Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 852

Coming out of the notary office, Elaine clutched the letter of disownment tightly in her hands. She felt as if the weight she had been carrying all those years was finally lifted off her shoulders.

Never did she expect that she would have made this huge decision.

Half an hour ago, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob had no choice but to sign the letter of disownment. Therefore, she brought them to the notary office.

They were not the only ones who came. Bob and the others also tagged along.

After waiting for a while, Bob was getting impatient. When he saw the Jacob Family coming out, he threw away the cigarette in his hand and immediately went over. "Hey, I've been waiting for you since forever. If you're not gonna pay me back today, we won't settle for nothing!"

Immediately pushing Elaine towards him, Mr. Jacob exclaimed, "She told you she would pay. Settle it with her!"

In a good mood, she answered, "Yeah, I won't break my promise. I'm paying."

As she spoke, she took out a mini handbag that she brought from their house.

Not knowing what she was thinking, her parents queried in suspicion, "Why did you bring this bag? Isn't it empty inside?"

Before this, they had already rummaged through the bag, but there was nothing worthy in it.

Ignoring them, Elaine reached out her hand to Bob, "Do you have a knife? I need one."

Fishing out his pocket knife, Bob handed it to Elaine. She then cut open the interior part of the bag and pulled out a card.

It was a credit card.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob had never expected Elaine to play tricks on them like that!

The credit card was in the house all along, but they never noticed.

Grinning wide, Bob reached out his hand, "Very well, Miss Jacob..."

Tossing the card at him, Bob caught it with his quick reflex. "Erm, what's your pin number? I'll ask my men to go to the bank nearby to make sure it's legit."

"Pin number's one to six," Elaine replied frankly.

"That's it?"

"Go ahead and check for yourselves if you don't believe me." "Okay, okay. I'll get someone to check it out right now."

After handing the card to one of his men, the man immediately left for the bank.

Mr. Jacob was full of doubts. "Elaine, where did this money come from? Since when did you have so much money?"

300,000 wasn't a small amount. Besides, she would transfer her pay to the family every month, so it was impossible for her to save so much money.

When Mr. Jacob was done talking, Mrs. Jacob chided in suspicion, "Yeah. Why didn't you tell us when you had so much money?"

Raising her brows, she rebutted, "This is my money. Why are you surprised that I kept it from you guys?"

Unhappy, Mrs. Jacob's face puckered. Walking over towards Elaine, Zoe sneered, "300,000 is a lot of money to us, but to the rich, it's only a day's expenses. The money obviously came from that rich guy she's attached to!"

"Did the money really come from that man?" Mrs. Jacob flew into a rage when she heard that. "Are you not ashamed? Did you trade your body for the money?"

"Does it have anything to do with you now?" Elaine snickered.

With that, she waved the document in her hands and reminded, "We've broken ties, remember? We're no longer family. From now on, I have nothing to do with you guys."

"You merciless woman!"

Consumed with rage, Mrs. Jacob raised her hand and was about to slap Elaine on the face.

For so many years, Elaine had always been under her control. Now that she had suddenly been bitten back by her daughter, she was unwilling to accept it.

However, before her palm fell, she was shoved aside by a hard push.

Immediately, she cried out in pain and dropped to the ground.

"Are you done?" Vincent came over to her side and pulled her into his arms. "If you've had enough, let's go back now."

Looking at Vincent who appeared without warning, Mrs. Jacob was furious.

He didn't spare anyone at the scene a glance before dragging Elaine away.

Without saying a word, Elaine got into the car with him.

"Hold up!" Zoe suddenly ran over, blocking their path.

Vincent tilted his head while seated in the car, "Yes?"

Looking at Vincent's handsome face, she emphasized word by word, "My sister isn't a decent woman. She's always messing around and hooking up with men. Are you sure you still like her?"

Elaine was wordless with rage.

Staring straight into Vincent's eyes, Zoe continued, "Don't be fooled by her appearance. She's wily..."

"Are you trying to make me dump her?"

Before she could finish her words, Vincent interrupted her.

Taken aback by his words, Zoe explained, "I just wanted to warn you, sir. Don't be fooled by her innocent appearance. Aren't you curious to know how she got such a big amount of money? She could have got it in exchange for having sex with other men!"

Annoyed, Vincent knitted his brows.

Seeing his reaction, Zoe thought that she had sparked Vincent's hatred towards Elaine. Happily, she went on, "There's more! She's actually engaged to another man already. She's such a fickle woman... Ah!"

Before she could finish her sentence, Zoe shrieked.

The window suddenly wound up, clamping down on her fingers. She cried out in pain, "Wind it down! Wind down the window!"

With an ominous look on his face, he shouted, "Get out of my way!"

Frightened, Zoe quickly pulled out her hand and ran away.

Running towards her parents, she looked in the direction of the car in anger.

"My dear, are you alright?" Mrs. Jacob took her hands and asked out of concern.

Anger was pouring through her. "I'm fine!"

"That brat! How dare she fool us like that. Does she really think that she can marry into a rich family? I swear she'll come back to us on her knees one day!" Mrs. Jacob uttered furiously.

Just as they were about to head back, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of them.

When Zoe saw the man, her eyes lit up.

Elaine was doomed.

On the way back to the hotel, Elaine wasn't particularly in a good mood, so she leaned against the window as she watched the buildings pass by in a flash.

Throughout the ride, she didn't utter a word, even when they arrived at the hotel.

After getting out of the car, Vincent moved to the other side and opened the door. Staring coldly at Elaine who was on the passenger's seat, he ordered, "Come out."

Casting her head down, she hopped off the car and went upstairs without waiting for Vincent.

When she reached the hotel room, Morgan was already there waiting. He was surprised to see that she came back alone. "Miss Jacob, why are you back alone? Where is Mr. Bradbury?"

Not answering his question, she pointed at the door and requested, "Morgan, can you please open the door for me?"

Noticing that there was something off with her, he immediately unlocked the door without prompting further.

She then went in without a word.

After a while, Vincent came back.

Before Morgan could say anything, Vincent opened the door and walked in with a sullen face.

Sensing that something was wrong, Morgan kept quiet for a while.

They were fine before this, so what could have possibly happened when they were out?"

What on earth was going on?

After Vincent entered the room, he looked around, but Elaine was nowhere to be found. Just then, the sound of flowing water could be heard from the bathroom.

With a worried frown, he knocked on the bathroom door. "What are you doing? Come out. I have something to ask you."

There was no reply from the other side.

Not giving up, he knocked on the door again. Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.

Still, there was no response.

At that moment, Morgan walked over and asked, "Sir, what happened? Did you make Miss Jacob upset again? Her eyes seemed to be red earlier when she came in..."