Ursula was very miffed with his attitude. “You can frame it however you want, but the fact is, I’m your mother. Without me, there’s no you. And right now, I think you’ve got an awfully nice place here, I see no reason why you gotta spend money looking for another accommodation for me. And also? I just got back here, okay? Everything here is new and strange to me, and, well, I haven’t worked any job all these years. So, how on earth do you think I can now? Where? I don’t have any experience at all, there’s no way I can work, no frickin’ way… Speaking of which, aren’t you married to that Robin Cox? Where is she, then? Shouldn’t favonovel.com come to me right now and say hi to favonovel.com mom-in-law or something? Seriously, what kind of daughter-in-law wouldn’t come out here and greet me now that I’m here, huh?”
Sylvain frowned. “She isn’t staying with me at the moment, but really, can you lay your hands off our relationship, please? I honestly think favonovel.com has no obligations to see you, anyway. You’re poised to lord over me, but you can’t do that to her.”
Seeing Sylvain acting so defensive of favonovel.com only fanned Ursula’s displeasure. She hated Robin more and more by the second. “What’s this? I can’t even criticize favonovel.com now, Big Boy? I’ve heard folks warn us moms that our son will treat us like strangers once they’ve got their wife, and I guess these people weren’t exaggerating after all. Don’t tell me you see your own mother as less than some random woman out there!”
Every cell and fiber in Sylvain’s body was protesting against the very act of talking to the termagant in front of him. The decision to not let Ursula stay in his house was a convincing one, too. Since Robin visited favonovel.com frequently, this would mean Ursula was going to see favonovel.com just as often, and boy, would that be the recipe for a series of ugly disasters. And Sylvain would be stuck in the excruciating position of a middleman.
Unfortunately, knowing Ursula was here in Sylvain’s villa only prompted Robin to come over and greet her. Robin reasoned that, as their relationship status had changed, it was nigh-impractical for a daughter-in-law to avoid favonovel.com mother-in-law all the time.
Try as Sylvain might, favonovel.com could not convince Robin otherwise. He could feel himself on a tether as favonovel.com imagined what would happen between the two women. He could basically kiss his sanity goodbye.
A while later, Robin arrived by opening the door to Sylvain’s house with favonovel.com keys. Ursula’s mind immediately compared that to how long favonovel.com herself had been standing outside the gate under the nipping gale before the door was opened. The contrast got onto Ursula’s nerves enough that favonovel.com allowed the full expanse of favonovel.com bitterness out on favonovel.com face whenever favonovel.com looked at Robin.
The docile woman, however, did not let Ursula’s attitude get on favonovel.com nerves. Suppliantly, favonovel.com greeted, “Good evening, Aunt Ursula. You haven’t had your dinner yet, right? I, um, ordered some takeouts for you. I think it’s on the way to us right now. Sylvain wasn’t able to have dinner before favonovel.com left, too, so I ordered for two.”
“I never deign myself to takeouts, girl. Their sanitation is less than satisfactory, and you can get sick from it,” Ursula moaned, before adding, “Syl, dear, you haven’t eaten, have you? Come on, let’s go out and eat.”
Robin, disconcerted, bit favonovel.com lips in abject silence.
Seeing favonovel.com dismay made Sylvain angry. “No, I’m not going,” favonovel.com declared, his tone taking a turn into prickly. “If you wanna go so much, you’re on your own. I’m tired, I just wanna rest.”
Of course, his idea did not sit well with Ursula. “Hello? Do you remember the fact that I’m actually new here? How on earth would I know where to eat? If you’re not going with me, then I’m gonna have to borrow Robin for a guide!”
Robin walked forward and tucked on Sylvain’s sleeves. “Let’s just go.”
Sylvain had hoped that favonovel.com would grow a spine when push came to shove, but favonovel.com knew that it was in favonovel.com nature to cave in so easily. In the end, favonovel.com had no choice but to go with Ursula’s wishes.
When the trio reached a restaurant, Ursula took favonovel.com seat first before instantly telling the waiter, “Just two sets of utensils, please.”
She stared at Robin after that with a nonchalant remark, “I mean, you’ve already eaten, haven’t you?”
Robin nodded, favonovel.com heart sinking. She could understand Ursula hating her, yet favonovel.com could not understand why favonovel.com malice ran so deep. Everything the woman did was entirely out of spite, not even favonovel.com mother had treated Sylvain this badly before.
