My brother-in-law My husband
Chapter 36

Mrs Andrew breathed a sigh of relief after receiving confirmation from Marcell Sebastian that she would do nothing with the land.

It was a private school standing in a gated community. It was a fairly old and prestigious private school with outdoor sports courtyards, greenhouses, and more.

And they got all that in the middle of the city, which was already a miracle in itself.

Without the generosity of Sebastian's family, this private school would never have been founded.

Andrew's mother was trying to muster the energy to save the school she had dedicated for decades.

But she doesn't know what will happen to Catherine Sebastian. Because her husband, the domineering Marcell Sebastian, manipulated the situation around her.

"What's wrong with them? I thought they were a happy married couple—until I heard about the affair, unfortunately…."

Mrs Andrew is not interested in getting involved in spousal fights. All he wanted was to save this school, even if he had to sacrifice someone.

"I'm sorry, Catherine Sebastian…." Mrs Andrew stopped, and she closed the principal's office door.

**

Catherine goes to the school administration office to pay Amanda's semester tuition. It should have been around 150 million for a semester, which was already very expensive to Catherine's standards.

Since Marcell paid Amanda's tuition earlier, 150 million was just pocket money for her.

'I hope Marco doesn't mind if I borrow money, just in case my salary isn't enough, ' Catherine hoped inwardly.

He stood in front of the counter and said that he wanted to pay Amanda the tuition, "Amanda Rose Sebastian."

The clerk typed on his computer and mentioned a great many times, "The total for one semester is 300 million, Mrs Sebastian. Do you want to pay in cash or by card?"

Catherine's eyes widened instantly, "300 million! Shouldn't it be 150 million before?!"

"The management of the school has completed this decision, Mrs Sebastian. You have to pay this amount."

Catherine was completely silent. How can school fees double in just six months ?! He was ready to owe Marco that 150 million. Because she doubted her salary would be that much per six months because she was basically just a maid in her apartment.

But 300 million...

That makes no sense!

Catherine gulped and prepared herself for the negotiation, "I—Is it possible to pay half of it for now? Or maybe. if there's a cut from top management, it's kind of surprising…."

“You have to pay in full every semester, madam" said the officer.

Catherine's legs trembled as she felt extremely weak.

300 Million rupiah was too much for his expenditure, and he did not know how to tell Marco.

But he has to make sure that Amanda keeps learning, even during this difficult time.

'I don't know if Marco will be upset by this... I feel like he will definitely yell at me for using 300 million of his black cards.'

'I mean, Marcell did the same thing.he even tried to scold and humiliate me for spending 1 million on a cheap dress, saying that I was too fat to wear it….'

'Oh my God, what happened to my life ?! Why is everything so hard?!'

Catherine began to wail. He tried to remain calm even now. So he took out his wallet and put a black card on the counter, "I'll pay with this card."

After she finished paying, Catherine walked out of the school building feeling limp from head to toe. He staggered to his car and got in.

He sat in the driver's seat while looking ahead with a blank look. The burden of 300 million rupiahs is on his shoulders now. He has to face Marco while saying he has used that kind of money from his black card.

Catherine shuddered in fear. He had already imagined what kind of face Marco would make once he knew it.

"Or maybe he already knew? I know you can get an email from the bank if your credit card has been used for a certain amount. God, I don't know how to deal with it this time."

…

"Please don't fire me, Marco," begged Catherine alone in the car because she wasn't sure if she could say it in front of Marco as soon as she faced it later.

"Why are you—" Catherine is frustrated when she sees the caller, who is a demon threatening the old principal using her surname just to make sure everything goes as she wants.

Catherine picked up the phone, ready to scream.

—

"What's up, Catherine?"

"Why are you talking to me so sour? Don't you realize that technically I'm still your husband?" Marcell sneered, but really, he smiled as he called out to Catherine.

Marcell leaned back in the executive chair, staring at his empty office, "Today is the day to pay Amanda's tuition, right? If you don't pay, Amanda's education will be problematic. You don't want him to be expelled from school, do you?"

"He won't be expelled just for the money!" Catherine answered harshly. He felt humiliated as he tried his hardest to stay afloat for the sake of his daughter, while Marcell was just playing around as if he had never had a family.

"Do you know what the principal said about you? You used your family's power to intimidate him! Marcell, you're despicable!"

"And? The power and connections of the family are there to be harnessed. I don't care what you think, Catherine Sebastian—"

"I'm Catherine Anderson!" Catherine insisted on using her maiden name while talking to Marcell, as she felt disgusted just by thinking she would feel standing next to him as his wife.

Marcell laughed lowly, thinking that Catherine's reaction was amusing, "I had just told the old principal that I could always bring the land matter to court because the land on which the school was founded still legally belonged to my late father."

"I can always take it if I want because my father only let them borrow it out of generosity, not lend it, or sell the ownership."

"But you did this to protect your affair with those women! Did you know that your daughter is being controlled with your mistress' children? You hurt your own daughter!"

"I didn't hurt him, not at all" Marcell replied lightly. "What I did was show my daughter that there were consequences because her mother was female*******dumb who could not admit defeat and obey her own husband—"

Disconnected.

—

Catherine hung up the phone. He knew there was no point in talking to a bastard like him. He would just twist his words and turn them into weapons towards Catherine.

"Did she even love her daughter? I understand if he hates me, and I don't care anymore. I don't even care if he deliberately tries to make things difficult for me because there's nothing I can do about it. "

"But Amanda, all she's doing now is hurting her own daughter!" Catherine's frustrated. She was so frustrated that she wanted to pull out her hair.

"I swear to God, once I have enough money to move to another state, I'll do it!"

Catherine calmed down after a while. Because he knew that he wouldn't be able to do anything to solve Amanda's problem, he plans to let him study at this private school for an entire semester and move up to the next class before they move to a cheaper state, far from the city center and from the clutches of the Sebastian Family, especially the man named Marcell Sebastian.

"OK, take a deep breath and relax, Catherine. You will still have to face the real monsters in his office later. You have to explain about borrowing that kind of money from him. That's your real problem for now."

Catherine turned on the car and pressed the gas gently, leaving the school and returning to the Phoenix Tower. He needs to cook for Marco's lunch because he asked him to bring the lunch box.

It took him almost three hours to get back to the apartment, cook food, and then go to Marco's office building.

Catherine parked the car in front of the hotel lobby and gave the key to the security guard, "Will you take the car to the VIP parking lot downstairs? The boss is waiting for his lunch, and I don't want to be scolded."

"Sure, miss. Sebastian," the driver receives the car keys, and Catherine rushes to the VIP elevator. He looked at his watch, and it was already 11:30. He was afraid Marco would scold him even more if he was late for his lunch break.

He was also a little worried Marco might not like his cooking.

'OK, Catherine, relax, relax, worry about this it won't change anything, seriously, ' Catherine said in her heart.

DING!

The elevator stopped at the highest floor. Catherine headed straight for the CEO's office door in front of her.

The door was half-open, and he saw no sign of Diamond sitting in his chair in front of Marco's office.

That means Marco and Diamond had a meeting outside, or they were talking about something inside the office, Catherine thought.

As soon as he was near the elevator, he suddenly heard Diamond's voice from within;

"Mr Sebastian, are you sure about this? Don't you think that's a bit cruel for her?"