Chapter 71: Office Dalliance
Robert glared angrily at Brianna. "What nonsense are you talking about? Which eye of yours saw me fooling around with women?"
"You know exactly what I mean!" Brianna’s emotions nearly broke as she remembered the glaring red lipstick mark.
"Do you dislike me for being old? Just like you disliked your original wife back in the day! Robert! Didn’t you hook up with me right after your original wife had just given birth?"Brianna shouted, the household staff wisely keeping their distance during the escalating argument.
"Enough, Mom. Don’t fight with Dad... please, stop fighting!" Hannah, with tears in her eyes, rushed forward to hold back her emotionally out-of-control mother.
"You... you’re impossible!" Robert felt a pang of guilt. Back then, Isabella had just given birth to Ella, her body had changed, and her interest in intimacy waned. So Robert had an affair with the third-rate actress Brianna, who became pregnant a year later. When Isabella found out, she was devastated and fell gravely ill, passing away a year later.
Hating when women dredged up the past, Robert angrily shrugged off his jacket and stormed out of the house, slamming the door behind him.
Brianna watched Robert disappear outside, her chest heaving with anger. "Bastard! He’s the unfaithful one, and he blames me for not raising our son properly..."
"Mom, stop it! You need to calm down. If you keep this up, Dad will hate you even more!"
Hannah, as an outsider to the original affair, could maintain a bit more composure. But for Brianna, who believed she had sacrificed much for the family, Robert’s treatment was unbearable.
"Why are men so ungrateful? He found joy with me back then, and now he despises me for becoming an old, worn-out woman! He blames me for not raising our son right, but what about his own shortcomings?" Brianna sobbed bitterly.
"Stop crying, Mom. Let’s go to the beauty salon tonight," Hannah suggested, her eyes red. "We can win Dad back!"