In order to pick up her beloved's son from school, Eileen locked her six-year-old daughter at home.

However, when the sudden fire broke out, her daughter couldn't open the door and was burned to death.

When Xavier found Eileen, she was busy being a free nanny for her beloved. She even thought that this was his way of attracting her attention for their daughter.

Eileen didn't know that Xavier's patience with her had come to an end with their daughter's death!

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After hearing that the sudden fire broke in the building where they lived, Xavier rushed home without further asking.

Xavier called his wife, Eileen ten times, she finally answered, sounding very impatient.

"Why do you keep calling? Are you going to die? I'm definitely busy if I didn't answer. How dare you!"

Hearing Eileen's ruthless roar, Xavier finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Eileen used to block the messages in the resident's group chat, and Xavier was the only one reading the messages.

It seemed that she didn't know about the fire incident yet, probably playing with their daughter out.

Xavier's tense nerves relaxed a little, but the video of the fire in the resident's group still scared him. He asked Eileen,

"Is Angela next to you? Let her answer the phone."

Unexpectedly, Eileen, who was always assertive, stammered, "Angela is at home. I go out for something..."

In an instant, Xavier felt his head had exploded, as if he had been thrown down from a tall building.

The ominous feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger. Xavier already had an answer to his wife's whereabouts, but he desperately tried to suppress those thoughts.

"Where is Angela? Do you know that there was a fire broke in our community!"

Seeing Xavier shouting at her hysterically, Eileen got angry again.

"What kind of attitude is that? What could possibly happen when Angela stays at home! You just want to make trouble, don't you!"

"Get out!"

Eileen hung up the phone after scolding him. Xavier didn't have time to call her again to question her, so he could only continue rushing home.

His heart was burning with anxiety and pain, and he had no thoughts to investigate his wife's activities.

But for Eileen, if anything happened to their daughter, he won't let her off easily!

However, Xavier still was too late.

Thick black clouds of smoke billowed into the sky, and the floor where Xavier lived was burned black.

Xavier couldn't remember how he managed to finish that long road. When he recovered from a fright, the onlookers had already blocked him, who was trying to rush into the fire. After pleading in vain, he could only grab a fireman desperately.

Xavier knelt in front of the fireman in terror, tears streaming down his face.

"Please, please save my daughter..."

The fireman asked for Xavier's room number and verified it with his teammates. Then, with profound sorrow on his face, he replied Xavier.

"When we broke in, the child was already..."

The fireman couldn't bear to continue, but the result was obvious.

Another fireman led Xavier to claim the body. The little child was lying quietly on the white cloth, the whole body charred black.

Xavier didn't dare to look again. It was so cold that he felt as if his heart had been torn out and crushed.

Xavier covered the white cloth, trembling and muttered.

"You're liars. This is not my daughter..."

Angela was so beautiful and lovely. How could she be like this?

She must be hiding somewhere safe, waiting for Xavier to pick her up.

Maybe Angela was bored alone, so she secretly went to visit her grandma!

Xavier staggered to his feet and tried to rush to his mother-in-law's house, but the last trace of reason held him back. He couldn't let Angela lie here alone.

Xavier knelt down beside his daughter again, trembling, and called Eileen again.

Eileen still didn't answer. She even felt annoyed and blocked Xavier.

Xavier gritted his teeth, closed the eyes, and forced back his tears.

Without a doubt, his wife was now with her favorite Jack, and maybe there was also Adam, Jack's son.

How ridiculous! Angela was burnt to the bones, but her mother only cares about being harmonious with another man!

After making sure his daughter was settled, Xavier went to Jack's house.

Before today, Xavier had been considering his daughter's feelings and didn't make things too difficult for her.

Now that Angela was gone, Xavier had no reason to tolerate Eileen's cheating any more.

The door of Jack's house was open, and inside, the room was filled with a harmonious and lively atmosphere.

Xavier suppressed the roaring in his heart, clenching his fists and stood at the doorway.

After hearing his mother-in-law's voice, Xavier realized that Eileen was not the only one who accepted Jack and his son.

Well, Jack and Eileen grew up together, so gaining approval from their parents was not difficult.

His mother-in-law's voice was very loud, laughing like a boiling kettle.

"Ah, the son is better than the daughter. Look at Adam's little face. He's so cute. He's exactly the same as Jack!"

