Chapter 54: Michelle''s Filial Piety


    "Well, Aunt ire, don''t admonish Moore anymore.He''s back now, isn''t he?" Michelle defended Moore


    with an easy smile.


    "Oh, my Chelle.You can''t always defend him.He might get used to having his way."


    ire pretended to be angry as she tapped on Michelle''s nose gently.How could she be mad at her


    loving niece?


    "Well, mom, Michelle told you she divorced Gerard.Actually, I already knew about it even before,"


    Moore admitted to his family.


    Michelle gasped in shock at his unexpected words.


    "How did you find out?"


    Meanwhile, several pairs of eyes stared at Moore in surprise and interest, all of them encouraging him


    to continue.Moore nodded, took a sip of water, and recounted the past events.


    "You heard it right.I came across the Greenwoods in a hotel a few days ago.I overheard them talking


    about it.And I also found out that they were nning to marry our Chelle to a forty-year-old man, whose


    wife has passed away!"


    Moore grew angrier the more he thought about it.


    If he hadn''t apanied his clients to dinner that day, he wouldn''t have heard what the Greenwoods


    was scheming, nor would he have learned that Michelle was divorced.


    What enraged him the most was that they were still trying to take advantage of Michelle by marrying


    her off to a man who was old enough to be her father.


    The whole Greenwoods would stop at nothing to cause harm and it was good timing that Moore had his


    entire family, including Michelle, in the house to discuss it.


    "When exactly did you hear about this? Were you aware of it too, Chelle?" David asked in a voice full of


    concern.


    The Greenwoods had gone too far this time.


    They treated Michelle as if they owned her and made her do whatever they pleased, regardless of her


    happiness! They couldn''t let this go on any further.


    The Mills family would do whatever was needed to protect Michelle.


    Upon realizing what Moore''s story meant, Angie felt her anger rise to a fever pitch.


    She was willing to march to the Greenwood''s house right at that moment to fight them for her


    granddaughter''s sake.


    "Chelle, tell us exactly what that awful family has done to you.We will do our best to make them pay!"


    she eximed as her eyes burned with suppressed rage.


    "Grandpa, grandma, listen to me." Michelle looked around her family as she spoke calmly.


    She really appreciated their care and love for her, but she didn''t want them to have unnecessary


    conflicts with the Greenwoods so she decided toe clean and tell them the truth.


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    "It''s a two-way street since I also used Gerard.At the back of my mind, I already expected that he would


    divorce me shortly after we got married.Since I was just a dispensable pawn to the Greenwoods, they


    wouldn''t care if we got divorced.It would only mean I can get away from their control without so much


    fuss," Michelle shared matter-of-factly.


    "Sure enough, when Gerard got the approval he was waiting for, he filed for divorce and I agreed


    willingly.It was generous of him to provide me a hefty amount of alimony.What I didn''t expect was that


    y was nning to marry me off to the old man Dustin," she continued to exin and she looked up


    to her rtives to see their reaction.


    "Chelle, why did you have to resort to that? Is that how you think of marriage, a mere game that you


    can call for a timeout when one of you was done? You and Gerard were brought up from different


    backgrounds.Why are you foolishly willing to be used by the Greenwoods? If you have any difficulty


    with money, you could let us know and we will help you through it," ire cried out in reply.


    She didn''t expect to hear those words from Michelle and it was heartbreaking to learn the truth.


    ‘‘Why is she so stubborn? Why did she let those people use her? Didn''t she value herself enough?’’


    ire still wanted to voice out these questions but she chose to keep them to herself.


    Michelle shook her head gently to disagree.


    "Aunt ire, I have no difficulty at all and I didn''t do it to repay the Greenwoods for raising me


    either.Everything I did was for my mother.In fact, y promised me that if I married Gerard, he would


    acknowledge her as their daughter-inw.This way, my mother''s remains could be buried together with


    my father''s in the ancestral tomb of the family!" Michelle finished her side of the story.


    If she could go back, she would do it all over again to honor her mom.