He Watched Me Shine Without Him novel Chapter 113

Vivian had just gone through the traumatic experience of childbirth and was still deeply scarred by it. Hearing those words now, her face immediately went pale. She looked helplessly toward her mother.

Vivian’s mother scowled and snapped, "Madam Samantha, does your family have a throne to inherit? Or millions in assets waiting to be passed down? Your household is so poor you can’t even afford a pack of diapers for this baby, and you’ve got the nerve to ask my daughter to have another one? You think being a grandmother is just for show?"

Samantha chuckled awkwardly and said, "Madam Grace, the government policy allows three children now. I’m not asking Vivian to have three—just two. It’s good for the child to have a sibling, don’t you think?"

Grace asked, "And what if the next one is another girl?"

Samantha exclaimed excitedly, "Then have another!"

Vivian’s mother’s face darkened. But she wasn’t one to back down either. She snapped back, "Madam Samantha, since you’re here, perfect. Go settle the hospital bill."

Samantha grinned and said, "Sure, I’ll pay."

Vivian’s mother handed her the payment slip. Samantha looked at all the zeroes and immediately acted as if she were holding a hot potato. She tossed the slip aside and said, "Why does it cost so much to have a baby? A few thousand dollars?"

She glanced at the luxurious hospital room and said, "You don’t need to stay in a room this fancy just to give birth, right?"

Vivian’s mother was furious as she said, "You’re unbelievable. My daughter is still in her postpartum confinement period—she needs to stay happy and relaxed. Why did you come here just to upset her?"

Samantha retorted, "I didn’t upset her. It’s you all upsetting me! I want a grandson, but you won’t give me one. Who’s upsetting whom, really?"

Vivian was so upset that she began to cry.

Her mother glared at Ethan and bluntly ordered, "Ethan, get your mother out of here!"

Normally, Vivian’s mother bossed Ethan around, and he’d just swallow his anger. But she forgot that Samantha was Ethan’s actual mom.

As a classic mama’s boy, when torn between his mother and his mother-in-law, Ethan chose his mother without hesitation. He finally mustered the courage to push back against his mother-in-law and said, "Madam Grace, she’s my mother. She came to visit the baby with good intentions—what right do you have to kick her out?"

Vivian’s mother was stunned that Ethan dared to rebel. She put her hands on her hips and said, "I’m your wife’s mother! Your child’s grandmother! I worked my fingers to the bone to help you buy a house and gave you a place to live and eat for free..."

Ethan immediately deflated.

Seeing her once-proud son shrivel under the scolding of Grace, Samantha refused to back down and said, "Hey! If you don’t like my son, we’ll just leave. Why are you yelling at him like that?"

She grabbed Ethan and started dragging him away, saying, "Come on, son, let’s go."

Ethan looked back at Vivian, hoping she’d plead with her mother or say something to smooth things over. But Vivian looked at him with sheer disappointment and turned her face away.

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