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Tracy returned to the room to rest. Although the pain wasn’t as bad as when the flare-up first hit, it still throbbed faintly.
The medicine had side effects. She felt completely drained, as if she had no strength left.
She was so tired. She just wanted to rest properly. Lying on the bed, the pain subsided considerably, and she quickly fell asleep.
In the afternoon, Renee arrived downstairs, looking furious and dragging her suitcase.
The moment she entered the door, she shouted angrily, “Tracy, how can you not go look after my mother when she’s sick? And you haven’t even sent her any food! How dare you call yourself a daughter-in-law?”
The young girl was Chandler’s younger sister, recently turned twenty and a junior studying electronic information engineering.
A month ago, Chandler had arranged for her to get a month-long study placement abroad. She had just returned from visiting her mother at the hospital.
She was bursting with repressed anger and nowhere to vent it. Returning to her brother’s house, she decided to take it out on Tracy.
After all, she had always done this. Whenever she was upset outside, she would return to her brother’s place, and Tracy, trying to please her, would always cook a delicious meal to comfort her.
During her month abroad, Renee hadn’t eaten well due to unfamiliar food. She was already craving Tracy’s cooking.
Jennie heard the commotion and came out. Seeing Renee, she quickly helped pull her suitcase in.
“Miss Renee, are you just back? Have you eaten?
Renee looked at Jennie, confused, having not received a response from Tracy for a long time, “Jennie, is Tracy not home?”
In the past, whenever she visited, Tracy would hear her voice and rush over like a lapdog, wagging her tail and asking what Renee wanted to eat that day.
She had been home for a while, and Tracy still hadn’t come downstairs. Did she go out?
But she had just heard Chandler say he’d fired Tracy, and Tracy would be a housewife at
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home from now on.
A housewife not staying home to do her job, but always running around. She’d tell Chandler about this later.
Jennie glanced upstairs, then sighed. “Madam Tracy’s stomach pain is acting up today. She’s resting right now.”
At noon, Jennie made millet oats and went upstairs to call Tracy to drink it. After calling for a while, Tracy briefly woke up.
But she looked listless, not very well. She only drank a few sips before going back upstairs, and she hadn’t come down since.
So Jennie guessed Tracy had continued sleeping after drinking the oats.
“She’s sick?” Renee frowned slightly. “Why is she sick now, not earlier or later, but precisely when my mom is hospitalized? She’s faking it, isn’t she? I just heard that Tracy not only faked illness at the hospital, but she came home and made you call my brother to get him to take her to the hospital. Does she think faking sickness means she doesn’t have to look after my mom and can win back my brother’s heart? That’s laughable.”
Like her mother, Renee looked down on Tracy as a sister-in-law. Had Chandler not insisted on marrying Tracy back then, the Gaunt family would never have accepted her.
Now Chandler had Yvonne. Yvonne came from a good family, was beautiful, and most importantly, could help him in his career.
They all hoped Chandler would divorce Tracy and quickly marry Yvonne, but he never made a move, and they couldn’t force him.
So they could only focus on Tracy. But Tracy stuck to Chandler like a limpet.
A worthless woman like Tracy was undesirable to anyone. Now she was using feigned illness to gain Chandler’s sympathy. She truly was a deeply calculating schemer.
Thinking this, Renee changed her shoes and walked toward the stairs.
Jennie sighed, blocking Renee’s way up, “Miss, Madam Tracy is genuinely sick. Her face looks terrible, and she just took medicine and fell asleep. Please don’t disturb her.”
Renee frowned unhappily, then explained, “I’m just going to look in on her. I won’t disturb her.”
Jennie was half-skeptical. Just then, Tracy came downstairs, holding a cup to get water.
After a few hours of sleep, her condition looked better than when she was in pain earlier, and
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Seeing Tracy come down, Renee’s mockery intensified, “Even faking an illness requires some effort to make it believable. You’re giving yourself away so quickly, tsk, tsk. You’re not a dedicated actress, are you?”
Tracy merely glanced at Renee. She was too exhausted to argue and saw no point in it.
After all, she’d argued plenty of times before, and they never believed her, so what was the use?
Actually, Renee hadn’t always treated her this way. When she first married Chandler, Renee was preparing for her SATS.
Tracy often tutored Renee and personally looked after her until the SATs were over.
At that time, Renee had been polite to her as a sister-in-law, and Chandler had treated her well too. But ever since Yvonne appeared, everything changed.
There’s a saying: a woman’s in-laws’ attitude completely depends on her husband’s attitude. toward her.
The in-laws wouldn’t dare bully a woman their son cherished. The Gaunt family looked down on her, but out of respect for Chandler, they had been polite.
But later, Chandler’s heart changed, and they dropped their polite attitude, showing only
contempt.
Seeing Tracy’s silence, Renee assumed she was guilty. When Tracy passed by her, Renee stopped her.
“What’s wrong? Your lie was exposed, and you feel ashamed? A deceitful schemer like you doesn’t deserve my brother.”
Tracy looked at Renee, her tone flat, “Aren’t you the most filial? Your mom is sick. Why aren’t you at the hospital looking after her? What are you doing screaming here? You’re not faking your dutiful daughter persona, are you? If you are, your image is about to crumble!”
Renee was speechless. She looked at Tracy in disbelief. She hadn’t expected this woman to fight back, launching insults without missing a beat.
More importantly, she had been left unable to argue back. It was infuriating!
This made her wonder if Tracy’s previous obedience was all an act. Had her true nature finally been revealed?
Thinking this, Renee said angrily, “Tracy, no matter how articulate you are, and no matter
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what tactics you use, my brother will never give you a second look. My brother has Yvonne now. She’s the Xander family’s daughter and a high-achieving student in Al. You can’t compare to her.”
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
