Menantu Pahlawan Negara by Sarjana

Married in a Flash: Embarking on the Journey to Wealth

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Chapter 1

The time was 4:27 pm. As was her usual routine, Aurelia was tidying her desk before her work hours ended.

She ignored her constantly buzzing phone beside her. The calls were probably from her boyfriend, Seth, about his failed proposal yesterday.

At 5:00 pm, Aurelia reached for her phone to clock out and one of the texts caught her attention. “Ms. Aurelia – you are indebted to the hospital for a total of 157,321.61 dollars. Please proceed to our finance counter to make your payment as soon as possible. For any inquiries, please call 87*****!!

Aurelia felt a sense of helplessness as she stared at her phone.

Depleted by the hospitalization expenses and faced with her mother’s incurable illness, Aurelia had no choice but to wait for the inevitable as her funds were exhausted.

It was her adoptive parents who had given her a new life when she was abandoned as a newborn infant. Her late father’s wish was for her to care for her mother.

How could she stand idly by in the face of her mother’s death?

With no other option available, Aurelia had tried to ask Seth for a loan. However, he declined her request, saying that he did not have that kind of money.

She didn’t want to force the matter. After all, he had only proposed to her. They weren’t officially married.

Yet, yesterday, he took to his social media to boast about his newly purchased car, which was worth over three hundred thousand dollars.

Aurelia had stared at the post in her social media feed, completely frozen for over a minute.

When she finally returned to reality, she immediately called him.

Without explaining, Seth began to talk nonstop.

“Aurelia, I bought the car intending to marry you. Consider the three hundred thousand dollars as my investment in our future. I paid one hundred thousand dollars in full, and the remaining two hundred and twenty thousand dollars are on loan. We’ll pay it off together after we get married.”

“Aurelia, once we’re married, let’s sell your parents‘ small house and buy a larger one. My

parents have lived in the code for too long. It’s time for them to enjoy city life. They’ve

raised me, and it hasn’t been easy. As a daughter–in–law, I hope you can understand.”

“Oh, and the property prices in Seacester are so high. We can use my salary to cover the mortgage, and your salary will be for our family’s living expenses. How does that sound? I’m being considerate of you. After all, you won’t have any relatives in the future. Marrying me means you become a part of the Martinez family. As a woman, you should be understanding and not dwell too much on things.

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Aurelia was so furious that her entire body trembled.

It was within Seth’s rights to turn down her request for a loan. But then, he had the gall to target her adoptive parents‘ fortune while her mother’s life was hanging by a thread!

Even his plans for her family home were laid out so transparently that his intentions were clear as day.

It took Aurelia a full three minutes to collect herself, and with firm resolve, she turned down Seth’s seemingly charitable marriage proposal.

“Seth, let’s break up.”

It would be a lie for Aurelia to say that it didn’t hurt to break up with Seth who had been her boyfriend of three years but she was far from naive about his intentions now.

Parting amicably seemed to be the most sensible choice for her.

She was preoccupied with her mother’s medical expenses and had no time to argue with him.

Coming back from her reverie, Aurelia shook her head, attempting to dispel the unpleasant

emotions.

her peculiar looks

until she heard Seth’s voice from

“Aurelia, over here.”

colleagues looked at her enviously as she turned to see Seth, looking sharp in a

flashy, almost as if it were mocking her. All her emotional investment into their three–year relationship couldn’t even

new car.

to Aurelia in front of everyone, prompting catcalls from

quite the romantic. How can us single folks endure

chorus of gasps echoed around

a car. I hope my future

natural. After all, I love Aurelia so

appeared deeply affectionate, his gaze signaled for Aurelia to quickly accept the flowers and not embarrass him in

Aurelia remained silent.

angry,

Seth, an outsider who had come to the city in search of opportunity, had proposed to Aurelia, her mother hadn’t requested

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hadn’t inquired about her health throughout the

mother was already dead to him and he was aiming for

spent 30,000 dollars on a car for her, leading

they would criticize her for not

the commotion, Aurelia sidestepped

he

in person today. Don’t push your luck. There are so many people watching. Do you want to embarrass

words carried the expectation that Aurelia should unconditionally embrace his apology,

at Seth, Aurelia felt

who had insisted on marrying her even after her mother fell ill. Initially, she thought she was fortunate to have a good man like him. Now, she regretted not seeing through

at the flowers before her, Aurelia countered, “Seth, is the car really for

up and chuckled, “Of course. I’m your exclusive

the younger girls, were enchanted by

prove it! Show everyone whose name is

Silence fell.

pursed his lips and

amiss and urged, “Seth, didn’t you buy the car for Aurelia? Show it to us. Let’s

turned

“Clearly, the car was bought for himself, but he insists on

Not wanting to embarrass himself, Seth awkwardly laughed, “She’s just

that, he

“Aurelia, don’t go too far. Besides me, who else would dare to marry someone like

her almond–shaped eyes veiled with

anyone like you. Since you don’t want a

c me to spare

“You…”

respond, Aurelia turned

I have broken

that, Aurelia walked away towards the intersection without looking

angrily caught up with Aurelia, pulling her

I won’t lend you a hundred grand? What

could only chalk it up

It’s precisely that hundred thousand dollars! I won’t marry you if you

to visit her mother in the hospital, Aurelia didn’t want to argue with him and decided to go along with his

about to retort, the horn of a car sounded beside

rolled

need to

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tall figure in the back seat, but the specially tinted

and she quickly stepped

the car drove away, the logo