in-law's condition is stable, let's go home and eat with you, Conrad."
"No thanks. You should go." Conrad gave her an icy stare.
Beth knew very well how to sense others' emotions, especially those that she wanted to suck up to.
When she sensed that Conrad wasn't too happy, she quickly left after a few words.
In a few minutes, Conrad's phone rang. It was Esme.
Thinking about how quickly Esme was calling him after Beth had left, he felt somewhat uncomfortable and rejected the call.
Esme gave him another call, but he still refused to pick it up, so she gave up.
"What do you want me to say to him, Mom?
"You didn't even manage to say much to him, and he's now ignoring me. It's getting harder to get on his good side.
"He's different from before, Mom. So don't simply say things in front of him."
"I said nothing much. I simply invited him to dinner so I can cook for you."
"Don't tell me you mentioned pork chop with barbecue sauce?"
Beth was shocked. "How did you know?"
Esme couldn't help but roll her eyes and said to the driver, "Let's go home."
"Esme, you're not going to his house?"
"He refused my call already, which means he's getting repulsed. We can't force him anymore," Esme said when she remembered that Fia liked pork chop with barbecue sauce too. "Mom, don't mention the dishes that Fia likes to eat anymore."
Beth was surprised at the mention of that. "She likes pork chop with barbecue sauce too?" Esme shook her head and simply closed her eyes. She didn't want to say anything anymore.