My Husband Ignored His Grandmother's Life for His First Love

On the day I went to the next city on a business trip, my husband Daniel Barber's childhood crush Julia Clark went back to the country.

Late at night, I received a call from Grandma. She heard weakly and said she fell while cooking, asking me when I could come back to take her to the hospital.

I was so anxious that I hurriedly called Daniel, hoping he could take Grandma to the hospital.

On the phone, Daniel sounded impatient, "Enough. I told you not to call my personal phone when I'm in a meeting."

After hanging up the phone, I had no choice but to postpone the project and drive home overnight.

On the way, I suddenly saw Julia posted a moment on Instagram, with a picture of a ninelayer cake, the candlelight reflecting Daniel's side face vaguely, and there was a text below.

[On the day I returned to the country, I thought I would celebrate my birthday alone, but your appearance filled my life with light.]

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Just as I arrived home, I saw Grandma lying motionless on the kitchen floor, with a long bloodstain behind her.

The soup on the stove had already dried up. I remembered Grandma said she would make nourishing soup for Daniel at noon and my tears burst out at that moment.

Holding Grandma's cold body, I cried my eyes out.

I called Daniel more than once during this period but no one answered.

I could only contact the hospital and crematorium by myself.

It took me three days to deal with my grandmother's affairs.

I sat alone on the sofa until dawn, when Daniel finally came back.

With half a living room between us, I could still smell the perfume that belonged to Julia.

I was allergic to alcohol and the smell made me want to vomit.

Seeing this, Daniel didn't even have time to change his shoes before coming over to pat my back. He said as he walked, "What's wrong, Diana? Is your stomach uncomfortable again?"

I subtly avoided Daniel's approach and moved back a little.

Daniel's hand, hanging in the air, paused for a moment, and then he took out a bottle of nutritional supplements from the suitcase and handed it to me, changing the topic, "Where is Grandma? I brought two boxes of nutritional supplements for her."

"My friend said that the elderly can prevent brain infarction and cerebral hemorrhages by taking this..."

I didn't hear the rest of the words.

My attention was focused on brain infarction and cerebral hemorrhages as he mentioned.

Because the doctor said that my grandmother died of a cerebral hemorrhage caused by a brain infarction.

Looking at the ironic gift in front of me, I picked them up and threw them into the trash can.

Daniel glanced at the nutritional supplements in the trash can and said to me in embarrassment, "I specially bought them for Grandma. What are you doing, Diana?"

I was annoyed at Daniel's question and didn't want to answer him.

I expressionlessly took out the divorce agreement that I had prepared early in the morning and placed it on the coffee table, saying coldly, "Daniel, let's get a divorce."

As if struck by lightning, Daniel froze, looking at me in astonishment as he asked, "What did you say?"

I didn't want to repeat myself, but just looked at the man in front of me indifferently and said, "Daniel, since you no longer love me, let's end the relationship. I'm tired after all these years."

Daniel didn't dare to look into my eyes, as if pondering my words. After a moment he said, "Diana, when you called me, I was really in a meeting. I didn't mean not to see Grandma. I just couldn't get away..."

"Really?"

Looking at Daniel's look of trying to defend himself, I felt it was absurd and continued, "I called your colleagues and they all said you weren't in the office. Daniel, may I ask where you were having a meeting? At Deharbor?"

The man nodded with a frozen face and stammered, "Yes, yes."

I suddenly laughed.

In the past, every time Daniel lied to me, I had deceived myself and made up the place Deharbor.

Daniel never knew that this place actually didn't exist.

Looking at his terrified appearance, I couldn't help but find it extremely ridiculous and coldly said, "Daniel, there is no Deharbor in this world."

After saying that, I turned and left.

However, Daniel reached out to block my way and anxiously explained, "I'm sorry, Diana. I admit that I wasn't in a meeting when you called me."

"But I didn't intentionally hide it from you. It was mainly because I was afraid you would be unhappy if you knew."

Looking at the man's face, I was calm and indifferent, and I said faintly, "It doesn't matter whether I'm happy or not."

Seeing that I didn't relent, Daniel completely lost patience and raised his voice, saying, "That's enough, Diana! I just went to celebrate Julia's birthday. What's the big deal?"

"Julia had just returned to the country, and she knew no one except me. As her brother, shouldn't I company her?"

