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When we arrived at Smith's family, Violet Smith immediately ordered someone to wash the car. She looked at me again and asked me to wash myself before coming in.

When I was taking a shower, I realized that I was still wearing our wedding ring. It was an antique wedding ring worth tens of millions, but its brilliance had long been obscured by dried blood and all kinds of filth. When I was starving to death, it couldn't even buy a steamed bun.

After I washed up, I was taken to the living room. Violet Smith, who had originally said she would hold a welcoming banquet for me, only asked the nanny to bring me a small dish after hearing what Vincent said. In the past, she would never dare to present such a watery, leftover-like soup in front of me. But this time, I gobbled it up as if I couldn't taste it.

After finishing the last dish on the plate, I looked up and saw Violet Smith standing in front of me, and Vincent was supporting Violet's grandmother . The affectionate family looked at me, the uninvited guest, with disgust. Violet's grandmother spoke first, " Alex Brown , look at yourself, what a mess you are in."

I held the clean bowl in my hands, feeling the residual warmth at the bottom of the bowl. When the years were peaceful, they joked that I was the husband of the child of the Smith's family, and I naturally thought that I was the future male owner of the Smith's family. But at the critical moment of life and death, I realized how insignificant I was. Life and death, honor and disgrace, all depend on Violet Smith 's thoughts. When she was in a good mood, she could take out a wedding ring worth tens of millions to make me happy; when she was in a bad mood, she would send me to hell.

Violet's grandmother put a document in front of me, "I know you have loved Violet Smith for many years, and I know that you have just got married. But this time, you were wrong first. The male owner of the Smith's family cannot have such a shameful past. After the divorce, you can continue to live here. I will treat you as my own son, and I will not treat you unfairly in terms of money."

In just one month, all the people who once treated me like a jewel have changed. Everyone thought that the accident was my fault, that it was me who almost put Violet Smith in danger and Vincent in danger. No one mentioned that the honeymoon was arranged by Violet Smith, no one blamed them for abandoning me and leaving alone, and no one asked me how I survived the past month.

I wanted to explain, but after seeing Violet Smith's sharp eyes, I couldn't stop shaking. "I'm sorry, it's all my fault." I reached out my hand tremblingly to take the document on the table, but Violet Smith raised her hand before me. Seeing her hand raised above my head, I immediately closed my eyes and curled up, "Don't hit me!"

" Alex Brown..." I slowly opened my eyes and met Violet Smith's somewhat stunned eyes. She held the document in her hand and said lightly, "I don't plan to divorce."

No plans for divorce? I know Violet Smith hates me deeply, otherwise she wouldn't have gone to such lengths to get rid of me, a burden that has been entangled with her for ten years. How could she not want a divorce? I looked up at her, my face full of surprise.

I just heard her say, "Now is not the time to get a divorce. It will be bad for the reputation of the Smith's family." Then I laughed at myself. They just used my pain to hype it up. If I divorced and stayed with Vincent now, people would say that the Smith's family was heartless and ungrateful. What she cared about was not me, but her reputation and face, and her future with Vincent.

After hearing this, Vincent smiled knowingly, "Old lady, some things are not urgent." He walked to Violet's grandmother and massaged her shoulders, pretending to inadvertently reveal the family heirloom jade ring on his hand that belonged to the male owner of the Smith's family. My heart trembled slightly for a moment. If it were in the past, I would definitely ask for the truth regardless of everything. But now, I just bowed my head silently and swallowed all the sadness and helplessness alone.