A Vengeful Bride novel Chapter 1

I will never forget this New Year's Eve.

I was very busy in cooking. After preparing for a lot of dishes, I was so tired that my waist and back were so sore, and I was just ready to rest for a while.

My mother-in-law suddenly asked me to add some more light-flavored dishes with no peppers and less oil.

I was quite confused. I knew the taste of my family very well. They all like hot and spicy food. Why did she suddenly ask me to cook such light dishes?

"Is there any other coming to celebrate the Spring Festival with us?"

I had some doubts, but I didn't dare to ask anything more. After all, my mother-in-law had never liked me. I didn't want to make her unhappy on New Year's Eve.

"Madame, Young Master said that he might come back later. He is on the way back from the airport, there is a traffic jam." Just as I walked to the kitchen, the housekeeper said to my mother-in-law.

Hearing this, I became uneasy.

Young Master mentioned by the housekeeper was my husband, Edward Xi. His company was located in the downtown area. Why did he go to the airport?

I knew nothing about why he went to the airport. Although we had been married for seven years, we rarely met, so he had never told me about his whereabouts.

As for the reason why I married into the Xis family, that's all because of my father.

My father was once the driver of Edward's grandfather. In an accident, he sacrificed himself to save Gramps Xi.

The only wish of my father was that he hoped I could have a happy life after he left.

Gramps Xi decided to let me be his granddaughter-in-law on the spot.

That meant Edward's wife!

So after the funeral, I married into the Xis.

At that time, I felt that I was the happiest woman in the world. Because my father was the driver of the Xis, I often went to Xi's family when I was a child. Since I first saw Edward, he had covered each inch of my heart.

Fifteen years passed in a flash.

I had loved Edward for 15 years and had been his wife for seven years.

However, I knew that I had never entered his heart.

But no matter how indifferent he treated me, I still kept being a good wife, hoping that one day, he could change his attitude toward me.

When I heard that he was coming back soon, my heart was full of joy and so happy that I seemed not that tired when cooked.

"Young Master had parked the car. Madame let me ask you how the dishes are cooking." While I was busy cooking, the housekeeper came over and informed me.

The housekeeper's tone was cold as if in his eyes I was not the young hostess. At best I was a servant whose status was even a little lower than him.

There was no other servant in this large villa. I should be Young Mistress, but I was in charge of all household chores.

But I had no complaints. The Xis let me marry Edward. For me, I was satisfied. And these jobs were what a wife should do.

But sometimes I also smiled bitterly. If it weren't a villa, I would have done less.

I brought the last dish onto the table. Edward had not returned yet. I heaved a sigh of relief and quickly took off my apron. I was about to take a shower, change my clothes, and then put on makeup.

I was covered in a smell of smoke and sweat. And I didn't want to appear in front of him like this.

Just when I was about to enter my bedroom, my mother- in- law began to call people to eat. For a moment, relatives and friends scattered all over the villa came over.