Chapter 159:
“Blocking the mess?” Belinda’s look turned grim. “Lottie, how can you think that way about me, I didn’t mean it. You also know you’re my daughter-how could I be willing to let you protect Chris from disaster?”
“Really?” The smile on Charlotte’s lips was extremely bitter. Her hands under the table were tightly clasped, and her fingertips were digging into his skin, but the pain in her heart was much more than the pain in her hands.
“I clearly remember your original words…you said you couldn’t let them destroy the two daughters of the Wilson Family. Your youngest daughter, Christina, has always been the best dressed since she was a child, and has taken the best courses. I am your daughter too, but I am different. What I have to do is take care of her and give myself to her. I think I can do all this as a sister. This is what I have to do. But… I got divorced and went home. You didn’t care about me at all, and you forced me to marry into the Moore Family instead of her. At the time, you knew that the person I was going to marry was disabled. You couldn’t stand Christina marrying an invalid, so you asked me to stand in for her.”
The look on Belinda’s face began to get nervous, and she explained, “It’s not just business as usual. Don’t you have a good life now? The company you work for is so big, plus you live in such a big house. You have money to drink coffee here-what’s not satisfying you?”
Charlotte wiped away her tears, “Mom, if you had known the situation, wouldn’t you have let me get married?”
“Of course…don’t say anything about this. Anyway, you’re doing well now! Aren’t you, why do you have to worry about the past?”
Belinda became impatient, especially seeing Charlotte’s red eyes, she felt annoyed and could only say coldly, “Anyway, I’m here to tell you this today. Give me a hundred thousand dollars.” Charlotte did not speak.
“I tell you, your sister has already learned for a long time. If she doesn’t keep learning now, her future will be ruined. You are her older sister, AND you should have consideration for your sister!”
Charlotte looked at her firmly and asked suddenly.
“Mother, am I really your biological daughter?”
After hearing her, Belinda looked at her suspiciously and looked at Charlotte in disbelief.
“How can you say such a thing? I raised you, but you? You doubt me!”
“If Christina and I are your biological daughters, then why… you haven’t treated me as well as her since I was a child. Mom, I’m a normal person too and I have feelings.”
Belinda was so angry that she covered her chest. She gasped with a pale face, “Well, my good daughter. You have really started to question me, your mother…okay, okay…now you are arrogant. Well, me, I, I’m leaving.”
With that, Belinda got up and wanted to leave, but she was breathing hard and pulled back.
“Mom!” Charlotte startled and quickly got up to support her.
Belinda pretended to push her weakly, “You idiot. Let go of me, I want to get out of here…you’re a big girl. You have a family and you want to leave your old mother. I shouldn’t stay in this world…”
Belinda whined and even cried. The noise made a lot of people look at her and start whispering.
The waiter came over, “Ma’am, please be quiet, can I know what happened, is there anything we can do to help?”
Charlotte knew this was a high-end coffee shop. Belinda made a big impact by being a mess here. When asked in public in this way, Charlotte immediately blushed. She apologized in embarrassment, “I’m sorry, I took it right away.”
She then hugged Belinda and wanted to leave, “Mom, I’ll get you out of here first.”
“I’m not leaving!”
Belinda sat straight down on the floor like a harpy and scolded her, “Now they’ve all grown up. I’ve worked so hard to make them grow – that’s how I get paid! Have you ever thought of me as your mother?”.
Belinda’s style was strange anywhere, let alone in this high-end coffee shop.
Charlotte felt embarrassed and didn’t want to be embarrassed here anymore, so she could only step forward to help her.
“I’ll give you anything you want, but first you have to get out of here with me.”
Hearing that, Belinda’s eyes lit up, “Really?”
“Yes, get up first.”
At that moment, Belinda didn’t resist any longer. She walked out of the cafeteria with Charlotte’s support.
Charlotte could feel the contempt in the waiter’s eyes as they walked out.
They stood in the crowded street, Charlotte looked calm, but Belinda was anxious, “Lottie, are you really willing to give me the money? How much can you give me? You’d better give me more. Recently, my life is not so good. You…”
“Mother,” Charlotte interrupted her and whispered, “What if I say I don’t have any money?”
She owed money to the company now-how could she have money left over to lend Belinda?
Hearing this, Belinda immediately frowned and said coldly, “What do you mean? You just said you can give me money at the coffee shop, now you’re going back on your words?”. After speaking, she realized that her attitude was too aggressive, so she quickly changed her tone and said, “Lottie, I don’t want to exploit you. When you were with Aldrich, Aldrich had no money, and I didn’t borrow money from you, did I? But now things are different. Now you live a rich life. You can’t live a good life on your own and let us suffer, can you? Lottie, I only need a hundred thousand dollars. If you have a lot of money, you can give me a hundred and fifty thousand.”
Charlotte, “…Only a hundred thousand dollars? A hundred and fifty thousand is better?”
Belinda didn’t understand the meaning of her words. She thought it wasn’t a lot of money for Charlotte, and she still had a smug look on her face.
“Yes, isn’t it a lot? It’s just a little for you. So, Lottie, if you think it’s a little, you can give me a little more. Mom and Dad will thank you.”
“Well…” Charlotte’s smile and look were very bitter, “Yes, as long as I give you 100,000 or 150,000, the family will thank me.”
Belinda nodded vigorously, “Yes.”
“But I don’t have any money. Mother, if I could, I’d like to help you, but what if I don’t have any money, what do you want me to do?”
At last Charlotte came to scream. Her sudden outburst caused Belinda’s eyes to widen in surprise.
“Do you really think I have a good life marrying into the Moore Family? Have you worried about me this month? When I went home, you didn’t ask me if I was living well. Now, when you meet me, you just ask me for money. Mom… I give you my life, okay?”
Belinda’s eyes widened and she covered her chest in disbelief.
“Stop acting, I’m serious. I only have my life now. If you think my life is valuable, maybe… you can take it.”
