Chapter 3

"Aubrey, what took you so long!" Seeing me, Jackson frowned, his tone filled with impatience.

I ignored him and looked at the diamond necklace around Madison's neck. I had seen it before, in the drawer of Jackson's study.

I thought it was a surprise Jackson had prepared for me and was happy for a long time. It turned out I was deluding myself.

It was never meant for me.

I was so sad as if a huge hand was tightly gripping my heart, suffocating me!

"Enough! What are you waiting for? Hurry up and take out the money!" Jackson's voice rang out, only then bringing me back to my senses.

"What exactly happened? Why do you need so much money!" I asked as I unzipped my bag.

"It's nothing, Aubrey." Madison looked at me, smiling from the hospital bed. "I just want an eyebrow lift, and Jackson insisted on paying for the surgery."

At this, I paused and looked at Madison in disbelief and then at Jackson. "Eyebrow lift surgery?"

"Yes, I feel like my eyebrows are drooping..." Madison went on and on, and my face grew paler and paler.

Last night, Jackson flew into a rage at me for spending two dollars, but today, he could so generously take out 10 thousand dollars.

It turned out the difference between loving someone and not was really obvious. I was utterly disappointed!

I silently zipped the bag back up halfway. Jackson's eyes widened in surprise at this. "What are you doing?"

"Are you really going to use my salary for your lover's surgery?" I looked at Jackson and said coldly.

At this, Jackson's face immediately darkened.

Madison saw this and raised an eyebrow. "Jackson, if Aubrey is unwilling, then forget it.

"But I'm a little curious. How could you let Aubrey, a rural woman, control the finances in your family?"

My eyes turned cold. "What's wrong with being a rural woman?

"Without farmers, where would the food you eat come from?"

At this, Madison looked at Jackson, her eyes instantly reddening, and she looked quite aggrieved. "Jackson, Aubrey is angry. Should I apologize to her?"

"No need!" Jackson glared at me viciously. "Was Madison wrong?

"Aren't you a rural woman?

"Look at how you dress, worse than a beggar on the street.

"Always embarrassing me!"

At this, my nose soured, and my eyes turned red. "Jackson, what did you say?

"Since being with you, I haven't even bought a single new piece of clothing!

"Everything I wear is old clothes others don't want!"

"You deserve it!" Jackson said impatiently. "Have you looked at yourself, and you still want to learn from others and wear new clothes!"

At this, I froze in place. So this was my place in Jackson's heart.

"Alright, give me the money!"

With that, Jackson reached to grab my bag.

At that, I quickly held the bag tightly to my chest. Jackson instantly flew into a rage. "Aubrey, do you want to die?

"How blind was I back then to marry someone like you!

"Give me the money!"

"No!" My eyes were red, and I gripped the bag tightly with both hands.

Jackson saw this and spat, cursing, "Aubrey, you're just as tightfisted as your dead mother!"

"Shut up! Don't talk about my mother!" I shouted, shaking uncontrollably from extreme anger.

"What? Did I say something wrong?

"Back then, I just wanted her to give a few pieces of furniture as a wedding gift, and you saw how difficult she made it! As if I was asking for her life!

"Good thing she died early. Otherwise, who knows how much alimony she'd be trying to swindle from me now!"

At this, my eyes turned bloodshot. Unable to restrain the resentment in my heart any longer, I fiercely slapped Jackson across the face.