"I am Scarlet Yvette. What’s up?" Scarlet looked at the young man and asked him in a confusing voice.

"Our lady wants to meet you. Please get in the car."

The man got out of the car and opened the door for Scarlet, inviting her in.

Inside the car, Scarlet saw a woman. Quite elegant. She wore a hat, with black veils covering her face, and looked quite mysterious.

She could only see her side face. She was old. But Scarlet could say she must be so fabulous when she was young.

Scarlet thought she might know who this woman was.

Therefore, she padded on Edie’s small hands and said, "Dear, I might need to talk to her for a while. Take care of yourself. I would go home soon."

"But..."

Edie felt the coldness of the old woman. She thought she might hurt Scarlet. After the car door was opened, she didn’t even throw an eye on Scarlet. She didn’t think it was a good idea to leave Scarlet with her.

Seeing the expression on Edie’s face, Scarlet said, "Don’t worry about me. I need to go now. Take care, babe."

"Oh...okay," Edie turned around helplessly. After seeing Edie disappearing from her sight, Scarlet turned around and got into the car.

"Hi, aunt," Scarlet greeted the old woman politely.

"Just call me Mrs. William," the old woman said in a cold voice.

Hearing these words, Scarlet froze slightly. The atmosphere insides the car turned heavier instantly.

Scarlet pressed her lips tightly. She followed her order and greeted her, respectively, "Okay, Mrs. William."

Scarlet straightened her body. The young man started the engine of the car. They didn’t talk on the way. Scarlet felt quite uncomfortable.

She looked around, seeing lots of papers about her. Scarlet thought this old woman might already deeply have investigated her.

Finally, the car was parked in front of a high-level coffee house.

The drive opened the door for the old woman, Grace Leave. Grace got out of the car, but she didn’t throw an eye on Scarlet. She just said in a cold voice, "Come to me. I want to tell you something."

Scarlet immediately followed her. When she finally sat on the opposite side of the old woman, she finally saw her face clearly.

She might be more than fifty years old. But she maintained her body shape and skin quite well. At the moment, she looked really serious. Obviously, it was not easy to get well along with this woman.

The conversation following might not be smooth.

When Scarlet sat down, Grace immediately said, "I am Jason’s mother. I think you know clearly why I come to you. I want to take him away. This place is not for him. He would develop better in Canada. Besides, we’ve decided on his marriage."

"But.....I could not make a decision for him. You should ask himself."

"I know, my son. He is a good son. He never goes against what his parents said. But this time, he went against our expectations because of you. We even kicked him out of the family. I know it is his own decision. But if you stay here, he would never leave this place. You have a great impact on him."

Hearing these words, Scarlet pressed her lips for a while and said. "What do you want me to do?"

"I want you to leave my son. I’ve investigated you. You are not an ideal daughter-in-law for me. You had lots of boyfriends before. You have even been assaulted. This is the hospital statement. You couldn’t get pregnant. We have only one son. You could not ruin my only son. I would never let that happen."

Grace’s words sounded so mean that Scarlet’s face turned pale immediately.

She never expected that she would hear these words. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

She never expected that this would happen to her one day.

She crossed her hands tightly on the kneed. She wanted to comfort herself.

Looking at her pale face, Grace didn’t give her a second to take a breath. She continued, "Certainly, I know you’ve rejected him many times these years. You never agreed to get married to him. You don’t want to bind him with marriage. I indeed appreciate that. I know you are not a bad girl. You would not rely on men, right?"

"Besides, you are good at your work. Your boss Donald Lynch also gave you great opportunities. But you deserve it. I am friends with Yates. I have my own relations. I can help you. It is quite easy for me. All I need you to do is to leave him."

"I would never let him stay with you. But except this, you can take anything else, including wealth and fame. I don’t want to throw money to you. I know you are a proud girl. You don’t want to be insulted. I would give you the resource you want. I am sorry that these words might hurt your feeling. I am his mother. Please try to understand me."

Grace sound so polite and rational. She knew clearly what she was doing right now.

Scarlet’s face turned paler. Swear kept oozing out in her palm. Quite uncomfortable.

At the moment, she felt her throat was struck by a heavy stone. She didn’t know how to move it away.

"I just want you to leave my son. Please, let him go. Let my son go."

These words shocked her, like sharp knives inserting into her heart.

Scarlet felt so hard to take a breath.

"What....what do you want me to do?"

Scarlet asked in a low and weak voice. Her voice was trembling. She felt so cold.

She was scared now.

"Jason didn’t want to listen to anyone except you. I want you to persuade him to leave. You can do this before. I believe you can do this time. I am sure about it." Grace answered in a cold voice.

Persuaded him to leave...

Kicked him away...

Scarlet didn’t know how brutal she was to Jason before until the old woman in front of her asked her to do so.

She held her fist so tightly that nails inserted into her skin deeply. She felt so painful. But she was numb now.

"I....I couldn’t do this..." Scarlet said in a painful voice.

Hearing this answer, Grace’s face changed immediately. Her eyes got colder.

"Miss Yvette, you’ve been too far with him. Don’t you think so? You know clearly, you could not get pregnant. Why do you still stay with him? Is it really love? No. Absolutely not. You are ruining him"

"Besides, for you, he’s been kicked out from the family. His father is so angry with him. I have no other choice but to come to you. I could not watch you ruin my only son."

"Miss Yvette, for you, he betrayed his own family and Kris. He lost his own family. Is it really what you want to see?"

Betrayed his family...

Betrayed Kris...

Lost his family.

Were all these what she wanted to see?

She never expected that all these happened to Jason within half of the year.

She finally understood what Jason told her last time.

"I am trying to get you."

Scarlet’s heart was aching. It was so painful.

"Miss Yvette, please try to understand our feeling. His father and I are old enough. Jason is old enough. It is really the time for him to get married and have a baby. Otherwise, our family might have no inheritance anymore."

"If you can get pregnant, I can even accept the tube baby. After all, he loves you so much. He even threatened us with his life. But....you couldn’t do that. Right? So you could never be our daughter-in-law. I am sorry."

Grace sighed, trying to persuade Scarlet.