Chapter 2

I was about to open my mouth to make up some excuse to get by, when Olivia's mother stepped forward and slapped me.

"Why are you pretending to be innocent? Walking around with that dead expression all day, acting like you're so wronged!"

"No wonder Olivia doesn't like coming home, having to see your face every day!"

Looking at Olivia's mother's aggressive face, I really wanted to lay everything out in the open.

But the words were on the tip of my tongue and I couldn't say them. My parents were old and in poor health, they couldn't handle the shock. And these past two days were my son's funeral, I didn't want to make the scene too ugly.

Seeing my silence, Olivia's mother continued:

"Hmph! Can't say anything, can you? Useless man, it's obvious your family must have bullied my daughter a lot, that's why she doesn't dare come home!"

Then she turned to complain angrily to Olivia's father:

"This is the good marriage you talked about! I was against it from the beginning, but you insisted on letting Olivia marry this kind of useless man! Now look what's happened, our daughter is missing!"

Olivia's father really couldn't stand her unreasonable nagging anymore and shouted at her in a low voice.

"Enough! Olivia is a grown woman, how could she just disappear? Her own son has died and she doesn't even come, yet you have the nerve to yell at Jack! I think Olivia is clearly in the wrong here."

Seeing that her husband wasn't taking her side, Olivia's mother was in an even worse mood.

She looked at our sad and solemn faces, feeling angry. She took out her phone on the spot and said defiantly:

"You cold-blooded people, if you won't look for my daughter, I'll do it myself!"

She quickly dialed Olivia's number and put it on speaker.

After two rings, Olivia picked up the phone.

"Mom? What's wrong, why are you calling me?"

Hearing the familiar voice, I smiled sarcastically.

She doesn't answer any of my calls, but picks up immediately when her mom calls.

"Olivia, what are you doing? Why aren't you coming home?" Olivia's mother asked.

Facing her mother, Olivia lied more naturally.

"I'm busy working overtime. The company has a lot going on these days."

Olivia's mother breathed a sigh of relief and turned to glare at me fiercely.

"That's fine then. Jack said he didn't know what you were doing. His attitude really made me angry."

Not realizing she was on speaker, Olivia complained about me without hesitation.

"Don't mind him, Mom. He's just a big man who likes to be petty."

"He always tells others bad things about me, acting like he's so wronged."

Knowing Olivia was safe, her mother hung up the phone, satisfied.

Then she looked at my parents smugly.

"Did you hear that? My daughter is busy working. For the sake of this family, she can't even come to her son's funeral. Yet you people keep badmouthing her all day! Your whole family is rotten to the core!"

Seeing Olivia's mother's attitude, my parents couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to argue properly.

I held them back, clenching my fists tightly.

I grabbed Olivia's mother's phone, wanting to call Olivia back and ask her why, during the days when our son was suffering the most, she was in bed with another man!

Olivia's mother slapped me again.

"What are you going crazy for? You useless waste! No skills but such a bad temper!"

"You can't earn money yourself, so don't disturb my daughter's work!"

Before we got married, Olivia had said she wanted me to be a full-time stay-at-home husband to take care of her. I agreed, and while managing household affairs, I also wrote novels online and accumulated a certain fan base.

In the end, our son's illness became too serious, so I put everything down to fully take care of him.

"Once the funeral is over, I'm going to tell Olivia to divorce a useless man like you right away!"

"Fine! Let's divorce, I've long wanted to end this!"

Olivia's father looked at the time and pulled his wife back, warning her:

"Can you say a few less words? Today is Tommy's burial day. As his grandmother, just behave yourself!"

After saying that, he looked at me apologetically.

"Jack, let's go. Don't delay Tommy's time to rest in peace."

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