Chapter 771: Lover
Translator: Atlas StudiosEditor: Atlas Studios
Half an hour later, Florence saw her niece Pala in an upscale suite of the Oasis Hotel in Orange County.
Inall fairness, Pala was indeed very beautiful. She had a pair of large eyes, a pointed chin, and fair, supple skin. Her appearance was typical of many Howards.
Moreover, she was in her pri at only 25 years old.
But Florence and Pala didn’t have many opportunities to et in the past because Pala had spent four years in college and a couple more years in graduate school abroad. She had only returned to the US a few months ago, so there had been barely any interaction between them.
“Aunt Florence.”
‘The two t at the entrance of the hotel suite, and Pala rely greeted Florence lightly before letting her in without saying anything further.
She also knew Florence’s purpose for taking her to California, but the highly educated Pala absolutely couldn’t accept a marriage alliance.
Florence took the initiative to walk toward Pala and said lovingly, “Pala, do you hate the marriage alliance that much? The Master of California is a handso and talented young man. At such a young age, he’s already…”
“Aunt Florence, you don’t have to go on,” Pala interrupted before Florence could finish. “No matter how good that person you ntioned is, I won’t like him. I already have feelings for soone else, and I won’t marry anyone except him!”
Despite keeping a straight face, Florence was overjoyed.
Although Pala was the candidate the Howards had chosen to marry the Master of California, it would be hard to say what would happen if Pala wasn’t willing to do it.
Besides, Florence didn’t want Pala to marry the Master of California at all because she felt that her daughter was the one who should marry him!
Pala being unhappy was exactly what she wanted!
But Florence naturally wouldn’t show these intentions. She frowned slightly and advised as an elder, “You can’t think like this. You have to understand that you’re a daughter of the Howards, and the family has raised you to this age. Isn’t it ti to repay the family?
“Besides, this marriage is an order from the helmsman. If you can’t complete it, you will have no place in the Howards in the future. What should have originally belonged to you will also be confiscated and redistributed to others. You have to think through this carefully!”
She knew that Pala didn’t like to hear such words about a woman’s duty being to repay her family for raising her. Thus, she deliberately said so to invoke a sense of rebellion in Pala.
“It’s not up to to decide which family I’m born in. I can work for the family to repay them. But if I have to sacrifice my happiness for the rest of my life and marry a man I don’t even know and am not interested in, I would rather die!
“Also, I don’t care for those things that the family has given . Anyone can take them away!”
With that, Pala no longer wanted to talk to Florence about this matter and imdiately asked her to leave. “Aunt Florence, I’m feeling under the weather today, so I won’t chat with you anymore. Please leave!”
“_.” Blorence was silent for a mont before continuing to say gently, “Alright, I’ll get going first then. Have a good rest. I’ll contact you again after I find the Master of California.”
After waiting for Florence to leave, Pala lay on the bed and took out a photo from her phone case.
In the photo was a young soldier dressed in a camouflage uniform. He was in his twenties, and he was staring in a certain direction with a blazing gaze.
Pala brushed her finger gently against the young soldier’s cheek with love and adoration in her eyes.
“Where are you now?” she gently murmured while looking at the person in the photo.
If Florence saw this photo, she would be extrely astonished because the person in the photo was actually Lucas, whom she had already t twice!
But Lucas was wearing a camouflage uniform in the photo, and his hair was much shorter than his current hairstyle.
Moreover, from the angle of the photo, the photographer had clearly taken it without permission.
Looking at the resolute-looking man in the photo, Pala couldn’t help having her mind wander off to a year and a half ago.
At the ti, she had still been studying in Canada and was extrely influenced by many romantic cultures. Pala had decided to use the sumr break to travel to so scenic towns on her own. She had even recorded her journey as a moir of her youth.
But she didn’t expect to suddenly encounter a terrorist attack in a remote town!
These attackers were obviously a gang, and there was crossfire between two gangs for so unknown reason.
Pala was extrely unfortunate to have been near the area.
Pala, who had lived in a peaceful and comfortable environnt since she was a child, had never seen such a scene. She imdiately turned pale with fear and tried to find a place to hide.
Unfortunately, she wasn’t lucky enough. When one of the gangs had completely wiped out the other and was about to retreat, they discovered Pala, who was hiding in a corner and shivering.
“Hey, quickly, look what I found. There’s a beautiful girl here!”
After discovering Pala, a man covered in blood imdiately grabbed her by the arm and pulled her out while calling out to his brothers.
With his shout, ten-odd masculine n gathered around and looked at the petite and beautiful Pala with lustful and lecherous smiles on their faces.
“Haha, this chick isn’t bad! She’s gorgeous and young too! I like her!”
“Heh, this beautiful girl should obviously be enjoyed by the boss first! When he’s done having enough fun, it’ll be our turn!”
“Hahahaha, no problem!”
They laughed bizarrely before reaching out to grab Pala.
Pala was scared out of her wits and could only beg for rcy to the group, “You… don’t co over! Please let off! My family is rich, and I can give you lots of money! I’ll give you all the cash and bank cards I have. Please let go!”
But Pala didn’t know that the more a beautiful woman begged for rcy pitifully, the more it would invoke n’s desire to torture. It was impossible to let her off.
“Haha, little beauty, just stop struggling. You’re mine now!”
‘The leader of the gang went up to Pala, pressed her onto the ground in public, and wanted to rip off her clothes.
Pala desperately struggled, wailed, and scread her lungs out. But a petite and vulnerable woman like her obviously couldn’t compete with the strong and bloodthirsty n.
The large group of people around them cheered, and Pala wished she could die right there and then.
At this mont, a clear and cold voice penetrated the repulsive hellhole, striking her in her heart.
“Stop what you’re doing, scumbags!”
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