Every month, Evan gave her an allowance, but she spent it on plastic surgery secretly.
Melissa's face turned purple and blue with the bruises, but she still insisted, "So what? It's only natural for me to have a good life. As my daughter-in-law, you should endure hardships!"
I let go of Melissa's hand and said, "Melissa, to be precise, I'm not your daughter-in-law."
Melissa's arrogant face stiffened, and her eyes glinting with malice stared at me. "I raised Evan up on my own. I'm much better than his short-lived mother."
Evan's mother died in an accident twenty years ago.
Less than a month after her death, Melissa married his father and held a grand wedding, claiming that it was for the better care of Evan.
Evan's father was busy with work all year round and agreed to marry Melissa so that she could take care of Evan.
Evan stood aside and coldly reminded Melissa, "Mom, please stop making things difficult for Rebecca. You should know she is my wife."
Melissa didn't listen. She rolled on the ground while crying and pounding the floor.
"My poor sister, you have an ungrateful son. It's really a waste of my 20 years of hard work!"
Melissa's heart-wrenching cries disturbed the neighbors upstairs and downstairs, who came knocking on the door to check on her.
Of course, they all had a close relationship with Melissa.
As soon as I opened the door, Melissa rushed into Richard's arms and whined, "Richard, how miserable I am!"
Richard lived upstairs and was confined to a wheelchair all year round, but he could still protect Melissa.
He looked at me angrily and said, "Melissa always says that her daughter-in-law is a tough nut. Now it seems that she is right."
Melissa nestled in the arms of Richard, whining, "Richard, now you know how difficult my life is."
As expected, Richard took pity on her, took 1,000 dollars from his pocket, and shoved it into Melissa's pocket.
Before leaving, he groped Melissa.
Melissa was very satisfied. She held the money and saw Richard off. Within ten minutes, another old man came.
Melissa used the same trick, and the man willingly gave her 3,000 dollars.
Before leaving, he flirted with Melissa, completely unaware that he was being taken advantage of.
Evan couldn't stand it and slammed the door shut. He quietly reminded Melissa, "Mom, didn't you say you were dating Thomas? What about those guys?"
In the previous life, Evan never opposed Melissa finding a partner.