Fortunate to Have You This Lifetime

Nathaniel Summers’s face turned ashen in an instant, filled with both anger and ridicule!

He really wanted to ask Evelyn Willard if she was dreaming? Otherwise, how could she say such shameless words?

At first, in order to help him recover, Jade Carlson sacrificed her chastity without hesitation, and he was shaken and moved; he only intended to compensate her with money.

Back then, he hadn’t even thought about marrying her, let alone now? —— Especially now that he knew all about Jade Carlson’s actions, he could barely contain his disgust and hatred, how could he marry her?!

Had he gone mad?!

“Are you joking?” Nathaniel Summers said, his gloomy face covered with frost, his deep eyes emitting a fierce coldness as he stared quietly at Evelyn Willard.

Jade Carlson destroyed his marriage, injured his body, and played him for a fool to the applause of others; he didn’t tear her into thousands of pieces out of mercy—how could he possibly be foolish enough to get engaged to her?!

Where does Evelyn Willard find her confidence?

What right does she have to make such a demand?

Have this mother and daughter really lost all shame?!

“Mr. Summers, if you don’t care who is designing and plotting against you in the shadows, you can pretend I never brought this up,” Evelyn Willard continued with a sure smile, infuriating Nathaniel.

Evelyn Willard said, “Jade Carlson is my daughter; no one knows her better than her mother. To coax secrets from her, you must wait until she is most relaxed and unguarded, when she is most proud and careless. At that moment, with some indirect probing, we can unquestionably get the answer.

Mr. Summers, I know you resent her. If you really make Jade marry you, wouldn’t she suffer all sorts of humiliation and torment at your hands? She is, after all, my daughter, and I cannot bear to see her treated so cruelly.”

Nathaniel Summers was taken aback; he was puzzled by Evelyn Willard’s actions.

“The engagement is simply to give Jade a social status,” Evelyn explained. “Once I get the information from her, you can easily break off the marriage contract. To outsiders, it will appear nothing more than a gentleman’s romantic affair. Mr. Summers, you don’t have to lose anything, and you can find out exactly who is harming you—it’s a good deal for you.”

Unable to help himself, Nathaniel Summers asked, “What are you really after by doing all this?”

Evelyn Willard smiled, “Jade has had a tough time lately; she offended Mrs. Farrell, and she’s practically out of options in Clearwater City. If you could get engaged to her, Mrs. Farrell, out of respect for the Summers family, would undoubtedly let her off the hook. Jade is my only daughter; if her life improves, naturally, my life gets better, too. I have been worrying and working hard for Mr. Summers, and I trust that you won’t let me down afterwards, right?”

Nathaniel Summers remained silent, the gloom in his eyes persisting.

Evelyn Willard wasn’t in a hurry, waiting serenely with a smile for his response.

After a long pause, Nathaniel Summers said, “I’ll consider it for a few days.”

Evelyn Willard laughed, “A few months is fine too; it’s just that Jade is barely hanging on. Mrs. Farrell is eager to drive her out of Clearwater City. It will be even harder to find out who is behind this if she really leaves.”

Disgust flashed in Nathaniel’s eyes as he rose and left with a sullen face.

Evelyn Willard was indirectly blackmailing him.

She pointed out Jade Carlson’s difficulties, asking Nathaniel Summers to help Jade through her tough times, using the truth behind the scenes as bait.

What a cunning woman.

Nathaniel Summers thought that if he truly agreed to an engagement, he might have to pay a hefty price to free himself from this mother and daughter in the future.

With that thought, the other party was not only cunning but greedy too!