Ryder took Marina to the banquet, and the guests at the banquet all looked at the two of them. The competition for property in the Langdon family’s was a big show, which could not be missed!
“Aunt Marine, you are here!”
Claudia hurried down from the second floor. She dragged her skirt and walked quickly to Marina.
Every time Marina met Claudia’s mother, they would argue with each other, and her mother would become an unreasonable shrew, totally different from the mother she knew in normal days.
There were so many people present today, and even if the Langdon family was not internally harmonious, they could not let outsiders laugh at them.
“Since Mr. Langdon has issued the order. Anyone who fails to come will be kicked out of the family. How can I disobey?”
Marina held a glass of red wine, shook the glass, and said casually.
She hated the people in the Langdon family, but Claudia and Mike had left a good impression on her, so she did not want to make things too ugly.
In such a family, everyone only cared about themselves. Everyone had their own standpoint and it was destined they could not be friends.
“Marina, are you angry with me?”
Claudia pulled Marina to a corner. Her days in the Langdon family were not too good either, and her grandfather had been setting her up on blind dates to pave the way for Mark.
Even though she wanted to resist, she knew she could not escape. As the daughter of the Langdon family, accepting arranged marriage was an inevitable fate.
Not only her but also Mike suffered. Kayden made up his mind to win more support for Mark. He even sacrificed his grandchildren.
“I know that your brother had a car accident, but now that medical technology is well developed, he will definitely get better.”
Claudia sighed. What could she do? She could do nothing.
Once, she had been proud of her birth, and now all that was left was restraint. Claudia truly envied Ryder. At least he had the courage to refuse Kayden’s arrangements.
“Nothing.”
Marina knew that Claudia had good intentions, but that was all.
Claudia’s personality was too soft. If they watched the same drama in which the protagonist had a tragic ending, Marina would shed some tears at most, but she wouldn’t want to save the protagonist as Claudia did.
Marina’s personality was more like that of Lola’s. They both believed that a friend in need was a friend indeed.
“Why are you here?”
Mike walked over and saw that Marina’s tone didn’t sound pleasant, but there was clearly a hint of worry in her eyes.
Kayden was crazy now and didn’t care about the image of the family. This was a banquet where treachery was planned against Marine. She would be embarrassed if she came.
“Can I disobey the order?”
Marina chuckled. Since she came, it meant that she was not afraid. If she was afraid, she would not have come.
Her brother had a car accident and was still unconscious. The person who plotted against Ryder was most likely someone from the Langdon family. The mastermind behind this might be Kayden.
It was said that even a vicious tiger would not eat its cubs. However, if a weak old tiger found its young and vigorous cub was stealing its territory, what would the old tiger do?
Everyone had the person they had to protect. Shawn was innocent and was implicated. Marina would not let the culprit go.
It was true that her strength was weak, but that did not mean that she could not resist.
“You woman, you!”
Mike’s face became red. Every time he saw Marina, he was angry.
In the Langdon family, he had to obey the orders of the elders. Now, he was going to marry a woman he didn’t like.
“Do you have anything to say to me?”
Mike lowered his head. He hoped that she would say something to her, even if it was only one sentence.
The woman he once loved became Ryder’s wife. From the day they married, he knew that this would be his eternal pain.
Mike had thought that he could forget her. However, when Marina appeared in front of him again, she still attracted his attention.
The Langdon family’s property was nothing to him. If Marina wanted to, he was willing to become the disgrace of the family and take her to a place no one knew them and live a new life.
“I wish you happiness.”
Marina couldn’t think of any other words. She said those words from the bottom of her heart. A person like Mike should get happiness, open his heart again and try to accept another girl.
If a person always shut everyone out and lived in the past, how could they come out? It was the same for both Marine and Mike.
Mike’s heart ached so much as if it was bleeding. The blessing was like a knife that could kill without causing blood. He couldn’t believe that the feelings that he had for her for so many years were only worthy of this short blessing.
“Okay, I will be happy, and so will you.”
After Mike finished speaking using all his strength, he turned around and strode away. He didn’t dare to stop because if he stopped, he would sink further in his love for her.
He was heartbroken as if a knife had stabbed him until it left numerous holes in his heart.
If he loved her, he should stay away from her. This was the best for Marina, and also for him.
Claudia understood how Mike felt. Her eyes were red, and she wiped the corners of her eyes with her hand, wanting to say something.
“Claudia, I know what you want to say.”
Marina interrupted Marina. From the day Mary slept with Ryder, it was destined that Marina and Mike could never be together in this life.
This was a simple fact. It was useless to try to escape fate.
Moreover, the Langdon family was not a common family. They would not allow such a shameful thing to happen.
Marina turned and left.
Ryder sat in the corner, not minding other people’s gazes on them at all. For so many years, he had experienced too much ridicule, disdain and even fear.
Kayden still hadn’t appeared. Didn’t he just want to put on airs and make Ryder hand over the power of the Langdon Group?
However, it would not be easy to take back what was already given out.
“Come here.”
Marina was now alone, and Ryder waved at her. They were more like friends than husband and wife. At least now the two were in the same boat.
“Mike has talked to you, hasn’t he?”
Ryder stared at the red wine in front of him and said coldly, “Kayden arranged a marriage for Mike without asking about his opinion. The girl’s family background is matched with Langdon’s. The girl is the only daughter of her family.”
The people of the Langdon family were all cold-blooded. As long as they could get what they wanted, they could sell anything. The physical body, marriage, even the soul could be traded for their own benefits.
“So that’s the case.”
Marina was not surprised at all. Kayden planned it well and she was very shrewd.
“He’s too shrewd. I don’t know how he is going to deal with me tonight.”
Ryder looked up at Marina and said cautiously, “Remember, no matter what happens, don’t panic. Keep calm. Things may not be as bad as you think.”
Ryder implied something. Marina pondered for a while and nodded. “I understand.”
Since she had come, she would not be worried. She also wanted to know what lengths Kayden could go to for Mark.
“Was it really an accident when your brother got into the car accident?”
Marina asked after a moment of silence.
Mark was someone who had got reincarnated. He was ambitious. Marina felt that he knew some inside story. Was it someone’s scheme that caused Ryder’s brother Peyton to have a car accident?
Combined with the fact that Ryder’s car had been tampered with, Marina was a little uncertain about the whole situation.