Crossroads

Chapter 176

Hayley saw Molly before they even got to their table. “Molly?”

Molly looked at them and greeted them with a hesitant tone, “Hello…”

“Are you here to see me about work?”

“No, it’s just that I…”

Molly felt a bit intimidated by Hayley’s direct gaze and was struggling to find the right words. Suddenly, a small voice next to her called out to a woman, “Mom.”

Hayley was startled by the child’s voice. She looked down and saw that Molly was holding the hand of a small boy, Scott’s son, Andy.

However, the word “Mom” seemed to infuriate Chloe. Her face darkened as she slammed the table and shouted at the child, “Your father and I are divorced. Stop following me. I am not your mother!”

Andy’s handsome little face then froze in fear at her shout. He stood up straight in fear, not daring to move.

Molly was also frightened by Chloe’s fierce demeanor as she hadn’t expected Chloe to be so harsh to her own son.

Hayley, feeling it was too much, tried to persuade. “Chloe, please don’t…”

But Chloe was in a terrible mood today and didn’t listen. Instead, she glared at the child beside the table. “I never wanted to have him in the first place. It was Scott who forced me to have him. Now that we’re divorced, I don’t want to see him.”

She became more and more agitated, as if venting all her resentment on the child, and shouted, “Hayley, do you know how much trouble it is to have a child…

“When I was pregnant, I was bloated all over, had severe morning sickness, throwing up everything I ate, and suffered from leg cramps at night. The C–section scar is hideous. I don’t know why I even had him. It’s been nothing but suffering…”

shouted, “Shut up! Have

had ever yelled at someone so angrily. She couldn’t hold back any longer. Molly even felt Andy’s tiny hand, which she was holding, trembling in

F

Do you think you can act all high and mighty just because you’re backed by Stephanie? Do you really believe I’m afraid of that woman from

backward as her right cheek turned red and

the escalating chaos, Hayley quickly stepped

“Chloe, you need

calm down.”

turned to look at the red imprint on Molly’s swollen cheek and worriedly frowned. Hayley’s tone was

you afraid of these bitches, Hayley? Stephanie, that shameless woman, married the cousin, then turned around and married the brother. Everyone in the circle knows about her reputation. She thinks she’s special because she slept with Dominick. How laughable!” Chloe continued to shout angrily. The loud commotion then drew the eyes of

side, tried to calm the agitated

most of Chloe’s anger stemmed from her divorce today, which was mainly due to Stephanie, the person she

expression darkened as the murmurs around them made her feel embarrassed. In a low voice, she commanded, “Molly, take

leave.

eyes and the hushed

Stephanie. Molly had always been well–behaved and had never done anything outrageous. Therefore,

her at a loss.

go?” Molly looked down at the little one by her feet, clearly nervous but

head down and ignored her. Suddenly, he forcefully shook off Molly’s hand and dashed toward the

of her right hand wet with tears, she understood the little one had cried. Immediately at anxiously

of it

had slapped her and called her an idiot. What mattered most to her now was making sure the

didn’t get lost.

guy

heard Hayley call out from behind, “Don’t tell Stephanie about this. Chloe didn’t mean to