Loving You In Secret

Chapter 880

"Why?" Vicky asked.

"That's because when he first returned to the Hart family, not a single one of them welcomed him back. In fact, he was ostracized by everyone there. After all, he didn't grow up in the family. Besides, who'd welcome a person who suddenly appeared to fight for the family's inheritance?"

Vicky already knew Tyler's biological parents were not kind to Tyler, but she could not help asking, "What about his parents? No matter what, he's their biological son, so they must've welcomed him."

Aria scoffed. "Thanks to you, Tyler's relationship with his parents is very strained. In the beginning, his parents had someone in mind for him to marry once he was back. This was their way of showing him they cared about him.

"However, for people like you and him who think love triumphs over all, you guys think that it's ridiculous to be in an arranged marriage in this day and age. In a family like mine, it's something quite common. The family's survival trumps everything, Vicky. Only then do we have the time to think about other things such as matters of the heart.

"At that time, Tyler had just returned to the Hart family. The fastest way for him to gain a firm foothold is to form an alliance with another family through marriage. But he was dating you then, and he refused to break up with you. In fact, he even said that he could do without the Hart family, but

not without you.

felt that Tyler didn't understand that with his status at that time, he'd be as good as dead

go under. They were confident that Tyler would have no choice but to grovel

that the period where he was

Tyler built with his sweat and tears over the years was

him experience what true despair tastes like, his parents deliberately gave him some hope that his company would

a while and looked straight

Not many would've survived

shook her head and sighed lightly. "He'd rather give up the whole

felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

had many tricks up their sleeves which are more than enough to deal with a poor, powerless girl like you. I've seen you from afar in some of the banquets you've attended with his mother. My, my, how those who only know how to suck up to those more powerful than them

I'll give you that. You didn't back down and kept persisting in the face of all difficulties. After that, she knew it'd take more than that to make you give up your marriage so she changed her tactic ...and in the end, you