?Chapter 1569


    Madam Stockton was seated on a chair inside the dressing room, and there was a grave look on her face.


    Julie felt tension the moment she saw her. She whispered, "Mom..."


    Madam Stockton red at her. "Don''t call me ''Mom''. You are no longer my daughter-in-w!"


    She had a secret room built into her dressing room which was an altar filled with pictures of John! There was even a sculpture sculpted in the likeness of John!


    Even an idiot could tell at one nce that Julie was obsessed with him.


    Madam Stockton felt insulted to think that she had once expressed her concern for Julie and that she felt she had been too hard on Julie thest time.


    This entire time, Julie was not merely trying to drive away Sherry to secure her position in the family. She was out for John! She wanted John for himself! She was going to im the brother of her deceased husband for herself!


    They had lived together for so many years, and it was only now that she found out this terrible dark secret that Julie had been hiding the entire time!


    She could not believe that this was the true nature of her daughter-inw of whom she had once been so proud. She was furious and exasperated! She felt like she was going to lose her mind!


    She was about to storm out of the room when she heard something drop on the floor. It sent tremors across the floor.


    Julie knelt in front of her.


    Madam Stockton was stunned by this disy, at a loss for what to say.


    Julie cried and spilled her heart out, "I''m so sorry. It''s just that I couldn''t resist. He''s the best man I have ever known and I could not repress my desire for him." She bawled her eyes out and was filled with remorse for what she had done.


    Madam Stockton did not know what to make of this. She red at Mia who was standing by the door, and shooed her away. "You, leave us."


    Mia quickly scuttled away.


    Madam Stockton turned her attention back to Julie. It made her ufortable to see Julie kneeling in front of her.


    She had a point. There was not a single man in the entirety of nchester who could match with the likes of John Stockton. Not only was he the richest man in nchester, but there was also no one more attractive than he was.


    Since the incident with Shannon, there had been countless people approaching her and proposing to have their daughters wed John.


    Julie''s husband passed shortly after she married into the family, and ever since then the only man she was in close contact with was John, she was one of the few faces she knew in nchester. Provided these circumstances, it was only natural that she would catch feelings.


    However, the thought of the creepy room full of pictures of John and the wax figure... It made her feel sick.


    After a long silence, she finally spoke, "Julie, since you''ve been with our family for so many years, I will forget about what I''ve seen inside this room today. However, you will have to get rid of all of it, and I mean all of it within two days. Destroy it all."


    Julie choked up. "I know, I understand."


    "Also, John is a married man. Get rid of whatever gross thoughts you have about him. I promise you that I will scour nchester for a man worthy to take your hand in marriage."


    She had considered finding a new partner for Julie for some time, but it was Julie who had objected to the idea. With things the way they were now, she decided that the matter was of the utmost urgency.


    Julie''s eyes were puffed up from all that crying. "Just promise me that you won''t kick me out of the house, will you? I will never harbor these ideas about John in the future. I swear I


    genuinely want to be by your side and be your support."


    Madam Stockton took a deep breath. "Julie, you''re still young and have a whole life ahead of you. There''s no need for you to feel obliged to stick by my side. Don''t worry, no matter who you choose to marryter on, you will always be an honorary Stockton and if you encounter any trouble, you know who to call."


    "But I don''t want to remarry. I want to be with the family!"


    Madam Stockton rose and looked at Julie with iron in her eyes. "I''ve already made up my mind. I''ll talk to your parents one of these days and we''ll find a suitable match for you."


    Julie was rmed by this. "You''re going to talk to my parents?"


    "Don''t worry. I won''t tell anyone what I saw tonight."


    "No, that''s not what I meant, I-"


    Before she could finish, Madam Stockton walked past her and walked out of her bedroom.Original content from N?velDrama.Org.


    Julie went limppletely and slumped to the ground. Her expression turned rigid, and gone were the tears in her eyes. She let the spite inside her fester and soon, she was scowling insidiously and filled with hatred.


    She had been a widow at the Stockton household for almost a decade!


    She had been ying the long game of being a diligent daughter-inw for so many years,


    hoping to dig her ws into John one day.


    Madam Stockton was going to drive her out now? Don''t even think about it!