Reginald arranged for Aurelia to stay in the hospital to recuperate from her injuries, and Josephine took the initiative to apply to the hospital to be discharged and returned to the villa after she knew it, as she didn’t want to see the their PDA as a reckless couple in love.
Two days later, Aurelia was discharged from the hospital. She took the initiative to call Josephine and ask her to make a trip back to the Cooke family.
Josephine refused without thinking about it. She didn’t have much affection for that family, but Aurelia deliberately lowered her tone at the other end of the phone with obvious threat in her statement, “Your gambling addicted stepfather always visit the Cooke family over the years after you were adopted. If you don’t come, I’ll let him go find you personally!”
She hung up after finishing the sentence, and Josephine had a headache as soon as she remembered that horrible image of her living with her gambling addicted stepfather before she was ten years old. After all, she decided to go to the appointment.
As soon as Josephine entered the Cooke family’s front door, Aurelia and her mother, Betsy, had long been sitting in the living room waiting for her. And to Josephine’s surprise, Reginald was sitting beside Aurelia, looking at her with a tender face. He reached out to pull her hair behind her ears.
Josephine’s feet froze, and her body felt cold to the bone like she had fallen into icy cold water.
When he saw Josephine walk in, his handsome eyes narrowed slightly, and he quickly returned to his usual coldness, not looking at her anymore.
The corners of Josephine’s eyes ached, and she exhaled deeply several times to maintain her composure before slowly walking to the couch and sat down, looking to Betsy, “Mom.”
Betsy coldly raised her eyes to look askance at her and sneered at her, “Josephine, although you married into the Barnes family, you are still the daughter of the Cooke family after all. If I don’t look for you, you don’t care about the Cooke family anymore. Do you still have me and your sister in your eyes?”
A cold smile crossed Josephine’s heart. She had been adopted by the Cooke family for ten years, for ten years she had suffered all the cold eyes and bullying from her and Aurelia, and she now remembered that she was also a daughter of the Cooke family?
But her face remained calm as she spoke lightly and asked, “Is there something Mom wants from me?”
Betsy’s volume was suddenly raised, “Can’t I see you if there’s nothing?
Your sister heard that you are pregnant with twins, so she specially requested Reginald to let you return to the Cooke family and personally take care of you until you give birth. Your sister has good intentions, even if you do something wrong to her……”
“Mom.” Aurelia reached out and interrupted her, while shaking her head to indicate that she should not say any more.
Only then did Betsy withdraw her voice and looked at Josephine with hatred. She suddenly got up and called a few maids to clean up Josephine’s room at the second floor.
The three of them were left in the large living room. Josephine stared down coldly at Aurelia, as she was not stupid and would not easily believe Aurelia was really as kind as Betsy said.
Josephine was holding a mouthful of anger in her chest and was about to lash out when Aurelia suddenly spoke up and interrupted her, “Josephine, I’ve prepared a lot of furniture you like for you. You can go up and take a look. If you need anything more, ask the maids to arrange for you.”
Aurelia finished her words, holding on to Reginald. She turned her head to cast a threatening look at her, and her red-painted lips were fluttering together as she wordlessly uttered a few words, “Your stepfather.”
Josephine didn’t want to leave the two of them alone, but she didn’t want to watch their public display of affection again. The image made her feel like being killed a zillion times
She turned around and went up the stairs. Before she reached the corner, Aurelia suddenly reached out and picked up an atlas on the coffee table and put it in front of Reginald. She flipped through it one by one and asked in a soft voice, “Reginald, I heard that the Aegean Sea is a sacred place for lovers to get married. I’ve always love it, can you take me there later?”
Reginald didn’t even look at atlas and gave her a doting smile, “As long as you like, we can go anywhere.”
Aurelia smiled coquettishly, and took the initiative to lean into his arms, “My wedding dress must come from the handwriting of an internationally renowned first-class designer, because I want to be the most beautiful bride in the world on my wedding day, and then marry you.”
Josephine shuddered while turning her head incredulously to look at them snuggled together, and froze directly in place and did not moving for a while.
If it happened before, she would have rushed down and grabbed Aurelia and scolded her angrily. However, she knew she would have fallen prey to Aurelia’s conspiracy, as she had been framed by Aurelia. Reginald disgusted her even more after each time and thought she was a ruthless and jealous woman, who was becoming more and more unbearable to him.
Now that she knew everything, she would definitely not be foolish enough to fall for her tricks again. She told herself to endure the humiliation. As long as she gave birth to the babies, and she didn’t get a divorce, there was no way Aurelia would be with Reginald in her life time!
At dinner, Betsy once again proposed to let Reginald stay overnight in the Cooke Residence, and surprisingly, Reginald did not object. So naturally, Josephine had to follow him and stay.
Although she had expected it, Reginald clearly opened his mouth and proposed to sleep in a separate room from Josephine, which still made Josephine’s heart sour.
From the day she married into the Barnes family, they had never shared a bed, and she knew without a doubt he stayed with Aurelia all the time.