After speaking, the mother-in-law seemed to think of something and asked,

"Eileen, do you need to go home now? Xavier will be unhappy if he finds you're not at home."

Eileen's voice was weak, as if coming from the room further inside.

"Who cares? He can do it himself. It's hard for Jack to take care of Adam alone. What's wrong with me coming over to help him!"

As she spoke, Eileen's voice softened and became affectionate again. She called Adam loudly,

"Adam, come and try Auntie's spicy chicken. You talked about it all night yesterday, don't you?"

Hehe, spicy chicken.

Since Jack and his son moved back from another city five months ago, Eileen had seized every opportunity to come to Jack's house. If one day she couldn't take care of them in person, Eileen would feel lost.

At first, Xavier didn't know what was going on. During many late nights returning from work, all he found were leftover takeaway bags at home.

Xavier didn't understand why Eileen as a full-time mom was not willing to cook for her daughter. He acquired Eileen to take care of Angela.

However, Angela jumped out and tried to smooth things over for Eileen, saying that she was the one who wanted to eat takeout.

Looking at His cute and understanding daughter and the self-righteous Eileen, Xavier finally gave up pressing further.

Angela also knew that her mother had given her heart to someone else. She tried to retrieve by asking Eileen to cook spicy chicken for her.

But what did Eileen say?

"You can't eat spicy as you are a child. Cook it yourself. How lazy and greedy are you!"

If Xavier didn't go home in advance that day and overhear everything, Angela planned to cover for Eileen without telling him.

Xavier had a big fight with Eileen, but Angela cried and pleaded with him not to blame her mom.

Angela said, "It's because I'm not obedient enough that Mom suddenly doesn't like me anymore."

Yeah, since Jack appeared, Eileen had spent most of her energy on the father and son.

Xavier had thought about divorcing Eileen and raising the child on his own, but Angela didn't want to be separated from her mother no matter what.

So Xavier reached an agreement with Eileen. As long as she didn't do anything outrageous, maintained a facade of harmonious relationship in front of Angela, treating her well, he could tolerate her to see Jack and his son.

Until now, Xavier realized how wrong his decision was!

At the thought of Angela's disfigurement, Xavier could no longer control himself. He rushed into the kitchen and threw Eileen's spicy chicken to the ground.

Eileen was startled and hurriedly pulled Adam to her side. "Xavier, what are you doing here!"

"It's just that I didn't answer the phone. So you came to Jack's house. You're too petty!"

Xavier didn't respond but instead, he grabbed the broom and smashed everything in the kitchen, including the pots, bowls, ladles, and pots.

Fragments flew in all directions. Some even flew to his body and cut his exposed skin. However, Xavier couldn't feel any pain, mechanically repeating the actions.

The sharp sound of shattering could not erase the resentment in his heart!

Adam huddled pitifully in Eileen's arms. "Uncle Xavier is so scary. Did I do something to make him angry?"

Hearing this, Xavier looked at the boy who was two years older than Angela. His eyes were not filled with fear and innocence, but provocation and mockery.

But Eileen told Xavier that this child was smart and well-behaved, much better than Angela.

Hahaha! How could there be such a mother in the world!

Adam didn't deserve to compare with Angela.

Xavier rushed out of the living room expressionlessly and continued to smash things. His mother-in-law was shocked by his bloodshot eyes and called Jack in a trembling voice.

Xavier didn't stop her. Instead, he stopped what he was doing and stared at her.

Eileen followed and looked at the mess on the ground with a livid face. She seemed to want to rush up and beat Xavier, but she didn't dare to because of Xavier's scary appearance.

The mother-in-law shaken her fat body and comforted Adam in her arms. "Bad uncle! Heartless uncle! Don't be afraid. Let's ignore him!"

Xavier laughed, pointed at Eileen's nose, and scolded,

"You don't deserve to be a mother! How dare you leave your own daughter at home to accompany an illegitimate child!"

Perhaps it was because Xavier had vented his anger by smashing things, he felt a bit relaxed and didn't look as scary as before.

Seeing that Xavier looked better, Eileen got mad again. She straightened her neck and argued with him.

"Xavier, watch your mouth!"

"Are you crazy? Angela is fine at home. How could she die!"

Xavier almost burst out laughing when he heard that.

If Eileen had really seen her daughter in such a miserable state, would she still have said that?

