Still Wanna Escape After Stealing My Heart? novel Chapter 2270

Ryan's face immediately turned pale for a moment and a sense of anger even flashed by. Immediately after that, he covered it up and he softened his tone as much as he could as he said, "Ruth, knock it off!"

"I'm being serious!" Ruth said calmly. She looked at everyone present and smiled sadly. After that, she took a deep breath. " Ryan, I know that other than you, all of my friends here today, including Sabrina and Yvonne, whom I've treated as my family, would probably persuade me to go back with you. Because all in all, you indeed treated me quite well. You care for me and you love me. Ever since we got married, you have also never been involved with debauchery. Everyone in this house will certainly persuade me by telling me that both of us are already married with two children and they are a pair of twins. What a great family I have. They will also tell me that as a girl who has nothing, I'm already considered very blessed to be able to marry into such an eminent family as the Poole family. Also, a million girls would kill to become married into the Poole family and b e a wife of a rich man.”

Speaking of that, Ruth smiled again. That smile had a sense of helplessness, of her giving up, and also a feeling relaxed. After she smiled, she continued, "However, without truly being a part of the family, who could understand what it's like? I had worked so hard to imitate the lifestyle of the rich people. I had also worked hard to not let myself make a sound when I eat and chew slowly. When I attended some banquets, I also worked hard to learn how others drink red wine, and eat steaks and foie gras. However, the way I looked after I had worked so hard to pretend was still ridiculous in the eyes of others because I'm clumsy. I didn't grow up practicing all that. I really didn't want to participate, but my mother-in-law insisted that I participate. Because she enjoyed it so much and she had always been living such an incomparably elegant life, all of her movements came very naturally to her a long time ago. But I can't do it. It takes a lot of effort for me. I felt like I was a clown jumping up and down in that social circle being laughed at. I wholeheartedly hoped that my mother-in-law was able to help me and back me up, but she never gave me the slightest sense of security. What she felt toward me was not disgust, but it also was not tolerance either. What she made me feel was that she was simply putting up with me. For the sake of the family and for her son, she had to pinch her nose to put u p with me. It was like if she did not pinch her nose, she would be able to smell my stench. However, she had never thought about how much I've changed to fit into this family."

She continued. "I was already living so cautiously that I had lost all my sense of direction. I couldn't even make my own decision on how and what I feed my children and what I wear. No, I can make m y own decision, but my decision will always be criticized by your mother in the end. To me, the way your mother’s best friends, those wives of rich men from eminent families, looked at me was mocking me. They did not do it openly, but that kind of secret mockery was already enough for me to bear. Ryan, I had already told you about this countless times, but how did you answer me every time?"

When he heard Ruth saying that, Ryan could not help but defend himself. "Ruth, w e...we can't be unreasonable, right? Didn't I coax you every time you complained about these to me? I had also spoken to my mother right away. However, my mother indeed bears no ill-will toward you. She just hoped for the best for you and she wanted to let you fit into this big family as soon as possible. She had long accepted you as her daughter-in-law."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Ruth suddenly burst out in anger. Her shouting instantly stunned Ryan and he was left dumbfounded for a long time.

"Why is it that it's your family that has to accept me? Why is it that all of you are the ones that have put up with the way I act? Why are all of you the ones that have to tolerate me? Your acceptance, tolerance, and endurance!"