Chapter 757

"Mom! You…” Ava panicked. She held her throbbing cheek. Panic, resentment, rage, guilt, and all sorts of complicated emotions rushed up to her. "Don't call me mom!" Hannah panted harshly. "Do you still see me as your mother? I… How did I raise a shameless thing like you!?" "Mom, don't listen to their nonsense. Uncle Chuck and I are just—" "Don't the photos say enough!?" Hannah was hysterical. "That man groped your waist! And y-you let him? Are you trying to make me mad!?" Ava froze, unable to say anything. Actually, Hannah had long noticed the scandal between her daughter and lover. She rarely took Ava to meet Chuck, but Chuck's lecherous eyes would stay on Ava each time they met. She was hurt and angry, but more of it was jealousy. She was jealous of her own daughter, jealous that she had the youth which she had lost, jealous of her face that could enchant men. She was old now and could no longer win over Chuck's heart, no matter how hard she tried. Other than bringing him mo