Looking at Adam, who was staying with Eileen, Xavier suddenly felt that they were more like a mother and a child!

Bringing a daughter with such a mother was the biggest mistake Xavier had ever been made in his life!

Hearing Eileen's words, the mother-in-law instantly became confident. She gritted her teeth and said.

"Eileen just came to pick up Adam from school. Why are you making such a big fuss? You don't behave like a man. My daughter is really unlucky to marry you!"

"Besides, Eileen has locked the door and windows. What can happen to that little girl!"

Upon hearing this, Eileen immediately showed an expression of realization. "I knew that this wicked girl, Angela. She said that she didn't mind, but secretly went to complain and asked you to fight for favor for her!"

Eileen's words burned away his last bit of sanity. All Xavier could see was her hateful face.

Xavier rushed over and grabbed Eileen's hair. Ignoring her threats and begging for mercy, Xavier slapped her face again and again, which was full of fear.

Seeing that her daughter had been beaten, the mother-in-law ignored Xavier with a murderous look on his face and rushed over to separate them with all her strength.

"Are you a man? You are hitting your wife. Wait and see. I'll call the police to arrest you now!"

Looking at Eileen's swollen face, Xavier finally felt a little better. His rationality slowly returned,

Eileen undoubtedly was irresponsible. But he was the person who handed his daughter over to such a mother. Xavier couldn't escape from the blame either!

Xavier fell to the ground, crying and laughing. He slapped himself. The feelings of grief and remorse overwhelmed him.

The three people were shocked by his crazy behavior. Mother-in-law pointed at him and said unmercifully.

"Bah! Now you're afraid! Just wait. If I don't send you to the police station today, I'll write my name upside down!"

Suddenly, Xavier remembered what his mother-in-law had just said.

Did she say that Eileen had locked all the doors and windows?

Xavier had a terrible speculation in his heart. When he stayed by his daughter's side, he had heard from the onlookers that only three people died during the fire.

Today was a working day, and most of the residents were not at home. Except for the elderly and children of that house where the fire occurred, only his daughter had died in the fire.

They also said that a few elderly and children had successfully escaped and were not seriously injured.

Xavier didn't dare to think about it anymore. Xavier suddenly stood up, gritted his teeth, and glared at Eileen.

"Did you lock Angela alone at home!"

Eileen was scared. She leaned towards her mother, covered her cheek, and grinned at Xavier. "Yes, I did it!"

"She wants to follow me wherever I go. It's like she's attached like glue!"

Xavier couldn't hold back his tears anymore. He stumbled and held on to the chair beside him. The extreme grief and remorse made him lose his strength.

It turned out that Angela had a chance to survive...

Eileen had given her life, but she had ruined it! How could such a woman deserve to be a mother!

When Angela in front of the fire, but couldn't escape. how afraid and painful would she be...

The mother-in-law noticed his abnormality earlier than Eileen. She was a little scared and asked Eileen in a low voice.

"Did something really happen to Angela?"

Eileen just remembered what Xavier had said to her on the phone today. She turned on her mobile phone to look for the answer as if she had just woken up from a dream.

Before she could find the answer, Jack came back with a bunch of pink roses in his arms.

Looking at the mess in the room, his panicked son, and Eileen whose face was swollen, Jack rushed up and punched Xavier hard without hesitation.

"Xavier, you hit a woman. Are you still a man?"

Seeing Jack coming back, Adam immediately rushed into his arms and cried.

"Dad, Uncle Xavier is so scary. He will have the violent tendencies, will he? I really don't know what kind of life Aunt Eileen is living at home!"

Eileen didn't find that Adam was pretending. She was deeply moved, muttering that it wasn't in vain to have taken care of Adam.

Xavier opened the video in the resident's group chat and walked to Eileen. He coldly pushed Jack away.

"Angela's only mistake was choosing you as her mother!"

"Eileen, let's get a divorce. I won't let you off so easily!"

Hearing Xavier mention divorce, Jack and his son's showed a slight excitement on their faces. Xavier gritted his teeth and didn't erupt. Instead, he watched silently.

After hearing this, Eileen's face immediately turned pale. She staggered back a few steps, as if she was nearly collapsed.

"How could that happen? Angela..."

"You must be combine others to act. Was it Angela who came up with this idea for you!"

"You and your daughter are so petty! You've used all kinds of tricks to get me back!"