Because of that, I had spent sleepless nights in sadness.

Every day when I woke up, I thought about my terrible son, my terrible husband, my terrible relatives, as well as my terrible neighbors. I had doubted myself more than once and even thought about suicide.

But Liam told me that it was because I was too busy with work and neglected my son's feelings. He asked me to quit my job and spend some more time with my son.

To regain my son's love for me, I had planned to submit my resignation letter after meeting with the client today.

But unexpectedly, I discovered the conspiracy between Liam and Belle.

With hands covering my face, tears soaked my palms.

I began to reexamine myself. When did my husband start to think I was being unreasonable, when did my son, whom I carried for nine months, say he hated me, when did my parents forbid me from returning to their house, and when did the neighbors treat me like a rat crossing the street?

It seemed to have started three years ago when Belle moved to my residential area. My life and work gradually became a mess.

I didn't even know what I had done wrong. We had been together for 13 years, but Liam hated me to the bone.

Not only did he want to abandon me, but he also wanted to destroy everything I had.

I didn't know how long it took for me to regain my sanity. I wiped away the tears from the corners of my eyes.

At that very moment, I was alone and had no one to rely on but myself.

I could only rely on myself to take back what belonged to me.

Liam, you can hate me, but you must never separate me from my son whom I carried for nine months.

Belle, I am willing to offend the neighbors for you, but you covet my husband and even want to take away my son.

You want me to be isolated and have nothing.

And I want you to reap what you have sown and pay double the price!

2

When I got home, Liam's mother Audrey was there, playing with my son.

Mrs. Lopez, whom I hired to take care of my son, was not there.

When Audrey saw me back home, her face instantly darkened as if I were a jinx.

In the past, she was very satisfied with me as her daughter-in-law. She praised me for being sensible and even urged me to marry Liam.

Since last year, she had been targeting me and finding fault with me everywhere.

Whether there was a conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law depended on whether the son, as the middleman, was competent.