Chapter 4

On the eve of the engagement party, my father summoned the three of them and told them that tomorrow night I would be engaged to one of them.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s expressions changed in different ways.

In the corner, Adrian Sterling held a wineglass and poured drink after drink into his stomach.

Ethan Carter looked restless, glancing from time to time toward the direction of Lily Harper’s room.

The other man turned to look at Ethan Carter and congratulated him:

“Ethan, you’ll have to treat Clara well from now on, because Mr. Whitmore only has this one precious daughter.”

Hearing their words, my father glanced at me and smiled without speaking.

Seeing my father like this, everyone took it as confirmation that the person I had chosen was Ethan Carter.

But that night, Ethan Carter came to my room.

With a livid face, he dragged me to the floor, grabbed my neck, and said through gritted teeth:

“Clara Whitmore, why do you have to cling to me and refuse to let go?”

“It’s all because of you that Lily has run away from home now!”

“If anything happens to her, I won’t let you off!”

As he spoke, his grip grew heavier and heavier, choking me until I could not breathe.

“Ethan Carter, are you crazy? What does Lily Harper running away from home have to do with me?”

His eyes were red. “If you hadn’t insisted on choosing me as your fiancé, how could Lily be in so much pain that she had to leave?”

“She said in her letter that she was suffering terribly, and if she does something stupid because of this, I won’t let you off!”

I struggled free from his hand with force and said coldly:

“Ethan Carter, I didn’t choose you, so be with whoever you love!”

“Also, if you don’t leave my room right now, I’ll tell my father!”

Only after hearing that I would tell my father did he regain a trace of reason and walk out of my room.

Early the next morning, Ethan Carter brought Lily Harper back.

His face was full of exhaustion, as if he had not slept all night.

And Lily Harper also looked completely disheveled, as if she had suffered terribly.

Ethan Carter walked up to me and said with a cold look in his eyes:

“Clara Whitmore, even if I am forced to marry you, I will absolutely never love you.”

“If you dare show off in front of Lily again that you got me, I will absolutely never marry you!”

After saying that, he left with Lily Harper without looking back.

Watching their backs as they left, I sneered inwardly and even began to wonder why my past self had fallen for such a person.