From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent (Anthea )

And there he was, kneeling for another woman!

Oh, the irony! Such bitter irony!

"Cindy is not some tramp! She's the kindest, purest soul I've ever met!" Malcolm suddenly rose from the ground, his voice quivering with rage. "I've already knelt! What more do you want from me?"

Malcolm once thought his wife was an understanding and compassionate woman.

Now, he realized he had been blind all these years!

Compared to the well-read Cindy, Gina was nothing but a shrew. A country bumpkin through and through! No matter how many years she lived in the city, she'd never be a city girl!

If he could turn back time, he would never have married Gina, that shrew!

"I want you to end it with that floozy! End it now!" Gina was on the edge of losing control.

"I told you!" Malcolm's eyes were bloodshot with fury. "Cindy is not a floozy! She's not!"

He couldn't bear Gina calling Cindy a tramp.

Cindy was the woman he loved deeply! He would not allow anyone to insult her.

"She is! She is!" Gina roared. "She's nothing but a homewrecker, a slut! She won't end well! She'll go straight to hell and be doomed to be a mistress forever! And her kids will turn out just like her, thieves and prostitutes!"

"Shut your mouth, you wretch!" Malcolm, unable to hold back any longer, slapped Gina across the face and kicked her to the ground.

Still not feeling vindicated, he grabbed her by the hair and slammed her head against the floor.

Like a wild beast unleashed! In no time, Gina's head was bloody and bruised.

"Mom!" Lizzie, hearing the commotion from her room, ran out and burst into tears at the sight. "Let go of my mom, you jerk!"

"Lizzie, go back to your room!" Gina didn't want her daughter to witness this scene, afraid it would scar her.

"Let my mom go!" Lizzie pushed Malcolm with all her might. "Let her go!"

"You're no different! Both of you are bitches!" Malcolm flung Lizzie aside. "You're not my daughter! I don’t have a daughter like you!"

If it hadn't been for Lizzie coming to Cindy's today, causing trouble, things wouldn't have escalated to this point. Everything had been fine just last night!

She was his own flesh and blood, yet Lizzie had turned her back on him!

Lizzie was stunned, reeling from the pain of her head hitting the floor.

"Lizzie!"

Ignoring her own wounds, Gina scrambled up and hugged her daughter. "Malcolm, you're inhuman! Lizzie is your flesh and blood!"

Malcolm pointed at Gina and declared, "Gina! I've had it with your drama! If you want a divorce, then let's do it!"

His boldness was merely because he knew Gina loved him. He was aware that Gina would never dare to divorce him.

Back in the day, to marry him, Gina hadn't asked for a dime in dowry; in fact, she'd paid him.

If Gina had the guts to divorce him, she wouldn't be in this situation now!

With that, Malcolm turned and stormed out.

Cindy was still feeling wronged, waiting for his comfort.

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Gina watched his heartless departure, her eyes filled with disappointment.

Twenty years, all for nothing.

"Mom, let’s leave him," Lizzie said, looking at Gina.

Gina nodded, "Alright."

She had been prepared to forgive Malcolm for Lizzie's sake. But now, it seemed pointless.

A man who would beat his wife and child over a mistress – what else was he capable of?

This marriage had to end!

"Thank goodness, you’ve finally seen the light!" Lizzie embraced her mother tightly. "Mom, I believe we'll have a better life ahead of us!"