Chapter238
Leah hurried to go up to her husband and held his arm, if not actually stopping him, “Johnson, why are you here? Didn’t you go to sleep?”
Staring at Sarah, Johnson went on repeating unheedingly, in order to make himself clearer, “Your sister was married for you because you went missing back then. Her marriage was only provisional because you are the real fiancee of Charlie. Do you remember you’ve had your mother persuade me to allow your marriage with him? And I thought you two match each other too. But you then just went back on your words. I shall not allow such a disgraceful behavior in our Cameron family. Since the engagement between Charlie and you is still retrospective, you should marry Charlie now as you promised, shouldn’t you?”
Sarah’s face had stiffened. She just hadn’t expected his father to back up Charlie, who had been after her stubbornly. That must be due to Johnson’s favoritism to his own daughter Theresa! What a cold-hearted stepfather, Sarah cursed, that he was pushing his step-daughter into the pit for the sake of his own daughter!
Biting her lip, Sarah replied to Johnson, “Father, is it necessary for me to fulfill the engagement when Charlie and Theresa are getting along with each other now? I don’t think Theresa will like the arrangement either.” She then turned to Theresa, thinking her sister should be quite grateful for the marriage into a rich family, which, in Sarah’s eyes, was quite a nice deal for a woman like her.
Yet Theresa was clear that Sarah was only taking her as a pretext. For my sake? Please! Theresa snorted. If Charlie had been. as healthy and sound as before, instead of sitting on the wheelchair now, how could Sarah be willing to give up the “blessed opportunity” or have any consideration of the feeling of Theresa and Charlie!
Theresa thus spoke, “It wouldn’t affect me. I’d be very glad if you could marry him now, since I was only helping to take your
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