After Divorce I Married a Tycoon-Chapter 35: Mrs. Sinclair’s Plot

Mrs. Sinclair stared at Claire Mercer for a long moment before asking with a displeased expression.

"Is love really that important to you?"

"Do you have any idea how many people want to marry into our Sinclair Family?"

"How many people are desperate to climb their way into a connection with us?"

"Now that you are Young Madam Sinclair, you can’t spend all day thinking about love and romance."

"People change."

"Even if Gavin loves you now, can you guarantee he’ll love you for a lifetime?"

"So you should be thinking about how to secure your position as Young Madam Sinclair."

"Besides, it’s perfectly normal for a man to have a confidante or two on the side."

"As long as they don’t threaten your position as the main wife, what’s the harm in turning a blind eye?"

Hearing this, Claire Mercer let out an almost inaudible scoff.

’I knew it. These wealthy, powerful families always turn a blind eye to their men having lovers and mistresses on the side.’

’To them, a man keeping a mistress is as common as eating a meal.’

Before she married Gavin Sinclair, she knew he didn’t love her.

But back then, aside from wanting to escape the Mercer Family as quickly as possible, she had also naively fantasized...

...that the bright, youthful boy might be moved by her genuine affection.

’I never imagined that after pouring my heart and soul into him, doing everything I could... ’

’...he would be so heartless to me.’

He could choose not to love her, but he should at least respect her.

But Gavin Sinclair hadn’t just disrespected her; he had trampled on her dignity and humiliated her.

That was something she could not accept.

"Grandma, do you want Gavin Sinclair’s firstborn son to be an illegitimate child that everyone looks down on?"

Mrs. Sinclair said, "So what you need to do now is not cause a scene about divorce."

"Instead, you should get pregnant with Gavin’s child as soon as possible to secure your position."

"An illegitimate child born outside the family can never surpass your child, understand?"

Mrs. Sinclair’s words made Claire Mercer feel suffocated.

"But this isn’t the life I want. Everyone has different aspirations in life."

"I just want a simple, quiet life, not one where I have to fight with a flock of women for a man’s affection and the family fortune."

"And then I’ll have to guard against those illegitimate children trying to harm my own child in a fight for the inheritance."

’She had seen too much of the bloody turmoil in wealthy families.’ 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

’They fought to the death over the family inheritance.’

’It was as cruel as ancient princes fighting for the throne.’

’She could only blame herself for being so desperate to escape the Mercer Family, and for that misguided sense of gratitude she felt toward Gavin Sinclair.’

’That’s what had trapped her in the cage of the Sinclair Family today.’

Mrs. Sinclair patted her hand reassuringly and said in a heartfelt tone.

"The child you give birth to will be the rightful and proper heir of my Sinclair Family."

"With an old woman like me protecting you, who would dare to act up in your presence?"

"But..."

"You don’t need to say any more. I will not agree to your divorce."

Seeing that Mrs. Sinclair was completely uncompromising and refused to budge, Claire Mercer lost her patience.

"Grandma, since you won’t agree, my only option is to sue for divorce."

Mrs. Sinclair laughed. "That depends on whether you can win the lawsuit."

"You know as well as I do that the Sinclair Family’s status in Rhonia is worlds apart from the Mercer Family’s."

"Naturally, the Sinclair Family’s legal team is also top-tier in the industry."

"Why must you insist on doing something so pointless?"

"To me, this isn’t pointless at all..."

Before Claire Mercer could finish, Mrs. Sinclair cut her off.

"I’m tired. I won’t be keeping you for lunch."

After speaking, she paid Claire Mercer no more mind, letting her personal nanny help her back to her room.

Claire Mercer watched the old woman’s retreating back, a profound sense of powerlessness pressing down on her until she could barely breathe.

’Gavin Sinclair didn’t want a divorce, and now not even the Sinclair family would agree to it.’

’She didn’t understand. They had always looked down on her, so why were they so against her getting a divorce?’

Meanwhile, Mrs. Sinclair returned to her room.

The old nanny who had cared for her for decades had the same question as Claire Mercer.

"Madam, since you’re already scouting new candidates for the Young Master, why did you disagree when Claire Mercer brought up divorce?"

Mrs. Sinclair’s cloudy eyes glinted with a sharp light, and the corners of her downturned mouth curled into a cold smile.

"A divorce... yes, but not like this."

"Everyone knows that Claire Mercer meticulously cared for Gavin for two years in the Sinclair household."

"His leg just recently healed, and then they get divorced right after. If you were an outsider, what would you think?"

The old nanny thought for a moment and said, "I’d probably think that after the Young Master’s leg healed, the Sinclair Family started looking down on Claire Mercer, the fake heiress from a minor family, and forced them to divorce."

"But we could also use her status as a fake heiress to our advantage, couldn’t we? Outsiders wouldn’t have much to say then."

"You’re wrong," Mrs. Sinclair said.

"After her identity as a fake heiress was exposed, we, the Sinclair Family, didn’t cast her aside or make them divorce. How do you think that made outsiders see us?"

The old nanny put herself in an outsider’s shoes for a moment before replying.

"They’d probably think that the Sinclair Family truly lives up to its name as the wealthiest in Rhonia, that you act with great class."

"You were saddled with a fake heiress by the Mercer Family, yet you didn’t hold it against them, nor did you take it out on Claire Mercer."

"Outsiders would only praise our Sinclair Family for being compassionate, honorable, and magnanimous."

Mrs. Sinclair slowly picked up a cup of herbal tea from the table and took a sip.

"Exactly. The divorce must happen. But the Sinclair Family cannot be the one to take the blame."

The old nanny was a little confused. "You mean..."

"Even if Gavin really did cheat, Claire Mercer cannot be allowed to leave the Sinclair Family with her reputation intact."

"We can’t let Gavin’s affair affect the Sinclair Family’s public image."

The nanny asked, "Then what do you plan to do?"

Mrs. Sinclair smiled. "Naturally, we have to make Claire Mercer the one at fault as well."

"If both parties are at fault, then the divorce becomes a matter of course."

"Outsiders won’t single out just Gavin to blame, and Claire Mercer can forget about walking away unscathed."

"Besides, even if there is a divorce, it will be the Sinclair Family kicking her out."

"Since when was it the place of some shabby girl from a minor family to demand a divorce from the Sinclairs?"

"Truly overestimating herself."

’From the moment she brought up divorcing Gavin...’

’I had no intention of letting this insolent woman, who doesn’t know her place, off so easily.’

’I thought she was soft-natured, obedient, and easy to control.’

’I never expected her to be so audacious.’

’Since it has come to this, she shouldn’t blame me for being ruthless.’

Hearing Mrs. Sinclair’s words, the nanny thought to herself that the old matriarch had certainly proven why she’d been in charge of the Sinclair Family for so many years.

’With that level of cunning calculation and that ability to hide a dagger behind a smile, few people could ever be her match.’

’It was just a pity for that poor Claire Mercer, who had cared for the Young Master so devotedly for two years.’

’Only to end up being schemed against by the Sinclair Family like this.’

’Sigh... What a sin.’