Chapter 64:

Upon learning that Mabel had been withholding information, Lanny hung up and stormed to meet her with a frown.

At that moment, Mabel looked like a shadow, staring at nothing in particular. Glenda was beside her, wailing with tears streaming down her face.

“How could you have acted so stupid, Mabel? What’s there to like about Theo? If only you could be open-minded for a moment, you’d see just how mistaken you are about him,” Lanny scolded, his face dark.

Mabel, still with a faint mark on her neck, had done everything to get her parents’ support to marry Theo. Clearing her throat weakly, she pleaded, “Mom, you’ve got to understand that my heart is with Theo. There’s no way for me to be happy without him.”

Just then, Lanny entered the room, his face stern. Approaching Mabel, he asked coldly, “Tell me exactly what happened between you and Theo before you got into bed with him.”

Stunned, Mabel swallowed hard, nervousness spreading across her face. Her father had asked a question she hadn’t expected. “Nothing happened, Dad. Besides, you shouldn’t be asking me such questions when I’m feeling quite sad right now,” she replied feebly.

sarcastically, “You’re quite sad right now? Why on earth would you be sad after you got what you wanted? Hey, are you really on the hook for millions to compensate

visibly distressed. Glenda stopped crying momentarily, her face showing confusion. “Who do you owe millions to? How is that

to her parents. Seeking to deepen her relationship with Theo, she had contacted him and arranged to meet. After meeting up, she had convinced Theo to take her to a bar by pretending she had never

to return the money. Believing he had acted out of goodness, she thought he was the ideal lover she

Mabel realized she hadn’t achieved what she wanted, feeling the pain

Lanny, “You can’t possibly tell me that you’re unaffected by the fact that the person I lost my virginity to isn’t my husband, right? Come on, Dad, I want nothing more than to be Theo’s wife. Besides, just

acted in such a misguided way without even sparing a moment to consider what

the verge of getting

yourself that Theo is willing to marry you? Shouldn’t you have figured out by now that if he planned to take you seriously, he wouldn’t have slept with you, his ex-fiance’s sister? For him to

you are, trying to use the fact that he took your virginity to blackmail him. Do you think he attaches any importance to getting a woman in bed with him? He’s well aware that there are a lot of women who would sleep with him without blinking

this, Mabel bit her lip and clenched her teeth in anger. In all

I need—” Without allowing her to finish her words, Lanny interrupted firmly, “It’s because you’re my daughter that I’m refusing to sugarcoat how stupid you’ve been. Wake up to reality and

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