I'm the Obsession of My Cold-Hearted Ex novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17 The Stepmother’s True Nature.

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“I won’t do it.” Ellis said, pursing her lips. “Victoria and I were kidnapped together. When the kidnappers asked Easton for 500 million to ransom me, he wasn’t willing to pay. But when they asked for 1 billion for Victoria, he didn’t hesitate for even a second. Why should I stay with him?”

Emma’s face darkened again as she grasped the deeper meaning behind Ellis’s words. “You asked for a divorce because of this?”

“Auntic, don’t you get it? He doesn’t love me. He loves Victoria! I don’t want to stay with someone who doesn’t love me. I want a divorce!” Unable to come up with a more palatable excuse, Ellis decided it was best to tell the truth.

“You’re already Mrs. Hudson, so why does it matter whether Easton loves you or not? What good will that do? Be smart, will you? Hold on to your position as his wife, manage his assets, and keep the money in your hands, Have a child to secure your future! Who cares who he loves?”

Ellis simply couldn’t believe her own stepmother would even say such a thing.

Before their marriage, Emma had encouraged Ellis by telling her that it didn’t matter if Easton didn’t love her at the moment, because in time, he would definitely come to see her value and fall in love with her, and they would grow old together.

“Don’t be foolish, do you hear me?” Emma, desperate to preserve their luxurious lifestyle, insisted that Ellis remain firmly in her role as Mrs. Hudson. “If you divorce Easton, our standard of living will take a massive hit.

So just for the sake of our lifestyle, I have to stay with….

“Why won’t you listen?” Emma interrupted, her frustration boiling over. “Who cares about love? Even if Easton brings Victoria into your home, you’ll have to endure it.”

Emma was the least capable of the second generation of the Hudson family. Every business she managed either went bankrupt or suffered severe losses. Ever since Scott Hudson handed control of the company over to Easton, Emma was left to live on a fixed monthly allowance from the family trust fund.

That small sum wasn’t even enough to cover a few rounds of her top–tier beauty treatments.

With her stepdaughter married to Easton, Emma had enjoyed a dramatic rise in status. Not only was she Easton’s aunt, but she also became his mother–in–law. She was grateful Ellis had fallen for Easton and even more grateful that Ellis had won him over. So when Ellis spoke of grand and unrealistic ideas like love. Emma had no patience for it.

To Emma, money was the most tangible and reliable thing. Love was irrelevant.

If Ellis were to lose her wealth and give up her comfortable, pampered lifestyle in pursuit of her idea of love, Emma would be the first in line to oppose her decision and would try to snap her back to reality.