Chapter 344
Sweet Subterfuge
After Yvette and Lana left, the atmosphere of the Rogers family home living room became awkward, now that Larissa and Violet were the only ones Ich.
âMomâ¦â Larissa spoke first, âPlease donât take the nasty things my aunt and sister said to heart.â
âI know.â Violet nodded, smiling as she comforted her. âIâm alright. They were just worried about you too. I can understand that.â But her smile was not as natural as it would normally be, Larissa could tell that Violet was already swayed by the Seymours. She just needed to give it a little bit moreâ¦
âMom, actually, there are some things I need to confess.â She kept her head down, her lace was one of quill.
Hearing this. Violet straightened up subconsciously as her smile gradually vanished.
*As youâve heard my aunt and sister say, you can probably already tell that I was married once before.â
Larissaâs voice was very light her hands gripping the armrests of the wheelchair tightly. She did not look up at Molet, not even once.
Divorced women were still ostracized by society, especially older women like Larissa. As a wealthy and influential family, the Rogers familyâs requirements for their daughters-in-law would be much higher than an average person. Now that Anthony and Violet knew the truth, they would not admire her any longer. However, Violet did not get angry as she imagined her to. As a matter of fact, there was an added hint of pity in Moletâs gaze toward her.
âWhy did you get divorced? Because your former husband cheated on you?â Violet could guess a little based on what the Seymours had âYes.â Larissa bit her lip before letting out a bitter smile.
âThen why did your former husband jump off a building to kill himself? Violet finally asked a question she had been suppressing for a long time.
âIâm not too clear about the exact reasons why. Iâd already broken off contact with him by then. But before that, he was involved in a serious car accident and was paralyzed from the waist down. He had been in the hospital then. At a later period, his family could not even pay for the medical fees Violet would find out about all these things if she sent someone to ask at the hospital so Larissa found no need to conceal this.
Pressing her lips together, Violetâs voice became gentler. âThen none of this has anything to do with you. You donât have to blame yourself nor worry that I will see you differently.â
Larissaâs head snapped up as her eyes widened in surprise. The way things were developing It was not going the way she expected at all!
Her expression amused Violet so much that she laughed. In mock anger, Violet asked her, âAm I really such a stulty person who canât distinguish between truth and lies to you?â
ââ¦No.â Larissa shook her head blankly.
Violet was always open-minded, so she never put on the airs of a mother-in-law and treated Larissa like she was a close friend. But âopen -mindedâ did not mean that she would be able to tolerate everything. Even Larissa hersell thought that her and Kevanâs lies to Violet were too much, but Volet seemed to not mind and even comforted her.
Larissaâs heart was aching, both from gratitude and gull.
âHowever-âVioletâs words took a turn, and Larissa tensed up.
âI canât say that I donât mind entirely that you were married before.â Violet was very honest. âAlter all, parents would want their child to find a perfect marriage partner, as defined by general society as a whole. But anyone knows that âperfectâ doesnât exist. If this was back then. and Kevan told me that he wanted to marry a divorcee, I would never have agreed. But with the way he had been dragging things all these years, I was able to see the various mariages of my friendsâ children, and they are never happy. I also frequently heard many rich women complain that their daughters-in-law were not good, so I changed my way of thinking.â
Every sentence she uttered was spoken with great sincerity.
âMy requirements for a daughter-in-law are no longer so high. First, she must be someone Kevan likes;
second, her character must not be daughter-in-law to me.â
Her words caused Larissa to be quite shaken.
âYou are also my âperfectâ mother-in-law.â She, too, spoke from her heart. She really did wish that she could have a mother-in-law like Violet.