Mr. Villain's Lovely Wife

Chapter 176

“That brat!” Olivier Horvath harshly placed his phone on the table in front of him. He leaned back and loosened his tie.

“This is my fault,” he said, rubbing a hand over his face. “He hates me. He’s hated me since he was a boy.”

Margarette sat on the edge of the couch, legs crossed, arms folded tightly against her chest. “You didn’t do anything wrong.” she said. “Liam was just spoiled by your father. That’s all this is.”

He didn’t respond. Margarette was beside him when he called Liam and heard Isabella’s words toward him.

“He never listens to anyone but Philip,” she continued. “It’s always been like that. And your father never disciplines him, no matter what. He just let it slide. But when it comes to Eli…”

She stopped, her lips trembling. “He’s so cold to Eli. It’s like he doesn’t even see him. That child has done nothing wrong. My poor Eli.”

She covered her face with her hands. “It’s not fair. Why blame a child for something that happened in the past?”

Olivier slammed his hand on the table again. The sound echoed in the room.

“I’ll talk to him myself.”

Margarette shook her head quickly and stood up. “Don’t. That’ll only make it worse.”

“He can’t let other people–talk to me like that.”

“You think showing up now will fix anything? He’ll just push you further away. And from the looks of it… It looked like he dotes on Isabella too… perhaps this was just her way of protecting him.”

Olivier didn’t sit back down.

Margarette immediately wiped at her eyes. “But maybe I’ll talk to him or that girl… Isabella Rossi. He seemed close to her.”

“What about her?” He recalled how she answered his phone. As far as he was concerned, Isabella grew up with Liam.

“I don’t know. They looked comfortable. Do you think they actually got married?” She walked toward the hallway, then turned back. “I’ve never seen him act like that before.”

Olivier’s jaw tightened. “He wouldn’t marry someone without telling me. I’m still his father.”

Margarette didn’t answer. She grabbed a tissue from the table and dabbed at the corner of her eyes.

long breath. “Get ready. We’re going to the old house. We’ll have dinner with Father.”

to argue, then

father?” Liam asked as he

living room couch, her legs stretched out and resting comfortably over Liam’s lap. A soft blanket covered her legs, tucked in

tell me when you’re ready,” she said, flipping a

the apple slices onto a plate. He brought it over and handed it to her without saying

first.

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shifting slightly to support her legs again, “your idea of spending a Saturday like this is actually really

took the plate. “Thank

slice and bit into it. “Now that I only have a week left before I become jobless, I figured I should start

watching her eat.

to have dinner at Grandfather’s tonight?” she asked, setting the plate on the coffee table after a few more

“You already told my father we’re

you want too?” she asked, shifting slightly on the couch

second. “I’d rather spend the weekend with you. But if you’d rather go, I

right away. She kept her eyes

stay here. With you.” She pulled the blanket up

nodded. “That’s

started massaging her legs, his thumbs pressing slowly into her calf. She didn’t say anything right away, just closed her eyes and let him continue. The room was quiet, the only sound coming from the occasional rustle of a

still holding it loosely. “I

answer. He kept his focus on her legs. Then he said, “My father… never liked me.”

an eyebrow, yet she didn’t say a word, letting

I looked too much

couldn’t help the look of surprise on her face. Liam looked like his mother?

with my

like her. My mother was a very beautiful woman.” Liam lifted his gaze and smiled at her. “I grew up grandfather and yours. My father was

arm draped over the cushion behind Izzy.

I was younger, I used to wait for him to come home on my

stayed on him, but she didn’t

didn’t even like. But he