Chapter 6

Clutching the little red book, I rushed home to beg forgiveness.

My parents flipped through it front to back and made several phone calls before finally confirming my marriage certificate was real.

"How could you not discuss such a big decision with us?!"

My parents crowded around me, one on each side, and began interrogating me furiously.

"When Lucas had nothing, you didn't mind his poverty either," I retorted righteously.

I knew my parents too well. They were total pushovers for their daughter. As long as it was my decision, they would support me fully.

"It's not that we won't let you get married, it's just this son-in-law..."

He was quite the big shot, to be fair.

I gave them an "I understand" look and hugged my parents.

Faced with their concerns, I recounted the Holy Water Beach incident for the first time.

"Six years ago... Samuel tried to drown himself?"

My parents were skeptical and started furiously googling.

Sure enough, after my dad scrolled through countless forums, we learned something.

Samuel had indeed been through some incident six years ago, but the forums only mentioned it vaguely. We couldn't figure out the details.

What was verifiable was that Samuel's older brother and sister-in-law had died in an accident that year. Their only child was left in Samuel's care.

Strangely though, that child was never seen again afterwards.

Thinking back to how Samuel had walked straight into the ocean that day, I seemed to guess what had happened.

Sigh, life in wealthy families isn't easy either.

But remembering that I had saved him still filled me with an indescribable sense of pride.

Life is precious. The world could use one more handsome man to feast our eyes on.

The information we found matched what I had told them, so my parents tentatively believed the Samuel story.

Looking at the marriage certificate, my dad was still worried.

"Honey, the Newmans are an enormous family, and Samuel's even become the head. Your path won't be easy in the future."

A parent's love for their child makes them plan far ahead.

Since I was little, my parents rarely restricted me in anything except my character.

They hoped I would be safe and happy, and were willing to give me everything they had.

I had never actively mentioned the incident with Samuel all these years, naturally because I had no intention of asking him to repay the favor.

Now that I had suddenly eloped with him, my parents surely understood it was because of Lucas.

My mom looked at me with heartache, her expression fierce.

"Sweetie, if you regret this, we can go apologize to the Newmans right now and get a divorce. It's your life - you can't ruin it because of that bastard Lucas!"

Oh, my dear mother!

I wanted to tell her she was overthinking it.

My grand plan to step on Lucas's moment of glory wasn't complete yet. How could I possibly get divorced?

"Mom, I'm the one who lucked out in this marriage!"

"Let's be honest, you must think Samuel is way out of Lucas's league too, right?"

I nudged my dad's shoulder. He smiled sheepishly.

"Since Lucas was blind enough to let me go, he can be with whoever he wants. I really don't care."

Through my "inside information" from Samuel, I learned something.

The relationship between Sophia and Lucas wasn't something they could decide for themselves.

Although Sophia was of Newman blood, her current DNA wasn't enough to legitimately enter the Newman family business.

A powerful in-law family would be her best support.

Lucas seemed decent enough, but that was only because the Newmans hadn't forced Sophia to make a choice yet.

As long as Samuel didn't approve, Sophia wouldn't even get a chance to "try".

Thinking about how I had married a man who held the "power of life and death" over that scumbag and green tea bitch, I felt a thrill from my head to my toes.

I understood my parents' worries, but I wasn't afraid.

I would erase their concerns one by one with my happiness in this marriage.