A Beautiful Misunderstanding
Chapter 154 Collude In Doing Evil

Chapter 154 Collude In Doing Evil

"Okay, I'll get to the point," Mary said in a serious tone. "I don't want this accident to happen again, andit doesn't matter to me whether you did it intentionally or not. Valery's baby is the eldest grandson ofour family. If anyone dares to hurt him, I will not spare that person."

"Don't worry. I won't do anything for her anymore." With a soft voice, Essie said these words in aneither overbearing nor servile manner.

There was a muscle on Mary's face that twitched a little. Last night, she asked Essie to take care ofValery but she didn't do it, and today she even said such words to block her. She wouldn't have daredto challenge the authority of her mother-in-law if she wasn't under the protection of Zac.

"Valery is pregnant. You are responsible for taking care of her. To be the lady of our family, you have tobe tolerant and generous. If you are not mature yet and can't do this, you'd better not interfere in theaffairs of our family for the meantime."

Mary's voice was slow and low, but full of threats.

Essie understood that Mary was quite unhappy about the fact that Albert had asked her to help his wifewith running the household.

But she actually had no intention of taking part in the affairs of the family. In fact, she had even beenthinking about how to refuse Albert. What Mary said caught her interest because she hated doinganything that would please her opponents. Apparently, her rejection of that responsibility was exactlywhat her mother-in-law and Valery wanted.

"Mommy, you're just overthinking things. That kid will be born from a concubine's belly, so he can'tinherit the properties of the family. He won't be a threat to me at all. I will only end up destroying therelationship between me and Zac if I hurt him, and I am not that stupid. As for running this household,

since daddy asked me to help you, I will do my best to live up to his expectations." Her tone wascasual, as if she was just talking about some insignificant game.

Mary's face darkened. The word 'concubine' pierced her eardrums. "If you can't give birth to a son, thenhe wouldn't be just a concubine's son."

"Mommy, with all the advanced technology now, it's not difficult to have a son. And even if I don't wantto have a son, there is always a way. I'm sure you'll be able to have a grandson." Essie smiled.

"Okay, I'll wait." Mary gritted her teeth and left.

Essie closed the door and a mocking smile appeared on her face.

Her mother-in-law was just like Vicki. The only different was Mary was arrogant and domineering, whileVicki was insidious and cunning.

Luckily, ice guy was born with indomitable spirit. He was a pretty unruly son and was not as blind andobedient as Baron. Otherwise, she would have left him at once.

By the time Zac came to their room, Essie had just finished taking a shower and was lying on the bed,ready to go to sleep.

He went over to her and said, "Honey, you smell good."

She raised her tired eyes and looked at him. "Is she feeling better now?"

"It's nothing serious. She'll be fine in a few days." He lay down beside her and added, "I really hope thather baby could be born as soon as possible." Just thinking of that happening, he heaved a sigh ofrelief. He would be free from all of this then.

But Essie didn't think so. She said, "It's your fault that you slept with Valery."

Zac replied with nothing but a helpless and bitter smile.

At that moment, he truly had an impulse to tell her all his hidden secrets.

But he couldn't. He had to be patient!

Essie looked at Zac while he was hurting deep inside and thought that he was wallowing in self-pity, soshe changed her attitude and tried to comfort him. "Don't worry. You've learned your lesson this time. I'lltake good care of you in the future."

With an evil and attractive smile playing at the corners of his mouth, Zac turned over and said, "Mydear wife, you only have to be responsible for keeping me satisfied."

The beautiful woman lost her countenance. She gave him the green light once, and Zac became totallyunreasonable and started breaking all the traffic rules.

"I'm sleepy. I'm going to sleep." She pulled the quilt towards her to cover her body and pretended to beasleep.

"It doesn't matter. I will still do what I want even if you are asleep."

The woman felt stiff after hearing this.

It didn't seem like she could run away from him.

The sluggish look on her face made Zac feel satisfied. "Be good and wait for me to come back," hesaid. With a sly smile, he gave her a kiss, got up, and walked towards the bathroom.

The next day...

Essie was very annoyed at her husband. She tried to cover the love marks that he left on her neck withthree layers of makeup, but they couldn't be covered up completely.

To made matters worse, she had a live broadcast today.

'If the photographer takes a close-up shot of me by accident, it will certainly cause a scandal,' shethought.

Zac hugged her from behind. "Honey, you can put a mark on my neck too. I don't mind letting everyonein the company see it," he said with a wicked smile. Before he could say another word, Essie turnedaround and bit his neck out of anger. But since she didn't exert too much strength, only two rows ofteeth marks were left on his neck.

"It's time for me to go. You can have other women take care of you." She gave him a stern look andwalked out of the bedroom.

As soon as she arrived at the gate of the house, she crossed paths with Valery who was just comingback from a walk.

Valery saw the love marks on her neck at first sight, and the jealousy in her heart burned like crazy.