I stared at Daniel's eyes and questioned him, "Daniel, honestly ask yourself, do you really treat Julia as your sister?"

The man stood still for a long time without speaking. Just as he was about to say something, I raised my hand and interrupted him, "Forget it, I don't want to know."

After speaking, I turned around and went back to the bedroom, leaving Daniel standing alone in the center of the living room.

I met Daniel on a rainy night.

That night, in order to deliver more takeout orders, I desperately shuttled through the rain.

In just one turn, I scraped a parked car.

To compensate, I wrote down my phone number on a note.

Daniel, the owner of the car, added me on WhatsApp.

After communicating, I learned that the car I scraped was called RollsRoyce.

I needed to compensate a lot of money, so much that I could hardly pay it back in my life.

So I went from working one job a day to working two or three jobs a day.

I transferred money to Daniel every month on time.

One day, Daniel said that his bank card was lost and he couldn't withdraw money, so he asked me to meet in person.

I brought the cash to the agreed park in between deliveries.

Daniel's first words when he saw me were, "I didn't expect you to be a deliverywoman."

I didn't think much at the time and just gave the money to Daniel before continuing to deliver takeout.

Now it seemed that at that time, Daniel, who was from the upper class, suddenly became interested in me when he saw me, a girl who had been struggling in the lower class.

However, after that meeting, Daniel would find excuses to meet me every few days.

Sometimes, he wanted to visit Grandma, sometimes he asked me to deliver meals to his company employees.

As time went by, we fell in love with each other.

But his family strongly opposed us getting married.

They said that I was a golddigger and wanted to marry into the Barber family to change my life.

Only Daniel knew that I simply fell in love with him, without any other intentions.

In order to make his family accept me, Daniel stubbornly knelt at home for three whole days, saying that he wanted the Barber family to see his sincerity towards me.

Daniel's parents felt sorry for him and finally agreed to our marriage.

On the second day after the wedding, Daniel brought Grandma to live with us and said that my relationship with my grandma would not change.

But Grandma didn't think so.

She had heard too much gossip from the Barber family and felt that we didn't deserve the Barber family.

So from the day she moved into the villa, she acted as a nanny.

She did everything for Daniel, including washing clothes and cooking.

My grandma said that only in this way could she feel at ease.

Daniel couldn't resist and could only let Grandma do whatever she wanted.

We lived a warm life except for the disagreement from the Barber family.

But this peaceful and happy day was broken when Julia came back.

In fact, even if Daniel took half an hour to take Grandma to the hospital, we wouldn't be separated forever.

It was just that Daniel always came up with lies to deceive me after crossing my bottom line.

After so many years of selfdeception, I was really tired.

The bedroom door behind me was gently pushed open, and Daniel came over with a basin of water and squatted by the bed, saying, "Diana, get up and soak your feet. You've been working hard lately."

I pulled the quilt over my head, isolating Daniel's voice outside.

But he came closer, pulled the quilt off me, and continued in a softer tone, "Okay, Diana, stop throwing a tantrum."

"I apologize for lying to you. Can you stop mentioning divorce all the time?

"It's not easy for us to come this far. Grandma also hopes to see us live a happy life, right?"

Daniel said, trying to pull me up from the bed.

I turned away from Daniel's goodwill with a cold face and sat up from the bed, saying,

"Don't mention Grandma in front of me."

"Daniel, you are the least qualified person to mention Grandma."

Daniel's face immediately darkened and he spoke in an extremely impatient tone, "Diana, I have apologized and admitted my mistake. What else do you want from me?"

"Do I need to kneel down and beg for your forgiveness?"

"I am a man, not your servant. Do you have to be so aggressive over this?"

"Besides, Julia had discussed with me about her birthday before she returned. I can't just break my promise."

I tugged at the corner of my mouth and said, "You also know that you are a man."

"Nothing happens for no reason. As a man, Daniel, if you don't give Julia a chance, will she do that?"

After speaking, I got up from the bed and turned to leave the bedroom.

Daniel stopped me the moment I turned the doorknob. He raised his voice, "Diana, it's so late. Do you want me to invite Grandma to persuade us to reconcile again?"

Many times in the past, Grandma was the one who mediated between us during our cold wars.

But this time, Grandma was no longer here.

The gulf between Daniel and I could never be filled in this lifetime.

