Serina looked at Yolanda with round eyes. She gaped in astonishment, but she could not say anything.
She couldn’t believe what she had heard was true.
It took her a long time to regain her senses.
“Mom, what did you say?” Serina wanted to confirm what she had heard.
“Don’t play dumb. You understand what I said. Mar likes Derek. She came back this time for Derek. She did not tell the truth because of you.”
Yolanda still kept a straight face.
“I see.” Serina finally understood why she always felt that Marco was never natural. It turned out that she was pretending.
“I know she was up to no good,” Serina blurted out.
“What do you mean? If it weren’t for you, Mar wouldn’t have wronged herself like that. Serina, don’t forget, Mar saved you.”
“She saved me. Do I have to let my husband marry her?” Serina was also angry.
Yolanda had wronged Serina because of Marco many times before. Serina had kept her temper. She could understand Yolanda’s feelings. After all, she lost Marco once.
“Mom, I can repay her. She is my sister. If she has any problems in the future, I can help her solve them. Even if I go bankrupt, I’ll do everything for her. But you can’t ask me to divorce Derek? You have gone too far.”
“Shut up!”
Yolanda was very dissatisfied with Serina’s attitude.
Since Serina gave birth to a daughter, she had realized how difficult it was to raise a child. Serina had been restraining herself and tried to be filial.
Yolanda roared at her, and Serina’s tone immediately softened.
“Okay, Mom, let’s talk about your granddaughter Cherry and Blueberry. Do you want them to be single-parent kids?”
“I thought about it.”
“What?” Serina looked at Yolanda in surprise. “Mom, tell me what’s your plan?”
“Cherry and Blueberry are Derek’s nieces. If they live with Derek, he will not treat them badly. If they live with you…”
Yolanda held back words that sprang to her lips. She sighed and said, “Ernest is so kind to you and the two children. He’ll be nice to them.”
“It has nothing to do with Ernest,” Serina said in confusion.
Yolanda opened her mouth, but she didn’t want to penetrate the guise.
She knew that many young people nowadays lived an indiscreet private life. She didn’t expect that her own daughter was also messing around with another man.
“Serina, there is something that I don’t want to say too clearly. I can understand. When Derek wasn’t here, Ernest had been keeping you company and helping you. I think that Ernest is a good person.”
Yolanda took a deep breath. She had fretted about this last night.
“If Derek marries your sister, and you marry Ernest, everyone is happy. I think it is good.”
Yolanda said all she wanted to say in one breath.
“What?”
Hearing this, Serina was even more shocked.
Her mother seemed to be quite good at making arrangements.
“Mom, do you know what you’re talking about?”
“You can’t be so selfish. Serina, you are spoiled by your grandparents and your father. You can’t have all the good things for yourself. ”
Yolanda knocked on the table as she spoke, “If your sister hadn’t come back, I wouldn’t have said this. But now that your sister has returned and she saved your life. You should do something for her.”
“What do you want me to do? You can’t let me divorce Derek because Mar still loves Derek. You shouldn’t force me to be with Ernest.”
Serina felt that her mother was unreasonable.
“What do you mean? I haven’t forced you to do anything. I thought you’ve been with Ernest.” Yolanda turned her head away.
She didn’t want to talk about Serina’s extramarital affair now.
“Ernest?”
Serina suddenly remembered that she and Ernest had tried to date before.
“Mom, I can’t explain this to you. Ernest and I tried to be together before, but it is impossible for us to be together.”
“I’m right. You tried to be together. That’s enough. It’s not too late to date him now! I think it’s pretty good. Ernest is the best actor. He can make you live a life without worrying about clothes and food.”
“Come on!”
Serina was upset and hit the table with her head.
She shouldn’t have dated Ernest.
“Come on! Stop pretending. You can only have one man. Serina, don’t be too greedy!” Yolanda said.
“What? Mom, I shouldn’t have said this to me,” Serina pursed her lips and said.
“Why are you so stubborn? Serina! You can’t be so greedy!” Yolanda slammed the table with a bang.
“Mom, I’m not greedy. You shouldn’t be partial. I know that you owe her a lot. You are trying to make it up to Mar, but you can’t rob me of my life and make it up to her!”
Serina had had a grievance against Yolanda from the beginning.
“What? I’m partial to Mar? I want both of you to be happy. I can’t let you be happy and let your sister suffer!”
Yolanda was simmering with rage.
“Yes, you’re partial to her.”
Serina choked down her tears.
“I know that I have lived in comfort and have never had to put up with bad treatments. But is this my fault? The family gives me what I have. I have never asked anything from you.”
Yolanda remained silent.
“My dad used to dote on me the most. Ever since Marco comes, he has changed. He said that he owed Marco a lot and wanted to make it up to her. But you shouldn’t rob me of my life!”
Serina bit her lips. “My dad beat me up for Marco and wanted to end his relations with me. Now you want me to leave my husband!”
“The last time I was at my house, I was very angry. You let Marco live in my house without my permission. You didn’t allow me to be too close to Derek just because of her feelings. You knocked on my door in the middle of the night. I know what you tried to do. You just didn’t want me to be close to Derek!”