Chapter 464: The Trap
As soon as Owen spoke, Lily’s eyes flew wide open. He hadn’t denied his relationship with Peggy—instead, he stressed that she couldn’t possibly be pregnant.
Which meant... they’d already...
Lily let out a loud groan and slapped her leg. “What is wrong with your judgment?! Have you lost your mind, bringing a lunatic like her into this house?!”
She grabbed Owen and dragged him upstairs, sobbing.
“Come with me!”
Peggy, realizing they were teaming up against her, just rolled her eyes and didn’t bother stopping them.
She lazily flopped onto the couch and began snacking on fruit, gently rubbing her flat stomach, a calculating glint in her eye.
At that moment, a figure entered from outside—Elsie walked in pitifully, her hands scraped and holding a pile of shattered antique porcelain.
Peggy glanced over and said through a mouthful of grapes, “Your mom and brother are upstairs. No one’s watching your little performance.”
Elsie was genuinely aggrieved. She had never been treated like this in the Saunders family.
She’d thought that once Peggy married into the family, they could toy with her as they pleased—make life difficult until she couldn’t take it and asked for a divorce.
But neither she nor Owen had anticipated that Peggy was not only physically strong but also fiercely aggressive. When they fought, she handled them like chickens—grabbing one in each hand without breaking a sweat.
Yesterday, the moment Peggy arrived, she beat the two of them into submission, then ransacked the house, claiming whatever she liked and tossing aside what she didn’t.
If either Elsie or Owen so much as defied her, she’d smash something immediately.
It was obvious—she was testing their obedience.
They even tried calling the police, but the authorities said Peggy hadn’t caused any bodily harm, and since she had a marriage certificate, it was just a domestic dispute. Couples fighting and breaking things wasn’t unusual. Not only did they refuse to punish Peggy, they even lectured Elsie, telling her to be more accommodating and not provoke tension in her brother’s marriage.
The two of them were left hopeless—this woman was a walking disaster.
On the couch, Peggy absentmindedly wiped grape juice from her fingers and suddenly had another idea. “Elsie, now that Mom’s back, there’s one more person in the house. We’ve only got four bedrooms—you’re not seriously going to make an old lady sleep on the couch, right?”
Elsie froze, immediately grasping Peggy’s implication, and exploded. “You want me to give up my room and sleep on the couch?!”
Peggy paused, then clapped her hands like she had a lightbulb moment. “No, no, that won’t work. You’ll need a place to change and shower, right?”
Her eyes swept across the house and finally landed on the tiny maid’s room that Yunice used to stay in. Her eyes lit up. “Ah, that one’s perfect for you!”
She clapped her hands again, sealing her decision. “Move in there now.”
Then her expression darkened. “Everything in this house belongs to me now. Don’t let me catch you hiding anything. Or else…”
Peggy raised her fist and threatened to break Elsie’s legs.
Elsie was about to explode.
That tiny maid’s room was dark and stuffy, with only one small ventilation window!
She used to throw Yunice in there as punishment—why should she have to live there?!
And weren’t there four bedrooms? Her older brother’s room was still empty!
After getting the marriage certificate, Owen hadn’t wanted to share a bed with Peggy, so she’d slept in Lily’s room last night—which was how she managed to steal all of Lily’s valuables.
And now Peggy wanted to shove her into the maid’s room too?
Peggy said, “Oscar might not come home often, but that room’s still his. You can’t just move in. I don’t only have one sister-in-law. When Yunice comes home to visit, that room is her place to stay.”
Elsie clenched her jaw, furious. “Yunice never comes back. We don’t need to leave her a room!”
Peggy raised her brows. “That doesn’t matter. Whether she comes or not is her choice. Leaving the room for her is my choice. If you’re not happy about it, then throw me a wedding like she did. Then I’ll treat you just the same.”
Elsie snapped, “I…”
Peggy snorted and popped another grape into her mouth. “Cheapskate.”
Upstairs, Owen had just finished telling Lily the whole story of how he ended up marrying Peggy.
Lily was trembling with rage. “This is all Yunice’s setup! Her own life’s a mess, so she’s dragging us down with her!”
She covered her face and cried. “How could she be so cruel? I nearly died giving birth to her. I thought she bailed me out because she still had some sliver of mother-daughter affection. But it turns out she just wanted me to come home and suffer…”
She slammed a fist against Owen’s shoulder, sobbing. “You stupid boy! How could you fall into her trap and bring that lunatic into our family? What are we supposed to do with the rest of our lives now…”