Seriously, How Did He Win My Heart
Chapter 774 Feeling Down

With that, Mrs. Hilgard turned around and walked back into the house, leaving Mr. Hilgard shocked into a daze.

It wasn't until Mrs. Hilgard slammed the door shut that Mr. Hilgard came around. He chased after her and tried to explain that he didn't mean that. But in the last minute, his pride kicked in. 'Would it make me look like a fool if I ask her to stay?'

Mr. Hilgard stopped at the door, then turned around and walked away.

Mrs. Hilgard didn't mention what happened outside when she got back. She simply smiled and comforted Jean, "Go on. Don't let them ruin our dinner."

She originally planned to leave after dinner. However, with what happened just now, she had no choice but to stay at Jean's place.

After they finished dinner, Arthur took the hint and left. He felt that Jean and her mother might have something to talk about.

When Jean was finally alone with her mother, she asked worriedly, "My dad..."

Mrs. Hilgard was cleaning up the dishes. Hearing that, she stopped to look at Jean and replied calmly, "He said he wanted to divorce me."

"What?" Jean was shocked.

She said, "Is he out of his mind? Why would he say that? Is it because you support my relationship with Arthur?"

"Yeah," Mrs. Hilgard had long seen through her husband's little trick. "He is just in a miff. He thought that if he threatened me with divorce, I would be scared and choose to side with him." Mrs. Hilgard laughed mockingly. "What he doesn't know was that I'm already fed up with his self-righteousness. So, I said yes."

Jean looked at her mother, her feelings mixed.

Jean knew better than anyone how submissive her mother used to be to her father. She didn't expect that her mother would actually agree to a divorce.

"Don't worry about it. It's okay," Mrs. Hilgard added. "I'm actually relieved."

Jean hugged her mother and said, "Yeah. If you want to do it, just do it. I'll take care of you in the future."

Jean also thought that her father had gone too far. Even if they didn't see eye to eye this time, he didn't have to threaten his wife with divorce, did he? Unacceptable!

Presumably, her father didn't expect that her mother would agree to the divorce. He probably thought that her mother would come back to him begging for mercy.

As a sophisticated psychiatrist, Jean concluded that her father definitely didn't really want to get a divorce. He might be having a hard time now. If he could beg her mother to stay back then, there might still be room for negotiation.

But he didn't, so he deserved to suffer.

Jean felt that it was time for her father to learn that he couldn't always be so self-centered and egotistical. No matter whether they got a divorce or not, her mother had to let him know that she was not someone he could order about.

Arthur went back to his place and took a few business calls before calling to check on Jean. "Is your mother okay?" He asked.

"My dad wants a divorce, and she agreed," Jean whispered.

Arthur didn't expect that and was rendered momentarily speechless.

"I'm sorry. It's my fault that your parents are fighting."

Arthur was overwhelmed by guilt.

He already felt bad for making things difficult for Jean before. And now, her parents were getting a divorce because of him.

"Don't worry. My mother and I both think it's actually a good idea," Jean comforted him.

"What is Mrs. Hilgard's plan for the future?" Arthur asked. His voice was low.

"She said she was going to travel around. I've already booked a flight and a hotel for her." Jean didn't tell Arthur that her mother had also said that she would love to help babysit if they had kids. Jean was almost shocked to death when she heard her mother say that.

She knew her mother was urging them to get married. But she and Arthur had just established a romantic relationship not long ago.

"That's nice," Arthur commented.

"Just go to sleep. Don't you have a lot of work to do tomorrow?" With that, Jean hung up the phone.

How could he fall asleep?

Her parents were getting divorced because of him.

Arthur told Julian and others what happened in their chat group. However, as someone who had been through a divorce, Julian remained silent.

He couldn't say that Mr. Hilgard was an idiot.

He had been there before.

He had also been self-conceited and didn't know how to cherish the person he loved. He had also thought that Emelia couldn't live without him. But what he didn't expect was that she had even a better life without him around.

Ezra also kept his mouth shut. It was Phil who made a comment. "Is he thick or something? Threatening a woman? What is Jean's father thinking about? Arthur, I think you should go and tell him how much you have suffered before you got back together with Jean. Just tell him that and see if he gets scared."

Arthur was speechless.

But he had to admit that Phil's words really made sense.

He now knew where Jean got her attitude towards love from.

Jean and her mother seemed to be quite submissive, but they would never let anyone order them around.

"I think her dad will make up some lame excuses tomorrow. He definitely didn't want a divorce." Phil added.

Julian once again felt that Phil was insinuating something. When Emelia filed a divorce against him, he also made up an excuse saying that he was on a business trip and couldn't do it that day. He didn't want to get a divorce either.

Julian put his phone aside and decided to spend some quality time with his wife and kids.

Since neither Ezra nor Julian was saying anything, Phil continued to comfort Arthur. "Just forget about it. Aren't you in a serious relationship with Jean right now? Focus on that. Her parents are adults. They will figure it out themselves."

Arthur felt that Phil was typing nonsense.

Just as he was about to reply to Phil's message, the doorbell rang.

His intuition was telling him that it was Jean, so he put down his phone and ran to the door.

It turned out that his intuition was very accurate. Arthur happily drew Jean into his embrace. "What are you doing here?"

"I can't sleep," Jean said.

In fact, she went to cheer him up because she sensed that he might be in a bad mood.

"Is there any wine at your place?" Jean asked.

"Sure..." Arthur had a heartbroken feeling.

'Jean must feel bad because her parents are getting a divorce.' He thought.

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Indeed, Jean was a little down. Although she supported her mother's decision, her parents were going separate ways after all. She felt even worse when she thought of her parents were getting a divorce because of her... Therefore, she went to Arthur's place asking for a drink after her mother fell asleep.