Chapter 159 I Don't Welcome You Here
The old lady sneered inwardly. If she had a choice, she wouldn't want to deal with this mean woman either. But right now in the family, the Mephists would never help no matter what, Holden was like a block of wood, Nina was completely useless, not to mention anyone else.
She had no choice but to handle it herself.
"Alright then, dear Merry, you're always so straightforward to talk to."
The old lady forced a smile. "We mentioned Anne before. I thought Holden didn't like her, so I went along with the kid and made some mistakes. But when Holden came back this time, his whole heart is on Anne. The King just happens to have given Anne three months to find a husband. Since Holden has feelings for Anne, and Anne needs a husband, why not let them remarry?"
"Anne was Holden's wife to begin with. If she married someone else, they'd mind her remarried status, but Holden won't. They were a couple originally—when Anne married Holden, the wedding was the talk of the entire Soth Empire!"
Mrs. Merry smiled mockingly. "You mean, you want me to go find Anne and ask our Empire's First Knight Order Ivy Knights commander, Duke Virlet, to forgive and forget and get back together with that good-for-nothing Holden? Just because that boy has fallen for her again?"
"How can you put it that way? Our Holden is also the Dawn Knight Order commander, the Empire's Third Knight Order. That's a pretty good match!"
Mrs. Merry snorted. "Forget everything else, your nerve is really something. What makes you think I'd help set this up? Why would I?"
The old lady was getting annoyed. "You're part of the Titan family too. If Holden could marry her again, the whole family would benefit. Don't you want a more comfortable life? I remember when Anne was here before, you received plenty of gifts from her!"
"That's ridiculous. Anne and I at least cared about each other and never got to the point of scheming against each other. But what about you people?"
Mrs. Merry suddenly seemed to realize something. "Wait, even though Candy went through all that, I haven't heard that Holden kicked her out or divorced her. You're so eager to get Anne back—you're not thinking of having Holden marry both wives at the same time, are you? You think you deserve that?"
The old lady quickly said, "If Anne is willing, Holden definitely won't make that mistake again. I promise. Besides, Candy was unfaithful to her husband and was used by so many men—who would want to keep such filth around? Even if you didn't ask, I'd make Holden divorce her."
"You just need to make one trip to the Virlet family and express Holden's feelings to Anne. She'll definitely change her mind—what woman doesn't love her own husband? As a duke's daughter willing to marry down, she must have truly been in love!"
"Better bring Holden along too. Once you see what he's like now, you'll understand how much he loves Anne. As soon as she sees him, she'll be moved by his sincerity and agree to get back together."
Mrs. Merry stared quietly at the old lady. The look made her uncomfortable, and she couldn't help touching her face. "Is there something on my face?"
"Of course there is—greed, shamelessness, selfishness!"
Mrs. Merry pointed at the old lady's face and cursed, "Where do you get the nerve to say these things? Have you forgotten how you people schemed against Anne before she left the Titan family? Just because I don't mention it, you think the assassin who tried to kill her had nothing to do with you? If Anne hadn't been capable enough to take down that killer, her body would be rotting by now! You already schemed to swallow her dowry and money, and you still have the face to think she has feelings for Holden?"
"I thought you'd forgotten—Anne is a duke's daughter. Marrying into the Titan family was marrying down. But all this time, what kind of attitude have you and your idiot daughter shown? Do you ask people for favors with your nostrils? She was too good to you before, which made you think she was easy to bully. Now she's achieved merit, and all kinds of trash dare to cozy up to her. Does Holden deserve her? Not divorcing Candy is perfect—two pieces of garbage together, so they don't harm others. If you think Anne would come back to pick up trash, feel free to make a fool of yourself at Virlet Manor. Don't drag me into it—I won't go embarrass myself like that."
"Get out now. Seeing you people makes me sick. Shameless bitches aren't welcome here."
Mrs. Merry pushed with her hand, sending the old lady stumbling back several steps.
She looked completely shocked—she'd only wanted to ask for a favor, and if she didn't want to help, fine, but how could she curse so harshly!
But before she could say anything more, servants had already surrounded her and forcibly escorted her out, slamming the door shut behind her.
The old lady wanted to curse Mrs. Merry's rudeness outside the door, but unwilling to expose her true nature in front of outsiders, she could only grit her teeth and get back in the carriage.
The carriage soon returned to the Titan family. She'd been thinking the whole way and finally decided to go find Mephist.
Remembering how he'd been before, this time she didn't plan to use a commanding tone—she was also afraid of making their relationship worse.
She returned to the room and glanced at Holden and Mephist by the bed, then at Drona on the bed. Nina was nowhere to be seen, probably hiding in her room crying, but right now she didn't have the energy to deal with that.
Drona on the bed had already taken most of the old lady's attention.
In her heart, although her husband had previously threatened her with the affair, forcing her to deal with Candy and push for Holden and Anne's remarriage, and that coldness had truly terrified her, after all these years together and so many children, the old lady didn't want him to leave her like this.
She raised her hand to wipe tears from the corner of her eyes, noticing that Mephist was watching her, and quickly lowered her head, sobbing sadly a couple of times.