Chubby Mommy: Scheming Daddy, Surrender Now!-Chapter 198: Ruby Sullivan Claps Back

Cindy Sterling jumped off the table, "Even if I give up on life, so what? Anyway... you’ll always take care of me."

"Taking care of you is not a big deal; I’m just afraid that while I’m supporting you, you won’t want to live." Ethan Sterling drank his wine, bluntly voicing everyone’s concern.

The biggest fear in life is becoming someone who finds life unbearable, thinking every day about how to end it.

Cindy Sterling thought for a moment, "I’ll... try my best to live." After saying that, she turned and walked out of the kitchen, "I’m going to sleep."

Ethan Sterling finished his remaining wine and jumped off the table too. Who isn’t trying their best to live? With all his money, waking up every day to his own good looks, yet he still lost his wife? A life that’s smooth sailing is a fantasy.

He mused, even if there were such a perfectly smooth life, one would still have to make it difficult for oneself, like when he once lost his wife.

The next day, Ruby Sullivan was woken by the alarm clock, only to find herself sprawled diagonally across the bed, occupying it at a 45-degree angle.

She blinked and slowly sat up, recalling that she’d fallen asleep last night under Mr. Sterling’s "special service."

Before dawn, as she sat in bed lost in thought, Ethan Sterling pushed the door open and came in.

"I thought you’d sleep in," he said, heading to the closet. Yesterday the two had agreed on what to wear today.

The Sinclair Family took this wedding very seriously, inviting industry elites, so attending with Ruby meant matching their outfits appropriately.

Ruby quickly tidied up in the bathroom and did her makeup, taking no more than thirty minutes. Returning to the room, she saw Ethan Sterling was already dressed, with her dress laid on the bed and the matching heels on the floor.

She smiled involuntarily, picked out a set of relatively exquisite yet low-key jewelry from the closet. The cherry blossom-themed jewelry set was custom-designed before her first award in Bellaza, consisting of earrings, a necklace, a ring, and an ear cuff resembling a small leaf, perfectly matching Ethan Sterling’s leaf tie clip.

The stars were still out when they set off, still visible in the sky, and when they arrived at the hotel, Dina Finn was doing her makeup. Naomi Sinclair and her girlfriends were planning how to prank the groom.

Sitting at the dressing table, Dina didn’t show any mercy to the groom and loudly declared that he must have a wedding day he’d never forget, leaving Ruby Sullivan worried for the groom.

As the only somewhat sensible married woman present, although she understood Dina’s reluctance to get married, considering today’s occasion, as a true friend, she should remind them to be a bit more restrained.

She leaned towards Naomi Sinclair’s ear and whispered, "Don’t forget that Don will be here today. If things get out of hand and he hears about it, it might affect your image."

The others, seeing them whispering, assumed Ruby Sullivan was sharing some amusing trick with Naomi Sinclair and urged them to speak louder.

Among these wealthy ladies, Ruby knew none except Naomi Sinclair, so she naturally didn’t care what they thought or said.

Naomi Sinclair, pondering Ruby’s words, was a bit irritated by the noise and impatiently snapped, "Shut up, all of you."

Someone muttered "whatever" disdainfully, but no one spoke up, indicating Naomi Sinclair’s substantial influence over them.

"Are you serious?" she asked with some guilt, looking at Ruby Sullivan.

Ruby Sullivan slightly curled her lips, "I’m just guessing too."

Naomi Sinclair sank back into thought.

One girl, staring at her face, suddenly laughed and said, "Ah, I wondered why you looked so familiar. I remember now, you’re Ethan Sterling’s wife. You were at Naomi’s birthday party and brought the braised pork."

As she said this, the others also recalled Ruby Sullivan’s face.

Ruby Sullivan smiled at them, confirming she was correct.

Their gazes became a bit strange afterwards, and one of them snidely laughed, "Mrs. Sterling, you really have a good temper. Whenever I dealt with my dad’s mistresses, I never showed any mercy. Once, I caught one shopping with my dad and stripped her in public at the mall. My dad was so angry he walked away and didn’t care about her. But you, being friends with our Naomi is one thing, but watching Ethan Sterling flaunt his affection with a new love in front of you, that’s something!"

After saying this, she laughed with the others.

In such families, dealing with mistresses seemed like a survival skill, with each having their own techniques, readily sharing three or four practical tips.

If Ruby Sullivan were still Wenny of The Sterling Group, she wouldn’t dare cross these wealthy ladies. After all, they were her clients, possibly with a slew of potential customers behind them. Offending any of them wouldn’t be wise.

But now she was just Ruby Sullivan; even if she had expectations for Daydream’s sales, those expectations were limited.

At least, it wasn’t worth remaining silent at this moment.

Naomi Sinclair, noticing her displeasure and thinking she still needed her to ease tensions with Leon Sterling, quickly snapped, "Have you all gone mad? Ethan and I are just like brother and sister, so stop blowing things out of proportion."

"Oh, dear Naomi, are you playing innocent or do you think we’re too naïve? Everyone knows you’ve got a ton of brothers and sisters, and once you’ve had your fun in bed, you just draw a line," she teased, winking at Naomi.

In reality, each of these girls led similar lifestyles, so exposing each other’s secrets was a common affair amongst them, knowing no one would truly get offended.

But to Ruby Sullivan, those words were hard to bear, as they all seemingly thought her husband fell into the category of being used and then dismissed.

Naomi Sinclair winked at the woman, "There’s still a makeup artist here, and do I not want to save face?"

Ruby Sullivan smiled, "Naomi, how could you say what I was going to say? Tell me, if you really ended up in bed with Ethan Sterling, would I still be chatting amicably with you?"

"Exactly." Naomi Sinclair looped her arm through hers, feigning closeness.

Ruby Sullivan withdrew her arm unceremoniously and continued, "That day my husband did leave with a woman, but it was my sister. Yet... I was upset about it for a while and went abroad to clear my mind only to hear she ended up in an asylum." She glanced over at the stunned faces with a faint smile, "I really don’t know how she lost it, but I think, publicly stripping someone with all those phones capturing it, going legal over it would be quite a hassle, and... can’t you just get dressed again after being stripped?"

She looked at Naomi Sinclair, "For Dina, I came here without breakfast, now I’m starving and heading to breakfast with my hubby."

Dina, who was getting her makeup done, erupted in laughter, "Are the lot of you flabbergasted now?"

Ruby Sullivan smiled at her reflection, "I’m heading out."

"Don’t go too far. If you don’t attend the ceremony, today’s wedding is off," Dina joked. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"I’m not going far," Ruby Sullivan replied before exiting through the door.