Chapter 161 Ethan's biological father, died!

The sound of clothes tearing echoed in the air, and Penelope's little face suddenly turned pale.

Zackary clearly knew that she had been maliciously framed for the so-called hardcore sponsorship during the day. Unexpectedly, he still used this to humiliate her!

Yes, Zackary had always been terrible to her, no matter how innocent she was, she was unforgivable!

"Zackary, let go of me!"

Penelope mustered all her strength, just as she was about to desperately keep some distance from him, Ethan's voice, filled with anger, resonated in the air.

"Evil one, I didn't allow you to bully my mom!"

Unexpectedly, Ethan appeared, and Penelope's heart was instantly filled with boundless embarrassment.

Fortunately, she was wearing a lot of clothes, so even if her collar was torn, she wouldn't be exposed.

Clearly, Zackary hadn't expected Ethan to suddenly appear. His expression was slightly dazed. Penelope took advantage of this and forcefully pushed him away, quickly running to Ethan's side.

"Mom, how are you? Did the bad guy hurt you?"

No matter how smart Ethan was, he was still just a three-and-a-half-year-old child. He didn't understand the complex matters between men and women, he just felt that Zackary must have hurt his mother a lot.

"Ethan, I'm okay." Penelope soothingly rubbed Ethan's little head, "Ethan, Mommy will take good care of herself. Mommy isn't that easy to be bullied."

After saying this, Penelope lifted her face again, speaking word by word to Zackary.

"Mr. Spencer, the money I owe you, I will pay you back! As for you and me, there's no connection anymore!"

Having thought of something, Penelope quickly pulled out a stack of money from her bag and threw it hard at Zackary, "Mr. Spencer, here's ten thousand dollars back! From now on, please remember every penny I pay you back, I'm afraid you might deny it!"

"Penelope!"

Zackary clutched the stack of hundred-dollar bills tightly, his eyes, burning a fiery red, were fixed on Penelope, as if he wanted to devour her alive.

Penelope was really weak, but for some reason, when she slammed this stack of money against his chest, it hurt him badly there.

He was in pain, so he wanted to make Penelope uncomfortable.

"Ha! Ten thousand dollars?" Zackary extended his hand, disdainfully lifting the stack of hundred-dollar bills, "Don't tell me, with this little money, you want to offset the hundred million I spent on you!"

"Mr. Spencer, your hearing is really bad! I never said that I would offset a billion with ten thousand. I only said that I would pay you back slowly!" Penelope actually still had 135 thousand dollars, but she wouldn't donate her body anymore. She still had to pay back the money she owed to the research institute first. Now, she couldn't afford to give Zackary too much money at once.

However, that year, she would strive to earn money. Even if it was impossible to earn a hundred million, she would still try to repay Zackary as much as she could.

Even if she were to die, she didn't want to leave behind a mountain of debt, making it impossible for her Ethan to hold his head high.

Seeing the terrifyingly fierce light in Zackary's eyes, Ethan, fearing that he would bully Penelope again, quickly shielded her.

"Villain, if you have any guts, come at me! Bullying my mother, a woman, what kind of hero does that make you!"

In Ethan's bright eyes, undisguised hatred was dancing, "Get out, villain! Neither my mom nor I welcome you!"

Saying this, Ethan let go of Penelope and limped to the door to let the bad guys out.

The veins on Zackary's hand bulged, he really wanted to strangle this ungrateful bastard, but seeing him limping and struggling to walk, he felt guilty and couldn't bring himself to do it.

After feeling guilty, he found it extremely ridiculous. A bastard, it would serve him right even if he died, he was just crippled, what was there for him to feel guilty about!

With a mocking curl of his lips, Zackary's handsome face, which was highly praised as godlike, was filled with malice.

"Penelope, pay off the money within a month! Otherwise, I will let the whole world know just how filthy you, Penelope, really are!"

Zackary turned around, cold and ruthless, thinking of something, he suddenly slowly turned his face.

He looked down on Ethan, who was limping, as if he was looking at a lowly ant.

"And this cripple... Penelope, I advise you, you'd better control this cripple! If he annoys me, I don't mind, let this cripple die again!"

After saying these words, Zackary had no more lingering feelings. He strode out with his long legs and slammed the door of Penelope's small apartment shut.

The color drained from Penelope's face, her expression was as awful as it could be. It wasn't as painful when others called Ethan a cripple.

But Zackary, he was Ethan's biological father! How could he, say their Ethan was a cripple!

Intense pain swept through her chest in an instant. Her stomach, which hadn't hurt for several days, couldn't help but start to spasm again.

Seeing Ethan's little face, pale without a trace of color, Penelope disregarded her own pain and forcefully pulled him into her arms.

"Ethan......"

"Mom..." Ethan's voice was filled with a broken emptiness, "I know I'm crippled, but when he said that about me, I felt so, so upset."

"Ethan..." Penelope wanted to comfort Ethan properly, but for a moment, she couldn't think of the right words to console him.

Being called a cripple by her own biological father was a heart-wrenching pain. What could she do to alleviate the pain in his heart!

"Mom, is he really my dad?" After a long, long time, Ethan's voice, trembling noticeably, echoed in the air again, "No, he's not my dad! I don't have a dad! My dad, he's been dead for a long time! He died when I fell off the cliff."

"Died, in my heart."

"Ethan!" Penelope could no longer contain the pain in her heart. She used all her strength to hold Ethan tightly, "Ethan, we don't need him, we don't need him at all! Mom will take good care of you, we, we will get better and better."

"Yeah, having a mom is enough for me!" A big bright smile spread across Ethan's face, "Actually, God is fair. Although I don't have a dad, I have the best mom in the world! Ethan is so happy!"

Upon hearing Ethan's words, Penelope's tears fell even more fiercely.

She didn't want Ethan to see through her vulnerability, so she hastily turned her face to the side.

Ethan loved her, Ethan thought she was the best mother in the world.

But she knew, she was not okay, she was not okay at all.

She couldn't even accompany her Ethan as he grew up, she wasn't a good mother.

Ethan was a happy child, he didn't want to be constantly soaked in this pessimistic mood, he tried hard to make himself smile as bright as the warm sun, "Mom, you promised me just now, after dinner you would take me to buy toys, can we leave now?"

"Alright!" Penelope quickly went back to her room and changed her clothes, her smile as bright as spring flowers, "Ethan, let's go!"

Penelope wanted to buy Ethan a few more clothes, so she took him directly to the shopping mall in the city center.

She held Ethan's hand and walked into a children's clothing store. She saw a nice little suit and was about to take it down for him to try on. But when she turned around, she found that Ethan, who had been standing quietly by her side, was gone!