Mary clenched her fists tightly.â
She knew what kind of demand her eldest uncle would
make nextâ¦
But as she looked at her father with a bruised nose and swollen face, her mother who was being held
down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing the
commotion in the living room but fainted from the shock of the scene
before herâ¦
She knew none of this was Ellisâs fault.
If it werenât for him, she would have already been taken advantage of by Mr. Lynch at the restaurant
todayâ¦
Without sufficient ability to protect herself or make any significant achievements in the company to gain
the favor of the first branch, and with her father being relentlessly suppressed by her uncle and his
peopleâ¦
Mary had long anticipated a situation like todayâs.
Yet in her heart, she still harbored some resentment
toward Ellis.
At the same time, she blamed herself in secret for how
useless she was!
She was unable to protect her parents and unable to save her best friend.
In the end, she could only obediently become a social butterfly for her elder uncleâ¦
Mary sat on the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness wash over her.
Her father was trying to get up from the ground. âMary, donât agree to himâ¦â
Maryâs mother looked at him incredulouslyâ¦
Mary, seeing this, finally lowered her gaze. âFine, Iâll b obedient. Iâll listen to everything you say from
now on, just let my parents goâ¦â
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Finally satisfied, her eldest uncle stepped forward, pinching Maryâs chin. âCome tomorrow at six in the
evening, and youâll come with me to the hotel, and sweet-talk Mr. Lynch for me!â
Leaving these words behind, he left with his bodyguards in towâ¦
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