Chapter 160: Why Are You Here Again
Riya seemed to be sympathetic to Hilla. But when Margaret saw this, she was so angry that she wanted to run over and knock Riya off the stairs.
However, she couldn’t think of any words to refute her, so she pouted with frustration.
Would Hilla believe in Riya and no longer want to bear children for Bruce? The Anderson family needed a descendant!
Riya directly pulled the rug from under their feet! How vicious!
If Hilla believed that she would be bound to the Anderson family, she would break up with Bruce! After all, women nowadays valued independence, freedom, and perfection so much!
She had the feeling that her brother was about to be single again.
As long as Hilla broke up with Bruce, Riya could swoop in.
Margaret clutched her chest in helplessness.
Margaret was worried. But Hilla remained calm and walked out from behind Margaret. Although she was shorter than Riya, who was wearing high heels, she smiled and showed no fear and timidity.
"Miss Marley, you are so funny. My husband loves me, cares about me, and respects me very much. I also love him so I married him. Of course, I want to make my contribution to this marriage. Moreover, everyone in the Anderson family treats me well. I’m already grateful."
Hilla glanced at Margaret who looked surprised and said with a smile, "Bruce and I are having the child together. Although the child will be surnamed Anderson, it is inseparable from me. I love my family and my child. I believe they also love me. I’m really grateful to be in such a happy family."
Margaret didn’t know what to say.
She was so touched that she wanted to rush up to hug Hilla and kiss her.
Her brother married a good one!
Riya didn’t expect Hilla to say this. She looked at Hilla in a daze.
Hilla was now glowing in her eyes. She suspected that she was having an illusion.
She should be the one who always stood out. She had never been surpassed by others. But she was now envious of Hilla.
How hateful! Why could Bruce marry such a cute wife? What’s worse, after hearing Hilla’s words, she wanted to have a relationship like this.
Riya revealed an elegant smile and settled her eyes on Hilla. She really appreciated Hilla.
"Bruce is old, dull, and boring. How can he marry such a sweet girl like you?"
Hilla pursed his lips. From the bottom of her heart, she didn’t want others to talk about their age.
Hilla smiled and said, "I remember that Miss Marley and my husband used to be classmates. So you should be the same age. Miss Marley is still in your prime so my husband should be described as ’old’."
Riya was stunned. She was even more surprised and impressed.
Hilla was as straightforward as her. She liked this girl.
Riya came closer to Hilla with a smile on her face. Her squinted eyes were like crescent moons.
"I’m younger than Bruce. I skipped two years in elementary school."
So she was two years younger than Bruce.
She was still in her twenties while Bruce was in his thirties.
There was a big difference!
Hilla was slightly surprised. She didn’t expect that Riya not only had a good family background but also great talent. No wonder Bruce went out with her. Such a girl was attractive no matter where she went.
Hilla nodded and said seriously, "I got it. Miss Marley is almost thirty years old and is still single."
Riya was choked.
They couldn’t be friends!
After all, women really didn’t like others talking about their age, especially a woman who was almost 30 years old. It meant a lot to women.
Margaret almost couldn’t hold back her laughter.
She had thought that Hilla would be no match for underhanded Riya. Similarly, Riya had not expected that Hilla, who looked obedient and innocent, would fight back like this.
Hilla would never put herself in a disadvantaged position.
She might be cheesy and pouty sometimes, just like all the other girls.
But Hilla was not just eye-candy with no temper.
She was really good at destroying a person by smooth strategy.
"Miss Holt, are you trying to provoke me?" Riya’s lips twitched. She found it difficult to maintain calm.
She was both annoyed and amused. But she couldn’t be angry nor laugh.
If she got angry in public, wouldn’t that mean that she was petty?
However, if she did not hit back at all, she felt defeated. She had the urge to seek revenge on Bruce.
"Miss Marley, you must be joking. The Anderson and Marley families have had a good relationship for generations. In addition, you and my husband were classmates in college. As Bruce’s wife, of course, I have the obligation to maintain this deep friendship between two families together with my husband."
Hilla said courteously but those words pricked Riya’s heart like a knife.
Deep friendship... To hell with friendship! There was no friendship between her and Bruce!
However, it was true that the Anderson and Marley families were old friends, and she could not fall out with Bruce just because of her personal affairs.
Well, she could take the whole situation into consideration while Hilla was just a petty and jealous girl. She was much more far-sighted than Hilla.
Riya tried to make herself feel better in this way. She then chuckled and said, "That’s sweet, Miss Holt."
"You are being too polite, Miss Marley. Since I am already married, please call me Mrs. Anderson in the future!"
"What a ruthless woman!" Riya thought to herself.
Hilla was literally stabbing her in her heart. Bruce was really "lucky" to marry this thorny rose.
Men nowadays were so into torturing themselves?
"That’s right. Miss Marley, you should call my sister-in-law Mrs. Anderson in the future. Or perhaps ’young Mrs. Anderson’ is better since Hilla is still so young."
Margaret held Hilla’s arm and looked really proud. She was so excited that she wanted to throw herself into a bed and roll around happily. Fortunately, there was no bed here.
Riya’s mouth twitched, but she tried her best to keep a decent smile. "Bruce is really lucky to marry ’young Mrs. Anderson’. How blessed he is!"
Yeah, lucky for him! She was not jealous at all!
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When Riya came out of the jewelry store, she was in a daze and staggering.
She, the beloved daughter of the Marley family, had been spoiled for more than twenty years and had never lost in a fight.
People who fought against her would end up losing badly but she hadn’t expected that she would actually fall today.
"Fortunately, no one saw it!"
Riya patted her chest and comforted herself.
