But the Stuart family owes Athena first.
If it weren't for her brother and Tiaris, Athena wouldn't go to such trouble.
Whoever Giles likes to marry has nothing to do with her.
It's just that he worked so hard, sacrificed a lot, and even went to Glory City once for Lorne.
In exchange, could it be a slap in the face and a life of permanent confinement?
Reason asked her to take the initiative to admit her mistake to Lorn, but she was unwilling to do so and was even more unsure that she could control herself in front of Lorn.
If she makes a man angry again, will she be slapped a few more times?
Athena has never been an easy person to control her emotions.
Even though her downtrodden life taught her a lesson and tempered Miss Stuart's temper, she still couldn't take the initiative to please Lorne.
Athena, who has been identified as a future paladin since she was a child and destined to be a priest, has never received any lessons in pleasing men.
This resulted in Athena being unable to hold back her inner disgust many times when facing Lorne.
If it were Susan, she would not make this mistake.
She regards pleasing men as her survival skill.
Even when facing Castoff, she has the ability to make the Pirate King feel what love is.
This is something Athena needs to learn, and Susan is clearly a very patient teacher.
Having taught many top mermaids, Susan actually has a lot of tricks to deal with women.
He opened Athena's tent and found the niece huddled on the bed with her head buried in her knees.
Looking at Athena's current appearance, Susan could roughly tell the other person's mentality.
"He shouldn't have hit you."
Walking up to Athena, Susan's voice startled Athena who was in distress.
Because she was so focused, she didn't even notice anyone entering her room.
This was undoubtedly a fatal mistake for a warrior.
What's more, the person who came in was just Susan, who didn't know any martial arts.
Athena only thought that the other person was here to show off her victory.
Turning her injured left cheek aside so that Susan could not see it, she responded to the visiting sister-in-law with an indifferent voice.
"I should never have brought you back."
Susan is not here to quarrel.
For the future of the family, she doesn't mind accepting Athena's cynicism.
"You can leave me in Glory City, but in that case, who will help Giles and your mother, you Stuart family?"
Athena disliked Susan not only because of Susan's status as a madam, but also because this woman was her father's lover, causing her mother to stay alone in the empty house.
Susan mentioned Athena's mother and thought of how desperate her mother would be if she heard that her original love rival had taken away her son again.
Athena immediately jumped out of bed.
"You are not qualified to mention my mother.
Giles does not need your help, and my mother and the entire Stuart family do not need your help.
I will help Giles revive the Stuart family."
This was Athena's original idea, because Tiaris needed a strong uncle.
It's a pity that after being thrown into the cold palace by Lorne, she still has no ability to help Giles.
Susan unceremoniously rubbed salt into Athena's wounds, making the already clear palm prints on Athena's face more conspicuous due to the rise in body temperature.
"How can you help Giles?
Your man no longer wants you.
Soon you will be imprisoned in a gorgeous castle and you may not be able to see him a few times throughout the year.
And these few times, it was only because of the child named Tiaris.
I'm sure that within a year, he will completely forget about you.
By then, what else will you have, a child or a luxurious life?”
Susan didn't know what Athena had been through in the past few years, so much so that she didn't dare to resist after being slapped in the face by Lorne in public.
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But now that Athena has changed, she first tried to use the most normal angle to cut in.
"But I can tell you with certainty that if you lose a man's favor, your child will gradually lose his father's attention.
This is the current situation of illegitimate children.
You should have seen a lot of them."
Lorne loved Tiaris very much, and Athena saw this with her own eyes.
She didn't think that men would avoid seeing Tiaris because of her, but Susan was right about one thing.
No matter what, Tialis was just an illegitimate daughter.
Without her as a mother to help, Tiaris would probably remain an illegitimate daughter for the rest of her life.
Even if Lorne really likes her daughter, Athena has not forgotten the existence of Celine or even Anna.
What's more, that man couldn't be trusted at all.
He had never trusted Lorne.
The residual feeling on his face made Athena's eyes burn with something called anger.
And Susan poured a lot of oil on it, she wanted to make Athena's emotions completely explode.
"And now that child doesn't understand anything.
After a few years, who knows what changes will happen.
Remember Milia?
That was such a poor mother.
Didn't her child leave after understanding?
Her?
For the sake of status and future, he turned to another woman and called the other woman his mother."
The example Susan mentioned was what happened in Farview City, where an illegitimate child abandoned his biological mother in order to gain power.
This kind of thing is actually not uncommon.
Strictly speaking, Lorne is also such an example.
If Fast had been smarter and bowed to Celine in time, maybe nothing would happen to Lorne later.
It's just that Susan said it lightly, but Athena, as the person involved, would not allow her children to lick Celine and Anna's smelly feet.
"Shut up, Tialis won't do this.
You are challenging my tolerance limit."
No mother would admit that her child was deceitful, but from Athena's deliberately elevated tone, Susan could hear the other person's hesitation.
After all, she has seen too many similar examples, and Athena knows very well how miserable a single mother who has lost her position can be.
What Susan wants is to make Athena feel scared.
When she was a mermaid, fear was also one of her means of control.
Originally, Susan didn't think that such a trick would have much effect on Athena, but she didn't expect that Miss Stuart, who used to be as proud as a peacock, would actually become stern and restrained.
I don’t know that Athena once had a painful past, but not only did this not hinder Susan, but after discovering that Athena was also afraid, the madam’s methods became even more fierce.
"Tialis won't do this, so you can just settle down and be an incompetent mother."
After catching Athena's weakness, it was Susan's turn to scold her, "But I tell you, your incompetence is contagious.
To your child.
Not only you, but also Tiaris will be influenced by others due to your incompetence.
With luck, maybe she can marry a nobleman and live out her life.
But what happens if she is unlucky?
Do you, as a mother, have the ability to help her?"
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