Chapter 370


    Can I say no? I thought secretly to myself. Obviously, I can’t do that. God sure has a sense of humor


    giving Christopher a mother like Julia! I knew that she had deliberately called Christopher away to the


    office so that she could see me alone. However, I had no choice but to invite her in.


    Although Christopher and I did not have a wedding, we were still married. This meant that Julia was my


    mother-inw, even if she was not fond of me, I still had to be cordial to her. I politely invited her into


    the house and poured her a cup of tea. Julia surveyed the state of the house. I saw her lips twitch


    disapprovingly when her gaze fell on the unmade bed. I hastily stepped forward and closed the


    bedroom door.


    “Mrs. Lane! Here, have some tea!” Christopher had repeatedly requested me to address his parents as


    ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’, but knowing that his mother disliked me, how could I bring myself to call her ‘Mom’?


    That would upset her even more.


    Julia stared at me for a while. Then, she sat down with a look of disgust at the couch that I had just


    tidied up a moment ago. She kept silent and went on to scrutinize me.


    Well, the house is messy, but I can’t help it! Your son and I just had it on the bed and the sofa, and if I


    had not stopped him, you would probably have walked in on us making love on the carpet right now! I


    thought helplessly to myself.


    “You don’t go out for work? Do you just stay at home all day?” Julia finally spoke. She sounded


    displeased.


    “Uh, yes!” Is Julia actually taking an interest in me? Is she starting to ept me? I really was na?ve to


    be so optimistic even in such circumstances. Julia had made sure her son was out of the way before


    she came over. She obviously had no good intention if she did not want Christopher around during her


    visit.


    “As a woman, it’s absolutely fine if you don’t work. As long her husband has the money, he’ll be able to


    provide her with everything that she desires. If nothing else, the Lane family definitely is not short of


    money.” Julia delicately sipped the tea that I had poured for her.


    Then, she frowned and said, “This tea was given to Gordon by someone who came to visit from the


    capital. It was just a small box of loose tea leaves. It disappeared from our house the very next day. I


    thought Darius had taken it, but it turns out, it was Chris who had brought it here.”


    I smiled nervously. I did not know what to say to Julia’s remark. Christopher had brought home that box


    of tea leaves. He had said that it was very good tea and he wanted to enjoy it at his own pace, but I did


    not know how to appreciate it and had drunk it as if it were my everyday breakfast tea. I had kept it in


    the kitchen, oblivious to the fact that it was such a special tea.


    “Well, Chris really likes tea. I guess that’s why he bought it here,” I said with a nervous chuckle.


    Julia nced at me reproachfully and said quietly, “Chris likes ck tea, not green tea.”


    I could not say anything and pretended to be oblivious to her insinuation. Yes, Christopher hates green


    tea! In fact, he’d rather drink in water than green tea. I’m the one who loves green tea. I know that


    the tea is good, but I didn’t know exactly how special it is.


    “Ms. Tanner, I think you know the reason for my visit.” I should be grateful that Julia was speaking


    frankly to me instead of ying games with me.


    “Mrs. Lane, please just speak your mind.” Julia and I looked at each other unwaveringly, neither one of


    us was willing to back down. “There are some things which, I’ll do to the best of my ability for you if you


    ask of me. However, there are also some things that I will not agree to even if you were to point a gun


    to my head because those are the things that I cannot concede to.”


    “That’s fair!” Julia ced her cup back on the table. Her tone was cold and arrogant as she continued,


    “Chris has always been a very independent child. We have never interfered with his decisions and we


    allowed him to do whatever he wants. He grew up with Monica and they had a great rtionship all


    these years. I’ve always thought that he would marry her.”


    Julia picked up her cup of tea again and stared coldly at me over the rim of the cup “If I really wanted to


    drink this tea, I could easily buy it for myself. There are many ways for me to get it. Simrly, if I wanted


    you to leave Chris, I could easily do that. I have many ways of getting what I want, but I chose toe


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