If things went on like this, she would probably become pregnant in less than two or three months.

Mary had decided to wait until the baby was born. If Essie had a baby too, she would lose her onlytrump card. How would she fight back then?

There was no way she could let such a thing happen. She had to get rid of Essie as soon as possible.

It suddenly occurred to her that she would have to join an alliance to win the battle quicker. All she hadto do was to replace another person who could help her kick out that tramp.

In the tea house, Valery and Leila sat across each other. Leila didn't expect that Valery would reach outto her and ask her to have tea with her. After all, they had known each other for more than ten yearsand they never got along with each other well.

"I thought you were pregnant and Zac would marry you. I didn't expect him to marry someone else."Leila smirked.

"It seems like you have found out the truth." Valery took a sip of green tea and noticed how calm Leilalooked. She sneered in her heart and thought, 'You really are a good actress, but I know you cry a lot inprivate.'

Leila glanced at her and couldn't figure out why she had asked her out. So she decided not to beataround the bush and asked, "What did you want to talk to me today?"

"Nothing. You just crossed my mind all of a sudden, so I thought I should ask you out so we can talk.We fought against each other overtly and covertly for so many years, but neither of us were able to getZac. Should we sympathize with each other?" Valery asked in a gentle voice as she thought about whyshe had asked Leila to come here today.

Leila sneered and said, "I don't think we share the same suffering. He loves me, but you will never gethis heart."

"You overestimate yourself, don't you? Maybe he loved you in the past, but Essie is the only one in hismind now. He has totally forgotten about you," Valery said ironically.

"You can't ruin my relationship with Zac. I will always be the most important person in his heart. Thereason he got married to Essie is that—" Realizing that she was about to blurt out the secret, Leilastopped talking at once. If Valery found out the real reason behind Essie and Zac's marriage, Zac'splan would be over.

"What is it?" Valery asked quickly for fear that there were some secrets that she wasn't aware of.

"Because he was drunk," Leila gave her a quizzical answer to reassure her. Not buying her alibi, Valeryrolled her eyes at Leila and said, "I don't think so. Zac treats her like she's his treasure. I'm guessing

that he hasn't been visiting you these days, has he?" Valery said with a mocking pout.

The corners of Leila's mouth twitched. They hadn't seen each other since they came back from YangCity. He hadn't even sent her a message.

"He's just been too busy. He was absent from the group for months, so of course he has a lot ofbusiness to catch up with," Leila said.

"Not at all! He has quite a lot of free time. He just spends all of his time with Essie. I don't think it will belong before she carries his baby in her belly," she said with a sneer.

Leila was shocked to hear this. "Have they made love?" she asked.

"They're married. How could they not be intimate?" Valery asked. She found Leila's question veryweird. "That seductress seduced Zac with all her might. She just wants to have a baby so she cancompete with me," she continued.

Upon hearing this, Leila couldn't help clenching her fists. Did their marriage really become true?

Pretending to be a couple was a very dangerous thing in itself. It was inevitable for two people to fall foreach other after spending every day and night together and displaying their affection for each other infront of everyone.

They might not want to get divorced at all once they had had sex with each other. Besides, Essie couldget pregnant just like Valery!

No, she couldn't bear to see that happen.

"Did you ask to see me because you want me to help you deal with Essie?" Leila pretended to be calmand asked casually.

"I also want to help you. I don't care about the title. After all I already have a child as the protection. Iwill let you be the lady of the house as long as you let me stay in the house as well." Her eyes twinkledas she spoke. It was just a trick she was playing to coax Leila into colluding with her. She didn't careabout fighting with Leila over the title of Zac's wife. It wasn't like Leila could marry Zac anyway becauseof the issue between their families.

Leila didn't say anything. Instead, she just replied with a small smile.

She had been fighting against her for more than ten years. How could she not see through her littletricks?

She wasn't stupid enough to let her hands get dirty. That victory wouldn't do her any good. What shewanted was to watch them two fight and suffer great losses, then she could gain from the fight.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but I won't do anything that would make Zac unhappy," Leila said.

"It doesn't matter. By the time you decide to take action, Zac's heart would completely belong to Essie.Just wait and see," Valery said.

Leila smiled and said, "Take it easy. I haven't finished yet." She tantalized Valery on purpose.

"Can you stop playing tricks?" Valery was getting a little impatient.

"There isn't much I can do, but there is someone who can do more than I can, and knows a lot aboutEssie. You might replace her very useful," said Leila.

"Who is it?" Valery's eyes lit up. What a pleasant surprise.

Leila deliberately paused for a while. She took a sip of her tea and began to speak slowly. "Essie has agood friend called Mandy. She also likes Zac. If she replaces out that her best friend has stolen the guyshe likes..."

Her voice was so low that barely anyone could hear it, but a scheming smile had already appeared onValery's face.