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 depending

Richard's anger only intensified.

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

lingerie last time, I thought it was from you," Mary said

you talking about?"

at night. After all, it's your place," Mary continued, her tone dripping with

of better times with Richard.

have you ever wondered

the one helping

don't know. Maybe she just needs a

"If you really cared, you'd

then asked: "So

her eyes: "She's

do you

she's busy with a plumbing issue,"

plumbing issue?" Richard sounded

fixing the

Mary