My brother-in-law My husband
Chapter 45

Catherine was stunned as she felt a sharp pain on her cheek. She covered her throbbing cheeks with her palms and looked at her mother with teary eyes.

He never thought he would get a slap from his mother. She has always been a good daughter since she was a child. He knows his mother's struggle. Therefore, he tried his best not to make his mother's life more difficult.

But now…

"I can't believe I had to slap you!" Anna shouted as she held the cup and clenched her hands together.

"God pity me for having a whore's daughter like you!"

Anna's chest went up and down as she tried to charge up to contain her anger. She grew even more disgusted when she saw Catherine crying.

"Why are you crying? Don't take issue as if you were a victim when you were an adulterer!"

"Mom, what did Marcell tell you?" Catherine asked. He already knew that everything came from that bastard.

"He told me everything, Catherine. He told me that he found out about you having an affair with so many people about two weeks ago. He tries to be a good husband by facing you carefully, even wanting to start a new one between the two of you,"

Anna recalled Marcell's expression as she recounted everything that had happened between her and Catherine. Never in a million years, did he expect his dutiful — male also a billionaire to show such weakness in front of him.

"But you don't want to! You refuse to reconcile, even file for divorce to get her money from the divorce settlement! My God, is it my fault to enlarge a woman like this as my daughter?!"

"That— That's a lie!" reply Catherine. He doesn't want to be the one who's always wrong here. He never cheated, nor did he ever hurt that bastard.

"I never cheated! And I already told him that I don't need his money, so he'll leave me alone!" Catherine said in despair.

"Mom, you have to believe me! You are my mother. Why would I lie to you!?"

She thought her mother's heart would soften as she told the truth.

But it's far from that.

His mother simply looked at him coldly and said, "Do you really expect me to believe that?"

"How— How can I make you trust me!?"

"Alright, if you want to make me believe you, can you tell me why you refused marriage counseling with Marcell?" ask Anna.

"T—Itu—" Catherine wasn't sure if she should answer this in the truest way. Surely, Marcell twisted the facts to make himself a victim, didn't he?

"I—I don't want to make peace! I just want a divorce from that cheating bastard!"

Anna's expression changed, but not for the better. Her lips twitched, and she sat on her bed. Anna covered her eyes with her palms and started sobbing.

"I—Mother?"

"Why are you doing this, Catherine? I believe you have a life I don't have. Marcell is a good husband. Why did you betray him?"

"Marcell told me everything. He came and cried here, right in the chair you were sitting in. He told me that you cheated so many times that you filed for divorce after getting caught red-handed."

"She also asked you to start over, and when you refused, she asked you to take marriage counseling. But you refused…." Anna continued to sob, and from her sobs, tears began to flow down her cheeks and fell onto her long skirt.

"Mom, he cheated! He's got a lot of women outside, and he's not even trying to hide it!" Catherine insisted. This is the real truth because he is the one who knows everything— he experienced it firsthand.

"Geez, I can't believe that, Catherine…."

"Why not?! I'm your daughter! You should have believed me!"

"If he's cheating, then why don't I ever see news about that on TV? He's famous, right? I remember her always announcing on TV that she was married and had a daughter at home. He is a loving father!"

"If he's cheating, then why don't you go to marriage counseling? Catherine, your father and I divorced because he cheated a lot, not once or twice. I forgave him three times before I decided to end it all."

"But Marcell, you love him, and you have a daughter with him. Are you telling me that you refused marriage counseling if she was cheating?"

"He told me that he didn't want a divorce, not because of money, but because he still loved you! How could you."

" How can you be so selfish!? Your daughter's future is at stake! Do you want him to do it? raised without a father like you and your sister?!"

"CATHERINE ANDERSON, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROSTITUTES AS PRINCESSES!"

Her mother's voice boomed like thunder that shook Catherine's heart. Now she knows her relationship with her mother is broken.

Everything's ruined because of that bastard Marcell Sebastian.

Anna continued to cry for a while, and the room was completely silent except for the muffled sound of an old woman crying out for her daughter.

This good daughter cheated on her husband, even though he had a life that everyone dreamed of when they were young. She was an ungrateful bitch.

Anna got up with difficulty and walked to the door. He opened the door wide, "I can't leak your eyes, Catherine Anderson. Not after what you've done. You must go and never come back unless you make peace with your husband."

Catherine looked at her mother, and her mother immediately avoided her gaze, not even wanting to look her in the eye anymore.

His heart was so heavy that it could explode at any moment.

Her eyes were teary, but she could not cry, not in front of her mother, who had been crying from the beginning.

Therefore, he got up and walked to the door. Before leaving, she turned her head one last time, hoping that her mother would change her mind and maybe listen to her.

But it was all just an unreachable wish because his old mother sided with the cheating and lying Marcell.

Catherine smiled bitterly as she said, "Mom, this may be the last time we meet again. Since there's no way, I'll make peace with that bastard. Never in a million years."

"You-you"

Before Anna could vent her anger again, Catherine walked away from her. He heard his mother cursing him from afar, but he tried to keep walking forward despite his overwhelming heart ache.

She stood in front of her brother— Chelsea, who blocked the door with her body. Catherine looked at him for a moment and asked, "Do you know about any of this?"

"Of course, I was the one that Marcell contacted. He told me that your relationship was strained because you cheated on him. Seriously, Catherine, you ungrateful whore."

…

"I'll go now, brother. Say hello to my nephew. Amanda and I may not be able to visit them for a long time from now on" Catherine said.

Chelsea sneered, "Oh, please, I don't want my son to see you. After all, I don't want you to give them a bad influence."

"Ah, the only bad influence here is you with a continuous quarrel with your husband" Catherine said.

He pulled Chelsea's arm and pulled her away from the door, "Goodbye, Brother."

Chelsea was stunned because she had no time to avenge Catherine's shadow.

"The whore! That's incredible!"