Shirley Jones also wanted to ease the awkwardness of the moment, so she and Christina Sanchez said, “After dinner later, let’s go next door to the old general’s house to sit down together.”
“What?” Christina Sanchez asked.
“You still don’t know, huh? Their family didn’t marry their grandson-in-law last year? Just a few days ago gave birth to a white and fat little boy, ouch, now the children born are so cute, really let people love …”
As Shirley Jones talked, the atmosphere at the table became more and more depressing, and it was only when Wolfe Williams kicked her under the table that she snapped out of it, shut up and put her head down to eat.
Shirley Jones’ words were a real stab in the heart of Christina Sanchez and the old lady. In the past two years, the high officials’ wives are no longer talking about their husbands’ promotions and sons’ promotions, but about which family has given birth to another baby, and which family has added a little princess.
Whenever the topic comes up, Christina Sanchez is inevitably questioned about it. Her daughter-in-law has been married for two years, but her belly has not moved at all, which makes her feel ashamed as a mother-in-law. It’s already torturous enough to drag on for a year or two, but what would happen if it really dragged on?
“Penny, what exactly are you planning to do?” Christina Sanchez, whose heart was tormented, had not yet spoken, and the old lady had already started her voice in a quiet way.
Penny Brown’s body tensed up, and the movement of the food stopped.
“As you know, grandparents are not well now, but without seeing great-grandchildren, there is always a tug in the heart. Your grandfather’s old comrades, grandchildren are now able to go to school.” The old lady’s tone was still the same, but it was like a stone pressing on Penny Brown’s heart, making her feel breathless.
Now that the old lady has spoken, Christina Sanchez didn’t hold back. “Not to mention the grandparents are anxious, I am a mother’s heart is even more anxious. When you got married, I bought more than ten sets of children’s clothes and put them aside, and I was thinking of having grandchildren, but it’s been two years, and you just don’t let me do what I want.”
Penny Brown’s hands were shaking slightly as she gripped the chopsticks and tried to say something, but couldn’t get a word out.
How?
Tell them that although she and Neal Williams are under the same roof, Neal Williams only comes back once a month? Or tell them that even when Neal Williams comes back, he doesn’t even look at her as his wife, let alone have sex with her.
Even on his wedding night, he was straight up drunk and fell asleep on the couch.
Over the past two years, she has tried to get close to him many times, even changed into erotic pajamas to seduce him, but what happened? All she got was a snicker and a “Penny Brown, don’t make a fool of yourself!”
“Mom, I … we’ll work on it.” Putting down her chopsticks, she finally squeezed out such a sentence.
Klein Williams looked around the crowd with a slightly cooler look.
Christina Sanchez gave her a look that said, “What are you laughing at?”
“Laughing at the fact that you have lived most of your lives without understanding.” Bonnie Williams scooped soup for the old man, while leisurely said: “When Andrea a good girl to Neal pregnant with a child, are several months, you all do not look at one. Now well … that child is gone, this side you are afraid that also can not count on.”
“What are you talking about!” Christina Sanchez’s face turned pale when she heard that she couldn’t count on it, and rebuked her daughter.
Bonnie Williams kept her mouth shut.
Over there, Penny Brown finally could not listen to it anymore, hands clutching the edge of the table, stood up, “Sorry, I’m a little uncomfortable, go back first.”
After saying that, regardless of the ugly faces of all the elders, grabbed the bag and hurried away with a tense face.
Jump in the car, and then think back to just that scene, and all the aggravation she suffered in the past two years, held back a long time of tears at once out.
I knew that Neal Williams wanted to retaliate against himself, but … did not expect him to do so decisively.
Don’t want her and don’t want children … Anyone who exerts pressure is useless …
The painful lying on the steering wheel, howling. When she got tired of crying, she remembered that her makeup was blown on her face, so she raised her head and wiped her face in the mirror with red eyes to fix her makeup. When she saw the wrinkles emerging from the corners of her eyes, her hands shook and she grabbed the mirror in a panic, coming closer in disbelief.
Wrinkles?
It’s amazing how wrinkles appear on her face!
She took care of her skin at all times, spent a lot of money and experience just to make him look at herself more, but …
Surprisingly, you still can’t stop the wrinkles from attacking you.
She is 27 years old …
Surprisingly, she is already 27 years old! 27 years old woman, already married and married to Neal Williams, which is the envy of how many people? But … why does she feel so pale?
This day by day dragging on, waiting for their own will be a day more wrinkles, or … can not see the head of the depression and darkness?
It was late at night.
Inside the building, the lights were still burning in the office. Most of the time, he sleeps directly in the office lounge.
Penny Brown’s phone rang again and again, and when Neal Williams got annoyed he simply keyed off the electrical panel, without hesitation. The next minute, Zoey Baker had knocked on the office door – back here in her old position after giving birth.
Neal Williams leaned back in his swivel chair, looking down at the lights that had risen downstairs, the colorful world reflected in the deep eyes of the dense is a boundless despair. Hearing the movement, he did not turn around, only said: “Leave work first, the children are still waiting for you.”
