Charlie extended his right hand to shield half of his face, feeling utterly at a loss on how to respond to his foolish father.<fn0026> Readplete version only at F?ndNovel</fn0026>


    At that moment, Jacob pressed the answer button and casually said, “Hey, ire, I’m back with Charlie.”


    From the back seat, ire’s furious voice pierced through: “Dad! You’ve really let me down!”


    Jacob gasped in shock, dropping the phone which slipped into a gap.


    Ignoring the phone, he turned to ire in rm, “C-C-ire???? What are you doing in the car?”<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    ire shot back, “Why shouldn’t I be in the car? If I weren’t here, I wouldn’t have discovered that you’ve been cheating!”


    Jacob seemed to lose hisposure, eximing, “Oh, don’t start with that nonsense! When did I cheat?”


    ire replied, “You and Matilda are exchanging such expensive gifts and sneaking around behind Mom’s back! How is that not cheating?”


    Jacob quickly defended himself, “This isn’t cheating! Matilda and I have always maintained a respectful distance; we’ve never crossed any lines. Besides, your mother and I are separated and have no feelings left. Divorce is just a matter of time. Even if it were cheating, it would be the start of a new rtionship!”


    ire’s face flushed with anger, tears welling in her eyes as she eximed, “How can you do this? I used to think you were a good father and husband. But now, I can’t believe how far you’ve fallen. You’ve been with Mom for over 20 years! Even if love is gone, there should still be some family affection. You at least owe her that respect!”


    Jacob insisted, “I’m not disrespecting her! If I were, I would’ve just reconciled with Matilda. It’s precisely because I respect your mother that I need to formalize the divorce and then pursue a rtionship with Matilda!”


    ire, tears streaming down her face, pleaded, “Why must you divorce Mom to be with Matilda? Don’t you realize how immoral this is? Does Matilda know she’s being the other woman and ruining someone’s marriage?”


    In a burst of frustration, Jacob retorted, “Matilda is not the other woman! Your mother is!”


    ire was taken aback, “Dad, what are you talking about?”


    Jacob replied coldly, “I’m not speaking nonsense! I should have been with Matilda! If your mother hadn’t interfered and taken me to a motel after I was drunk, Matilda wouldn’t have left me!”


    He continued, heatedly, “ire, do you know how shameful your mother’s actions were? She was Matilda’s roommate and best friend! And I was her best friend’s boyfriend! Yet she chose to sleep with me while I was intoxicated, then bragged to Matilda, forcing her to move away. After that, your mother got pregnant with you and coerced me into marrying her. She’s the one with no morals!”


    ire was left utterly speechless!


    She had heard from her mother about Dad’s first love, but whenever Mom spoke of it, she called that woman a vixen without exining what truly happened.


    For a long time, ire believed her parents had a normal love story, with only a few bumps along the way. However, after hearing her father’s words today, it became clear that her mother had been the one to disrupt the rtionship between her father and another woman…


    This revtionpletely shattered her understanding of her parents’ love and rtionship over the past twenty years.<h3 ss="has-text-align-center" id="chapter-list"><strong></strong>