Having a child was always a painful issue for Jeremy and me. We’d seen many doctors and they all said Jeremy was infertile.
It seems Irene agreed to that. If that’s the case, she truly deserved to be chosen by Jeremy and I was the one who was unworthy.
As I remained silent, my mother-in-law took my hand again. “Lily, you’re the most sensible one.”
She wiped my tears away. “How about this? Sign the divorce papers. Don’t worry, you’ll always be my eldest daughter-in-law in my heart and you don’t have to leave this family.”
“I promise your standard of living won’t change. Once Irene has the baby, you can help her. You know my health is not strong enough to raise a child and I don’t trust anyone else to do it.”
“The doctors all say you’re the best at caring for others. I’m sure you can take good care of the child.”
I pulled my hand away from my mother-in-law. Thinking about how I’d just cried over her supposed kindness made me feel sick.
What a perfect act! We were divorcing but staying in the same house, which meant that they wanted me to be their free nanny.
I stood up and looked at Jeremy. “I’ll give you three days to revise the divorce agreement. If you insist on leaving me with nothing, I’ll seek justice in my own way.”
“Lily, I am speaking up for you. How can you be so ungrateful?”
My mother-in-law’s expression turned cold. “Without Jeremy, how would you survive?Will you still have the living conditions you have now?”
“Given Jeremy’s current status, having multiple wives is perfectly reasonable.”
“Besides, Irene’s pregnancy is a blessing. She doesn’t mind you staying in the house. Why are you making such a fuss?”
I’m making a fuss? We’d gone off track, so I turned and walked out.
“Stop right there,” Irene said.
“Do you know what it means to cut off the source of trouble?”
She looked at me smugly. “Jeremy has already transferred all his assets into my name. As the company’s legal representative, he just applied for a hundred-million-dollars loan from the bank. If you insist on splitting the assets equally, all you’ll get is the debt.”
“Are you sure you want to split it equally?”
Jeremy pulled out another divorce agreement. “For the sake of our marriage, I didn’t intend to include this debt in your share. But if you insist on splitting everything equally, you can sign this agreement.”