“You get an early night, too.” Zoey Baker nodded, glanced at his forlorn back, and remembered something: “By the way, I just got a call that a very important client will arrive here tomorrow. Would you like to meet in person?”
“About what time?”
“At three o’clock in the afternoon.”
Three points?
He raised an eyebrow and brought the itinerary over and scanned it, “The ticket to Hong Kong tomorrow is at three twenty.”
“If you have a desire to meet the other side, I’ll try to push the tickets back a bit.” Zoey Baker said.
Neal Williams shook his head and declined, “Don’t bother, with Garret Miller around, it won’t be a problem. There’s a lot of work waiting for me over in Hong Kong.”
“That’s fine.” Zoey Baker nodded her head and turned around to prepare to go out. When he reached the door, he remembered what had just happened and said, “Mr. Williams, there’s something I don’t know if I should talk to you.”
Only then did Neal Williams turn around and look up at her. She pursed her lips and said, “Miss Brown said for you to come back.”
Neal Williams’ face was expressionless, “Ignore her. You get out.”
Zoey Baker knew how bad the couple’s relationship had become. From the day she returned to the company, until now has been more than a year, but almost never once seen Mr. Williams from the heart to smile. Sometimes Zoey Baker can’t help but ask Marshall Johnson what he has gone through during his absence for more than a year, and why the former Mr. Williams has never returned.
The answer Marshall Johnson gave was the simplest: lose the one you can’t lose and get the one you don’t want.
In fact, life is very often this helpless.
Sighing, Zoey Baker said, “Mr. Williams, she left a message saying that she would break the jade bracelet if you didn’t return.”
Jade bracelet?
Neal Williams’ face flushed, and only two words popped out grimly between his thin lips, “She dares!”
Inside the so-called new room.
The woman was cloaked, wearing silk pajamas leaning against the bar in dishevelment.
“Why did you hang up on me? Who do you think you are? Why don’t you answer my phone?” Penny Brown was drunk, angry and smashed the phone hard on the wall, listening to the sound of the fragmented voice ringing in the night more and more desolate.
These two years of married life, she is alone in this big empty house, like a cold cage. Her heart was full of grievances, but she did not dare to talk to anyone. In front of her mother, she can only pretend to be strong, and in front of Lewis Brown is pretending to be happy.
How could she, with her proud self-esteem, let them look down on her?
However, these things, fooled them, but can not fool themselves.
Watching one of her classmates and friends pair up at the banquet, or even have become a family of three, she could only be gloomy and sad. Today, she is worse than single. If she could have a child of her own, she would not look so lonely and pathetic, but, instead …
Neal Williams …
How could he do this to himself? How can you!
Squeezing the delicate brocade box, looking at the dazzling diamond ring, she smiled dementedly and laughed out tears. The eyes were filled with hatred and resentment.
He was so generous that he even prepared a ring for Andrea Jones, but why wouldn’t he even give himself a glance? She is his real wife, why won’t he even give her a child!
Pour yourself another glass of wine, tilt your head and drink it all in one gulp. Take the ring out of the brocade box and put it into the ring finger of your right hand inch by inch. The finger is snow white and slender, when really beautiful, but, surprisingly, it has always been empty for the past two years. Now … this ring is hers!
Another jade bracelet to bring to their hands, the next second, but was snatched away by a large palm.
She turned around and saw Neal Williams standing behind her with a stern, cold face. His face was expressionless, and his face was several times cooler than the temperature of the air at the moment.
“Take the ring off!” He ordered coldly.
Penny Brown wants to laugh.
See, sure enough, when it comes to jade bracelets and rings, he comes back. She can’t get him back … that woman’s stuff but she can easily hold him back!!!
“Beautiful, isn’t it?” Instead of taking it, she proudly held up her hand and dropped it in the light to highlight it in front of him, “Look, a diamond of this size matches my hand just right, doesn’t it? It’s not too big, it doesn’t look out of place. Not too small either, not so petty …”
Neal Williams wasn’t angry, he just looked at her mockingly, “Penny Brown, would you like me to give you a mirror so you can see the mess you’re in today?”
Penny Brown’s face turned white and her raised hand froze in the air. Looking at him with indignation and mockery, she raised her hand to slap him. But he was one step faster and grabbed her hand, and in the next instant, he pulled the ring off with precision.
The ring got slightly stuck when it reached the joint, but he didn’t even pause for a moment and pushed hard without mercy. The ring immediately rubbed a red mark on the snow-white finger. In fact, it is not very painful, but Penny Brown instantly red eyes, tears did not stop.
“Neal Williams, you’re going too far!” She broke down emotionally, and with the strength of wine, she punched him with her fist. As if to vent all the aggression and injustice she had suffered during this period of time.
Neal Williams pocketed the box before squeezing her flailing fist. He was shaking her off hard, almost roughly.
Penny Brown, already drunk and unsteady on her feet, stumbled and fell back onto the couch as she was thrown around.
The body hit the sofa heavily, and the pain was severe. But she has no way to feel at this moment, no more pain, no more hurt than the pain in the heart.