"Of course, you have to apologize to him!" Felix grimaced furiously. "What do you gain by quarreling with him? It will only make your relationship worse!"
Ariah arched her eyebrows. "So, even if men have done something wrong, women have to eat crow and swallow insult?"
Hearing the sarcasm in Ariah's words, Felix sneered, "Yes! Even if he did something wrong, do you have to quarrel with him to the extent that you live separately? Listen, you'd be the one crying when his patience wore thin!"
Felix assumed that the only reason for them to fight to this extent was because Jimmy had an affair.
Even if that was the case, Ariah should have expected that other women would be attracted to Jimmy for he was such an outstanding man.
Couldn't she just turn a blind eye to his affair?
This naive girl had always failed to see the big picture.
Predicting what Felix was playing in his mind, Ariah was dumbfounded for a while before asking in shock, "Dad, do you seriously think that I suddenly came home just because Jimmy is cheating on me?"
"Isn't it so?"
Ariah was about to speak when Dakota's voice resonated behind her in disbelief, "What? Jimmy is having an affair?"
Perplexed, Ariah turned to look at Dakota. She never said that Jimmy cheated on her.
Although she wanted to separate from Jimmy, she firmly believed that Jimmy would not cheat on her.
Even she herself did not know why she would trust him so much.
Even though he had an affair before, she was still willing to believe him.
It was perhaps because of Jimmy's personality. She knew that he disdained to do these disgusting things behind her back.
She believed that he would confess to her if he really had a change of heart.
An awkward silence engulfed the living room.
Sitting on the sofa, Ariah helplessly watched her mother shed tears.
Dakota did not believe that Jimmy would be so nasty, but when she thought of her daughter's unusual change in the past month, she couldn't help but think of the worst. "Ariah, how could Jimmy do this to you? I thought he is a responsible man. An affair? How could he?"
Looking at her mother's anxious look, Ariah wanted to explain, but she somehow decided not to say anything.
Perhaps she really intended to draw a line with him, so she was reluctant to explain anymore.
Seeing that Ariah remained silent, Dakota heaved a heavy sigh, and she became even more convinced that Jimmy had cheated on her daughter.
Felix frowned. "It's just a small matter. Why do you have to make such a big deal out of it?"
In his opinion, it was normal for successful men to have an affair or two. A noble and virtuous wife should retain her integrity and not cause a scene and even ran away from home.
Felix's expression darkened. "Be sensible, go home, and apologize to Jimmy. Just brush it aside and pretend that nothing ever happened."
Amused, Ariah mocked, "So do you expect me to be like Mom? Like how she turned a blind eye to your affair? And when she couldn't take it anymore and slapped that b*tch of yours when she came to our door to intimidate Mom, you wanted to
divorce her?"
It was not until she grew up that she gradually understood her mother's grievances.
It was ironic that Dakota, who was originally Felix's lawfully wedded wife, was later married into the Myers Family in the name of his second wife.
Because of this, a lot of ignorant people who didn't know the truth thought that it was Dakota who hooked up with a married man.
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