After Rebirth: Letting My Daughter Near the Wicked Stepmother

After going back to the company, I put my cell phone on silent mode so that I wouldn't be disturbed.

Only after I finished my work did I realize that I had missed many calls.

It was Jack who was calling me.

Seeing that I didn't answer the call, he bombarded me on WhatsApp.

It was always the same words.

He questioned why I didn't take care of the child and the family, and what I was busy with every day.

I was so angry.

As a man, he could focus only on his work. As a woman, I had to take care of both the family and my work.

Just as I was about to reply, Jack's voice call came in.

I picked up the call and hadn't said anything yet. Jack started yelling.

"Alice Liam, you never stop, do you? You don't cook. You don't come home. Do you want to do whatever you want? Mom caught the flu. Come back home to take care of her!"

Considering that I was at the company, I patiently explained to him.

"Jack, I'm at work. I'm busy right now. Mom caught the flu. You should take her to see a doctor. There's no use for me to go back."

Unexpectedly, Jack got angry.

"Alice Liam, don't you have any shame? What can you do with the little money you earn from work? Your task is to take care of the children and the elderly. I told you that Mom caught the flu, and you reacted like this. Don't you want to continue our marriage?"

"Yes, ever since Sarah started to go to school, I started working again. I don't earn as much money as before."

"Even so, my monthly income is used to cover the expenses of this household."

"Unlike Jack. He earns quite a bit, but he has never contributed a penny to this family. He dares to complain that I earn too little."

Thinking of this, I hung up the call directly. I was too lazy to listen to him babbling.

I didn't expect Jack to be persistent. After I hung up his call, he immediately called back.

"Alice Liam, what do you mean? If you don't come back now, do you believe that I will kick you out?"

"Jack finally said it. He wants to divorce me."

"Finally, this day has come."

When I finished work and went home at night, it was past 11 p.m.

As soon as I arrived downstairs in the community, I saw Jack and the pregnant Kate cuddling downstairs.

Jack gently touched Kate's belly. Kate leaned on Jack's shoulder, looking affectionate.

It was probably too quiet as it was late at night. My footsteps startled this couple when I walked.

At the sight of me, Kate was stunned at first. Then she wanted to escape from Jack's embrace.

Unexpectedly, she was pressed back into his arms by Jack.

He glanced at me and said in a strange tone, "Some people overestimate their status in my family and want to control me. This family is the same with or without her."

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Jack's eyes were full of disdain and disgust. Seeing him like this, I was momentarily confused.

"Why did I fall for Jack in the first place?"

"How come I loved him so much that I disregarded the opposition of my family and the cunning Linda? How come I resolutely wanted to be with him?"

"Could it be that I was cursed?"

"Thinking back to the time when I was young, I was such a love-struck fool. I only consider whether I like someone, ignoring their character and sense of responsibility."

"I gave my all to Jack and Sarah, but in the end, they hated me as if I were their enemies."

"The tragic ending of my previous life is the way I paid the price for my negligence when I was young."

Kate was leaning in Jack's arms with a proud look.

I didn't say anything. I quietly went upstairs.

I was afraid of degrading myself by arguing with them.

After taking a shower and lying on the bed, I received a message about renewing Linda's beauty membership card.

When we just got married, I wanted to please Linda and unite this family.

I spent two months of my salary to get Linda a beauty membership card. I gave her a monthly allowance.

"In that case, I will put an end to everything."

"Don't they say that I don't care about my family?"

"I want to see how well this family can live without me, an outsider."