I decisively left the bedroom and coldly said, "As you wish."

The moment the door closed, I heard Daniel in the bedroom knock over the basin by the bedside...

Early the next morning, someone knocked on the door.

Coming out of the guest room, I happened to see Julia standing in the middle of the living room, helping Daniel with his tie.

They were so intimate that they looked like a newlywed couple, while I was just a mistress who couldn't show up.

They weren't just like this today.

We had been married for many years, except for Barber's family and my Grandma, in fact, no one knew that I was Daniel's wife, and Daniel also tacitly agreed not to make it public.

To be honest, anyone would feel uncomfortable.

But now, looking at the sweet scene between the two of them, I didn't have any emotional ups and downs.

When Julia saw me, she looked awkward and she instinctively explained, "Diana, please don't misunderstand."

"Daniel left in a hurry last night and forgot to take his tie."

Seeing that I didn't say anything, Daniel asked me to go to the restaurant for breakfast, saying that it was specially brought by Julia.

Looking at the soup for two on the table, I said coldly, "No need."

"Daniel, did Diana misunderstand?"

Julia looked at Daniel with innocence, as if she had really done something wrong, and continued speaking, "Diana, please don't misunderstand."

"When I was in school, I also helped Daniel tie his tie. It was just a casual thing. I wanted you to sleep a little longer, so I didn't bother you to get up."

As soon as the word 'bother' was mentioned, Julia treated herself as the hostess.

But Daniel pretended not to understand, only that there was a fleeting dodge in his eyes as he looked at me. However, he quickly returned to normal and pretended that nothing had happened.

I impatiently nodded and went into the bathroom to wash up.

Behind me, Daniel brought Julia to the dining room and spoke gently, "She's always so weird and unpredictable."

"Julia, leave her alone. Let's have breakfast."

After I washed up, the two of them had already finished breakfast, leaving a table of mess.

Julia wiped her mouth and smiled at me, with a hint of pride in her eyes, saying, "Diana, Daniel told me that you are considering divorce because of what happened on my birthday."

"I really didn't expect that a birthday would cause so many misunderstandings."

"Diana, I apologize. Don't blame Daniel. It was me who insisted on him celebrating my birthday."

"Don't divorce Daniel either. I heard that it hasn't been easy for you two to come this far, so don't separate because of this small matter."

Julia said sincerely and also apologized to me. Daniel couldn't help but feel sorry for her when he heard it.

I didn't want to watch Julia's drama, so I picked up my bag and went to work.

I heard Daniel comfort her when I closed the door.

"Forget it. She will figure it out in a few days."

But Daniel didn't know that I would never be able to figure it out this time.

After that day, whenever I mentioned divorce, Daniel either pretended not to hear or ignored me with a cold face.

I met Daniel again at the annual party of the company.

At that time, I was being harassed by the supervisor because I had pushed back the project due to rushing back home to see Grandma.

The supervisor was a man, and it was wellknown that he secretly loved Julia.

I didn't know where he heard that I had a conflict with Julia, so he took the opportunity of this project to scold me.

"Diana, do you think you are the boss of the company?"

"Do you know how much money the company lost because of this project? How could you push it back so easily?"

"You can't even repay the debt after selling yourself! How can you get into the Barber Group? Do you think you are somebody?"

I tried to explain to the supervisor, "I'm sorry, supervisor. Something happened to my grandma at home, so I had no choice but to postpone the project."

"Don't worry, I will follow up on this project later."

The supervisor wouldn't listen to my explanation and kept scolding me based on the pretext of losses.

"It's not that easy. Do you think you can definitely get it back if you say so?"

"Who do you think the client is? Will he listen to you? Or did you sleep with the client and get the project back?"

The supervisor intentionally raised the volume of the second half of the sentence, so that the attention of colleagues in the room was all focused on me.

There were more and more discussions around.

"Diana looks quite righteous. I didn't expect her private life to be a mess."

"I heard the company lost millions. Without losing something, how could she possibly compensate?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect Diana to be such a person."

Upon hearing this, I couldn't bear it anymore.

I stood up and glanced coldly at the supervisor, saying, "I thought that those who could enter Barber's Group would at least have some basic qualities as a person."

"Now it seems that some things are not human beings at all."

The supervisor who was scolded by me instantly blushed. He pointed at my face and raised his voice, saying, "Diana! Who are you cursing?!"

