Forced Marriage

Now Joan started to walk into a fancy restaurant where her meeting with the Hope family was supposed to take place 15 minutes ago .

This time Joan did come late because she had to hold a meeting with very important clients, luckily she told her family to come earlier than her, at least the Hope family wouldn’t be too disappointed because they waited too long without any of her family accompanying her.

When he arrived at one of the private rooms dedicated to the restaurant’s important guests, his eyes immediately fell on a woman who looked very elegant in a red dress. The woman didn’t look at Joan, she was just busy chatting with Joan’s parents.

“Sorry, Uncle, Auntie, Joan came late because she had to hold a meeting” said Joan to Liam Maverick Hope and Zea Arabelle hope who are Liza’s parents.

Zea smiled sweetly while holding Joan’s cheek. “Oh, it turns out that your husband is Li, he’s really handsome.” Zea’s rags to Liza were immediately met with a cynical look from her son.

” Thank you Auntie , Auntie is also no less beautiful than Auntie ‘s child ” replied Joan while looking alternately at Zea and Liza .

Liza put on an annoyed expression how can her 24 years old be equated with a 48 year old woman. If only Joan and Liza were in that place, maybe Joan’s handsome face would have been clawed out by Liza.

Joan smiled with satisfaction , she was excited to see the woman sitting beside her wearing an annoyed expression .

“Don’t smile like that, Li, you’ll lose your beauty,” said Joan to Liza, which made her parents just shake their heads at the behavior of their son who was busy making fun of his future wife.

“It’s a shame, don’t make fun of Liza all the time. It’s a shame that the mood is gone,” suggested Auris to Joan.

“Mama, you’re right, son, it’s better if we all start eating now. Poor Liam and Aunt Zea, who have been waiting for you for a long time,” Ansel added, to which everyone in the room immediately obeyed.

They all started busy eating every food that had been served by the restaurant waiters .

Joan started cutting the steak with a knife and fork quickly , after cutting it evenly Joan swiftly exchanged her plate of steak with Liza ‘s steak plate which had not been cut at all .

” Just eat this one Li , this one has better seasoning ” Joan said pleasantly .

“Okay” Liza answered briefly without putting on the slightest smile or just saying thank you.

Seeing her son’s very indifferent attitude towards Joan, Zea immediately looked at Liza with a sharp gaze.

Zea always treats Liza harshly, she rarely pays attention and gives love to Liza because she is busy with the affairs of the ZS company, a security company that houses the most influential bodyguards in the world. There is no difference with Zea, Liam as a politician who serves as president could only meet with his only child about once a month.

” So what about Li , are you ready to marry Joan ? ” Ansel asked to lighten the mood .

Liza didn’t move, her mouth felt locked at this point. She couldn’t even be honest about her real decision. She was afraid of hurting the feelings of Joan’s parents who were very friendly to her.

“If you and Joan get married, uncle will give you 25% of the wealth that you have, whether it’s assets or shares, you are free to choose” continued Ansel which made Zea and Liam widen their eyes in disbelief that Liam would compensate Liza that much.

While Joan he just smiled triumphantly , for a moment he assumed that Liza would accept this matchmaking .

“No, uncle, I can’t accept this matchmaking, I’ve never loved Bro Joan” Liza answered frankly.

” Li , the problem of not being in love is a back matter , Auntie is sure that after the two of you are married , love will come automatically , ” added Auris .

Liza shook her head full “Sorry Auntie, the problem is I already have a lover. My feelings for him are very deep, I can’t leave him just because of wealth” Liza answered which made Auris and Ansel very disappointed. Likewise with Liam and Zea , they looked at their daughter with sharp eyes .

While Joan , she prefers to lower her face to cool her mind and heart which is starting to heat up . Her eyes are starting to glaze over to hold back every tear that will start flowing down her cheeks .

Liza turned to Joan who was looking down, at this time she was sure that the man who had stained her was holding back his smile and was satisfied with Liza’s decision to reject this matchmaking.

After all, Joan has already felt Liza’s body, why should something that has been damaged be bought again, it must be very detrimental to her. And that is Liza’s opinion about Joan’s thoughts.

Joan immediately stood up from her seat she remained faithfully bowed her head.

“Mah, pah, uncle, aunty, Joan said goodbye” Joan said without looking at anyone, she then turned her back to everyone who was still in the room, she quickly stepped out of the room.

Seeing Joan’s departure, Liza also left the room with the excuse that she wanted to go to the toilet.Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

Instead of going to the toilet , Liza actually followed Joan from a distance . The man was now stopping in a room that functioned as the restaurant ‘s warehouse .

Joan leaned her body against the wall, she hit her hands on the wall several times. Liza could clearly see that her guess was wrong, Joan was not laughing but instead she was crying.

This time Liza started to approach Joan , she immediately grabbed Joan ‘s wrist that was still faithfully beating her fist against the wall .

Joan looked at the person who had just stopped her activities. Instead of being angry because someone was disturbing her, Joan immediately hugged the woman hoping to find peace.

Liza can clearly hear the man’s every sob, it seems that the man is very devastated at this time. He then returned the hug and rubbed Joan’s back gently.

Joan began to feel a little calm, she felt the warmth that was transmitted by the woman made her fragile heart become whole again.