The Substitute Wife: My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire
Chapter 1034

Chapter 1034

The Substitute Wife My Poor Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 1034 Laney’s Sacrifice

Laney’s smile faltered, and she was no longer in the mood to finish the cake. “I’ll wait until the baby isborn. I don’t want to endure it all the time, and I won’t.”

Janet immediately noticed that something was wrong with Laney. She held Laney’s hands andworriedly asked, “Is there anything I don’t know about yet?”

When she touched Laney’s hands, they were cold and clammy.

“I’m fine. Don’t worry about me,” Laney assured. It was just that what had happened in the past fewmonths suddenly flashed in her mind. She sighed heavily and started to tell Janet her story.

Since Laney and Garrett moved out of the Harding family’s house, Vera came to visit them from time totime. She acted as if she cared about Laney’s health. But the truth was, she just wanted them to moveback into the family house.

Vera was not a shrew. She knew better than to make trouble in public. So, to make Laney go backhome willingly, she would always bring Laney’s favorite desserts and have a good chat with herwhenever she visited.

After a while, Laney learned to live with it. Whenever Vera’s behavior was becoming unbearable, Laneywould call Garrett’s father and ask him to have someone pick Vera up.

One time, when Leo once again had to forcefully take Vera home, she sobbed and complained that herkindness did not pay off.

Laney believed that Vera’s intention was pure. It was just that she didn’t want to go back with thembecause she didn’t like the rules of the upper class, which made her feel suffocated.

Vera did not come to see Laney again for a long time after the incident. But some time later, Leo invitedGarrett and Laney to dinner.

“Your mother always says she wants you to go home or, at least, visit her more often. She’s lonely athome. Truthfully speaking, I came to talk to you about how we can fix this,” Leo said without beatingaround the bush.

Laney could see that all the members of the Harding family were accomplished. They did not just makeassumptions. And if there was a problem, they would say it and solve it as soon as they could.

“Fine. We’ll move back home today,” Garrett said, which made Laney’s expression change.Nevertheless, he remained firm, and he continued, “My relationship with my mother is bad as it is. Ifyou want it to get worse, be my guest. Just to let you know, I’ll quarrel with her every single day. I’lleven argue with the shareholders in the company too. The Harding family will never be peaceful again.”

Leo cleared his throat. “What are you talking about? Haven’t I told you that the family who staystogether prospers together? But since it’s true that your mother has become quite too much, I’llencourage her to go out more often and meet some friends. That way, she’ll be distracted and won’tharass you anymore.”

Garrett had been running the Harding Group well in the past few months, and Leo did not want to havea fallout with him. With this in mind, he figured it would be best to allow Laney and Garrett to staywhere they wanted for the time being.

“But that’s all I can do. When the baby is born, the three of you must come back and live with us. Thebaby needs a good environment to grow up.”

“Do you think Laney and I aren’t capable of raising the baby well?” Garrett sneered.

He could not help but express his grievances as his parents did not seem to trust them in raising theirown child.

Just as Garrett was about to open his mouth to speak, Laney tugged the hem of his shirt, urging him tostop arguing with his father. He merely looked at her and said, “Laney, if you compromise again, they’lljust bully you more in the future!”

Laney smiled at Leo and politely said, “Please don’t take Garrett’s words to heart. He’s drunk, and hedoesn’t know what he’s saying. We’ll go back home after I give birth. We moved out because pregnantwomen can be moody sometimes, and I just don’t want to cause trouble for people around me.”

“I don’t understand how you could be so tolerant!” Janet interrupted her friend’s narration while showingthe same incredulous expression.

“I don’t want Garret to argue with his parents because of me. Although they don’t think highly of me, I’msure they’ll treat my baby well and only give the baby the best.”

Out of her love for Garrett and their baby, Laney compromised by agreeing to go back to the Hardingfamily house after giving birth. This was her decision after careful consideration.

“If you do this, they will only think you’re a pushover,” Janet reminded.

“Don’t worry about it. I’ll handle everything on my own,” Laney assured. From the sound of it, she hadmade up her mind.

“If you say so. If you need my help, don’t hesitate to call me.” Janet stroke Laney’s baby bump and saidto the unborn baby, “Take good care of your mother after you’re born, okay? She loves you with all herheart.”

“The baby isn’t born yet. How can he understand what you’ve said?” Laney chuckled. She touched herbelly with mixed feelings. It was also hard to tell if her smile was genuine.