Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Relationship Breakdown

It was precisely because Grandma had once dealt with Rona Langdon that when they first moved to the city, Rona threw an epic tantrum, refusing to live with his parents under any circumstances. And since his parents were used to the countryside and didn’t want to move to the city anyway, it led to the current situation.

In the past, Zachary Preston would feel inexplicably guilty whenever Rona Langdon brought up the time they got married. Today, however, he said bluntly, “If that’s how you’re going to be, then we can’t go on like this. You can have all the money in our savings. Let’s get a divorce.”

Rona Langdon stared at him in utter shock, her eyes welling with tears. His expression was cold and resolute, and she knew this tactic wouldn’t work on him anymore. She was also well aware that after all these years of her spending their money on “face-saving projects,” their total savings didn’t even add up to ten thousand yuan!

If she really left Zachary Preston, her life would become utterly miserable.

This time, she really started to cry. “Zachary, what about all our years together…?”

“You choose. Either get a job or get a divorce!” In truth, Zachary Preston didn’t think Rona Langdon was all that bad yet.

He just felt that the people Rona spent her time with were of low character and malicious, especially that Alden woman. They were idle all day, just instigating Rona to stir up trouble at home.

Though she was completely and utterly against it, Rona Langdon had no choice but to relent. “I’ll go look for a job tomorrow!”

Zachary Preston breathed a sigh of relief when he heard her say that, little did he know that this very incident had planted the seeds of a future disaster.

When Vera Xavier came home from school, she felt that Rona Langdon was being almost too well-behaved today. The floor was spotless, the kitchen counters were gleaming, and dinner was already cooked. It felt like the sun had risen in the west.

Experience told her, ’When things are this unusual, something is definitely up!’ A Rona like this was definitely not normal.

When Rona Langdon saw her looking, she shot her a sidelong glance, the coldness and malice in her eyes completely undisguised.

Seeing this side of Rona actually put Vera Xavier at ease. ’Now *this* is the Rona I know!’

Just then, Zachary Preston came home from work. Rona immediately smiled at Vera Xavier and said, “Vera, I just fried some fritters. Come and try them.”

Zachary Preston was gratified to see this scene. ’Rona is finally showing some restraint,’ he thought. ’This is a good sign.’

Vera Xavier, however, asked Rona Langdon, “Mom, when did you learn Sichuan opera face-changing?”

Rona Langdon’s smile froze on her face. Vera, however, reached out, grabbed a fried radish fritter, and popped it into her mouth. “Mmm, delicious! Mom’s finally willing to use oil to fry something for us to eat. I’m so happy!”

With that, she grabbed a few more with her hand and began to eat them happily.

Rona Langdon wished she could snatch the fritters right out of her hand. She had only made a little over twenty in total and had planned on giving ten to her own mother to try. But Vera had already grabbed five or six for herself. ’How is that going to be enough!’

But Zachary Preston was there, and after he had put her in her place yesterday, she was scared of him. So, no matter how upset she was, she didn’t dare make things difficult for Vera in front of him again.

She could only say, “I heard eating too much fried food makes you slow. You should eat less, or you’ll just blame me if you don’t do well on your college entrance exams.”

“I won’t, I won’t!” Vera said with a smile. “It’s so rare for Mom to make something this delicious. Why would I ever blame you?”

Sob, sob, the votes have been so few lately. Dears, please give me some motivation!

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