Sentenced to Marriage by MadlainQ

Ten minutes later, I was sitting in the coffee shop, and Lanfen was sitting in front of me. Did the feeling that it could be a trap cross my mind? Of course, but I wouldn’t miss the chance to get to know my enemy. Jack trained me a little about observation, but it didn’t look like someone was following us. The people inside the cale that lanten invited me to seemed nommal as well Nevertheless, I knew that I couldn’t lower my guard just because I thought it Was safe around

“I’m coralan,” I corrected, underlining the last name before I took the first cautious sip from my coffee cup

Her lips curled up gracefully. “Of course, you are, Mrs Lan,” she said, her voice polite and

I had to give it to her she was mesmerizing from the top of her head to her small feet adorned by Dior black high heels, she was flawless I couldn’t stop staring at her porcelain complexion and her almond eyes with glowing irises in a trame of thick eyelashes, not to mention her ideal jawline and tiny round chin. For God’s sake, could she be a little less perfect?! It her face wasn’t making me jealous enough, she had an hourglass figure with curvy hips and quite impressive breasts. As she sat in front of me in her posh black female suit, I seriously wished that she was at least stupid, God would make it fairer that way.

“You wanted to talk to me, so let’s talk,” I said, curling up one corner of my lips. She lowered her gaze, her hands nervously wrapping around her cup of coffee. She seemed vulnerable and sad, which puzzled me I kept reading her face and gestures, but I couldn’t find even an ounce of hostility

I could hear her pulling a deep breath into her lungs before she raised her eyes to meet mine.” I assume that you already know who I am… am I right?”

i nodded, trying to keep my emotions in check

Lanten smiled briefly at my confirmation and continued, “I wanted to talk to you because I knew that Aren wants nothing to do with me. I chose you because I’m a coward” She looked away, her eyes betraying an odd kind of sorrow

asped at the realization “How did you know where to find me.”

She shook her head. “Our meeting here was coincidental. I’d just closed an important deal and then noticed you walking behind me. I would say that it was late.” She shrugged and let out of small chuckle

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medicine. We’ll be opening our

businesswoman.” I muttered under my breath, feeling

haven’t seen Aren for yours and I have never searched for him,” she continued, but sincet moved to New York,

wanted to talk to me so I

I have to let it out of my system. I know that I’m selfish, but I need someone to hear me out, and you are

I saw no signs of viciousness within her. She was either a master manipulator or a genuinely good person. However, I sensed that she controlled her emotions quite well, not raising the volume of her voice even once she had laughed, and that fact alone was telling me not to trust her. I took a deep breath.”Fine… Go ahead and tell me your story,” I said, fisting my hand under the table since I predicted that I might not like what I would

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that your parents were going to present Aren’s business ideas to Aren’s grandfather as their own, right?” I tried to remain unmoved by her shocked expression. Lanfen sighed heavily and lowered her head. “Yes,’ she admitted. “I knew that my parents initially agreed to our marriage because they wanted to get a contract with Lan Wang Corporation. As soon as they realized that Aren wasn’t even an official Lan Jing’s grandchild, they wanted to annul our engagement… But then they learned that Aren is a genius when it comes to business and his proposals could buy their way into the collaboration with the Lan family. I didn’t know about their plans until it was too late. I was tricked by

had never even met him, and I wanted to refuse this ridiculous proposal, but my whole family went against me. They held me locked in my room until I agreed. I was imprisoned for more than a week with food and water given to me only once a day…” she suddenly paused and laughed humorlessly. “I

seriously didn’t know how to react. Should I feel sorry for her for being born into a family like that? Or perhaps her story was faked? Yet, it

Shen against your will?” I stretched

a faint smile before shifting mindlessly her eyes to a coffee cup.” Yang Shen wasn’t a nice person… He was abusive and treated

If she suffered that much, then I guess she must have been stronger than I was. I wasn’t married to Callan, but when our relationship ended, he left me completely broken. Even though I healed in time, I still had issues and problems with my self esteem. Lanfen seemed different; underneath that delicate expression was a confident woman. The more time I spent looking at her, the stronger she appeared. Then I realized the way

you divorced?” A nervous

drink… One day, he went for a ride in his Ferrari after he

she appeared in New York as a successful and again single woman?! it pissed me off that her story actually sounded pitiful, and, looking into Lanfen’s stunning eyes, anyone could

looked at her suspiciously. “Were you the one who sent