The Captain I Married by Chance novel Chapter 439

He originally planned to placate Mia while he figured out his next move.

But Leonard and Mia were ruthlessly selfish!

And Cynthia Hayes was the definition of an evil, status-obsessed snob!

He still vividly remembered a recent dinner at the Hayes estate when Mia had finally brought him home.

Cynthia had been wearing a custom-tailored designer gown, looking down her nose at him as she asked in a drippingly condescending tone, "So, you're the man who convinced my daughter to be a homewrecker?"

Terrified of leaving a bad impression on his future mother-in-law, Aaron had forced a polite smile, trying to de-escalate the tension.

Instead, without a second of hesitation, Cynthia slapped him hard across the face.

Aaron had never been struck by an elder in his entire life!

And Mia, standing right beside him, didn't even blink.

"Mrs. Hayes, what exactly did I do wrong?"

Knowing his entire future depended on the Hayes family's wealth, Aaron swallowed his boiling rage and forced a sickeningly sweet smile at the woman who had just assaulted him.

Cynthia's eyes were filled with absolute revulsion. "Everything about you is wrong, except the fact that you're male."

Aaron thought he was going to have an aneurysm.

He had always been his family's golden child. From school to med school, he was the star.

At the hospital, he was recognized as a surgical genius with a limitless future.

And back then, he had a gorgeous, brilliant girlfriend. Whenever people found out he was dating the Luminport Police Department's top forensics doctor, they looked at him with sheer envy.

"What a power couple, Dr. Wells! You and your girlfriend are absolute goals!"

Hearing those praises had planted a seed of ruthless ambition in his mind, one that grew into a twisted, towering obsession with status.

He refused to be a laughingstock, so he took a shortcut.

He threw everything away for this—he even threw Nora away—and this was how Cynthia treated him?!

He and Mia had gone to see her parents to finalize their status.

In his mind, meeting the parents meant securing their engagement.

It was the only way he could salvage his reputation.

The rumors of his cheating were already spreading at the hospital, and it was destroying his pristine image.

He desperately needed to lock down his status as the future son-in-law of the Hayes family to spin the narrative into a triumphant success story!

If he walked out that door today, the Hayes family wouldn't be the only ones looking down on him—the whole city would!

"Mia, we had a deal, remember?"

Aaron stared at her, his eyes begging.

He needed her to honor their alliance. He needed her to save him from walking out of that mansion like a beaten dog.