Mary used the excuse of settling Kent’s bill to end the call with Talia.She did not want to keep listening to Talia’s barbed remarks.In Mary’s view, Talia was just envious of Sheila.Mary had already figured out what the Levitt family was like and believed she could handle relations with them, unlike Sheila, who disdained interacting with the Levitts.Mary understood Geraint and Talia well and did not mind. If she married Kent, they would stay in the city to run their clinic and only return to the Levitts’ hometown for a few days during holidays.With only a few days there, Mary was confident she could keep the Levitts pleased and avoid being mistreated.She trusted her ability to manage these relationships. That was why, even knowing Kent’s family background, she still dared to pursue him and build a life with him.After being hung up on, Talia did not realize that Mary found her unpleasant. She turned to her husband and said, “Mary has gone to the bar to pick up Kent.“Kent

Mary had waited for many years and given so much, yet until now, she still had not received a clear answer from Kent.Although Kent’s parents already treated her as their future daughter-in-law, the one who would marry her was Kent. Without his clear commitment, she might not actually get married to him.Her mother had called again, urging her to return home, saying a matchmaker had introduced several men with decent incomes, including doctors working in small hospitals.Mary knew her mother’s reasons. She was getting older and her parents hoped to receive sizable wedding gifts, often monetary, from the groom’s family, which her parents would keep.Mary did not dare to expect to keep the gifts or money. It would already be good if her mother let her take half. So she had secretly kept personal savings. Though not much, it was at least tens of thousands.If her mother allowed her to take half the wedding gifts, she would have at least a hundred grand in hand.This amount might be

Talia’s worries were not unfounded. Before long, Kent really did vomit. He first said he was thirsty and wanted water.Mary poured him a glass of water and helped him sit up to drink half of it. Suddenly, he felt nauseous and vomited all over the floor.Fortunately, Mary reacted quickly. He did not vomit on her or the bed, only on the floor.Seeing her son vomit everywhere, Talia instinctively covered her mouth and nose before hurrying out. She could not stand seeing people vomit.As soon as Talia stepped out of the room, she also vomited. Covering her mouth, she rushed to the bathroom and retched.Mary was speechless.She had hoped Talia would help clean up, but instead, Talia vomited even worse than Kent.In the end, Mary cleaned everything herself and mopped the floor thoroughly.After vomiting, Kent collapsed back onto the bed and fell asleep again.After cleaning up, Mary went to check on Talia.Talia had stopped vomiting and came out to sit on the sofa in the living roo

Talia continued, “Do you really think a vixen like you can marry into a wealthy family? Don’t get played and dumped. Do you really think it’s that easy to marry into wealth?”Sheila’s face flushed red from anger.She said sternly, “Mrs. Levitt, I’m working. Please leave and don’t interfere with me treating patients.“If you continue to spread rumors and slander me here, I can sue you for defamation! There are surveillance cameras here.“I don’t like Kent. Rejecting him is my freedom. I’m from Wiltspoon, so who are you to tell me where to live? If you’re worried he can’t let go, why don’t you ask your son to move instead?”Talia said self-righteously, “Your family has money, so you can move and buy a new house anytime. My son worked hard to get where he is. If he moves, he has to start over. We don’t have that kind of money.”The onlooking patients were shocked by Talia’s shamelessness. They stood up for Sheila, criticizing Talia for being unreasonable, shameless, and absolutely d

Sheila exclaimed, “Talia actually went to your office to cause trouble? You should’ve had security throw her out. I told you long ago that Kent’s mother is difficult and very selfish.”Alex got angry. “She actually went to your hospital to insult you and even told you to move away? Where does she get the nerve? Who gave her that right?“It’s Sunday, so no one is at the office. After security told her, she left.”Sheila said, “I knew she was unreasonable, but I didn’t expect her to be this extreme when she dropped the act. Let’s talk when we meet. Wait for me at the hospital entrance or my clinic?”By saying that, Sheila agreed to have lunch together.They would vent about Kent’s mother.“I’ll pick you up,” Alex offered.Sheila said, “Okay. We’ll talk later. I still have two patients.”“Sure.” Alex agreed.Alex ended the call, then decided to call Kent.Kent had just woken up with a splitting headache. Out of habit, he checked his phone and saw several missed calls from Sheila