- 7.
Hearing that, Grandpa looked at me.
“Hailey, do you want to see them?”
I thought for a moment and nodded.
“Since they’re already here, let’s clear things
- up. Let them in.”
With my instructions, the butler brought them
- in.
Almost as soon as he came in, Chad’s dad
knocked him to the ground.
“Mr. Smith, this is all my good–for–nothing
son’s fault.”
son’s fault.”
“He messed around and made Hailey suffer
yesterday.”
“Get on your knees!”
Chad reluctantly knelt, but the look on his
face clearly showed his resentment towards
- me.
“Hailey, I know I was wrong.”
“Didn’t you always want to marry me?”
“Let’s pick a date and make the engagement
official.”
“But the only condition is that you can’t go
after Mia, and you can’t cancel the contract
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“But the only condition is that you can’t go
after Mia, and you can’t cancel the contract
with the Petersons.”
Hearing such a shameless request, I laughed.
“Chad, who do you think you are?”
“Do you think I want to marry you?”
Chad immediately glared at me, fuming.
“Then what are you planning to do?”
“Don’t think I don’t know you had Mia’s things
burned yesterday and kicked her out.”
“She’s your sister. How can you be so
heartless?”
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Slap!
A crisp smack echoed through the living
room. Chad’s dad was so angry his chest
hurt.
“You ungrateful brat!”
“What are you saying?”
“Mia is just a foster daughter. She’s not even
a Smith.”
“Those things belonged to Hailey to begin
with. She can do whatever she wants with
them!”
“Enough!”
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Grandpa glared at them, speaking up.
“I never agreed to this engagement in the first
place.”
“I only went along with it because of your dad, and because I didn’t want Hailey to
suffer.”
“I was planning to help you Petersons, so Hailey wouldn’t have to worry about
anything.”
“But you raised this thing.”
Hearing the change in tone, Grandma
Peterson started to panic.
“Chad’s just confused for the moment,
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“Chad’s just confused for the moment,
bewitched by that Mia.”
“Give him some time, and he’ll come to his
senses.”
Grandma Smith stood up and grabbed my
hand.
“There’s no need.”
“Our Hailey isn’t going to pick up garbage.”
“Since he likes Mia so much, we should just
fulfill his wish.”
“The engagement is off, and the Smith Corporation will announce it.”
“As for the cooperation between our two
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“As for the cooperation between our two
families, it was mostly done anyway.”
“And let’s not talk about anything else.”
Grandma Peterson panicked and looked at
- me.
“Hailey, say something.”
“You’ve always liked Chad.”
“Who says I like him?”
I looked at the Petersons with a smile,
speaking up.
“He’s just someone I’ve met a few times and
am a little familiar with.”
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am a little тamiliar with.
“If it weren’t for the engagement, I wouldn’t
even bother to look at him.”
“Why would I even need him? Everything the
Smiths have will be mine. What kind of man
can’t I get? Why would I want such a loser?”
Hearing the decisiveness in my voice,
Grandma Peterson completely collapsed.
“It’s over.”
“It’s all over.”
Chad was also panicked, and he tried to grab
my hand.
“No way.”
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“Hailey, I know you’re lying to me, right?”
“There’s no way you don’t have any feelings
for me.”
“Give me another chance, okay?”
I shook off his hand and yelled, “Butler, show
them out.”
After the Petersons were gone, my
grandparents called me into the study and
told me they wanted me to start learning how
to run the company.
“You’ve finished your college entrance exams
now.”
“The Smith Corporation will be in your hands
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“Hailey, I know you’re lying to me, right?”
“There’s no way you don’t have any feelings
for me.”
“Give me another chance, okay?”
I shook off his hand and yelled, “Butler, show
them out.”
After the Petersons were gone, my
grandparents called me into the study and
told me they wanted me to start learning how
to run the company.
“You’ve finished your college entrance exams
now.”
“The Smith Corporation will be in your hands
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sooner or later, so it’s the same whether you
start now or later.”
“Why don’t you start learning with Grandpa
tomorrow?”
