In the midsummer, the capital city, which had always been dry and comfortable, had a rare weather of its own. It was so stuffy that it was hard to breathe.
Jessica stared at the coffee cup in front of her, feeling anxious. She was thinking about how to make this negotiation work.
Last night, someone urgently called her back to the old house, and her grandfather announced in person that she was married to the young master of the Carter family, Liam.
The reason was that the Carter family would personally settle the financial shortage of her father's company, and prevent him from being imprisoned...
That was her beloved father who she cherished the most and worshiped. She could not watch him go to jail, but she was not willing to sacrifice her love either.
What's more, Liam was a famous good-for-nothing in the celebrity circle, a joke of the Carter family. It was said that not only was he incompetent, but he also had a bad temper, was always moody, drunk, and always picking up fights, and perversely torturing the maid in his family was a notorious rich playboy thing he enjoyed...
Although Jessica was a doctor who saved lives and healed the sick and injured, she was not a saint, nor was she an immortal who jumped into the fire pit to save himself.
After a moment of fear, a tall figure stood in front of her.
Jessica instinctively raised her eyes and was stunned. The face that suddenly appeared was a very handsome man. Though she had a straight nose and thin lips, even if she wore sunglasses, she knew that it must be a handsome man who stood in front of her.
It was Liam who had met her that day. He should be imagining the unrestrained Playboy instead of being so cold.
But no matter what, such a man was not someone to be trifled with.
Jessica quickly calmed down and got up. She reached out nervously and asked tentatively, "Are you Liam, Mr. Carter?"
After all, the tall figure in front of her had a strong and serious aura, which made her, who had always been confident, inexplicably embarrassed.
The man raised his hand and took off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of long and narrowed deep eyes. The beautiful figure in front of him was wearing a white dress embroidered with fascinating embroidery.
His heart trembled inexplicably.
Liam was quiet for a for a moment, intrigued by her. He then asked, "Don't you know me?"
After all, he was a notorious young master of the Carter family, who often occupied the top three on the most searched list. How could this woman not know him?
Liam's eyes sparkled as he looked into her eyes, which were as clear as a soul.
Jessica was forced to look at him, and her heart trembled.
This face was as cold and handsome as the photos in magazines. She just didn't expect that he was not as naughty as she thought. Maybe it was because his eyes were unfathomable...
Jessica quickly put away her thoughts, and said with a faint smile, "Sorry... you just wore sunglasses... Now I recognize you."
The man raised his eyebrows and looked at her little face. He narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice, "My time is precious. If you want to ask me to cancel the engagement, then Doctor Riley, don't waste your time. I... don't agree."
Just as he had expected.
Jessica tried hard to adjust her thoughts and said humbly, "I have ordered a cup of coffee for you. Can we sit down and talk?"
The man's thin lips moved, but he did not answer. After a while, he said coldly again, "I'll only give you ten minutes!"
As soon as Liam sat down, the waiter brought him coffee.
Both of them were holding a spoon and stirring a cup of coffee each. The atmosphere was somewhat depressing. Soon, Jessica broke the silence first and said, "Mr. Carter, we don't have any emotional foundation. Do you think it's appropriate for us to be together? We are all adults. You should know that the forced melon is never sweet."
Jessica thought about it for a few seconds and decided to get straight to the point.
As soon as she finished talking, Liam dropped the cup of coffee on the table heavily. The coffee splashed out from the edge of the cup, which scared Jessica, who had always been calm, a little flustered.
The air suddenly became quiet.
After a while, Liam raised his eyebrows and smiled. It seemed that he was not the one who had lost his temper just now. "You've been wronged because you married me? You haven't had any contact with me yet, but you're in a hurry to break off the engagement. Aren't you being a little hasty?"
Jessica was stunned.
What kind of break-off marriage? She has not agreed to marry him or not.
And was it necessary to contact him?
What kind of person was he? It had long been spread in the outside world. She was so stupid that she wanted to have further contact with him.
After all, the Carter family had spent a lot of money to save her father's company, which made her less confident in her words. She unconsciously became a little cautious. "Mr. Carter, I... I have someone I love deeply..."
Jessica knew that a man would mind marrying a woman who had other men in her heart.
