After three years abroad, I finally completed my top-secret mission and returned to my homeland.

With official approval, I came back full of anticipation, eager to see my husband and my mother. But when I arrived, the sight that greeted me made my blood run cold—my mother was crouched inside a cramped, doghouse-like structure at the entrance of our home.

Before her was a basin and my mother was lying on the ground like a dog, eating the rotten, foul-smelling food inside.

A woman stood there, laughing as she watched my mother.

“If you want to blame someone, blame your dead daughter. She died young, leaving you alone to suffer here!”

“I’m telling you, you must eat this dog food today.”

Saying this, she slapped my mother across the face.

My mother looked at the woman timidly, lowered her head and quickly swallowed the food that emitted a foul odor.

In a fit of emotion, I stepped forward and kicked the woman away with one foot.

Then, I pulled my mother up. At that moment, my face was covered in tears.

I never imagined that after risking my life for the country, my mother would be locked in a doghouse eating moldy, rotten food.

She was being treated like a dog, being toyed with at will.

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My mother looked at me, but her cloudy eyes could no longer recognize me. She lowered her head and said, “Child, leave quickly! You hit Jared Harbour's secretary; she won't let you off!”

“Jared's secretary? How dare he treat you like this?”

I was filled with rage, looking at my mother and asking.

My mother lowered her head and said, “Hurry up and leave! Otherwise, they won't let you go!”

“I know you mean well, but... your kindness is useless. Since my daughter went missing, she's been tormenting me. If I weren't waiting for my daughter to come back, I would have ended my life long ago!”

My mother’s words nearly drove me mad. I had thought that by going abroad on a top-secret mission and entrusting others to take care of my family, my mother would be able to live out her days in peace. But I never imagined that after I left, she would suffer such torment.

At that moment, my face was filled with anger.

The woman finally scrambled to her feet, her face twisted with fury, glaring at me and snarling, “You’re dead! "

“In the capital, you dare to touch me!”

“Do you know that in the capital, our boss is like a god?”

“If you dare to provoke me, I'll make sure you pay for it!”

She glared at me with an arrogant attitude, but at that moment, I sneered and directly dialed the phone in my hand, calling Jared.

“Hello? Who are you?”

On the other end of the line, Jared's voice sounded almost indifferent.

“Jared, I hear that in the capital, you're the boss?” I spoke coldly.

Upon hearing my words, Jared fell silent for a moment before saying, “I don't know who you are, but if you're calling to provoke me, I'll find you. From now on, no one can save you!”

Hearing Jared’s voice on the other end of the line, my face turned icy.

It had only been three years, yet he couldn’t even recognize my voice and he hadn’t even saved my number.

At that moment, I completely lost patience with Jared.

“Jared, I’m at your house right now! I’m giving you half an hour to come back immediately!” I said coldly.

On the other end of the line, Jared froze for a moment, then I heard his urgent voice!

“You're at my house? What did you do to Mary Leonni?”

“Stay there and wait. I'll tell you this, if anything happens to Mary, I won't let you off the hook!”

On the other end of the phone, Jared's voice rang out, suppressing his anger.

As I listened to Jared's words, I laughed coldly.

He had already forgotten the vows we once made to each other.

I still remember that when I left, he told me to take good care of my mother and even promised to treat her like his own mother.

But I never imagined that after just a few years, he had already changed his heart. He even stood by while his assistant humiliated my mother.

At that moment, all the love I had for Jared had vanished.

I hung up the phone, looked at Mary in front of me and at that moment, I wanted to kill her. At the same time, I called my superior.

I confronted my superior, asking if this was how they had been taking care of my mother all these years.

On the other end of the line, my superior was completely stunned by my words.

“Hailee, since you were on a secret mission, we couldn’t intervene, but I had already arranged for someone to take care of your family!”

“I never imagined they would act this way!”

On the other end of the line, my superior was equally furious.

“Hailee, rest assured. No matter who they are, I will not let them get away with mistreating military dependents. I will send someone over immediately!”

The leader hung up the phone angrily and as soon as I put down the phone, I saw Mary get up.

He looked at me with a dark expression and glared at me, saying, “You're finished!”

“You have no idea what my boss represents in New York!” "

“Let me tell you, our boss Gu is like a god in New York. No matter who you are, if you provoke him, you won't end well!”

“Wait until Jared comes back and then I'll make you suffer!”

