Chapter 10: Give Up the Struggle!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

With a slam, Madam Lincoln slapped the coffee table and became furious. “What do you mean?! We’ve provided you for so many years, giving you good food to eat and nice clothes to wear. Now that our family is in trouble, you can’t even make this small sacrifice?”

Susan’s aggrieved eyes turned red. Madam Lincoln’s words were like a knife that pierced her heart. “Mom, my existence is to make sacrifices for the family?”

Perhaps the mother-daughter pair’s argument was too intense. John walked out of the study room and stood at the spiral staircase on the second floor. He asked with a bad expression, “What are you arguing over?”

Seeing John’s appearance, Madam Lincoln suppressed her anger and gracefully tucked in the hair strands by her ear. “Well, your good daughter isn’t willing to go ahead with the marriage.”

John frowned and his eyes were full of helplessness. “Susan, come upstairs.”

Susan stubbornly raised her head. She blinked lightly and tried to force back her tears.

Before heading upstairs, she glanced at Betty again. Her face was cold and a trace of ridicule appeared at the corners of her mouth.

In the study room, Susan sat opposite from John.

She lowered her head and rubbed her nails. Her eyebrows covered all her emotions.

After a long while, John sighed. “Were you with Brad last night?”

“Dad? How did you…” Know.

Before she could finish her words, Susan thought of the strange look on Brad’s face when he picked up the call in the morning.

She laughed in self-mockery. “He told you?”

John shook his head. “I couldn’t get through to you on the phone last night. I got Auntie Zara to call your friend but she didn’t know where you were either. Later, Brad’s assistant informed me.”

Susan was stunned. When she recalled Brad’s narration of her drunk state yesterday night, she was enlightened.

“Dad, nothing happened between us. I had too much to drink yesterday night and just slept at his house for the night!”

John placed both hands on his knees. He leaned forward slightly and his eyes were filled with apology and heartache. “I know you’re aggrieved, but don’t blame your Mom. It’s a huge crisis for the Yates family this time. If not, we wouldn’t have arranged this marriage so suddenly. Actually, you can learn more about Brad’s personality. He’s someone you can entrust your life with.”

After saying so much, Susan understood that her father just wanted her to give up the struggle.

The marriage was like an arrow on a bow.

“Dad, I… understand.”

In the face of John’s embarrassed look, Susan couldn’t say anything else to refuse.

She could ignore everyone in this family, but not her father.

John nodded, relieved. “Compared to the Quin family, our Yates family is less presentable. After marrying over, you will lead a blessed life in the future.”

…

After returning to her room, Susan pushed open the windows and looked at the blue sky outside in a daze.

The birds were flying freely and the clouds were calm. However, they couldn’t calm the melancholy in her heart down.

At this moment, she took out her phone. As soon as it was charged and turned on, Faye’s call came.

Her anxious voice made Susan feel some warmth.

After a round of explanations, Faye was curious and tried to gossip. “Have you and Brad rolled in the sheets?”

“How is that possible! Faye, you’re so dirty-minded!”

Although Susan pouted and said in disdain, the image of her and Brad rolling in the sheets couldn’t help but appear in her mind.

After that, she shuddered. They did not have any feelings for each other. How could they do such a thing?

“Hey, how is this dirty-minded?! Brad’s an extremely rare breed of man. You don’t know how many women are begging to roll around with him!”

After hanging up the call, Susan threw herself tiredly on the bed. Her thoughts flew and she subconsciously fell asleep.