Chapter 4

After leaving the Lakeside Villa, I returned to the apartment near my company.

As soon as I entered the door, I received a call from my mother.

She asked how the divorce proceedings went today.

I said it didn't go through.

"It didn't? Why?" Mother asked, puzzled. "Is it because Jack disagreed, or did Annie make a scene again?"

"Neither. I want to draft a new divorce agreement," I said.

Mother hesitated, "You're not planning to give up the company to get custody of Annie, are you?"

She sighed, "It's not that I don't like Annie, but she's all for the Jiang family. It's not good to force her to stay with you."

In my previous life, mother had said similar things.

After seeing me sacrifice my own interests for Annie time and time again, she pointed at my nose and scolded me.

She said I must have been hit on the head, giving away the fortune my father had earned in his lifetime to others for an ungrateful brat.

She had disagreed when I married Jack, who was from a different social class.

Later, when I almost gave away the company for Annie's sake, she was even angrier.

She demanded more than once that I send Annie back.

"If you want a child, you can have another one."

"If you don't want to have one yourself, you can adopt. Annie has already been spoiled by the Jiang family and can't be changed."

Back then, I couldn't listen to her advice at all.

Now, even without my mother's persuasion, I've come to my senses.

I explained, "No, the previous agreement wasn't drafted well."

"In the new agreement, I want Jack to leave with nothing."

Mother was stunned for a moment, then tentatively asked, "What if Annie disagrees?"

I snorted coldly, "If she disagrees, she can go back to the Jiang family."

In this new life, I want to cherish those who are worth cherishing.

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