Seven Years of Marriage with Jake

Chapter 80

Love Story 7-Chapter 1

Mary sat in the dimly lit room, her phone screen glowing with Richard's name.

Each ring pierced the silence like a ticking time bomb.

She took a deep breath and answered.

"Mary, it's late. Why did you keep Jessica at your place again?"

Richard's voice boomed through the phone, thick with anger.

Mary frowned. She knew Jessica often invented absurd excuses to deceive Richard, leaving Mary to deal with the fallout.

This time, she decided to set things straight.

"Richard, listen. Jessica isn't here. Every time she goes out, she says she's with me. I've only just realized how 'eventful' my life supposedly is," Mary replied, her tone sharp with sarcasm. "I'm done with this. Jessica's your cousin, not your caretaker.

an adult-stop

Richard's anger only intensified.

out into the night. She recalled the last time Jessica appeared at Richard's house in lingerie, and her frustration

time, I thought it was from you," Mary said calmly, her eyes fixed on the distant

are you talking about?"

you should be concerned about what she wears at night. After all,

touching an old photo of better times with

wondered why

always the one

Maybe she just

"If you really cared, you'd be more concerned with what's

paused, then asked: "So

smiled slightly, a glint of mischief in her eyes: "She's tied up with something and

you mean?" Richard

I know is she's busy with a plumbing issue," Mary

issue?"

maybe she's fixing the plumbing at your

you go check?" Mary said mockingly before