Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband-Chapter 1083: He Said His Life Would Be Hers from Now On
A slight movement crossed Cain Shaw’s brow, but he remained silent.
Jodie Young sneered, "You don’t need to give me any answers, because I already know,
You say you want to marry Dianna, fine. What’s your name, where do you live, what’s your profession, dare to tell me? My daughter is getting married, I’m choosing a son-in-law, asking about your family background, is that unreasonable?"
Cain Shaw pressed his thin lips together, all sounds stuck in his throat.
"See, you can’t say anything, so what can you offer Dianna? What do you have to marry her?"
"I had a marriage with Jason Hollis, he treated me very well, really well, as long as he was home, he would do the laundry, cook, make me laugh, tolerate all my whims and bad temper, he cared for me, but was I happy? No, I wasn’t happy at all."
"Three hundred sixty-five days a year, I might only see him a few days, when I missed him, he wasn’t by my side, when I was pregnant, he wasn’t by my side, when I gave birth to Dianna, he wasn’t by my side."
"I remember one year when it snowed heavily, that night it was freezing, but Dianna had a high fever, in a panic I threw on a coat and took her to the hospital, I couldn’t get a cab, so I walked holding Dianna, but on the way I slipped and couldn’t get up, there were no passersby, no one to lend a hand. I could only lie on the ground, on that cold, snowy ground, sitting with Dianna next to me, I smiled at her, but my eyes were filled with tears. No one knew how lonely and desperate I was at that moment."
"Later he came back, took me shopping, what a coincidence, that day the mall caught fire, it was chaos inside. I wasn’t scared, not of myself, but scared for my daughter Dianna. She was so little, I couldn’t let her get hurt, but he left us, showed us a safe way out, said there were people in danger he had to rescue."
"Such a marriage lasted many years, I couldn’t take it anymore, asked him for a divorce. He pleaded with me on the phone, begged me not to leave. He said he had asked his superior for leave and would be back with me the next day. I said okay, I’ll wait for you, but he didn’t come back, went on another mission, and even when I called him, all I heard were busy tones."
Recalling that marriage, Jodie Young’s eyes had no tears, only a coldness and mockery, "I don’t know what that marriage taught me. Didn’t I love Jason? We married out of love, in our wedding photos I was smiling, sweet and soft, full of dreams and hope for the future. I loved Dianna so much, but in the end... for the divorce, I even left Dianna behind."
"I married Jason, so no one understands you better than I do. You, you’re not even people, always changing countless identities, you don’t belong to yourselves anymore."
"Cain Shaw, I ask you one question, what right do you have to marry Dianna? Dianna is only 19, her beautiful life has just begun, are you trying to ruin her life?"
"I am Dianna’s mother, I will never, in this life, watch Dianna become a second me, I will never let her repeat my mistakes!"
With that, Jodie Young swept away and left.
Jodie Young’s feelings were completely understandable, she spent half her life getting out of her marriage with Jason, now her daughter was involved with Cain Shaw, her heart was shocked, resistant, and disgusted.
As long as she’s alive, she won’t let her daughter be with Cain Shaw.
Cain Shaw watched as the businesswoman Jodie Young walked away, he had seen Jodie Young’s details, at 20, she was pretty and sweet, a small, charming wife nestled by Jason’s side, but now Jodie Young was strong, fierce, and cold, with no trace of her former softness.
That was what the marriage taught her.
Cain Shaw’s fingers curled slightly at his side, his entire being hidden in shadow.
"Master Shaw, Miss Sullivan is still in the room, do you want to go in?" a subordinate asked softly at this moment.
Cain Shaw looked at the tightly closed room door in front of him, he reached out, grasped the doorknob, intending to open the door.
But the next moment, his action to open the door stalled.
Slowly, he withdrew his hand, turned, and left.
Cain Shaw arrived at the dim doorway, lit a cigarette, blue smoke blurred his handsome face.
Soon, a melodious ringtone sounded, a call came in.
It was from the Old Master Shaw.
Cain Shaw pressed the button to answer the call, Old Master Shaw’s voice quickly came through, "Cain, where are you now? Tina’s not feeling well and is in the hospital. Can you come over and see her?"
Cain Shaw brought the half-smoked cigarette to his lips and took a deep drag. Under the flickering crimson flame, he nodded, "Okay, I’ll head over right now."
...
Jodie Young and Tanya Sullivan were having dinner together, Jodie looked at her daughter and said, "Dianna, I think you’ve had enough rest. Let’s prepare to leave here, come home with mom, forget everything from before, and forget the name Tanya Sullivan. From now on, you’re the Young family’s daughter, a high-society lady. Mom will arrange your studies, let you go abroad for further education, your youthful and vibrant life is just beginning."
Tanya Sullivan kept her head down, eating, her long eyelashes quietly hanging down, she didn’t speak.
She had been very quiet these past few days, not speaking at all.
At this moment, there was a "click", and the villa door suddenly opened.
Tanya Sullivan paused and quickly looked up.
It was Jodie Young’s personal secretary who entered.
In that moment, the light in Tanya Sullivan’s eyes quickly extinguished, she put down her bowl and chopsticks, "I’m done eating, I’ll head back to my room."
Tanya Sullivan went upstairs.
The personal secretary approached, "Boss, why does the young lady seem a little down?"
The personal secretary could see it, and Jodie Young had seen through it long ago. Cain Shaw hadn’t shown up these days, her daughter was clearly waiting for him with this absent-minded look.
"We’ve just been reunited, Dianna might be feeling a little uneasy." Jodie Young elegantly cut a piece of steak, "Any moves from Cain Shaw these past two days?"
"In reply to the boss, Cain Shaw has been with Christina Shaw these past two days, and I’ve heard... Cain Shaw agreed to the marriage, the Shaw family is already preparing the wedding."
Jodie Young didn’t say much, she knew Cain Shaw had listened to what she said that day.
"Boss, this is something Cain Shaw handed over for the young lady." The personal secretary presented an item.
...
In the room.
Tanya Sullivan sat on the bed, holding the item Cain Shaw had given her that day—his gun.
Tanya Sullivan’s fair fingers caressed it, and on the cold metal, there seemed to linger the warmth of his masculine presence and its rough, sand-like texture.
He had said, from now on, his life was hers!
