Mrs. Frey frowned in dissatisfaction. She wanted to vent her anger out on Yvonne, but she suppressed her urge when she thought about the fact that she still needed to rely on her daughter for money matters. She forced herself to reply patiently, "Yes, your brother's girlfriend is pregnant. They’re about to get married, but we have no money for the wedding or buying a new house. You see..."
Soon, Yvonne’s heart sank. "For the wedding and a new house?”
"Yes." Mrs. Frey nodded repeatedly.
Yvonne's hand trembled slightly as she held the phone in her hand. "Why are you asking me for such money? Jason is getting married. You're his parents. I f he doesn't have any money, shouldn't you be helping him with that? As his sister, I can certainly pay some o f it, but I don’t have the obligation to help him with that. Do you understand that?”
Mrs. Frey's facial expression worsened. "What? So you're not going to help. Is that it?"
Yvonne lowered her eyes. "Mom, I have no money. How can I help him? Although I'm married to the Lancasters, what the Lancasters own has nothing to d o with me. You know about it perfectly well."
Mrs. Frey sneered. "I do know that. But you're the young mistress of the Lancasters. I don't believe that my son-in-law would not give you a penny.” Mrs. Frey mocked Yvonne coldly.
Yvonne smiled bitterly. "Mom, you're right. He does indeed give me not a penny."
Three years ago, Henry disliked her, and he did not even want to meet her. He was sure that she married him for his money. So how was it possible that'd he give her any money?
Besides, she had no intention to ask for money from him.
She still owned him a few hundred thousand dollars. She did not even know how to pay that off.
"What did you say?" Mrs. Frey was shocked. "Didn't he give you money?"
Yvonne nodded. "Yes, that’s right. If you don't believe me., You can go and ask him about it in person."
"This..." Mrs. Frey was out of options now.
She knew that her daughter had signed a prenup with Henry. But it was beyond her expectation that the Lancasters did indeed give her daughter not even a penny.
It was true that the wealthy people were very stingy. It had been three years now, and the Lancasters did not even help their in-laws.
"So Mom, I really can't help you this time around," said Yvonne in exhaustion.
But Mrs. Frey still did not give up easily. "Although you’ve got no money, you’re still their daughter-in-law no matter what. You can ask for money from him. It's impossible that he won't give it to you."
"You want me to go and ask him about it." Yvonne was outraged. "How?"
"Certainly you can go and ask for money from him directly. If he refuses, you just go to his company and ask him about it. Let his employees know that he doesn't even give his wife any money. He’ll definitely b e humiliated. Certainly, he’ll give you money by then." Mrs. Frey suggested an idea to her.
Yvonne was deeply infuriated. "Mom, what are you talking about now? Even if you want to give a suggestion, you shouldn’t give me such a bad idea. If I do that, what would the others think about him and the Lancaster Group? The Lancaster Group's reputation will be ruined. Then, I'll be condemned for what I did. Henry will then hate me and want to divorce me."
"What? Is... it so serious?" Mrs. Frey was stunned.
Yvonne closed her eyes and forced herself to suppress her anger. "If not, what do you think?"
"I thought that we’d be able to get money that way..." said Mrs. Frey weakly.
Yvonne was engulfed in deep sadness. "Money. You know nothing but money. Is money so very important t o you? I've almost given you around forty thousand dollars all this while. But how about you? Have you ever cared about me? You never cared about me since I was young. Am I even your daughter?”
"B*tch! What nonsense are you talking about?" Mrs. Frey seemed to have been infuriated all of a sudden. She scolded Yvonne sternly. "If you're not my daughter, whose daughter are you?"
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