Chapter 4

I held her hand and said with a smile:

"You don't need to swear. I believe you!"

The next day, my phone was blown up with calls.

Looking at over a dozen missed calls, I was somewhat dazed and called back.

"Mom? What happened?"

I thought something had happened at home and immediately got nervous.

An angry scolding voice came through the phone.

"Lucas! You've really gotten bold, haven't you?"

"Breaking up other people's relationships---I can't believe you'd do such a thing!"

"Having a son like you, I really..."

I was completely confused and asked in bewilderment:

"Mom, what are you talking about?"

"I don't understand."

My mother laughed coldly.

"Hah, you don't understand? If your friend Marcus hadn't come crying at our door, I wouldn't have known what kind of person you are!"

Hearing the key word "Marcus," I immediately understood what was going on.

Marcus must have gone to my parents and added fuel to the fire with his version of events.

I sighed, wanting to explain. I'd barely started to say "Mom" when I was cut off.

"Come home right now. Before you've completed the legal procedures, break it off! Don't go destroying other people's relationships!"

With that, Mom hung up directly, not even giving me a chance to explain.

Left with no choice, I could only drive home to explain face-to-face.

Just reaching the door, I heard Marcus's crying coming from inside.

"You have to help me!"

"I treated Lucas like a real brother, and he stole my girlfriend!"

My mother was comforting him nearby:

"Don't worry, I've already talked to Lucas."

"I'll make them break up right away. He won't compete with you!"

When I walked in, this was the scene I saw.

Marcus sat on the sofa crying his eyes out, snot and tears everywhere, while my parents handed him tissues and fruit.

When he saw me return, a flash of triumph crossed his reddened eyes.

My mother saw me and immediately pulled me into the kitchen for a stern lecture.

"Lucas! You're being foolish! Even if Isla is rich, you shouldn't insert yourself into someone else's relationship!"

I frowned, looking displeased.

"I didn't insert myself. Isla and I had a wedding ceremony, and we married with both sets of parents as witnesses! How is that destroying someone's relationship?"

Seeing I showed no remorse, Mom raised her hand to hit me, but held it in mid-air before lowering it in frustration.

"You... if I'd known you'd do this, I would never have agreed to your marriage!"

She kept saying I was the third party. I knew Marcus must have brainwashed her.

More words would be useless---she wouldn't believe me anyway. I directly pulled out the marriage certificate from my bag.

"Mom, look clearly! Isla and I have completed legal registration. We're the legal married couple!"

"Even if Marcus and Isla dated before, that's all in the past! Isla's legal spouse is me now. Stop siding with outsiders, will you?"

I thought taking out the marriage certificate would make Mom settle down, but instead she got even angrier.

Her face turned iron-blue as she pointed at me and said:

"Break up! Break up right now!"

I frowned in confusion, wanting to ask why.

Mom took a deep breath and pulled out several photos from her pocket.

"Marcus has shown proof! These photos... look at them! This is evidence that Isla was with him!"