Chapter 4
I quickly hung up, afraid my parents would hear my unhappiness_||
“You’re overthinking I have no interest in entering your family ancestral halt:“|
He picked up the shredded divorce papers from the trash, aneering, 1 heard everything, stop pretending Playing hard to get won’t work with met
“Til tell you this – I was planning to take you to worship the ancestors tomorrow, but now that there’s no baby, I can only take Mary back instead!–
Hearing this. Mary’s fare lit up with joy, then quickly tached to a practiced frown. “Pete is just teasing me again. How could an outsider like me enter the family ancestral hall__~||
Pete rapped her nose gently, coaxing. How could you be an outsider? Besides, Ims in charge of the family now! ||
“Didn’t you say you wanted a feast? Since Angria refers to cook, Ill take you to the old house for my mother’s cooking-||
So it turned out the family rule about not entering the ancestral hall without a son was only meant for me.
Mary blushed at his coaxing, throwing me a triumphant smile ||
The next moment, received her message. “Angels, you’re really stupid. Now that you’ve lost the baby, what can you possibly use to compete with me? Pete can only be mine!
Tete couldn’t even bear to
Waitr
to look at me, directly leading Mary away
Fete stopped, wearing an expression that said I knew it, coldly glancing at me from the corner of his eye. “Now you know your mistake? Too late!”
I took out my already removed ring and handed it to him
Pete’s
spupus trembled at
ted at the sight.]
“Who gave you permission to take off the ring?
He grabbed it roughly trying to force it back onto my finger, but failed due to my stiff joints as the ring rolled to the floor.
The hearing is on full blast–why are your hands even colder than this morning?
Pele sensed something was wrong and reached to touch my forehead, but I moved way
Watching me dodge has touch, an inexplicable melancholy filled his heart, almost bringing tears to his eyes.
it felt like being plunged into a frozen cave
Expecially that ice–cold sensation – It
Seeing Pete’s strangexpression. Mary quickly picked up the ring and clung to him sweedy. “Pete, this ring is so special! I want one too! But I don’t like using something someone else has worn.1
Pete’s Adami apple bolibed involuntarily as he felt Mary’s soft chest press against him.
“Mary, you deserve better this is just trash that someone didn’t want
He threw the ring at my face. “Angela dia my final warning – playing hard to get won’t work with met ||
Despite his words, watching me let the ring roll away without picking it up made him increasingly uneasy
He had personally trafied tear matching rings, and I had once sworn in wear mine even in death ||
Pete waited for a long while, only to ser
and walk back to my room
When
11 ever given him the cold shop
He picked up the ring will; a dark expression, speaking through cinched teeth. “Angela, you Te ruthless! I agree to let you under my family ancestral hall, but you must karel for three days and three nights as punishment for terminating the pregnancy |
Once you sincerely admit your mistake, rii return the ring)
Before I could respond. Prie took Mary back to the family home
Mary eagerly shared details of her treatment there.
Lavish dishes, thick red envelopes, even Pete’s mother’s heirloom bracelet on her wrist
eet 1 just need to stand here, and they’ll offer everything you could never get How can you compete?”
shem
“His mother and whenever I’m ready, she’ll arrange a grand
and wedding for uur]
1 Ignored her, spending the night clearing out and disposing of everything related to me
At dawn. I took a taxi to the airport.
Just as I boarded the plane, Pete called, “Angela, if you don’t come now, you’ll never enter our ancestral hall in this lifetime!“]