She was used to coming and going alone and also liked to buy things by herself. If she were like those rich and powerful women who liked to form groups together, then what she had done, which was humiliating, would soon get spread around, becoming rumors and gossips for those rich ladies to talk about.
"I’m so lucky."
She ran fast enough. No one should have noticed that she had a conflict with Bruce’s wife.
Riya sneaked a glance around and quickly ran out of the mall.
When Hilla walked out of the store with Margaret, she was in a bad mood.
Compared to Margaret, Hilla looked so different.
Margaret hugged the jewelry box in her arms and laughed.
It was a ruby that was worth 500 thousand dollars. In a moment she came over to withdraw it and all the money was on her account. She was finally a rich and beautiful lady again.
500 thousand dollars would be totally enough for her, a luxurious and corrupt lady.
"That’s great, Hilla. What you said to Riya just now was really great. You didn’t see her expression when she left the jewelry store just now. She looked awful.
"We are family and I will always stand by your side."
Margaret was so excited that she couldn’t stop talking. Hilla only felt heartache for a while. Especially when she touched the bag in her hand, she felt that her wallet that was bulging just now seemed to have become thinner even if there was just an infinity card.
She only felt her heart turn cold, uncomfortably cold.
Especially when she heard Margaret’s words, she really only wanted to tell Margaret not to stand by her side because Hilla could not bear it!
"Margaret, I think this ruby necklace really suits you."
Hilla said honestly. Margaret hugged the box in her arms tightly.
Margaret did not care whether this ruby suited her, but the price of it.
Seeing Margaret hugging the box so tightly, Hilla had no choice but to hold her forehead and say helplessly, "Forget it."
Hilla knew that Margaret would insist on holding this. Hilla thought, "What happened to me? Why would I actually swipe my card in front of Riya?"
A love rival would make a woman lose her mind, and the cost of a woman losing her mind was a man’s card.
She knew that Bruce would not feel sorry for this money. It was just that the Andersons had always been very strict with Margaret. Hilla was really a little worried whether Margaret would do something bad with such a huge expense.
The more Hilla thought about it, the more she felt uneasy and upset. As soon as she returned to the Lakeshore Center, Hilla couldn’t help but hide in her room and send a message to Bruce.
"I, swiped your card today!"
Bruce simply replied, "I’m having a meeting."
Hilla frowned, feeling even more nervous and absent-minded when she tapped the screen.
Bruce didn’t care about the money, but Hilla couldn’t help but send another message, "I bought a 500-thousand-dollar ruby necklace for Margaret."
After sending this message, Hilla suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. She finally felt relaxed, no longer so depressed.
After a long time, Bruce slowly replied, "I know!"
It seemed that Bruce was busy. Hilla felt that she should not disturb him, so she did not reply to that message.
Although Bruce’s reply was a little casual, she did not understand if he cared about this matter with Margaret or if he did not take it to heart.
After all, 500 thousand dollars did not mean much for the Anderson family. If it was for the Holt family in the past, although it was not a huge sum of money, her parents would not easily give it to her.
Although Margaret wanted jewelry from her, Hilla always felt that there was another scheme. Perhaps this was the sixth sense of her!
"Why are you so absent-minded when you just came back? Are you not happy shopping with Margaret?"
Halle turned off the video in her hand with a gentle smile when she saw Hilla coming downstairs.
She was having a video call with Lilian who was in the countryside. In the video, Lilian was jumping around in her courtyard and the dogs, Cookie, and Candy were rolling around in the dry grass.
Those two dogs looked valiant and spirited, and if she were to bring them to the River City, they probably wouldn’t fit a car.
Although they looked fierce, these two had always been very clingy to Halle. Every time Halle went back after leaving for a long time, these two dogs would always stay by her side for two or three days.
Hilla saw it as well. She waited for Halle to put down the phone before she adjusted her pajamas and slowly sat down.
"I’m not unhappy. It’s just that I cost Bruce 500 thousand dollars today. I feel a little upset."
Although she did that to go against Riya at that time, she still remembered some of Riya’s words. She did not want to rely on the Anderson family, not because of Riya’s instigation, but because she had always thought so.
She thought that she could support herself. Although Bruce was very good to her and she knew that Bruce would not mind, she was afraid that she would really lose herself if she stayed in the blessing nest for a long time.
People would only become lazier and lazier when time passed, for not knowing what they needed to do.
As expected, Halle frowned slightly when she heard this, but she was not in a hurry to blame her. She knew that Hilla was not a person who had no sense of propriety and there must be a reason.
"You bought a 500 thousand dollars gift for Margaret?"
As expected, Halle had guessed correctly when she saw the astonishment in Hilla’s eyes.
Hilla nodded, "Margaret liked that ruby necklace!"
Halle thought, "This doesn’t seem to be Margaret’s preference!"
Although Margaret liked to squeeze Hilla a little, she did not mean it. However, this time Margaret got 500 thousand dollars from Hilla, she’d got enough.
"Since Margaret liked it, it doesn’t matter if you buy her a gift with her brother’s money. Anyway, it belongs to the Anderson family."
Halle chuckled as if nothing serious had happened.
"Halle, is this really okay?" Hilla did not feel right about this.
"There’s nothing bad about it. Bruce is not stupid. He knows that you suddenly spent so much money."
Halle thought, "I don’t think Margaret’s days will be easy."
Just as the two of them were talking, there was a knock on the door. Hilla had a strange look on her face and thought, "Could it be that Margaret is back?" Halle lowered her head slightly and picked up a book and began reading.
The maid opened the door at once. When Hilla saw Horton at the door, she subconsciously furrowed her eyebrows and couldn’t help but mutter in her heart, "Why is he here again?"