Chapter 9. Is Malic lying?

Axton roughly pushed Angelina's body into his car. Angelina fell a little but immediately corrected her sitting position. Although she didn't understand what she had done wrong, she wondered why Axton was so angry with her.

Seeing the commotion, Malic ran over. "Great lord Axton, do you need help?"

"You stay here and take care of Mrs. Moreen!"

"Yes, great lord." Malic bowed slightly towards Axton.

After that, Axton got into his car, sitting in the driver's seat next to Angelina. Shortly after, the car drove away, leaving Malic still standing in the parking lot.

Axton's handsome face looked fierce, with the veins on his forehead protruding slightly, indicating that the man was furious.

"What did I do wrong, Axton? Why are you being rude to me?"

"Your fault for daring to deceive me!"

"You showed favoritism! You bought Moreen a gift, while you always hurt me!"

"Shut up! Or I'll throw your body into the street!" snapped Axton, looking to the side for a few seconds, his eyes wide.

Angelina jumped in shock. She dared not speak again, already knowing where Axton would take her as he drove along the highway to the Almero residence.

Arriving at the Almero residence, Axton pulled Angelina roughly out of the car. This time, Angelina rebelled, she immediately swung her hand from Axton's grip.

"I can walk by myself!" said Angelina.

"Every day you make me angry, Angelina!" Axton walked ahead of his wife.

They were already standing in the living room area when suddenly Evelyn appeared from the direction of the kitchen hallway, walking towards her son and daughter-in-law.

"Axton, why is Angelina here?" Evelyn asked, surprised that Angelina had been released from punishment. "Then... why are you home from work already?"

"She came to the office and messed up the surprise event I made for Moreen, Mommy! Looks like she's really tired of life!"

"What?! How dare he do that!"

Evelyn's eyes widened. She could not accept Angelina, who had never given peace to the Almero family.

"I didn't do anything, Mommy! Why do you keep accusing me, Axton?" Angelina had to defend herself. She felt strange, why was she always blamed?

"Angelina, I've had enough of your behavior!" Evelyn didn't want to listen to all the words of her daughter-in-law who was getting more and more fed up.

Suddenly, the main door opened, and Moreen came in a car driven by Malic. The woman immediately rushed to hug Evelyn.

"Mommy, Angelina is always mean to me," Moreen said through tears. "Even though I wanted to give her a chance and forgive all her mistakes yesterday, I was willing to force Axton to release her from punishment."

Moreen's crying voice broke, as if his grief was too deep. Or... he was just getting into the role.

Things got even more complicated when Moreen acted as if he was Angelina's savior angel.

"What do you really want, Angelina? You're not content to bother Moreen. If Axton doesn't love you anymore, it's not Moreen's fault. You'd better look in the mirror!"

"Mommy, I really didn't do anything! I don't understand why everyone is blaming me, and I didn't know the office was holding an event!"

The more Angelina spoke the truth, the more obvious her guilt became to Evelyn and Axton.

"She's lying, Mommy!" said Moreen, turning to where Angelina stood. She released her embrace. "So, what did you come to the office for? Did you intentionally want to mess up my event?"

"I came to the office at my husband's request." Indeed, that was the information Angelina got from Malic. Could Malic be lying to her?

"Axton!" Evelyn's voice boomed as she threw an angry glare at her son.

"Don't talk out of turn, Angelina! I never asked you to come to the office!"

Angelina was really distressed by this situation. What was she supposed to do?

"But... Malic...."

"What are you going to say? You keep accusing everyone here!" Evelyn interrupted Angelina's unfinished conversation. She was too tired to listen to her daughter-in-law's lies.

"Come on, my dear daughter-in-law. You'd better get some rest. You don't need to care about the behavior of that stupid woman. You need to be healthy so that your womb is fine."

Evelyn wiped Moreen's tears from both cheeks. After that, she led Moreen up the stairs to the room.

Now there was only Axton and Angelina there. They both looked at each other without speaking.

Angelina still hoped that her husband would listen and believe what she said.

"Axton, I ...."

"Stop it! You don't need to talk anymore! No one will believe a fraud like you, including me!"

Axton immediately left Angelina's presence, walking quickly out of the house to return to the office because there was still a lot of work to be done.

Angelina's tears fell uncontrollably from her eyelids, which she had been holding back. She let out a long breath, trying to ease the tightness in her chest that was getting heavier.

If everyone in the world no longer believed in her, she felt no problem. But if Axton, her husband, didn't trust her, how could Angelina continue to live?

Why did luck always favor the cheap woman?

"Mrs. Angelina, you're finally back," Amey said as she walked quickly towards her mistress, happily welcoming Angelina's arrival.

Angelina immediately wiped her tears with her bare hands, she didn't want Amey to know that she had been crying.

"Silda, hurry up and get a glass of water for Mrs. Angelina," Amey said, raising her voice. Silda was just about to join them, but she turned around and went to the kitchen.

"Madam, you're thin." Amey looked concerned.

"I'm fine, Amey," Angelina smiled firmly.

"I... May I hug you, ma'am?" Amey felt that the strong woman needed a warm hug.

Instantly, Angelina's eyes moistened, and she immediately hugged Amey.

"I don't believe Mrs. Angelina committed a crime. I've known you for a long time, and you are a very good person," Amey said.

Angelina immediately released her embrace. She looked at Amey with sadness; right now, she could not pretend to be a strong woman.

"Thank you, Amey," Angelina smiled sincerely.

"Mrs. Angelina, come with me; I have something to show you." Amey led Angelina to the back room.