Prosperous Marriage: Married to My Brother-in-law-Chapter 522: Love Planted Wrongly, Hard to Sever (5)_1

After breakfast and a leisurely walk with his beloved wife, it was around nine o'clock when Glades Horne slowly headed out.

Julia Bluen saw him off, and as he got into the car, she reminded him, "Come back to our little home for lunch. I'll have lunch ready and wait for you."

Glades Horne wanted to say there was no need for her to tire herself out like that, but upon meeting her gentle gaze, he finally nodded.

He enjoyed living an ordinary life with her. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

He felt that love wasn't about being passionate and tumultuous to last. Instead, it was like what he had with Julia Bluen: a gentle and never-ending stream. It involved caring for each other in the details of daily life, showing concern, taking care of one another, and being understanding. Such a marriage was rich and fulfilling, and could maintain its love, as fresh as in the beginning, for decades.

With Julia Bluen seeing him off, Glades Horne's car drove out of the Horne Family villa. As she watched her husband's car disappear, a shade of sadness flashed across her face, vanishing as quickly as it appeared.

Turning, she headed back into the house, suddenly sensing a fervent gaze upon her from above.

She looked up, a bit surprised, to see James Horne—who rarely stayed overnight at the Horne residence—standing on the balcony of his room. He was looking down at her, having watched her send Glades Horne off. However, when she looked up, he quickly averted his gaze, pretending to look into the distance.

When did James Horne come back to the Horne home last night?

The question flitted through Julia Bluen's mind, but she didn't dwell on it. This was James's home too, after all, and he was free to come and go as he pleased.

This younger brother-in-law was quite pitiful. She wished she could care for him as she did for Adele Horne. However, recalling his unusual feelings for her, she decided it was best to maintain a formal distance between them as sister-in-law and brother-in-law. This would avoid making her overbearing husband jealous and, in turn, inadvertently hurting her younger brother-in-law.

Composing herself, Julia Bluen quickly walked back into the house.

Only after that charming and captivating figure disappeared inside did James Horne allow the tormented and conflicted expression to surface on his face.

Seeing her send his elder brother off just now filled him with intense jealousy, deep emotion, and a profound yearning.

His mother's words replayed in his mind. If he had married Julia, wouldn't he be the one she was sending off now?

James Horne, have you lost your mind? That's your dear elder brother and sister-in-law. Push away those wicked thoughts!

A stern voice from deep within his heart thundered, shattering the extravagant fantasy that had just surfaced.

With a deep sigh, he turned and went back to his room.

In this life, watching over them would have to be enough. Anything more was a mere fantasy.

「The same sky, the same land, but different people, different circumstances.」

「T City Women's Prison.」

Orlando Evans had drugged Adele Horne, attempting to arrange for Othiel Evans to rape her. Although Othiel's rape attempt failed, Orlando, as an accomplice, still had to face legal punishment. Moreover, the Horne Family had no intention of letting her off. They sued her, and the Courtroom sentenced her to three years in prison. She accepted the sentence without appeal, knowing she couldn't win against the Hornes. Thus, she became a bona fide prisoner.

In the women's prison, she also encountered her mother—or more precisely, her adoptive mother.

Meeting in prison finally pricked Orlando's mother's conscience; she felt she had failed her child. Unfortunately, this remorse came too late. Orlando had ended up in her current predicament because of them, her parents.

She had been in prison for several months. On the surface, she actively participated in reformative labor, hoping for an early release. Yet, her heart remained a tangle of love and hate for Glades Horne, and her resentment for Julia Bluen was as strong as ever.

However, she also understood that in her current state, she was in no position to retaliate against the Horne Family. She carried this hatred in her heart, enduring each sunrise and sunset.

One day, I will make Glades Horne's life a living hell, she told herself. I believe that day will come. And I believe that no matter how powerful someone is, a day will come when they lose everything.

「On the other side, in the Coastal District.」

A black sedan quietly entered the Coastal District and stopped in front of Pheobe Rogers' apartment.

Several men of varying heights and builds exited the car. They quickly walked to the door and knocked softly on Pheobe Rogers' apartment door. Moments later, Pheobe Rogers opened the door, and the men slipped inside.

The door closed behind them. No one saw what these men looked like, as their faces were hidden, nor did anyone know their business with Pheobe Rogers.

The weather was poor today. In the early morning, the sun had seemed ready to break through, but a few hours later, it had vanished. The sky turned gray and overcast, looking as if it were about to rain.

The shift in weather also seemed to affect people's moods, as if foreshadowing an unpleasant event.