The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He (Lily and John) novel Chapter 598

Chapter 598 A Forced Wedding

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James lifted his gaze, his eyes sharp and cold as they pierced Victor. “If you can’t wait until the child is born, then wait until the pregnancy is far enough along to run a paternity test.”

“Until the results come back, our parents will never acknowledge you. Of course, if the two of you want to hold a wedding, no one will stop you. After all, a wedding has no legal meaning. You could hold a hundred of them, and your marriage still wouldn’t be recognized.”

“Come on…”

Marilyn panicked.

Without the Luke family’s approval, how could she and Victor even register their marriage?

She pouted, eyes brimming with tears as she looked pitifully at James, hoping he might soften.

But James only felt disgust at her theatrics.

He took a sip of water to push back his revulsion before saying icily, “I remember warning you not to call me your brother. I don’t have such a disgusting sister.”

His words cut deep, almost making Marilyn burst into tears.

And she finally understood: the entire Luke family had already been turned against her by Lily. Even Adeline’s presence tonight must have been Lily’s doing, meant to make the family like Adeline more while hating Marilyn even further.

Realizing the elders wouldn’t side with her, she clung to Victor’s arm and whined, “Victor, they’re all bullying me… Once my belly grows, I won’t look good in a wedding dress. I just want to marry you quickly. You promised–when you come back from abroad, we’d register our marriage. Don’t go back on your word! Victor, please, just marry me already, won’t you?”

Victor lifted his eyes and accidentally met Adeline’s.

The next second, he turned his head away almost in panic.

And he realized then just how despicable he was.

He should have married Marilyn right away, taken full responsibility. After all, he had slept with her and left her carrying a child.

But hearing James declare that the family wouldn’t acknowledge them anytime soon, he’d actually felt… relief.

He knew he couldn’t escape responsibility forever.

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Yet part of him still wanted to delay it, to struggle for a little more time before being shackled

to her.

“Victor…”

Marilyn, growing impatient with his silence, pouted even more. “Do you not want to marry me? I gave you my purest self, and now I’m carrying your son. If you abandon me, you’re nothing but a heartless man! Let’s hold the wedding first, Victor.”

Victor’s face was pale as he kept his distance. “I’ll have people arrange the wedding. When I return from abroad, we’ll hold it.”

“I…”

Marilyn was unsatisfied.

She not only wanted a grand wedding to flaunt to her friends but also the legal protection of being Mrs. Luke.

But she knew the Luke elders had too deep a prejudice against her. If she kept pushing now, they’d only humiliate her further in front of Adeline.

She would never allow a paternity test.

Once she and Victor held their wedding, the public would see them as husband and wife.

She would then find a way to truly become his woman.

And once he tasted her and grew addicted, how could he ever doubt her or press for a test?

She lowered her gaze,

voice soft and pitiful. “Victor, I don’t want to make things hard for you. I’ll listen to you. Let’s hold the wedding first, and once your parents agree, we’ll get the license.”

“…Alright.”

Victor’s reply was faint as he picked up his fork, eating without tasting.

Marilyn found no flavor in her food either, only bitterness swelling in her chest.

She could see it clearly now–none of the Luke family wanted her, none wanted Victor to marry her.

But no one could stop Victor himself.

He was determined to marry her.

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“Lily, you’re too thin–eat more. And you too, Adeline. You both need to eat well.”

Nancy kept serving food onto Lily’s and Adeline’s plates with her fork.

The more she interacted with Adeline, the more she liked her.

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And from appearances alone, she thought her second son and Adeline looked perfectly matched.

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If not for her shameless son’s poor judgment, lowering himself to someone like Marilyn, she would have happily played matchmaker.

But now… with such rotten taste, how could he deserve Adeline?

Nancy’s warmth toward Lily and Adeline while giving Marilyn only cold indifference nearly drove Marilyn insane.

She thought Adeline must have come here to steal Victor away from her.

In her eyes, Adeline was the reason Nancy and Zoey rejected her and why no one wanted her to marry Victor.

If she could only expose Adeline’s malicious, hypocritical nature, then she and Victor’s marriage would surely gain the blessing of the entire Luke family.