Because there was a risk of being cuckolded.
But as long as there was a way out, ordinarily, men would not choose this path, let alone such a fierce and cynical man like him.
"I know that." Liam glanced at her and smiled. "Do you think I'll mind?"
The man's tone was very serious, and the way he looked at her was a little deep.
It was as if he was saying something heart-wrenching.
Jessica didn't expect him to have such a reaction. She quickly composed herself and said calmly, "But I mind. I love my boyfriend very much. Even if I marry you, I can't forget him easily. I don't want to lie to you. After all, you are innocent, so please be careful."
A dark light flashed across his eyes. Liam leaned lazily against the sofa behind him, his brows raised and the corners of his mouth curled into an almost undetectable arc. "Doctor Riley, you are a genuine woman. But your honesty has given me a good impression. This makes me even more unwilling to do as you wish!"
His stubborn words gave Jessica a headache. After a while, she made up her mind and said the second move, "Although Bobby Carter looks good, but... I heard that you are not good at that, so I can't guarantee that I will be willing to be lonely after marriage and not find other men..."
At this moment, Jessica realized that if she could persuade him to cancel the engagement, she could only stab him in the scar and tell him the truth.
"This woman... Why is she so straightforward as to question my ability in that aspect?"
Wasn't that what the outside world said? Liam wondered.
He narrowed his eyes and continued to look at Jessica in front of him. After a while, he squeezed out a question in a low voice, "What other reasons do you have? Why don't you just say it all at once?"
Jessica gritted her teeth and said, "I don't want to be single for the rest of my life. I want to have kids. If you can turn a blind eye to my private life after marriage, I..."
"Enough!" Liam finally interrupted her rudely.
This was the real him. He was just pretending.
However, Liam's eyes flashed with a warm and complicated look, which made Jessica's heart tremble.
She was a bit regretful. She always felt that it was a bit inappropriate to expose his scars in this way.
Liam's breathing was a little rapid, and his deep eyes were fixed on her. Staring at her, who had always been confident, he was a little scared.
After a while, he finally opened his thin lips and said coldly, "To say the truth, isn't Doctor Riley trying to get away with nothing?"
"You misunderstood me!" Liam coldness and unique aura made Jessica take a deep breath and finally said a strategy that she had already thought of. "Grandpa said that the Carter Family has invested 30 million dollars into my father's company..."
"So?" Liam raised his eyebrows and waited.
Jessica bit her thin lips and forced herself to calm down. "I can be your family doctor all my life. You know, the annual salary of a family doctor is about 300,000 dollars. I am only 25 years old this year. If I added interest, I can help you and your family, I mean health-wise, for the rest of my life..."
Liam interrupted, "Then I might as well marry you home, and become my wife. I have the responsibility to serve our family." Liam was dismissive. He took a sip of his coffee lazily. "Don't you know how to settle such a simple interest debt?"
Jessica's head was pounding. With her good self-cultivation, she forced herself to ask as calmly as possible, "Then why did you marry me? Did you just want to find a toy for your fun?"
Liam said in a low and charming voice, "Because you're very beautiful and your work is decent. Although I'm a good-for-nothing, I'm still very demanding of my wife."
"So if you want to break off the engagement, don't even think about it!"
His words made people feel that he had done something evil.
But when Jessica didn't know how to deal with him, Liam suddenly stood up and looked at her with obvious coldness and sharpness. "My time is precious, so I don't want to talk nonsense. See you at the Civil Affairs Bureau at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Don't let me wait too long. If it takes more than ten minutes, not only will your company go bankrupt, but your company will also be fired. Don't come begging at that time!"
After the last piece of advice, Liam turned away, and quickly walked out of the door, leaving her with a cold aura.
She knew that he was threatening her. She had already heard about it. His heart was broken, and his means of torturing people were also shocking.
Not long ago, he played with a few rich playboys and brought several girls into the hospital. They almost died... In the end, the Carter family paid a great price to settle every mess he created, and to save his face and the family's reputation.
Thinking of this, Jessica bit her lips and held her palms tightly with her fingertips. She held back the tears in her eyes and sat cold with a million thoughts going through her head.