Chapter 4

"Mia grew up in an orphanage without parents. She finally made it to her twenties, only to die in her prime..."

Usually, hearing these words would have made me feel guilty.

But now, I only had one thought in my mind:

"Serves her right for being an orphan!"

I smiled and replied:

"I really can't come up with the money these days. Why don't you pay for it this time, honey?"

Hearing this, Lucas was stunned, his face darkening.

"What do you mean? Aria, if you don't want to pay, just say so. Why lie?"

I didn't know why Lucas was so sure I still had money.

So I showed him my SnapChat balance, which I had already transferred out earlier.

"I'm not lying, I really don't have any money left."

"You pay this time, and I'll give you the money back when the house sells, okay?"

Hearing about the money from selling the house, Lucas's face instantly lit up with a smile.

He waved his hand, speaking in an affectionate tone:

"Honey, what are you talking about? What's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine, right?"

Hearing this, I almost laughed out loud.

But I managed to hold it in, not revealing anything.

When it was time to go back, Lucas suddenly received a phone call.

If I wasn't mistaken, it must have been from Mia.

Sure enough, after hanging up, Lucas pretended to be troubled and said:

"Honey, one of my buddies got drunk. He needs me to help take him home."

I smiled faintly, thinking of Lucas's childhood friends.

The first time I met them, they called me "sister-in-law."

I thought it was just them being friendly.

But later I found out that every time Lucas brought a girl to meet them,

They would all jokingly call her "sister-in-law."

Even when Mia and I appeared together at a dinner party, Lucas's friends made a few teasing remarks:

"Lucas, which one should we call sister-in-law now? Haha!"