The Revenge of the Mute Wife by Melanie Paulson
Chapter 217

Chapter 217

Marie was overjoyed when watching her interview on television. She couldn't get enough of seeing the footage of the supposed happy couple arguing.

"It looks like their happiness wasn't as genuine or everlasting as they claimed," she commented while sipping on a glass of champagne.

"I told you their happiness was fleeting." Sophia said.

"And luckily, my son is doing his part," Isabelle declared. "I'm glad to see he used his head and managed to fool that idiot by telling her he still wants her and all that romantic nonsense that impresses women like her."

"By the way, has he planned what he's going to do about the child? Sophia asked. "I mean, Roger made it clear he doesn't want him."

"No idea. "Maybe he'll just throw him away because he doesn't resemble my son, so I refuse to acknowledge him."

"Well, looking at the baby's photos, he does resemble her," Sophia said, noting that despite her dislike for the former mute woman, James was a very cute baby.

"I don't care. Boys are supposed to resemble their father, and girls are supposed to resemble their mother.

Her companions exchanged glances before looking back; they thought that comment made no sense.

But they preferred to keep their opinions to themselves, not wanting to contradict her, since Isabelle was the one funding the operation.

"Sure..." Marie said nervously, returning her gaze to the television.

"By the way, dear," Isabelle said, looking at Marie, "you need to keep insisting and make sure that Jayden doesn't have too much happiness... I simply can't allow that."

"You know, I... I have a question," Sophia began. "Why do you hate her? I thought your families were friends."

"Yes... but the truth is, I've always hated Alexandra because she was the perfect girl, and for a moment, thought she would be my competition and try to steal George's love from me," Isabelle said, settling into her seat. "In fact, I once thought Deborah was their secret child," she said, looking bored as she examined her nails. "But it turned out she wasn't. Still, it angered me that her daughter wanted to take my Roger away, so I tried to teach my son not to believe in her love talk because I would never accept her as my daughter-in- law."

"And I was accepted, why...?" Sophia asked, somewhat confused.

"Because you resemble me when I was young: beautiful, ambitious, talented, intelligent... everything I was, that's why I supported you."

...Sophia wasn't too thrilled about being compared to her, especially since it was clear that Isabelle was unhinged

Anyway, what's important is that the three of us need to get our happy ending." Marie said, pouring

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herself more champagne.

"Cheers to that," the three of them said, clinking their glasses.

+25 BONUS

Isabelle was thrilled because soon she'd be working to restore everything to its natural order... and yes, maybe Deborah had recovered her fortune and was no longer a kept woman, but that wasn't important..

What mattered was that Deborah was never happy in love, and they needed to sever the connection between her and that baby. To ensure all ties were cut, she needed to get rid of the baby, otherwise in the long run, that child would compete with Roger's future children. After the small meeting, Isabelle left happily for the bank to withdraw some money as her pension was being deposited that day.

When she arrived at the ATM, she saw that her account was at zero...

"WHAT!" she screamed, creating a scene at the bank before pulling out her phone to call George, regardless of the time.

"What's going on?" she heard on the other end of the line.

"Why are you asking that? You know today you're supposed to deposit my pension," she said, frustrated." And there's nothing in my account."

"Oh right, but I don't see what the problem is."

"What? What are you talking about?"

"Didn't you read the papers you signed? The pension you receive comes with a very special condition."

"Condition?" she repeated, confused. "What the heck are you talking about?"

"Read the documents, and you'll understand, Have a nice night," he said, ending the call.

Isabelle was bewildered, so she hurried back home to replace those papers

After a few minutes of searching, she found them and began to read them.

After several pages, she came across the condition George had mentioned:

"This pension is not mandatory and may be reduced, increased, or suspended at any time without prior notice, as it is subject to the discretion of Mr. George Peterson."

"What...." she was terrified after reading this. "No, this is a bad joke."

It was definitely Deborah's fault... yes, it was all her damn fault because she caused the divorce... but this wouldn't end here. If she lost everything, Deborah would lose everything too. Meanwhile, on the other side of the city...

"Dad. are you sure about this?" Elliot asked after hearing what had happened.

"Yes, I think it's time to put an end to this once and for all. It's not fair that Deborah and my grandson should live in fear, thinking she might appear and try to harm them."

"In that case, I'll let my sister know so she can prepare, Elliot said, pulling out his phone to send her at

message.

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"Hm... it's better to confront them directly. What they're doing is not right."