“Sister, I’ve wronged you. I never knew my boyfriend was your fiancé. But it was you who told me—this world still holds people worth cherishing. I found him. He’s my life now. Please forgive me—I can’t give him back.”
Adrian looked at her in shock, something flickering in his eyes.
“Stella, she’s the one who saved you?”
Stella nodded frantically, clinging to him.
“But I’ve betrayed my sister…”
I had no interest in their pitiful display.
Turning, I walked away.
My father quickly followed.
“Lila, what are you thinking?”
“If you still love Adrian, memory loss or not, even if he were crippled, I’d make him obey you.”
Behind him, the six apprentices wore the same worried expressions.
They had all watched me grow up, more like brothers than anything else.
I smiled, turned, and pulled a man’s business card from my pocket.
“You all say he always wanted to marry me? Then I’ll marry him.”
The sixth brother’s face changed. “No! Lila, you heard what we said to Master today… Even if we’re useless, we can’t let you degrade yourself in a marriage alliance with the Vaughn family.”
My father had been silent the whole time.
The eldest brother glanced at him, then added,