Substitute Marriage: Reborn As The Top Big-Shot
Chapter 1485 - Chapter 1485 370 Tearing Apart The Mistress By Hand_2

Chapter 1485: 370: Tearing Apart The Mistress By Hand!_2 Chapter 1485: 370: Tearing Apart The Mistress By Hand!_2 Upon saying this, Mary Perryne continued: “If you don’t have anything else to say, I’m hanging up.”

As soon as she uttered those words, Mary Perryne abruptly ended the call.

Norma Augus immediately tried to redial, but all she heard was a busy message.

Mary Perryne had blocked her number.

Phoebe Perryne immediately rushed over, “Did Mary legally reject you?”

“Yes.” Norma Augus nodded.

Phoebe then asked, “What do we do now?”

Norma Augus squinted her eyes, “We need to make a trip to Capital City.”

Phoebe couldn’t understand the meaning behind Norma’s words, “What are we going to do in Capital City?”

Norma said, “We are going to plead with Mary and Viola Thompson in Capital City.”

“Didn’t they say they wouldn’t come?”

Norma with a smile said, “They might refuse to come, but we cannot afford to lack sincerity in our request.”

In the end, Norma’s eyes were filled with calculation.

Phoebe understood the meaning behind Norma’s words and followed up with, “When is our trip?”

“Right now.” Norma answered.

“We’re going over right this evening?” Phoebe asked.

Norma nodded.

Before Phoebe could say anything more, Norma added, “There’s a proverb that says ‘strike while the iron is hot.'”

“Yes,” Phoebe squinted her eyes, “You’re right, Norma.”

That very night, mother and daughter took the high-speed rail to Capital City.

By the crack of dawn the next day, they were already waiting at the entrance of the Thompson Clan’s residence.

As soon as Sawyer Thompson and Mary Perryne stepped out of their house, they saw Phoebe Perryne and Norma Augus.

“Sis.”

Phoebe walked up to Mary.

Mary subtly furrowed her brows, glanced between the mother and daughter, and then asked, “What brings you two here so early?”

Phoebe’s eyes were red-rimmed. She grabbed Mary’s hand, “Sis, Mom is seriously ill. The doctors say only Viola can help. I beg you, please have some compassion and help Mom, okay?”

Mary yanked her hand out of Phoebe’s grasp, “Your mother’s situation is none of my business.”

Crying, Phoebe said, “Yes, yes, yes. I know my mom has no blood relation with you, but she’s been with our dad for so many years! If not for Buddha’s sake, at least for the monk’s!”

Before Mary could respond, Norma knelt to the ground, “Auntie, I know Grandma did wrong by you in the past. As a stepmother, she failed to fulfill her duty properly. But she’s very ill now. Could you let bygones be bygones and help? I can apologize on her behalf. Any anger you have, vent it on me. Please don’t vent it on Grandma. She’s bedridden and confused as we speak!”

Mary gazed down at Norma, who was kneeling on the ground, trying to suppress her boiling rage.

She knew things were not as straightforward as they seemed.

Everything Norma did today was calculated and with a purpose in mind.

Mary simply stared at Norma, “Are you guilt-tripping me?”

Immediately, Phoebe also knelt alongside Norma, “It’s not guilt-tripping, Sis. I’ve truly run out of options. I wouldn’t ask for help if I had any other means. Sis, you could do whatever you want to me so long as you go see Mom!”

“Firstly, your mother has no relationship with me. Secondly, let me remind you. Your mother, Ethel Guarino, was once a homewrecker. She deliberately destroyed other people’s families, including mine. If it weren’t for her, my mother wouldn’t have succumbed to depression and breast cancer. Ethel Guarino’s current predicament is her retribution – heaven doesn’t tolerate misdeeds. Furthermore, I am giving you a chance by addressing you as my sister. But if you force my hand, don’t blame me for being unsparing!”

Her words were harsh but her tone was calm.

Phoebe had expected this reaction from Mary, but she couldn’t accept being called the daughter of a homewrecker.

Her mother was merely bravely pursuing her own love.

It was Hermosa Brain who insisted on monopolizing David Perryne despite having no love for him.

What’s the point of holding onto someone you no longer love?

“Sis, I know you’re angry, but Auntie’s death has nothing to do with my mom! My mom and dad truly love each other!”

If their love wasn’t genuine, they wouldn’t have stayed together till old age.

“So true love involves becoming a homewrecker?” Mary was finding it hard to keep her cool, “And then giving birth to an illegitimate child like you? Phoebe Perryne, a person can lack anything, but not a sense of shame!”

Being addressed as an ‘illegitimate child’ felt like a vicious slap across Phoebe’s face.

Throughout her childhood, she had been countless times called an ‘illegitimate child.’