Perfect Mysterious Husband (Maddox and Kimberly)

Chapter 162

"What?" Mrs. Shell's expression became awful and she said, "Kimberly, how can you think so little of me? I have never had that intention. You are my daughter, how can I possibly sacrifice you?"

"Is that so?" Kimberly flashed a bitter smile. Under the table, her hands twisted together, her fingernails sinking into her delicate skin. But the pain in her hands was nothing compared to the pain in her heart.

Kimberly said, "Mother, I remember exactly what you said... You said that the Shell family couldn't afford to have two daughters ruined. You've always favored Erica, and she always got a better life. But I was different. I had to take care of her and meet her every need. All the while, I thought that it was my duty as her sister. But... it became clear to me after I got a divorce. When I went home, you didn't care about me at all and even forced me to marry into the Yardley family. You knew that I was marrying a disabled person. You didn't want to marry Erica off, so you had me to take her place."

Mrs. Shell began to panic and she hurriedly explained, "Why are you bringing up the past? Let bygones be bygones. Aren't you living well nowadays? You are working at such a big company and you live in such a big house. You can also afford to enjoy coffee in such luxurious place. Are you still not satisfied?"

Kimberly held her tears back and uttered, "If you knew all this would happen, you wouldn't have let me marry him, right?"

"Of course... don't talk about this anymore. Anyway, you are living a good life now! Isn't that good enough? Why do you have to make a fuss about it?"

Mrs. Shell tried to change the topic as she became extremely impatient. She saw Kimberly's red eyes and felt upset. She could only say indifferently, "Anyway, that's what I'm here for today. Just give me 100,000 dollars."

Kimberly did not speak.

Seeing no response from her, Mrs. Shell continued, "I'm telling you, Erica has learned so much in her studies. If she doesn't continue, her future will be ruined. You are her sister, you should think about her!"

Kimberly stared at her and suddenly blurted,

"Am I really your biological daughter?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Shell's eyes widened and she looked at Kimberly in disbelief.

She gaped and said incredulously, "How can you say that? I raised you up, and you have the nerve to... suspect me!"

Kimberly said, "If Erica and I are both your biological daughters, why... why didn't I ever have equal treatment? Mom, I am an ordinary person. I have feelings, and I can also be hurt."

Mrs. Shell was so infuriated by her words that she covered her chest and gasped, "Well, I can't believe you are questioning me! Fine. You're an adult now and don't seem to need me anymore. I... I will leave." As she spoke, Mrs. Shell got up and was about to leave, but she was panting heavily and her entire body stumbled backwards.

"Mom!" Kimberly was shocked and quickly got up to hold her.

Mrs. Shell pretended to be powerless and pushed her away, saying, "You are an unfilial daughter. Let go of me, I want to get out of here... You have grown up now and don't want an old woman like me to interfere with your life. I don't want to live anymore... Boohoo..."

Mrs. Shell complained while sobbing with tears in her eyes. The commotion attracted many people's attention in the cafe and they started whispering to one another.

The waiter came over and said, "Madam, you're disturbing the other customers. Can you tell me what happened? What can we do for you?"

Kimberly knew that this was a high-end coffee shop, and Mrs. Shell was making a scene. Having the crowd's eyes on them, she was embarrassed and apologized awkwardly, "Sorry, I will take her away immediately."

She then helped Mrs. Shell out of the cafe and said, "Mom, let me take you out of here."

"I'm not leaving!" exclaimed Mrs. Shell.

Like a madwoman, Mrs. Shell sat down on the ground and continued scolding, "How can you do this to me? I raised you up! Is this how you repay me? Do you even still treat me as your mother?"

Mrs. Shell's behavior would be inappropriate to happen anywhere, let alone at this high-end cafe. Kimberly was put in an extremely difficult situation and felt mortified. She didn't want to stay any longer and quickly went to help her mother up.

She urged, "I'll give you as much as you want, but you have to leave with me first."

Mrs. Shell's eyes lit up upon hearing her. She asked, "Are you telling the truth?"

Kimberly nodded, "Yes, please get up first."

The next second, Mrs. Shell did not struggle anymore. She left the cafe with Kimberly's help.

Kimberly could feel the waiter's disdainful gaze as they left. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

The two of them stood in the crowded street. Kimberly looked calm, but Mrs. Shell looked anxious. She asked, "Kimberly, will you really give me the money? How much can you give me? You'd better give more. We are facing some difficulties these days at home, you..."

"Mother." Kimberly interrupted her and spoke lightly, "What if I say I can't give you the money?"

Right now, Kimberly owed the company a lot of money. She didn't have extra savings to lend Mrs. Shell.

Mrs. Shell immediately frowned and said fiercely, "What do you mean? You just said that you will give me the money!" Then, she realized she was behaving too aggressively and quickly softened her tone as she said, "Kimberly, I didn't mean to exploit you. When you were with Jonathan, I didn't borrow money from you because he was poor, right? But now, things are different. You can't let us live a poor life. Kimberly, I only want 50,000 dollars. If you are rich enough, you can also give me 100,000 dollars."

Kimberly echoed her words with incredulity, "You only want 50,000 dollars? Even 100,000 dollars?"

Mrs. Shell didn't understand what Kimberly had meant. Instead, she thought that Kimberly deemed the amount to be less. At this thought, Mrs. Shell put on a smug look on her face.

She said, "Yes, that's not a lot for you right? If you think it's too little, you can give me more. Dad and I will be grateful to you."

Kimberly's smile was extremely bitter as she mumbled, "That's right, as long as I give you 100,000 dollars, you will all be grateful to me."

Mrs. Shell nodded vigorously, "Yes."

"But I don't have the money. I would love to help you. But I don't have that amount, what do you want me to do?"

Speaking of this, Kimberly had even growled. Mrs. Shell's eyes widened in shock at her sudden outbreak.

Kimberly added, "Do you really think I have a good life after I married into the Yardley Family? You haven't worried about me for the whole month. You didn't care about me when I went home and didn't even ask about how I've been doing. Now, you show up because you want money from me! Why don't I just give you my life, might as well, right?"

Mrs. Shell widened her eyes and covered her chest with her hands in disbelief.

Kimberly looked at her and said, "You can drop your act. I'm serious. My life is all I have now. If you think that my life is worth a lot, maybe... you can take it."