"Foolish child."


    Madam Shaw smiled and said, “If I didn''t know anything about you, why would I have brought you into my house? I also know that your ex-husband is Ryan."


    "So..."


    I couldn''t help but ask, "When Miss Shaw brought Ryan backst time... did you already know?"


    "I did it on purpose to make things difficult for him!"


    Madam Shaw cocked her brows. "He couldn''t even protect his own wife. He deserved it."


    "That''s right, he does deserve it."


    "Let me give you some advice. Ryan may be good, but he''s too weighed down by his own thoughts. Living with him will be too tiring and difficult for you." "Grandma, we''re already divorced," I said with a smile.


    Madam Shaw inquired further, "Are you really heartbroken over him?"


    "I am."


    I looked down at my abdomen, feeling a pang of bitterness. "We almost had a child, but he chose to save someone else instead of me, and the child was lost."


    It was aplete heartbreak.


    That was when it happened.


    Later on, I just felt that he should have seen thising. A broken dream would remain broken no matter how much effort you put into mending it, the cracks would constantly remind you of the real pain that once existed.


    Only those who hadn''t truly given up could get back together again.


    Madam Shaw became excited. "Then you should consider Frank more! I''ll vouch for him. He''s genuinely a good person. Even though he seems indifferent, once something or someone is in his heart, it''s there for life."


    "Grandma." I smiled helplessly. "I don''t want to think about this for now..."


    Being let down, betrayed, and abandoned was something I only wanted to experience once in life.


    Besides...


    Madam Shaw got straight to the point. "Do you think you''re not worthy of him because you''ve beenThis belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    vorced?"


    "Yes."


    Historically, women who had divorced were often considered less valuable. Even the Renolds family, hearing that Jack had an interest in me, tried to stop us from being together.


    And the Smith family, being such a prominent family, would likely be even more concerned about such


    things.


    "How can a young person like you be more conservative than me, an olddy?"


    Madam Shaw red at me and said in a steady voice, Let me tell you, how a man or a family treats you has nothing to do with whether you''re married before, whether you''re pretty, and so on. It only depends on their own qualities. The more problematic the family, the more they need these superficial things to prove themselves."


    "The Smith family won''t care about such things if you put your mind to it."


    What Madam Shaw said was like a stone dropping into a river. It would cause ripples but the surface would soon be peaceful again.


    As for Frank...


    Perhaps knowing that I could only be a substitute at most, I hadn''t considered this option at all.


    For now... it was better not to think about it.


    Even if the Smith family didn''t oppose it, I would only end up making things harder for myself.


    On 29th December, I went to the Smith family to deliver clothes to Madam Smith.


    Frank wasn''t home.


    Megan was, and she invited me for lunch, making Madam Smith very happy.


    After lunch, she took me to a room and carefully inquired about Jack''s preferences.


    I cocked my brows. "Didn''t you agree with Frank yesterday?"


    "It''s called ''saying one thing and doing another."


    "Alright then..."


    I didn''t know much about Jack''s preferences either, so I only told her a little.


    She took notes diligently. When we finished chatting, she put away her notebook and suddenly said, " Charlotte, my brother definitely likes you."


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