Chapter 4

“How could I not want to…”

He was about to speak when Liam's voice cut in from the doorway. "Buy out the entire store!"

His voice was laced with unconcealed rage. "I'll give them to beggars!"

A sales assistant, holding the suits I'd picked for Julian, looked at Liam hesitantly. "These have already been bought by Miss Thorne…"

Liam sneered, "She hasn't paid yet, has she?!"

With that, he pulled out his black card and waved it in front of the assistant. "I'll pay first, then they're mine!"

I chuckled, taking the suits from the sales assistant. "Just deduct it from my prepaid card."

The assistant breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went to swipe the card.

As I left, Liam shouted behind me, "Aria Thorne, stop pretending!"

"Aren't you just playing hard to get with us?! Your tricks are too childish!" I ignored him, quickening my pace.

On the way home, Julian held my hand tightly, his eyes filled with earnestness. "Aria, don't worry. If you marry me, I'll never let you suffer any injustice."

I couldn't help but smile, seeing his serious expression.

Suffer injustice?

How could I?

He still thought I didn't know who he really was.

The next day, I took Julian to our new home to arrange it, but what I saw shocked me.

The grand villa, which my Thorne family had paid for, was completely filled with Chloe Miller's favorite pink Hello Kitty décor.

Even the master bedroom's accent wall prominently displayed wedding photos of Liam and Chloe.

The butler stammered, "Mr. Sterling insisted he was your fiancé, and said you'd agreed to the décor for the wedding home…"

Just as he finished, Liam called me.

His voice was dripping with smugness. "Our wedding is the day after tomorrow. Don't be so picky."

"After we're married, Chloe and I will sleep in the master bedroom. If you like, you can occasionally join us there."