Chapter 3My Wife Back From the Dead

When Rosa saw Zoe, her face twisted in rage.

The reason was simple: Zoe was a miniature, female version of me.

Rosa’s eyes darted back and forth between me and the child. Finally, she raised a trembling hand and pointed at me. “How dare you betray me. You even have a bastard child.”

“Who is this little bastard with?”

Zoe inherited Victoria’s personality. While she didn’t fully understand the word, she knew it wasn’t a compliment. She put a hand on her chin like a little adult and said, “Who are you calling a bastard? My mommy says people with dirty mouths need them washed out with soap.”

Zoe was six and knew almost everyone in the family, but she had never met Rosa.

Rosa immediately snapped at her, “You little bastard, how dare you talk back.”

That was it. I was furious. This was my precious daughter, the child I had waited for and cherished. Who was she to call her that?

“Rosa, watch your mouth. Or don’t blame me for what happens next.”

Gavin glanced at me, then added with feigned innocence, “This child looks like she’s old enough for school, right? Don’t tell me you cheated on Rosa before you even got married?”

His words were poison.

Rosa’s eyes shot to me, filled with a look that wanted to claw my face off. The one thing a woman can’t stand is her husband cheating, especially when that man used to be her devoted follower. A man who had sworn to love her until death.

“She’s six,” I said calmly.

“Sean, you disgust me! I’m gone for seven years, and you go and have a child with someone else? Have you no shame?”

Only seven years?

We had only known each other for a few years, and she was gone for seven of them.

And she was the one who abandoned me.

The butler quickly tried to explain. “Miss Rosa, this is your aunt’s child.”

Rosa exploded. “You shut up, you traitorous old fool! Where are my parents? Who let him get away with this? Cheating and acting so self-righteous!”

“Everyone in the Crestwood family knows about this.”

Back then, after Rosa ran away, her parents felt guilty and didn’t object to Victoria marrying me.

Hearing this, Rosa’s rage boiled over completely. Her eyes scanned the room like daggers. “Who is the slut? Who dared to humiliate the Crestwood family like this? Does she have a death wish?”

No matter how she looked, she couldn’t find a single suspect among the staff.

I let out a sarcastic laugh.

Gavin adopted a tone of false concern. “Sean, you should just confess. If you push Rosa too far, even I won’t be able to help you.”

I rolled my eyes at him. “We’re both men. I suggest you drop the act.”

Before I could react, Rosa’s hand cracked across my face.

“Shut up.”

“You cheated first, having a child behind my back, and you have the nerve to lecture Gavin.”

I hadn’t expected her to strike. My cheek instantly swelled and throbbed.

Seeing me get hit, Zoe charged at Rosa like a little bull.

“You hit my daddy! I’ll hit you!”

“Zoe!”