Clara… didn’t want to go for a medical check-up?
So, she told Ethan about it, and it was Clara who asked Ethan to convey the message to her?
Grace sneered inwardly… Indeed, a daughter-in-law who wasn’t on the same page as her was truly annoying.
If it were a daughter-in-law who shared her views, wouldn’t she do whatever she was told?
But Clara?
She deliberately gave Clara the cold shoulder.
Because she didn’t like Clara, just as she didn’t like Iris before. The reason was simple: neither Iris nor Clara was worthy of her son.
She treated Clara coldly.
But Clara also treated her coldly. She ignored Clara, and Clara ignored her in return.
This made her even angrier.
She could dislike Clara and treat her coldly, but the more she did so… shouldn’t Clara feel more anxious and try to please her?
But Clara never tried to please her.
This made her increasingly furious.
Clara relied on Ethan’s affection, so she didn’t take her seriously.
She could understand Clara’s thinking: It doesn’t matter if my mother-in-law likes me or not. After all, I’m not living with my mother-in-law; I’m living with my husband. As long as my husband likes me, that’s enough.
Clara’s way of thinking… Grace would make sure Clara understood just how wrong she was.
Ethan returned to the room just as Clara woke up.
After getting out of bed, Ethan said to her, “I told Mom you don’t need to go for the check-up.”
Clara replied, “Oh.”
They washed up and went downstairs for breakfast.
The elders of the Logan family were also present. Breakfast was the time when the Logan family gathered most completely.
Clara greeted the elders and then sat down to eat breakfast.
In the Logan family, there were no strict rules against talking during meals; everyone chatted casually while eating.
“Clara…” Grace suddenly called out to her.
“Hmm?” Clara looked at her in confusion.
Grace looked at her and said, “I wanted to take you for a check-up with no other intentions. It was just to ensure you have a full-body examination. If there’s an illness, we treat it; if not, you can prepare for pregnancy.”
“If you didn’t want to go, you could have told me directly. Why did you have to ask Ethan to tell me?” Grace questioned Clara.
This was the first time Clara had been questioned by an elder of the Logan family, and she felt at a loss for words.
The other members of the Logan family watched curiously as Clara and Grace interacted.
This made Clara even more nervous.
“Mom… I didn’t,” Clara said.
She really hadn’t asked Ethan to say she didn’t want to go for the check-up.
Mom’s intention to take her for a check-up was out of goodwill and concern for her. She wouldn’t refuse and hadn’t even thought of refusing. It was just that last night Ethan wanted something, and she worried they might stay up too late and not wake up in time this morning, so she mentioned it to Ethan.
“Clara…” Grace looked at Clara and said, “I hope you can be a good daughter-in-law of the Logan family and not try to sow discord between us.”
Sow discord?
What was Mom talking about?
Ethan put down his fork and looked at Grace. “Sow discord?”
Grace said, “Isn’t it? If she didn’t want to go, she could have told me directly. Why did she have to tell you and have you convey it to me? In your eyes, doesn’t it seem like I’m forcing my daughter-in-law to do something she doesn’t want to do? That I’m an evil mother-in-law?”
She felt that Grace’s thoughts were too complicated.
She hadn’t thought about any of that.
For the first time, Clara felt the age-old dilemma: the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship.
She had a premonition that her strained relationship with Grace was officially beginning.
“Mom, do you think she can manipulate me?” Ethan asked calmly.
She glanced at Ethan and thought sarcastically: Oh, you’re so great, you’re amazing, you’re the best, no one can manipulate you, you’re a big shot. Hmph!
Grace pressed her lips together without saying anything.
“Mom, do you think I’m the kind of man who would be easily manipulated by my wife and unable to distinguish right from wrong?” Ethan asked.
“And… sow discord? Mom, you’re overestimating her intelligence,” Ethan said.
If Clara had that kind of intelligence, she wouldn’t have been used by Iris multiple times.
Iris had taken advantage of her several times, both openly and covertly.
He had seen it all.
She glanced at Ethan, feeling insulted by him.
What was wrong with her intelligence?
Was there something wrong with her intelligence?
She believed there was nothing wrong with her intelligence. She had attended a prestigious university in the country and had been admitted based on her scores. Her admission to such a renowned university proved that she had high intelligence!
Ethan really thought that just because he held a high position, he could look down on others?
Grace looked at Ethan.
Was Ethan saying Clara was stupid?
That statement… she couldn’t refute it.
More importantly, she didn’t want to refute it.
“I told Clara not to go for the check-up. She’s still young; we’re not considering having children for now. We’ll talk about it after she graduates,” Ethan said.
His simple statement caused a huge stir within the Logan family!
The Logan family was a super conglomerate.
Such a conglomerate involved numerous financial shares and assets.
The current head of the Logan family was Julian Logan, who was already seventy-five years old. He had one foot in the grave. Although he appeared healthy now, who knew what could happen with elderly people?
He might suddenly collapse one day.
Julian currently controlled most of the Logan family’s assets.
If something happened to Julian, he would arrange for the distribution of company shares and assets before his demise.
At that time, having an additional family member would mean receiving significantly more assets.
Currently, the eldest grandson of the Logan family was Azaria Logan, Ethan’s cousin.
Azaria was a year older than Ethan at twenty-eight years old.
However, Azaria had married early.
He got married at twenty-two, right after reaching the legal marriage age, and already had a three-year-old daughter.
He only had one daughter and no sons…
But Azaria and his wife were actively trying for another child because they wanted to have the first grandson of this generation in the Logan family.
The significance of a first grandson in a family… was different.
Especially for someone like Julian from the older generation.
They particularly valued grandsons.
Undoubtedly… at this time, among the two grandsons of the Logan family, Azaria and Ethan, whoever had the first male child of this generation would have a significant advantage in asset distribution.
Azaria and his wife were actively trying for another child, while Ethan… said they weren’t in a hurry and would wait until Clara graduated.
Clara was currently a sophomore in college, which meant she still had over two years before graduation. Even if she got pregnant right after graduation, it would take almost four years before they had a child.
By then, Julian would be seventy-nine years old.
It wasn’t certain if Julian would live until seventy-nine.
Moreover… what if Clara’s first child was also a girl?
The Logan family members had many thoughts running through their minds.
Especially Ethan’s uncle’s family.
They didn’t know if Ethan was deliberately saying this to mislead them or if he genuinely intended to wait until Clara graduated before considering having children.
Regardless of Ethan’s intentions, Azaria and his wife would continue their efforts to conceive another child actively.
Julian smiled and said, “Yes, Clara is indeed too young.”
Although he also wanted to see Ethan’s son and see if his most favored grandson’s son would be as outstanding as Ethan, such matters couldn’t be rushed. Moreover… Clara was indeed quite young; a twenty-year-old girl was still half a child herself.
He also trusted Ethan. Since Ethan decided to wait until Clara graduated before having children, he must have his reasons.
Ethan had never disappointed him since childhood.
Clara blushed inexplicably.
Being called young…
Actually, she wasn’t that young anymore.
At twenty years old, she had reached the legal marriage age.
This meant that even the law recognized her ability to have children.
She wasn’t that young anymore.
Grace glanced at Clara and Ethan but didn’t say anything in rebuttal for once.
What could she say?
Could she really force Clara and Ethan to have children?
She did want grandchildren. But… not grandchildren born from Clara.
She wished Clara couldn’t have children!
As for taking Clara for a check-up… she had her own plans.