Chapter 288 - Jamie Arc (part 2) Forced Marriage
288 Ch. 288 Jamie Arc (part 2) Forced Marriage
Loraine noticed her brother’s dangerous glance at her sister-like friend. Her strong protective instincts immediately took over, and she cupped her brother’s face to look at her again.
“Brother, since we haven’t seen each other in a long time, how about we eat together? I will cook something for you. What do you think?” f𝓇ℯℯ𝚠e𝒃𝘯𝒐νel. co𝐦
Lawrence chuckled and complied with his sister’s wish, letting Loraine pull his hand to enter the house, leaving Jamie alone. Even though his footsteps followed wherever his sister took him, he still glanced at Jamie.
The girl was no longer a child and now had a voluptuous body. Lawrence couldn’t wait to taste the girl and snatch her virginity.
But Lawrence wouldn’t be able to do that if Loraine always appeared whenever he wanted to approach the girl. He was irritated with his sister because Loraine kept thwarting his plans to sleep with the girl.
But Loraine always acted adorable, and her demeanor was hard to hate, making him couldn’t scold her. His sister was an expert in melting the heart of anyone she met so that no one could refuse her request.
Since childhood, Loraine has been so good at winning the hearts of many people, and day by day, the girl was getting cleverer at pleasing everyone. The girl even managed to persuade their extraordinarily stubborn father not to restrain her and let her go to school with Jamie in a regular school.
If Loraine wanted to, she could be a spoiled child and demand whatever she wanted, either by force or not. Loraine was Deke Shu’s youngest daughter, and the older man loved her dearly. Even if Loraine had killed someone, Deke Shu and Lawrence would have supported her and destroyed all evidence that pointed to her.
But Loraine had spent most of her life with Jamie and Jamie’s mother, so the hereditary rotten character traits of Shu’s mafia family didn’t show in Loraine.
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On the other hand, that girl seemed to contradict the character of the Shu family so that no one would believe that Loraine was the daughter of Deke Shu and the younger sister of Lawrence Shu.
No matter how annoyed Lawrence was at Loraine, he couldn’t hate his sister for being so pure and innocent and believing that there were only good things in this world. Therefore Deke and Lawrence both agreed not to show the dark world.
The men thought Loraine had no idea her family’s work was dirty and heinous—they thought the young girl believed Deke Shu was just an ordinary businessman and Lawrence was often sent abroad to take care of his father’s company projects.
They didn’t know that Loraine was perceptive to her surroundings. Even though she didn’t know what her family’s occupation was like, she felt a threatening aura when she accidentally looked into her father’s or brother’s eyes. Despite this, Loraine did not show her fear and behaved like a cheerful and sweet girl.
One day, the Luen group submitted a proposal to unite the two organizations through a marriage bond. Young master Yu once met Loraine Shu by chance and was attracted to this beautiful young girl.
Young master Yu will become his father’s successor in a few years and lead the Luen group as the absolute leader.
Deke Shu agreed this was an excellent opportunity to strengthen their hold on China. Of course, Lawrence did not prevent his father from imposing his will on Loraine. The sooner Loraine left to live with her husband, the more shortly he could spread Jamie’s thighs.
Unfortunately, Loraine didn’t want to get married. She was still eighteen and hated the young master of the Luen group. Loraine tried to persuade her father in various ways, but her father still insisted on marrying her to a man she hated the most. Loraine even tried to convince her brother to get Lawrence to help her escape this forced marriage, but the man left for the country instead.
Lawrence had temporarily gone abroad so his sister would not suspect he had lured Young Master Yu to see her at school. Now he could only wait until his sister married the man and caught Jamie off guard for a few months. After that, he would appear without warning, and it was inevitable that Jamie would not be able to escape again.
“I don’t want to get married! I’m still eighteen, for heaven’s sake! Nanny, I don’t want to marry a foreigner.” Loraine sulked at Jamie’s mother.
“Have you asked your brother for help? Your brother is the only one who can make your father change his mind.”
“I’ve tried reaching him, but he’s not answering my calls. What should I do?”
Jamie’s mother sighed at this and hugged Loraine by patting her on the back three times, down and up. “Everything will be fine. Trust me; everything will be fine.”
Jamie looked at Loraine with sad eyes and felt helpless for not being able to help her friend. Since she couldn’t speak since birth, Jamie has been belittled by people and bullied by everyone in this house. But only Loraine was willing to be friends and faithfully accompanied her.
That night, Deke Shu made a completely unexpected announcement that made Loraine lose her temper and show her fangs.
“Loraine, sleep early tonight. Tomorrow you will marry Mister Yu of the Luen group.”
“No. I will not marry him!” Loraine expressed her opinion with a firm tone and an unwavering gaze.
This was the first time everyone had seen Loraine being assertive with a serious expression, as if no one could change her mind. Because of that, Deke and the others were somewhat surprised to see a side of Loraine that she had never shown before.
Deke Shu smiled crookedly, seeing the different side of his daughter. Even though Loraine was blind to her family’s dark business world, the girl was still his daughter.
“You can’t refuse, Loraine. This decision is unanimous and cannot be contested.”
“What if I don’t want to? How about I cause trouble at tomorrow’s wedding?”
“Are you threatening me?”
“It was you who was threatening me this time. I’ve never done anything you don’t like, so don’t force me to do things I don’t like.”
“I don’t care whether you like it or not. What is certain is that tomorrow’s wedding will continue as before. Yong Chen!”
“Yes, sir?”
“Bring the miss to her room and make sure she doesn’t come out until tomorrow.”