8
After Dad was taken to the hospital, we were told it was just a temporary spike in blood pressure due to agitation. Mom stayed in the ward to take care of him, but Adam pulled me out of the room.
“You’re engaged to Noah Chen?” Adam’s voice was icy cold, just like when he told everyone years ago that he didn’t like idiots.
I nodded, but in the next second, Adam grabbed my wrist. I frowned in pain, only to see his eyes red and filled with a mournful look.
*How could you get engaged to someone else? Melody, haven’t you always liked me?”
So he knew. Many times, I thought he didn’t know,
I shook off Adam’s hand. Although I didn’t understand why he was asking me this, I answered very seriously.
“I used to like you, but not anymore?
To be honest, I’m not quite sure if I really liked Adam in the past.
10:53 AM &
I’m an orphan, and being adopted by the Lewis family was already a very lucky thing. Everyone said I was Adam’s child bride, and if I was a child bride, then I should marry Adam.
Mom and Dad asked me this too, so it must be right.
Thinking carefully, Adam wasn’t exactly kind to me in the past, but apart from that, he was indeed a very good person.
But if we’re talking about liking, when did it start exactly?
I can’t say clearly whether my feelings for Adam were romantic love between a man and a woman, or if it was out of gratitude to the Lewis family, so I stubbornly put myself in the position of a little bride.
Adam didn’t like me, he was annoyed by me, which made me start to panic, wondering why he hated me so much, wondering if I couldn’t marry him anymore.
If I couldn’t marry him, how else
could
I repay Mom and Dad?
Until Noah appeared.
Noah did indeed
appear. He
cene came over
directly separated Adam and me,
putting on a fake smile as he shielded me behind him.
“Isn’t this my big brother–in–law?
tyre back and didn’t let us know in advance. I could have come with Melody to pick you up!”
I watched Noah’s hand behind his back beckoning to me, which made me can’t help but curl up the corners of my mouth. I took the initiative to put my hand in his.
Adam’s face became increasingly ugly, and a grinding sound came from his mouth.
“But Melody and I were supposed to get married. They all said Melody was my-
At this point, Adam suddenly couldn’t continue.
Maybe he also remembered that he, more than anyone else, despised my identity as his so–called child bride.
