A Villainess' Love Story

Chapter 5 – Family Meeting

Chapter 5 – Family Meeting

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“Why am I at fault here? Try to open your eyes! Damn it. It was Ali’s fault. She became wicked due to jealousy. How could you even let me marry such a woman?”

Auntie Cynthia, Eren’s mother, slapped her forehead while looking at the disappointment in front of her.

It turned out that Eren started a drama in their home the same day Lynn had a scene in the cafeteria. He demanded that our engagement be canceled right that instant, and for his parents to meet Lynn without delay.

My mother smirked after hearing Eren’s stupidity, while my father immediately grabbed his gun to clean it like a pro. Fortunately, my brother is away from our home to handle our other business that is in the next city.

If not, then I could already see his face fuming with anger at the thought of that cheating bastard.

It took me a good deal of pampering before they were able to calm their nerves and stop their bodies from twisting Eren’s neck. My fiancé surely owes me big time for saving his stupid life.

Now that we are sitting face to face, I still can’t fathom where that adorable Eren went. It feels so unreal that he has been replaced with a grumpy teen who believes that his love will answer all the problems in the world.

“EREN! I have already explained everything to you. Canceling this engagement is the same as ruining our family. You were engaged to combine our businesses and whoever tries to break it will have to pay ten times our annual gross income. Are you seriously trying to ruin our family?”

Out of frustration, Auntie Cynthia started crying as she grabbed the thin shoulders of her only son. She was the most impacted in this fiasco, and I could easily tell that Eren might have created an even bigger mess before we reached their home.

I could only pity them, seriously.

Eren’s family owns an inn, big enough to be considered a good business in the eyes of many. However, its income has been in decline due to strict competition. It was then that my father offered to let them have a monopoly on our special menu.

We owned a number of restaurants, and joining hands with a big inn was nothing but profitable for us. The fact that exquisite foods could only be eaten in their inn instantly boosted their income, salvaging the drowning business of Eren’s family.

The problem is the fact that we need to share our secret ingredients in the process, which could be considered a stupid move on our end.

So, out of necessity, they formed a contract binding our families through marriage, resulting in my engagement to this stupid brat. Everything is going so well until today. Eren ruined more than a decade of trust between our families and fixing it now might be a bigger hurdle than any of us would be able to handle.

“Is money more important than my happiness? How could you even sacrifice your own son for some mere change?”

I was constantly keeping my silence, but my mouth couldn’t help but gasp at the mention of mere change. If not millions, then we are talking about billions here, and not just mere change!

This is why I told Eren to study his parents’ business. This teen is truly clueless about the ways of the world. All he thinks about is sunshine and flowers. Studying Chemistry is much easier than explaining things to him.

“Mere change? Then how about you pay for it? Do you think that I would be happy to wed you to my daughter after witnessing this attitude? You are not worth every single brain cell of my Ali. Pay the cancelation fee and let us separate ways right here, right now.”

Mama Mia! I almost applauded my father for raising our banner. I know I could surely count on him whenever a grieving moment like this blocked our way.

Well, Eren is still lucky considering his bewildered and scared expression. My father might be harsh with his words, but he should not forget that my mother hasn’t said a thing. This beautiful woman beside me is a savage beast who taught her daughter that waving her fist is a great solution to any problem.

“Oli. Let’s calm down, please. I’m sure Eren is just experiencing puppy love. We’ve been there. He would be able to move on and we could just laugh it off after some time. The engagement doesn’t have to be canceled.”

Uncle Hugo, Eren’s father, tried to pacify the situation by staring fiercely at his son.

He is a smart man, and I could vouch for that. He was also the reason why my father decided to sign that business deal. He found a great and sensible man in Uncle Hugo. Unfortunately, my father failed to realize that not all great men would be able to have great offspring.

The perfect example of that is the disappointment before us.

“Why us, Uncle? Aren’t you aware of how Ali bullied my girlfriend? My Lynn was kind enough not to sue her, but it looks like we need to pursue this matter now that you’ve been putting it this way.”

Not that bullying again.

Uncle Steve was present at our meeting and even he sighed inwardly at the stupidity of his own nephew. I heard that he had already explained everything to them, and even had a one-on-one conversation with this brat, yet here he is again, still drowning in the delusion that I bullied his beloved.

“Let me say this again, Eren. I did not bully that woman. Neither did I touch her, nor did I start any stupidity to harm that b***h – physically or emotionally. You don’t have to believe me, since it’s not like I will gain anything from explaining things to you…”

With the coldest yet calmest tone that I could use, I finally opened my mouth to say my piece in this relationship.

It left everyone speechless for a moment until my parents coughed lightly, expressing their support for my statement. Dragging this conversation longer than needed will only exhaust our energy and that is the last thing that I wanted to happen.

If Eren has no intention of continuing our engagement, then I am not the kind of woman who would force him to do it. After all, he is not the only man in their family who could continue this contract.

“…Well, let’s cancel our engagement, but your family needs to provide another man to continue our business arrangement…”

My parents looked at me with awe and so did Eren and his family. I could see the confusion in their eyes after hearing my statement. It was a valid point since Uncle Hugo and Auntie Cynthia only had Eren as their child.

It’s not like Uncle Hugo could divorce his wife just to marry me.

“…Steve White, I don’t mind having you as my fiancé. Please accept this engagement and be my husband.”

And with the brightest smile that I could ever show on my face, I finally answered the mystery in my statement, leaving them all in further awe.