Chapter 103 The First Wife (Part Two)

Valery was no competition for Essie, so she definitely had to help her out!

At that moment, Valery rushed toward Zac to look at the document. She was unbelieving until she saw the clear photo and name on the marriage certificate. Hysterical, she clamped her hands over her ears, screamed like a banshee and promptly lost consciousness.

Zac alertly caught Valery in his arms before she crumpled to the floor. "Call the doctor," he instructed the hovering house help and then carried her into a guest room.

Of course, his sole concern was the baby, not the mother.

Elizabeth and Mary also followed him to take care of the patient.

Essie stayed in the living room alone. It was unnecessary for her to enter the room, anyway.

Albert did not move an inch; he only took a sip of tea and examined his daughter-in-law.

The girl spoke not a single word from beginning to end. She was quiet like a breeze, seemingly trying to shrink until she was out of sight, but the fact was she had always been the center of attention. What surprised him more was her unflappable calm throughout the discussion. Even with all of the barbs and provocation that Elizabeth and her daughter spouted, her expression did not change at all. How could his son be blind? The woman he liked must be very special.

In addition, he liked the girl. She was pure like the first strand of faint blue in the horizon at dawn, just like someone he knew.

Essie was uneasy at first, but Albert's gentle, doting look helped her calm down.

In this family, the one who was difficult to get along with was not this powerful leader, but his wife.

The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had always been a headache.

Essie realized that Mary wanted to insult her by soft words. She was perfectly

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

baby. Permanently." It wouldn't have been the first time for her to do such a thing. After all, that was her "masterpiece"—the reason why Lucy never gave birth again.

Considering Valery's poor health, Mary asked the mother and daughter to stay in the house for a day and instructed the kitchen staff to prepare chicken soup for the expectant mother.

Zac took Essie to his room and asked her to rest.

Since he came back from United States, he had been living at a different house outside of the villa, returning only to visit during festivals.

As soon as the door was shut, Essie's face darkened.

She hadn't forgiven his cheating yet. The intimacy that they showed just then was pure acting.

Restless, she walked over to the window and looked out at the sparkling lake in the distance.

The plot changed so fast; she didn't even have time to digest anything before she had to head to battle with her gun. Now, it was time to calm down.

Zac came to stand beside her. A frown on his handsome face, he said in a frustrated voice, "If, from the beginning, I told you who I really was and the matter between me and Valery, do you think you would have been able to face me so freely?"