Mary glared at me with anger in her eyes.

My mother, standing nearby, listened to my words with a tense expression on her face and said, “Child, you should leave quickly!”

“I know you mean well, but child, you can’t possibly match up to them!”

“Miss Leonni, please spare her! She was only trying to take care of me!”

My mother spoke out in Mary’s direction.

Looking at my mother’s expression, I felt a deep sense of pity.

My mother had completely lost her sight. Three years ago, when I left, she could still vaguely see my outline. At the time, the doctor had told me that as long as she was well cared for, my mother's eyes could recover.

But three years had passed and not only had my mother's eyes not improved, they had become even worse.

At that moment, I finally understood how much suffering my mother had endured over the past three years.

Toward Jared, I now felt nothing but hatred.

Mary, seeing my mother’s pleading expression, sneered and said, “Are you going to plead for her?”

“Then kneel down and beg me!”

Upon hearing this, my mother was about to kneel, but the next moment, I pulled her back.

The way she would do it, I was already in tears!

“Mom! It's me... I'm back!”

I held my mother's hand and whispered to her.

Hearing my words, my mother froze for a moment, then her hands frantically stroked my cheeks.

“Hailee, is it really you? Hailee, are you okay? You’re finally back!”

“They all said you were dead, but I didn’t believe it. My child, you’re finally back!”

Hearing my mother’s words, my heart was already in agony.

I hurriedly helped my mother up, my eyes already filled with tears.

“Mom, I’m back. Don’t worry, I won’t leave again!”

I promised my mother.

“Hailee, you must leave quickly! Jared has changed; he’s no longer the same Jared from before!”

My mother pulled me and spoke urgently.

She said quickly, “Now, her eyes are only on that fox spirit!”

As I listened to my mother’s words, my eyes were filled with tears. I told my mother not to worry about anything.

With me here, nothing bad will happen.

Meanwhile, Mary, upon hearing my mother's words, glared at me coldly and said, “You're Hailee Brie?”

“You're not dead yet?”

She glared at me viciously and I could even see her disgust toward me in her eyes.

“Hailee, I never thought you'd actually come back!”

He looked at me and coldly said, “Do you think that by coming back, you can make Jared change his mind about you?”

“Let me tell you, Jared is mine now!”

“If you know what's good for you, then divorce Jared properly!”

“Then take your blind mother and get out of here!”

Mary looked at me and said.

“Let me tell you, Hailee, Jared is no longer someone you can match!”

I looked at Mary’s expression and coldly said, “The matters between Jared and me are none of your concern.”

As soon as I finished speaking, Mary sneered, “Hailee, you don’t know yet?”

“I’m pregnant with Jared’s child!”

Saying this, she proudly rubbed her stomach and looked at me, saying, “Jared is mine now!”

I looked at Mary in front of me, my face filled with coldness.

She had no idea how much trouble she had caused.

As for Jared…I no longer cared to say anything to him.

After all, when my mother was treated so badly, I realized that Jared would have to pay a sufficient price.

“Hailee, let me tell you, now I am Jared's man. Jared knows many influential people!”

“As long as I say one word to Jared, you're as good as dead!”

“You'd better kneel down with your blind mother and bark like a dog in front of me. Otherwise, I won't let you off!”

Mary looked at me and shouted.

As I looked at Mary, my eyes were filled with nothing but coldness.

It was my mother who, upon hearing this, hurriedly spoke up:.“I’ll kneel, I’ll kneel! Don’t bully my child!”

Saying this, my mother prepared to kneel.

I hurriedly pulled my mother back and told her not to be afraid!

With me here, no one could bully her.

“Even if Jared comes, I will make him pay the price!” I said coldly.

“You want me to pay the price?”

Just as I finished speaking, a cold voice came from outside the door. Immediately, I saw Jared rushing in with a group of bodyguards.

When I turned to look at Jared, a hint of coldness flashed in my eyes.

He walked in quickly with a cold expression, first looking anxiously at Mary. Seeing that she was unharmed, he sighed in relief.

Then Jared turned to look at me, his face filled with disbelief.

“Hailee, you're back?”

Looking at me, Jared's face was filled with astonishment.

In fact, there was already a hint of panic on his face.

Facing my icy gaze, Jared took a step back. The next moment, he seemed to think of something and coldly said to me, “Hailee, you still know how to come back?”