Chapter 169 Neither Gained
The game of love was tiring to play, may it be physically or emotionally. She was unsure how Nivea, who is in the center of the vortex, feels. Maybe someone is enjoying it! Joanna was going crazy. She had always regarded Alice as her biggest opponent and had always spared no effort to fight against Alice, but suddenly Nivea had also decided to join in! Neither she nor Alice had gained anything. Now that this woman appeared, she was reaping all the profits from their fight!
Janet didn't know what was going on between Nivea and Edward. Her relationship with Edward was no longer at the stage where they could easily convey their emotional matters. Knowing that Janet could not provide herself with this sort of information, Joanna put down the phone angrily.
Janet's face also sank. She always felt that Joanna had a bad attitude towards her during this period, so she hung up the phone on her today.
Alice walked back all the way and even went to the supermarket on the way. It had been a long time since she stepped out of the house, she was still a little weak.
Many passers-by were pointing at her along the way, and their conversation was almost the same. Alice smiled. Joanna had spent a lot of effort to deal with her that made her a little speechless.
Mistress, not sure who is the real mistress. But who cares? Alice doesn't care about it. The people who talk about it are not familiar with her. It's just a little inconvenient being obstructed by people's gesticulating while she shopped.
It was almost noon by the time she reached back home. The nanny had already prepared lunch, as before she didn't say anything to Alice. Alice was already used to this kind of treatment and didn't take it seriously.
She just didn't know if the two children are affected.
Albert and Rebecca came back earlier than usual, and Alice knew that the development of things might not be as optimistic as she thought.
"Mommy, what is a mistress?"
Rebecca started asking questions as soon as she walked in. Alice used to enjoy this process because the two children have always had their own ideas in certain aspects.
Therefore, in many matters, she was even not as good as her two children, they rarely need to ask her.
But now, Alice had only a bitter smile.
"My dears, tell mommy what you all have heard."
They used a small note to write what they wanted to say. Fortunately, the two children knew a lot of words so there are not many communication barriers. The two children looked at each other. They could be called little prodigy in many ways, but they are ultimately still children.
"I heard that Mommy is a mistress, and Daddy is involved in a marriage with Joanna", Albert was the older brother, so this kind of concluding remark usually comes from him.
"But Mummy, what is a mistress? Does Daddy have a marriage with Joanna?", Rebecca blinked innocently and asked.
Albert glanced at his sister. He was also very clear about the reason for her inquiry. It was nothing more than arousing his mommy's fighting spirit. But in his opinion, Mommy seemed to be had given up on Daddy more and more disheartened ever since the car accident caused her miscarriage. Daddy seemed to have misunderstood Mommy too. The two want to reconcile, but I'm afraid it would be harder than to ascend to heaven.
Sigh...Even if the two of them wanted to help, there was also a feeling of powerlessness.
"Albert, Rebecca, do you believe in Mommy?", the two children nodded firmly, and Alice's heart warmed. Even if the whole world is against her, if her two children are still there, she would have nothing to worry about. "Mommy will never do such immoral things. You have to trust Mommy."
The two children nodded their heads in a well-behaved manner. In their hearts, Mommy is the best person in the world, so she deserves the gentlest treatment. Alice's heart was warm.
"Mom, we don't want to go to kindergarten for some time."
Albert spoke, and Rebecca nodded
in agreement. It would be good too if they didn't go, there have been too many rumors recently. Although the two children are well-behaved and sensible, it is better to have lesser contact with this kind of thing.
Therefore, Alice did not object. Anyway, her two children are little prodigies, so it doesn't matter whether they go to kindergarten or not.
"Alice, are you okay?", several concerned calls had been answered today but Alice still smiled and asked Albert to say she's fine.
This call was made by Alice's friend Julie. Julie had always been in the same city as Alice and are close with each other.
Julie couldn't help but worry about Alice, so Alice simply asked her to come and see for herself.
The friends from that time all knew Edward and Alice's relationship for many years. Therefore, they would not misunderstand anything. They just felt that the entire public opinion orientation was very unfavorable for Alice, but Edward did not stand up to speak.
When Julie arrived, Alice and her two children were basking in the garden. The two children took turns to speak, and the three of them laughed at the same time. When Julie saw this scene from a distance, she felt relieved that the mother would be strong if she had two children to take care of.
But when she went closer, Julie felt distressed when she saw Alice's appearance.
Alice was still smiling but her face was pale and haggard. It seemed to be that Alice had aged by five years since it had been a while since she saw her.
It seemed that the smile was too
intense. Alice had to stop and breathe. At this moment, she saw Julie who walked over. She was still smiling, but the smile was not the same as bright as it used to be.
Julie didn't even dare to speak loudly anymore, in fear of shocking this weak person.
Alice was like a fragile porcelain doll. She sat on a chair, with indescribable fatigue and pain in her smile. Julie can't help but was on the verge of tears when she saw the state Alice was in.
"What are you looking at? You don't recognize me?", Alice smiled and as she greeted Julie and handed a piece of paper, the two children also politely greeted her.
"What's the matter with you? How did it become like this after a few days? Where's Edward?", as soon as the voice fell, Julie knew that she shouldn't have said it.
Why did it happen like this? It was all because of Edward. Edward has been covered in gossip headlines during this period, such as his all night of staying out, dating a beautiful doctor, and so on. Besides Edward, who else could hurt Alice like this.
Alice just kept on smiling.
"It's nothing, it's just that there was a small car accident some time ago, and I haven't recovered from it."
Small car accident...
Julie felt another pain in her heart as she watched Alice sadly touched her belly.
That small car accident must have taken away the child that Alice had been talking about some time back. Otherwise, why was there no bump after so long?☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