There was no trace of color on Eliza’s face. Her pale face looked fragile. She looked like a rag doll that had been severely abused, so weak that it was heartbreaking.
Tanner gave her a stern and hard look. He pursed his thin lips tightly and then turned around to stare out of the window.
It was silent, so frighteningly silent that a suffocating feeling slowly spread throughout the car.
After an unknown amount of time, Eliza spoke in a hoarse voice, “Stop the car.”
The chauffeur was Tanner’s subordinate. Naturally, he ignored her.
Eliza clenched her fists and shouted with all her might, “Stop the car!”
The driver was shocked and suddenly stepped on the brakes hard.
Eliza opened the door, got up, and readied herself to leave.
“Eliza.” The man suddenly spoke, his voice was still as cold as ever. “Marry me, and I will solve all of your problems. Your family problems, your own problems… I’ll help you.”
Eliza’s back was frighteningly tense, but she was greatly stubborn.
“I don’t need your help!” After she answered fiercely, she slammed the door hard and left without even looking back.
Just what did he think she was?
Did he take her as a doll that he could just play around with?
Eliza felt humiliated. This man’s marriage requirements, as well as his words about her being a substitute, were all too humiliating to her.
Tears pooled in her eyes and dripped down her face. Eliza took a few steps, but in the end, she finally couldn’t help but squat on the ground and start to cry. She suddenly thought of the man’s coat that she had on her body, and she threw it away angrily. After that, she continued to cry.
She was only 22, but she had already gone through so much in one day. It was one unwelcomed surprise after another, like ever-changing tidal waves.
She was like a paper boat drifting in the sea. The bottom of the boat was completely soaked like everything would fall apart at any moment and she would be washed away by the ocean and never recover from it.
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