Mia put on a show of absolute obedience, her cheeks flushed. "As long as it's what Dad wants, I'll do it."
There were four people in the room.
Two men with grim expressions.
Nora, wearing a faint, mocking smile.
And Mia, who probably had no idea how cheap she looked right now.
Leonard was no fool.
He knew exactly what her little performance was about.
In his mind, if Mia hadn't deliberately messed around with Aaron just to spite Nora, he wouldn't be playing matchmaker right now.
Nora's refusal to cooperate was entirely Mia's fault to begin with.
So no matter how compliant she acted, Leonard wasn't pleased.
"Enough!"
Leonard scowled and snapped, "No one will think you're mute if you stop talking!"
Knowing Nora was uncooperative, she was just adding fuel to the fire.
He was seriously going to die of anger because of this daughter.
Mia hadn't expected to be scolded while being so cooperative. Her eyes immediately welled up with aggrieved tears.
She instinctively looked to Aaron for comfort.
But her earlier words had struck a nerve.
When she looked at him, Aaron deliberately turned his head away, avoiding eye contact.
Realizing neither man in the room was on her side, Mia was caught between fury and humiliation.
Unable to lash out, she resorted to glaring venomously at Nora.
Nora completely ignored her.
"Are we done? If so, I'm leaving."
But she was out of patience with Leonard's repetitive nonsense.
"If your hearing is failing, walk out the door, take a straight, then a right to the ENT Department."
"I'll say this one last time. I'm not marrying anyone else. I'm marrying Nathan. Do you understand?"
"Nora!"
"Why are you so incredibly stubborn? Do you have any idea how many women want to marry Nolan?"
"Marrying him means marrying into wealth! You'd have more money than you could ever spend! You wouldn't have to face dead bodies every day and work that morbid job."
"If you weren't my daughter, do you think I'd go to all this trouble to plan your future?"
Hearing him insult her profession, Nora's expression hardened. Just as she was about to fire back, a knock echoed through the room.
Then, a familiar voice, sharp as a blade, cut into the room.
"Excuse me for interrupting, but are you trying to force my fiancée to leave me?"

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