His Secret Spoiled Wife (Lily and Alexander) novel Chapter 513

Arianna came home after shopping and noticed that only her mother was there. Arianna knew she was explicitly waiting for her.

"Hi, mom!" She called out smilingly, walked over quickly, and put down the bag in her hand. "I bought two new scarves for Dad, and seeing that the new style looked nice, I bought two for you too. You can try them on to see if you like them." Arianna opened the bag and reached in to remove the scarves.

"No need for now. Let it go," Eloise said, "Arianna, come here."

She motioned for Arianna to sit beside her and ordered the housekeeper to bring over a black truffle cake. Then Eloise waved her hand to signal the other housekeepers to step back. Only she and Arianna remained in the living room.

Looking around, Arianna said smilingly, “Do you have something to tell me, mom?”

Eloise nodded. Her gentle eyes wandered on Arianna’s face. She raised her hand and gently stroked Arianna’s hair, "My dear, time flies so fast. You've grown so much."

"Well, don’t put it that way, mom. I didn't grow so big overnight. You were there watching me grow up," Arianna giggled and bent over to pick up the cake.

"Yeah!" Eloise said with emotion, "I birthed you and watched you grow. You are brilliant, but what a pity." She said nothing after that but looked sad instead.

Arianna naturally knew what her mother wanted to say. Unfortunately, she was a girl and could not inherit their family's property.

It did not matter how society was now because the Tanner family was still old-fashioned. Only men could inherit the family business. However, they lacked males, and one of their family members had only one son, but he was not focused on business. Joseph and Eloise, on the other hand, had only one daughter.

But wait, Arianna’s father also had an illegitimate son. He was a brat, so he could not join the line of descendants. Even if he was born a leader, he could not inherit the Tanner family's property openly and honestly.

That was the reason behind Joseph and Eloise’s argument. It was because Joseph wanted to take in his illegitimate son and wanted Eloise to accept the brat into their family tree, meaning the illegitimate son could inherit the business.

Of course, that was ridiculous to Eloise. How could Joseph expect his wife to accept a child born from another woman and give him everything? Why did he think Eloise would agree? There must be something wrong with Joseph.

"Mom, this cake is delicious!" Arianna changed the topic smilingly, always avoiding embarrassing questions in time to make the atmosphere less awkward.

Eloise naturally knew her daughter’s intentions, so she felt even more guilty. "You’re a grown-up now, and I don’t want to hide these things from you anymore, my dear. I know you’re aware of the situation and what’s been going on at home. I want to ask you how you feel about it.”

Arianna held the cake, paused, then smiled softly. "How do I feel about it? What do you mean, mom? How do you think I should feel?"