Chapter 31. Comfort and Home

The next day, she was struggling to stay at home after what happened last night. Thinking that Priscilla initiated the visit of her mother-in-law and Ashley, who caused another fiasco, Michelle could hardly look at the housekeeper without getting angry.

Sighing, she recalled the insulting words she received from Selene Steinfield and how she bribed her for money to divorce and stay away from Ethan. Michelle could not seem to understand why the woman had some anger raging inside her head. She doubted that Selene would ever accept her during the three-year contract she signed with Ethan.

For most of her life, she received many insults from people who didn’t really know her. She got used to it, and learned how to handle it the best way she could. However, the insults hit differently now that they came from her in-laws. Even though her marriage was far from being real, a small part of her was disappointed. She hoped they would become her second family, but she realized she w