Fleeing the Gilded Cage: Don’t Want to be the Billionaire’s Wife
Chapter 158: How Could My Son Fall for a Woman Like You?

Chapter 158: How Could My Son Fall for a Woman Like You? 

Martina headed downstairs.

After Benjamin left, Martina actually prepared to go out in just a few minutes.

Benjamin had already left home, probably off to attend to his busy work schedule. Similarly, Simon wasnot downstairs either. Only Leslie was sitting there obediently, looking like a schoolchild, occasionallyyawning.

Elizabeth came out with a plate of fruit and happened to make eye contact with Martina.

Leslie took the initiative to greet Martina, “Miss Martinez, are you heading out?”

“Yes, I’m going out to eat something. Would you like to come with me?” Martina nodded, completelyignoring Elizabeth.

Her words were meant to reassure Benjamin, so she wouldn’t play around and waste more time. Nowthat she finally had some freedom, she didn’t want to spoil it.

Leslie immediately got up, suddenly feeling wide awake, “Sure, Miss Martinez. Where shall we go? I’lldrive now!”

Elizabeth saw everything and felt extremely displeased. “Is there no food at home? There are so manychefs serving you, yet you still want to eat outside?”

“Martina, it appears that my son is overly respectful to you, but you still lack self- awareness!” shecontinued, “Today, no matter what, you better not go out! The food is about to be ready, so don’t gocausing trouble for no reason!”

Martina could understand Elizabeth’s behavior now. It was nothing more than not liking Martina anddeliberately trying to pick a fight. However, Martina had changed a long time ago. How could she allow

Elizabeth to continue bullying her?

Leslie immediately stepped forward, blocking in front of Martina. “Mrs. Walker, this is the boss’sdecision. The boss said that as long as Miss Martinez is willing to do something. we must support her.Even you cannot object.”

He wouldn’t dare to speak nonsense here unless Benjamin had said those words.

Elizabeth was so furious. Every time she saw Martina, her mood seemed to be at its worst, and shecouldn’t hide her altitude!

“Good, you all are really something! You don’t even understand the basic respect for elders!” sheexclaimed. “Martina, you really have some nerve. You kept saying you wanted to leave before, andnow you refuse to leave! There are plenty of women who want to marry my son. Who do you think youare to keep occupying him?”

Martina was truly amused. She had explained this kind of situation countless times. It was merelybecause Elizabeth didn’t take it seriously that this situation arose.

“Mrs. Walker, let me tell you one last time,” Martina stated with an icy-cold tone. “It’s not that I don’twant to leave; it’s that your son won’t let me leave.”

“Whether you believe I did it intentionally or it happened by chance, you better not provoke me. I’msure you can see how much your son values me these days, right?” Martina inadvertently revealed thebracelet on her wrist as she spoke. It was a particularly well- crafted one, shimmering with a deepgreen color.

The bracelet looked extremely beautiful on Martina’s wrist and it seemed to be of great value, andElizabeth couldn’t take her eyes off it.

Elizabeth had a strong liking for jewelry, especially jade accessories. Seeing such a fine piece, shecouldn’t help but want to claim it for herself, and her restraint was wearing thin.

Without any warning, she strode over to Martina and began pulling at her wrist, demanding in a hoarsevoice, “Where did you get this bracelet? Did you trick my son into buying it for you? How shamelesscan you be?”

“You eat at my home, spend my son’s money, and use his resources. And now, you even make himbuy you such an expensive bracelet. Do you truly believe you deserve all of this?” she continued, heranger escalating.

Martina was genuinely infuriated now. She wondered if Elizabeth had lost her mind. Why was herbehavior becoming more and more intolerable? And what did the bracelet on her wrist have to do withBenjamin? It was just that she saw a bracelet on a street vendor’s stall that looked decent enough, soshe bought it to wear casually. It appeared to be of excellent quality, but in reality, it was just a fake.

Surprisingly, this simple act seemed to have deeply provoked Elizabeth. It was truly inexplicable.

Perhaps Martina did it with a mindset to witness a joke, or maybe she deliberately wanted to upsetElizabeth.

Martina uttered a statement that struck at the heart, “I think you’re mistaken, Mrs. Walker.”

Elizabeth struggled to retain a hint of composure and asked, “What do you mean by that? Which of mywords was wrong?”

In her view, she hadn’t said anything wrong. Martina indeed relied completely on her son, and withouthim, she would be nothing.

Martina smiled faintly, but the smile was faked. “What I meant is that I also sleep with your son. Are youangry? If you’ve got the guts, go and tell Benjamin about it.” Elizabeth didn’t know how to respond for amoment.

Leslie suppressed a laugh. It had only been a few days since they last met, and Miss Martinez’s wordshad become so sharp. She was hitting the nail on the head. Elizabeth was already not an easy personto deal with, and now she looked even worse.

“You… you shameless woman! Do you have any shame?” Elizabeth was definitely angry.

Her chest heaved violently, and her eyes couldn’t help but roll back. It seemed like she might faint atany moment, but Martina was not going to fall for it!

“Whether I have shame or not, that’s not for you to decide. Just take care of your own health. After all,I’m still young,” Martina taunted. “If you end up hurting yourself because of anger, do you thinkBenjamin will help you or side with me?”

After speaking, Martina didn’t hesitate and gave Leslie a glance, “Let’s go.” she said, and they both leftthe place without delay. Elizabeth was left behind, seething with frustration, but with no outlet toexpress it.

“Bitch! How could my son fall for a woman like you??” Elizabeth screamed. She really couldn’tunderstand it. In her eyes, Martina was completely unworthy of mention. Yet, it was precisely thisseemingly insignificant woman who could easily manipulate her son, which was truly unimaginable.

How could Elizabeth not understand that Martina remained so composed? It was simply becauseMartina knew that even if Elizabeth were to complain to Benjamin, it wouldn’t lead to a favorablesituation. On the contrary, it might backfire and completely affect the relationship between mother andson.

Apart from being helplessly enraged, Elizabeth had no better solution at the moment. If this were tohappen a few more times, she might really end up so infuriated that she’d spit blood.