On His Deathbed, My Husband Left His Fortune to His First Love Chapter 2

For the first time since we met, Jack was stunned by my sharp retort. He stood there, speechless.

After a while, he finally found his voice.

"I'm the man, the pillar of this family. Naturally, I should take on the responsibility of providing for the family. Why don't you just stay at home and be a housewife? Isn't that good?"

He softened his voice and promised, "Claire, I promise you, I will definitely..."

I cut him off, not wanting to hear that line that had deceived me for half a lifetime.

"I will definitely treat you well too. When I have free time, I'll take you traveling all over the country to enjoy life. Jack, why don't you quit your job instead? After all, besides our son needing care, your parents need even more attention."

Jack opened his mouth, then closed it again.

I initially wanted to propose divorce directly, but in this era, complete freedom of divorce wasn't possible yet.

Even if my parents were relatively open-minded, they probably couldn't accept my sudden divorce.

At the very least, I needed to find evidence of his affair to have public opinion on my side.

Finally, Jack and I reached an agreement. We would both compete for the position of theater company director, and whoever lost would resign to take care of the family.

Jack looked at me arrogantly.

"It's not like the old days when masters trained apprentices anymore. Being good at singing alone isn't enough to convince people. The key is having management skills!

Let me be clear, you're close to Director Chen, and your parents have connections with big shots in the theater world.

If I find out there's any unfairness, don't blame me for not considering our marital bond!"

Jack's tone was harsh and cold, already treating me like an enemy.

In my previous life, how could I have thought he was cold on the outside but warm-hearted, responsible for the family?

Our son seemed oblivious to our argument, focused on fiddling with the eraser he had snatched.

I now know this is a stereotypical behavior of autistic children, but Jack didn't.

He snatched the eraser away and ground it under his foot.

"Are you stupid? It's bad enough that you can't talk, but you keep causing trouble!

Do you know how much trouble you've caused? I had to pay a whole year's salary in compensation!"

He then slapped our son's head several times, still not satisfied.

In the past, I would have stopped him.

I would have hugged our son, comforting him, saying I'd take responsibility for his mistakes, and then make up the money from my own salary.

That's what I did in my previous life.

To get treatment for Kevin in the south, I even borrowed money from my parents.

But now, I just stood by coldly, watching.

I even wanted to applaud and say, "Well done."

Seeing my lack of reaction, Jack stopped.

"Claire Evans, I knew you were cold-hearted!" he said before riding away on his bike.

I knew he was betting on me softening towards our son, but when I thought about how in my previous life, the son I had poured my heart and soul into had helped these two despicable people deceive me for half a lifetime, and even said the mistress had it tough, I couldn't help but feel furious.

Thinking of this, I turned and left as well.

As I turned the corner, I caught a glimpse of Jack stopping his bike and riding back.

See? A child doesn't die without his mother. Whoever softens first is the one who ends up sacrificing more.

This life, I was determined to be the hard-hearted one.

But I wasn't testing him. I really had something to deal with.

I needed to find Bella Davis from my previous life, the "Aunt Bella" who Kevin said had been by Jack's side for half a lifetime and deserved half of his assets.

Actually, Bella and I were quite familiar with each other.

We both started as lead actresses.

But after I gave birth to Kevin, my mother-in-law complained of heart palpitations and couldn't help with my postpartum care. I had to cook, do laundry, and take care of the baby just two days after giving birth, which led to a herniated disc.

I couldn't dance anymore and could only play supporting roles.

She then considered herself the star of the theater company.

I never thought about truly competing with Jack for the director position. After all, why make things difficult for myself when there was an easier path?

Bella was that easier path.

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