"Insulting superiors will result in a deduction of salary! Your won’t get your yearend bonus, and I will inform the host to cancel the process of you receiving the yearend bonus."

I sneered and left with my bag.

"Is that all you can do? You'd better have the HR fire me."

The supervisor caught up angrily and said, "Good, you are bold. Do you think I wouldn't dare?"

I ignored the people behind me and turned to leave the venue of the annual party.

The supervisor's follower, however, pulled me back, causing my abdomen to hit the dining table hard.

A huge sense of pain swept through my whole body, and I felt like I could hardly catch my breath for a moment.

Just then, Daniel walked out of the private room with Julia and coldly glanced at me.

"What are you doing? This is the annual party. Can you not do anything to embarrass me?"

Upon seeing Daniel, the supervisor immediately put on a flattering smile.

"Hello, Mr. Barber. Nothing happened. We are talking about Diana's project, which was postponed last time. The client wants to stop the cooperation."

"I just wanted Diana to negotiate with the client again, but she not only refused but also threatened to quit."

"My colleagues and I are trying to persuade her."

Hearing the supervisor's explanation, his followers echoed one after another.

"That's right! Mr. Barber, you don't know, Diana almost attacked the supervisor just now."

"Yes, I've never seen such an unreasonable employee."

Daniel looked at me with a hint of disdain in his eyes, and he said coldly, "You should make up for your mistakes."

"Diana, who taught you to let the company clean up your mess?"

Hearing this, Julia, who was standing aside, showed a gentle and generous smile, took Daniel's arm, and softly said, "Daniel, is there any misunderstanding?"

"There's no need to make such a big fuss about it. We just need to clear up the misunderstanding, right, Diana?"

"There's no misunderstanding. I think she's just used to being sarcastic and acting like she owns the company."

"Diana, let me tell you, this is not your home and we won't let you do whatever you want."

Daniel kept scolding me and didn't even give me a chance to explain.

He denied all my efforts in public.

I covered my abdomen, enduring the piercing pain, and said word by word, "I resign."

Daniel frowned and said, "What did you say?"

Julia, who was standing to the side, took the opportunity to push me away and pretended to gently persuade me, "Well, it's no big deal. There's no need to make a fuss and quit... Oh my!"

Before I could react, Julia grabbed my hand and threw herself out. The next second, she was lying on the ground.

Tears welled up in the corners of Julia's eyes as she looked at me with a pained expression and said, "Diana, even if you don't like me, you don't have to push me down. I was just trying to mediate between you..."

Julia was moving too fast just now, and it looked like I was pushing down.

Daniel immediately squatted beside Julia, carefully checking her ankle, and asked with concern, "Julia, are you okay? Did you hurt your foot?"

At the same time, the onlookers started talking again, "Mr. Barber, I told you Diana is a bad person!"

"That's right. We all saw it was Diana who pushed Miss Clark."

I didn't say anything, just watched Daniel's face turn dark.

The next second, he turned to glare at me, "Apologize to Julia in three seconds!"

I glanced at Julia, who was smirking at me on the ground, and turned away with a cold face.

I felt my eyes hurting even if I looked at her for one more second, let alone bowing my head to apologize.

It was impossible for me to apologize in this lifetime!

But as soon as I took a step forward, someone grabbed my bag and pulled me back.

The supervisor gave a signal to his subordinates, and they all surrounded me in the center, continuing, "Do you want to run after hitting someone?"

"If you don't pay for Miss Clark's medical examination, don't even think about leaving the venue today!"

More and more people gathered at the scene, and in a blink of an eye, I saw Daniel's younger sister, Lily Barber, also arrive.

Like most of the Barber family, she also thought that I was not worthy of the Barber family.

So from the first day I was with Daniel, she couldn't stand me and secretly tried to trip me up.

When she heard that her childhood friend Julia was pushed down by me, she kicked me in the abdomen without any reason, saying, "How dare you bully Julia! I will kick you to death!"

Lily was wearing high heels at the party.

The heel firmly kicked my abdomen through the white skirt. I was in so much pain that my vision went black and I felt nauseous.

In the chaos, several subordinates of the supervisor also punched and kicked me.

Until I felt a warm liquid flowing between my legs, the aggressive attacks stopped.

"Oh my god, so much blood!"