Chapter 717: The Backstage Manipulator

Erin's POV:

I tossed and turned in bed all night, thinking about what had happened today.

For the sake of the upcoming election and Morton's career, I resisted the urge to go to Helen.I had
never been so aggrieved in my life.

The more I thought about it, the more upset I felt.I could not understand why my excellent son would
fall in love with such a worthless woman like Helen.

She did not have a good family background, nor could she give George help in his career.

Except for her beauty, there was nothing remarkable about her.I could not figure out what my son saw
in her that made him choose her among all the excellent ones around him.

If George preferred young and beautiful girls, Josie, the lady whom I introduced to him before, should
be at the top of the list.

In the morning, my maid brought me my medication that helped control my blood pressure.Then she
said, "Mrs.Affleck, let the young deal with it themselves.Mr.George has been obedient since he was a
child and has never let you down.If you push him too hard, he might rebel against you.Besides, he's
already married.Everything will be fine once they have a son."

I was anxious as it was.

And when I heard what the maid said, I was enraged.

"What son? Helen was born in a humble family.What makes you think she's deserving to give birth to
the children of the Affleck family? A woman like her should only be used as a plaything.How could



George make a hasty decision on such an important thing as marriage? What if the brilliant genes of
our family get affected?"

I firmly believed in the importance of genes.

Other things could be obtained through hard work, but IQ was innate.

Only those with good genes could give birth to outstanding children.

In my eyes, my maid must have been born with poor genes, so her IQ and EQ were low.

Ordinary people like her could not understand the importance of genes.

That was the reason why they were at the bottom of the society.

Despite being scolded by me, the maid continued to defend her opinion.

"Mrs.Affleck, Helen is an excellent woman.She's already a lawyer in a law firm at such a young
age.She works as hard as she can and is responsible.Her genes shouldn't be that bad.I've never seen
George get so hung up on a girl before."

I could not control my anger anymore.

In the past, this maid would agree to whatever I said.

But today, she kept refuting me and even had the nerve to praise Helen in front of me.I was infuriated.

"Shut the fuck up! Who said you could speak? Get the hell out of here!" I roared.

"S-sorry." The maid flinched and then hurried to the kitchen.



A sneer tugged at the corners of my mouth as I watched her ran away.She must be thinking that Helen
was a great lady because they were of the same class.

But unlike them, Affleck family was rich and powerful.

A woman like Helen was not qualified to be a part of us.

lf anyone found out that George had married an ordinary woman, people would laugh at me.I clutched
my chest and collapsed onto the sofa.I felt like my head was about to explode and a boulder was
pressing on my chest, making it difficult to breath.

At noon, I had some soup and eventually felt better.

Once I calmed down, I put on my makeup and dressed up.

Just as I was about to step out of my house, my phone beeped.

An anonymous person had sent me an e-mail.

Perplexed, I opened it and saw that it was a brief message containing a time and an address of a
coffee shop.

Although the message came from an unknown account, I figured that it must have from the same
person who had tipped me off about George and Helen.I was unsure about their motive, but curiosity
got the better of me.I was curious to know who this person was, their motive, and why they had sent
me the e-mail.

To be discreet, I decided to take a taxi.

A few moments later, I arrived at the cafe at the agreed time.I did not get out of the car right away,
though.



Instead, I looked through the window for a familiar face just to be safe.

Unfortunately, the cafe was full, and I could not tell which of them had asked me out.

Just then, my phone chimed with an incoming message.I immediately clicked on it.

"I can see you, Mrs.Affleck.Come in," the message read.

I looked around the place.

The brief message was making me uneasy.

It appeared that this person knew me and had been watching me for a while.I looked up at the coffee
shop again and saw a familiar young woman waving at me.

It was Jane Campbell.

When I saw her, I felt a slight sense of relief.I was vigilant these past few days.I had suspected that the
person who had sent me these photos meant harm to the Affleck family.

It turned out that I was worried for nothing.

Thankfully, it was just Jane, George's rumored girlfriend.

There was no need for me to be so vigilant after all.

Even if she was George's business partner, she would always be a lower class.I did not want to even
talk to her as doing so would demean my status.So, I turned to the driver and asked him to drive away.

He had just driven for several feet when I received another message from Jane.

"Do you think Helen's background is clean?" her text read.



Attached on the text was a picture of a woman in a hospital gown.

My eyes fell on the logo of a certain mental hospital behind her, and the sight of it made me gasp in
shock.

"Stop the car!" I shouted.

The driver hit the brakes, and the car screeched to a halt.

Without missing a beat, I opened the door, got out, and made a beeline to the cafe.

Sitting by the window, Jane smiled as if she had anticipated this.I suppressed my anger and sat down
opposite her.

"The woman in the photo is Helen's mother.She's in a mental hospital right now.If you want to see her, I
can arrange it for you," Jane said without beating around the bush.

"I'm too busy to verify whether what you said is true or not," I calmly said.

Before anything else, I wanted to see what Jane really wanted to happen.

"Mrs.Affleck, I know you've already had her investigated.The result came back perfect, didn't it? You
probably didn't realize that George had sent his men to tamper with it already."

I was in utter shock.I never imagined that the information I had gathered was fake.

Meanwhile, I clenched my fists in anger.I tried, with all my might, to control my emotions so Jane would
not see my discomfiture.

"Why are you telling me this?" I asked with narrowed eyes.



Jane had reached out to me to tell me about George and Helen.She must be planning something.

First the photos, then the copy of their marriage certificate...

This woman was more cunning than I had imagined.

"Mrs.Affleck, calm down.Just like you, I don't want George and Helen to be together.We share the
same goal."

"You want me to collude with you to deal with my son? Oh, please.Don't be ridiculous"

"No, no.I don't plan on dealing with him.Although he's been cruel to me, my feelings for him remained
the same.I'm doing this with Helen in mind.I believe that you don't want her to marry into your family, do
you?"

Even though I could sense Jane's candor, I disdained to cooperate with her.

Besides, George seemed to be pretty serious with his threats that day.I knew my son like the back of
my hand.I was certain he would do as he said if we crossed the line, so I did not dare to act against
Helen rashly.

"Helen's mother is mentally ill.I've done some research and found that her illness is genetic.Helen kept
saying I had hypnotized her, but hypnosis doesn't work on people without mental problems.If she's fine,
why would she be affected? What if their child inherits this disease? You don't want something like that
to happen, right?"

For a second, I felt as though a bucket of cold water was poured onto me, making me lose what was
left of my rationality.

"Which hospital is Helen's mother admitted to?"'


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