Chapter 431

Stella adopted Zachary when he was a baby. Without her, the Zachary I know would not exist. That was why I was somewhat thankful to her. I was grateful she brought Zachary to my side. She suddenly raised her hand and touched my cheeks. Her fingers were ice-cold, the same as Zachary’s, but the feeling they carried was different. Although Zachary’s palms were usually cold, I never felt fear from his touch. Whereas her fingers were like a venomous snake to the touch. I quickly retreated a step backward and heard her ask, “Are you afraid of me?” I calmly said, “I don’t like others touching me.” “Hmph, vain.” She moved to hand to the mourning scarf on her arm instead. Her voice remained calm. “Thanks to you, one of Zachary’s mothers have already died. If you want to see him lose another mother, you can continue to pester him and see!” She dared to use such severe demands to threaten me! I clenched my fists tightly and remained calm while I looked at her. “Zachary respects you because you are his mother. However, now that you killed his other mother, you already wore out his respect and patience for you. If you continue to treat him like this… Are you not afraid that he would sever his ties with you? Moreover, I would not leave alone Zachary just because you threatened me! Zachary isn’t a man at the mercy of others.” Zachary’s mother said fearlessly, “It’s just death. We’ll see who is more ruthless than the other. If Zachary doesn’t care about his two mothers, consider that my loss.” The woman in front of me did not fear death at all. She only cared about her hatred for me. She was very troublesome. She did not care about anything other than her own agenda. Not only that, she was still Zachary’s mother and my biological father’s legal wife. How could I deal with her? I pursed my lips lightly as I felt melancholy. “I’m not quite sure why you hate me so much. If it was only because of my biological mother...” When I mentioned my biological mother, her expression changed. I continued, “If you hate me because of her, then you are really a failure and low person. Just because my father loved her, you were so bothered and never forgave my father since then, and even tortured his daughter! “Then again, I should give my thanks to you since you arranged the first half of my life. You gave me the Shaw family, and you never let me stay in the Schick family. You indirectly gave me a perfect childhood!” I inched closer to her and continue to prick her heart brutally. “Your life is such a waste and a complete failure. You never got the love you desired, and let your sister become the honorable Madam in the Schick family in your place! You? You are just like a sewer rat who lived in the dark corner, calculating every single step you take!” I never thought there would be a day I would provoke her with such savage words. However, I could not endure it when I recall my parents from the Shaw family. They had to live in secret for a whole nine years without a choice. Moreover, she was the one who forced Zachary’s other mother to die. She was simply inhumane! How could such an inhumane person like her be Zachary’s mother? As Zachary’s mother, she was not worthy at all. At that point, there was no more than few centimeters between us. She suddenly pushed me away and refuted in a vicious tone, “Shut up!” I took a step back to regain my stability and stood still. She laughed wildly with her red eyes and exclaimed, “Right, I am a failure, I don’t get what I desired, so what? I’m simply vengeful, and I will never allow you to be with my son Zach!” She suddenly ran towards me and slapped my face without warning. I was stunned. I heard her continued, “Unless I die! After I die, let Zach live with guilty together with you, alright?” I only had one question in my mind. Should I return the slap to her? Although, she was Zachary’s mother… I decided to endure it. I shut my eyes and said, “Stella, Zachary is indeed your son, but please respect him! If you continue to be so stubborn, I believe Zachary would no longer bear with you. Keep that in mind.” Some people really thought too much of themselves. It was as if Zachary was in her control all the while. I was so sure because Zachary said it too. It was not his fault nor mine. It was all because of the old woman who purposely stirred the entire mess up! I turned away and wanted to leave. She suddenly called out to me. “Zachary has so many women that surrounded him, but he only fell for you. Do you know why? Caroline, perhaps he doesn’t love you as much as you thought.”