His Domineering Lover

The more lenient Aleigha appeared, the more guilty Dustin was.

He knew Aleigha was a good girl but had been indifferent to her all these years because of her mother.

He gradually realized that her mother had brought her up well.

On the contrary, Emilia was spoiled by her parents and become a brainless spendthrift.

"How could I forgive you after all that you've done?"

A shadow of sorrow flashed across Dustin's face before he held Aleigha's hand and left.

Emilia bit her lip and watched them with resentment.

"Emilia, get up."

Lainey walked to Emilia in a trance, trying to pull her up.

"Don't touch me! All you and father know is yourselves. You're so selfish!"

Emilia swung her hand off, crouching over the floor and crying.

Lainey was surprised. Her daughter on whom she had lavished all her attention and love thought she was selfish.

All the hardships that she had gone through for her were meaningless in her eyes?

Lainey was so aggrieved that she started to sob sadly.

Being scolded by his father, Marcos felt very frustrated.

But instead of self-reflection, he blamed it all on Aleigha.

"Enough. You're so embarrassing." Marcos yelled at his wife and daughter.

"It's all your fault. You're a loser. If you were more able and resolute, we wouldn't have wind up like this."

Lainey growled.

She had been unsatisfied with Marcos for many years.

"I said enough!"

Marcos went ballistic and slapped Lainey on her face in a fit of anger.

Lainey felt dizzy and her cheek was tingling with numbness.

"Are you crazy? Why did you hit mom?" Emilia jumped up and cuddled Lainey, glaring at Marcos.

Lainey shouldn't have called him a loser. She knew he hated nothing more than that.

"I've been good enough to you. All you have is given by me."

"How dare you talk to me like that? If you say that again, Lainey, you'll no longer be a part of the Gardner family."

Marcos's voice was vehement.

Lainey didn't retort and cried silently.

Emilia cried with her mother.

Hatred was full to the brim of her heart. Her family had been perfect until Aleigha appeared.

Aleigha followed Dustin to his study. To her surprise, Dustin took out an extremely exquisite box from a drawer.

"Take a look."

Aleigha took the box with curiosity. It felt cool, only the size of a palm, but very delicate.

The box was embedded with shining diamonds. Aleigha opened it carefully and saw a radiant ring.

The diamond on it was very staggeringly big.

"Well?"

Aleigha was confused.

"Your wedding gift from the Xiao family."

It made sense now.

"Grandpa, why are you giving me this now?" Aleigha asked bemusedly.

Dustin sighed and said, "I owe you too much. I want to hear your opinion on your marriage with the Xiao Family." Just now, it had suddenly dawned on Dustin that maybe he shouldn't trade Aleigha with the future of the family.

And he began to reflect on the reasons why he had no one to rely on at such an old age.

"I want to focus on school first."

If she could, Aleigha didn't want to see Adrian again.

But she needed the franchise for his products to make a living.

She must be strong herself to awe those people.

After today, Emilia and Lainey would definitely cause more trouble for her.

"Okay. You're still young for marriage. There's something else I want to give you."

Dustin took out another emerald round box from the drawer.

Aleigha's eyes lit up all of a sudden. She recognized this box. It was her grandmother's personal belongings.

"Your grandmother wanted you to have it." Thinking of the kind old woman, Aleigha's eyes instantly became watery. Her grandmother had been very good to her.

She had played with her a lot and there had always been a smile on her face. But after Aleigha left at the age of seven, she had never met her again.

Sometimes Aleigha dreamed of her.

There was also a ring in the box. Compared with the ring from the Xiao family, this ring was very ordinary.

It was made of emerald and carved with ingenuity.

It was her grandmother's dowry that should have been bequeathed to her aunts.

"Her death was so sudden that we didn't have time to bring you back."

Aleigha knew it was just an excuse. They could have informed her and her mother to take part in the funeral.

She had suffered a lot in the countryside.

Being badly treated by her aunt and bullied by her sister, she counted the days until she could go back to the Gardner family. However, the family she had been longing to come back to had been just another hell.

"I will take it."

Aleigha said quietly.

"Would you keep the ring from the Xiao family for me?" She asked.

Dustin nodded.

"Go. I want some time alone."

As if he suddenly thought of something, Dustin looked upset and settled himself in the chair.