Sweet Subterfuge novel by Trina Duo
Chapter 344

After Yvette and Lana left, the atmosphere of the Rogers family home living room became awkward, now that Larissa and Violet were the only ones left.

"Mom..." Larissa spoke first, "Please don't take the nasty things my aunt and sister said to heart."

"I know." Violet nodded, smiling as she comforted her. "I'm alright. They were just worried about you too. I can understand that." But her smile was not as natural as it would normally be, Larissa could tell that Violet was already swayed by the Seymours. She just needed to give it a little bit more ...

"Mom, actually, there are some things I need to confess." She kept her head down, her face was one of guilt.

Hearing this, Violet straightened up subconsciously as her smile gradually vanished.

"As you've heard my aunt and sister say, you can probably already tell that I was married once before." Larissa's voice was very light, her hands gripping the armrests of the wheelchair tightly. She did not look up at Violet, not even once.

Divorced women were still ostracized by society, especially older women like Larissa. As a wealthy and influential family, the Rogers family's requirements for their daughters-in-law would be much higher than an average person. Now that Anthony and Violet knew the truth, they would not admire her any longer. However, Violet did not get angry as she imagined her to. As a matter of fact, there was an added hint of pity in Violet's gaze toward her.

"Why did you get divorced? Because your former husband cheated on you?" Violet could guess a little based on what the Seymours had said.

"Yes." Larissa bit her lip before letting out a bitter smile.

"Then why did your former husband jump off a building to kill himself?" Violet finally asked a question she had been suppressing for a long time.

"I'm not too clear about the exact reasons why. I'd already broken off contact with him by then. But before that, he was involved in a serious car accident and was paralyzed from the waist down. He had been in the hospital then. At a later period, his family could not even pay for the medical fees ..."

Violet would find out about all these things if she sent someone to ask at the hospital, so Larissa found no need to conceal this.

Pressing her lips together, Violet's voice became gentler. "Then none of this has anything to do with you. You don't have to blame yourself nor worry that I will see you differently."

Larissa's head snapped up as her eyes widened in surprise. The way things were developing ... It was not going the way she expected at all!

Her expression amused Violet so much that she laughed. In mock anger, Violet asked her, "Am I really such a stuffy person who can't distinguish between truth and lies to you?" "... No." Larissa shook her head blankly.

Violet was always open-minded, so she never put on the airs of a mother-in-law and treated Larissa like she was a close friend. But "open-minded" did not mean that she would be able to tolerate everything. Even Larissa herself thought that her and Kevan's lies to Violet were too much, but Violet seemed to not mind and even comforted her.

Larissa's heart was aching, both from gratitude and guilt.

"However " Violet's words took a turn, and Larissa tensed up.

"I can't say that I don't mind entirely that you were married before." Violet was very honest. "After all, parents would want their child to find a perfect marriage partner, as defined by general society as a whole. But anyone knows that 'perfect' doesn't exist. If this was back then, and Kevan told me that he wanted to marry a divorcee, I would never have agreed. But with the way he had been dragging things all these years, I was able to see the various marriages of my friends' children, and they are never happy. I also frequently heard many rich women complain that their daughters-in-law were not good, so I changed my way of thinking."

Every sentence she uttered was spoken with great sincerity.

"My requirements for a daughter-in-law are no longer so high. First, she must be someone Kevan likes; second, her character must not be problematic; and finally, only my preferences come in. You just so happen to match all three points. In other words, you are the 'perfect' daughter-in-law to me."

Her words caused Larissa to be quite shaken.

"You are also my 'perfect' mother-in-law." She, too, spoke from her heart. She really did wish that she could have a mother-in-law like Violet.