Chapter 551 Incitement
In the luxurious villa's living room, Carol frowned and said into the phone, "You don't need to come over. I'm not dead from anger yet. Go back to your precious dad, your wife, and your mother-in-law!"
After speaking, Carol angrily hung up the phone.
Hearing Carol's harsh words, Rylee, who was beside her, advised, "Mom, Seb has been very irritable these past few days. Please don't be so hard on him."
"If he hadn't insisted on marrying that woman, would our family be in this mess?" Carol frowned.
"But Seb is innocent after all..." Rylee said, frowning.
At this moment, Andrew, who was sitting next to Rylee, interrupted, "Mom, Rylee, I don't think this has anything to do with Seb. He was deceived too. As for Dad, from what Rylee told me, he's always been a man of integrity, especially in his position. How could he, after retiring at his age, do something like this? Someone must have seduced him, intentionally led him astray."
Rylee, naturally siding with Todd, said, "It has to be Susan's mother, who else could it be?"
"He should have known better," Carol spat, her resentment for Todd palpable.
"Maybe it was all planned by them. How could someone with any decency do such a thing?" Andrew shook his head.
At this moment, Carol's eyes flashed, and she stared at Andrew, asking, "Are you suggesting this was all Susan and her mother's doing?"
Andrew met Carol's gaze and said, "Mom, do you really think Susan wouldn't know about this? Think about it, if you and Dad get divorced, and Susan's mom marries Dad, wouldn't the entire Anderson family be theirs? They want to kick you out of the Anderson family and Prosperity Group. By then, the Anderson family and Prosperity Group would be under their control!"
Hearing this, Carol hesitated for a moment before angrily clenching her fists and saying, "I knew that woman had no good intentions. She wants to kick me out of the Anderson family and Prosperity Group. No way!"
"Mom, Susan doesn't seem like a bad person," Rylee said, unable to believe it.
"Anyway, I feel that our family's situation is unusual. It's better to be cautious!" Andrew said.
"Andrew is right. In any case, I won't easily divorce Todd. Susan's mom can forget about marrying into the Anderson family. As for Prosperity Group, they can forget about that too. Seb is just the CEO of Prosperity Group. The shares he holds are nothing. I'm the real major shareholder. No one can kick me out of Prosperity Group. I founded that company!" Carol said with a sinister look in her eyes.
Later, Andrew and Rylee went upstairs.
Rylee sat unhappily by the window. "How did our family suddenly end up like this? Seb has always been very kind to me, and Dad has always doted on me. Susan really doesn't seem like a bad person."
At this moment, Andrew sat beside Rylee and sneered. "You're too naive. If someone says a few nice words to you, you think they're a good person."
"What do you mean by that?" Rylee turned to look at Andrew and asked.
Andrew glanced at Rylee, then reached out to hold her hand and said, "Rylee, I didn't want to say this because I didn't want to upset you. But I can't stand seeing you and Mom being deceived by bad people. If something bigger happens, I don't want to see things get out of control."
"What do you mean?" Rylee asked, puzzled, staring at Andrew.
Andrew then said, "Once, I ran into Susan, and she told me about your hospital check-up."
Hearing this, Rylee's expression became unnatural. "What hospital check-up? What did she tell you?"
Last time, she had Susan accompany her to the hospital for a gynecological check-up, and it was discovered that her uterus was congenitally malformed and she couldn't have children.
She was terrified at the time, afraid that Andrew would leave her because she couldn't have children, which would affect their relationship. So she asked Susan to keep it a secret and not tell anyone until she figured out what to do.
She loved Andrew very much, and Andrew's family had only had one child for three generations. Andrew's mother had already started urging her to have children, and Andrew also loved children. She was afraid that if she couldn't have children, Andrew would divorce her, and she would be devastated.
So when Andrew mentioned the hospital check-up, she became very anxious, fearing he knew something.
"Susan told me about your condition, Rylee. About the fact that you can't have children. She said you were afraid it would affect our relationship, that you begged her to keep it a secret from me." Andrew replied.
Hearing this, Rylee was both scared and angry.
She was scared because she had been hiding it and bearing a lot of mental pressure. Now that Andrew knew, she was terrified of his reaction, and their marriage might be over.
She was angry because Susan not only didn't keep her secret but also chose to tell Andrew.
'What was her intention?'
Rylee angrily stood up, clenching her fists, and said, "I treated Susan like a sister-in-law, and she betrayed me. It seems Mom was right. She's here to disrupt our family so she can control the Anderson family and Prosperity Group!"
Seeing that Rylee had taken the bait, Andrew said, "She made herself sound very innocent, saying that it would be better for me to know now rather than finding out later, claiming it would reduce the harm to you."
Rylee now hated Susan to the core.
Andrew stepped forward and held Rylee's shoulders, promising, "She thought that by telling me this, I would divorce you. She underestimated me. We truly love each other. We've been married for five or six years, and even though we don't have children, our love is strong. How could I divorce you just because you can't have children?"
Hearing this, Rylee looked up at Andrew, who was making a solemn promise, and tears of emotion fell from her eyes. "Andrew, do you really not care that I can't have children? That means you'll never have your own child."
"As long as I have you, that's enough. We can adopt a child!" Andrew gently stroked Rylee's hair, his gaze focused and tender.
"Andrew." Hearing such touching words, Rylee threw herself into Andrew's arms, crying with emotion.
From that moment on, Rylee's love for Andrew deepened, while her hatred for Susan festered, poisoning her heart.
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