I sat with my arms wrapped around my knees and studied the man standing before me, so full of righteous conviction.
"Since you're married, that means you've started your own household. From now on, you'll support your wife and child with your own money."
"Butler, pack up the young master's belongings. And call the finance department at the company. Freeze every bank account under his name. He gets a hundred thousand dollars as a settling-in allowance. That's it."
Ever since James met Meryl, he had poured every ounce of himself into her.
At first, I had supported his freedom to love whoever he chose.
I had even taken the share transfer documents I'd prepared for him out of the safe before this meeting.
But Meryl, emboldened by her out-of-wedlock pregnancy, had walked through my door and immediately tried to lord it over me.
Well then. A daughter-in-law like that was more than I cared to deal with.
And the ungrateful son who'd turned his back on his own family? I was done with him too.
The next day, sunlight poured through the windows, and the house felt spacious again.