Although Nana had never been assertive and had never competed with Mrs. Waters for anything, she was simply not tolerated in the Waters family.
Carl couldn’t understand why his mother disliked Nana so much, especially the way Mrs. Waters addressed Nana and their daughter. He couldn’t tolerate it, and his face immediately darkened.
“It was me who brought Nana here, so if you have any grievances, direct them at me! Don’t take it out on others!”
Upon hearing Carl’s past attitude, Mrs. Waters narrowed her eyes, put her hands on her hips, and asserted her dominance.
“So what if you let her move in? The property deed for this villa is in my name, and I can kick them out anytime, anywhere!”
Mrs. Waters was unyielding, her voice even louder than before.
At this moment, the baby in the stroller was getting tired, closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep, but she was suddenly startled awake by Mrs. Waters’ shouting.
“Waaah…”
Janelle was frightened and started crying loudly.
Nana’s eyebrows furrowed, and she quickly picked up her daughter from the stroller to comfort her.
Seeing the situation, Carl handed the things in his hand to Emily and hurriedly walked over to Nana, helping her soothe the baby.
Seeing that the two of them were too busy to pay any attention to her, Mrs. Waters pouted, glanced at her granddaughter with sarcasm, and said, “Crying and fussing like this, this kind of child won’t amount to anything when she grows up!”
But even after she comforted the baby for a while, Janelle continued crying. Carl felt that she was probably hungry, so he quickly took Nana back to the room to prepare formula.
Just as the two of them were going upstairs, Grace heard the commotion outside and came out with a curious attitude.
The three of them coincidentally ran into each other, and Carl and Nana exchanged glances.
“Carl, long time no see!”
Faced with the chaos in the villa, Grace seemed like an outsider, smiling and greeting Carl.
Carl didn’t expect Grace to be brought back by his mother again. Seeing that she had gained weight and her belly was slightly bulging, he couldn’t help but feel annoyed and unsettled.
Grace’s belly was getting bigger day by day, and if she gave birth to a child, it would surely bring a lot of trouble.
In Carl’s heart, he only recognized Janelle as his one and only daughter.
“You came with my mom?”
Carl’s voice was cold and he didn’t sound like he was exchanging pleasantries with Grace.
At this moment, Mrs. Waters also followed from behind and, as Grace heard her climbing the stairs, she suddenly raised her voice in a resentful tone, “Carl, it seems like you don’t welcome me? Do you want to kick me out?”
The fire was already burning, and Nana could tell that Grace deliberately tried to attract Mrs. Waters by saying that. She directly carried her daughter and walked into the bedroom.
Carl, on the other hand, was taken aback by the question, wondering when he had said such words.
“Who said I want to kick you out?”
Before he could say anything, Mrs. Waters arrived on the second floor and forcefully took over the conversation.
Grace looked sad, her gaze turned to Mrs. Waters as she replied, “Every time Carl sees me, he’s unhappy. Implicitly and explicitly, he thinks I shouldn’t have entered this household.”
As she said this, she let out a long sigh of resignation. “Mrs. Waters, there’s no need for you to keep me here. I think I’ll just leave!”
After speaking, Grace turned around and went back to Mrs. Waters’ room to get her bag.
But Mrs. Waters chased after her, grabbing her hand and stopping in front of Carl’s bedroom door.
“Grace, don’t worry. Now that I’m back, no one will dare to kick you out today! You stay by my side and take good care of yourself and the baby. As for the others…”
Mrs. Waters looked at Nana, who was preparing formula for the baby, and sarcastically remarked, “Living shamelessly in my house, I’ve never seen a woman so lacking in self-respect!”
Nana, who was in the bedroom pouring water into the bottle, stiffened her body. She had been subjected to Mrs. Waters’ humiliation repeatedly, and it felt like a knife cutting through her heart.
However, her daughter was still waiting to be fed, so Nana bit her lip and remained silent. She walked towards the bed, shaking the bottle while holding the baby.
Meanwhile, Carl, hearing his mother’s continuous attacks, had a clouded expression on his face and responded in a cold voice, “Fine, since this is your house, Nana and I will move out together and never set foot in this place again!”
Mrs. Waters, emotionally dependent on her son, didn’t want this outcome.
“You’re becoming more and more despicable as you grow up!”
Mrs. Waters scolded in an annoyed tone, and in order to keep Carl, she waved her hand impatiently, saying, “Forget it, from now on, this house will be treated as a hotel. Whoever wants to stay can stay!”
After speaking, she pulled Grace back to her own room.
Meanwhile, Nana began to feed her daughter, holding her in one hand and supporting the bottle with the other.
Carl, seeing his mother leave, quickly entered the bedroom to check on them.
Seeing that their daughter had calmed down and was greedily drinking the milk with closed eyes, Carl smiled with relief and sat next to Nana.
“I’m sorry, Nana. I didn’t expect my mom to come back suddenly…”
Carl’s face was full of apology, unsure of how to dispel the grievances in Nana’s heart.
Nana remained silent, quietly watching her daughter suckle on the bottle.
“Nana, I know you’re not happy. I’ll find a way to resolve this.”
Carl made a promise, planning to talk to Mrs. Waters.
Since Grace was determined to keep the child, he planned to find a separate place for her to stay and take care of the pregnancy.
As for the four of them living together under the same roof, not only would Mrs. Waters tolerate it, but Carl also wouldn’t let Nana live in oppression every day.
“Let’s go with the flow. We don’t necessarily have to resolve everything.”
As the milk in the bottle reached the bottom, Nana burped her daughter while slowly speaking up to Carl.
But Carl didn’t understand her meaning and was about to ask when he saw her bringing the baby over.
Then Nana started packing up the things in the bedroom, taking out clothes from the wardrobe and placing them into suitcases.
“Carl, I think I should go back to my parents’ house first.”
Nana finished speaking and continued organizing their daughter’s clothes.
Upon hearing this, Carl panicked and hugged their daughter, walking towards Nana to persuade her. “Listen to me, let’s not move out for now. I promise we’ll leave together tomorrow.”
“Although the newly decorated marital home is not ready to be lived in and the apartment is too small, I can rent a big house for us temporarily.”
“We’ve gone through so much to reconcile, and I don’t want anyone to affect our relationship…”
Carl pleaded earnestly, and now Nana also knew that he had no feelings for Grace. Softening her heart, she agreed.
Just as Carl convinced Nana to stay, Grace was in another room, soothing Mrs. Waters’ emotions.
She resorted to her usual tactics, compromising and saying, “Mrs. Waters, I don’t want to make things difficult for you and Carl. I’ve decided to peacefully coexist with Nana. After all, she has given birth to the Waters family’s granddaughter.”
At this point, Mrs. Waters had no way to deal with Carl, and upon hearing Grace’s voluntary concession, she reluctantly agreed.
“Fine, I know that you’re not feeling good about this. I will slowly make it up to you in the future.”
From that day on, the four of them lived in the villa together, eating and sleeping under the same roof but divided into two factions. They would ignore each other at home.