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*That was in the past. We only said that you would marry into my family. We didn’t say that you must cut ties with the Hernandez family”
When Marina heard Simon’s words, she braked and stopped the car by the road.
Then she looked at him with a grave expression.
“Simon, men and women have always been equal in a relationship.
“I hope our relationship goes hand in hand.
“I don’t want you to be the one who sacrifices the most.
“In this world, I’ve never heard of someone abandoning their original home just to stay with his lover.
“if that’s the case, I’d rather break up!” Marina said word by word in a strong tone.
She could tell that Simon probably didn’t care about such a sacrifice.
He didn’t care, but she did!
“My mother has really gone too far this time. How can she make such a request?
“By the way, you look so decisive most of the time. Why are you so obedient in this matter?
“When someone asked you to draw a line with your family, you agreed to it and split from your family?
“That’s the home you grew up in. There are your closest relatives there. Are you willing to part with them?” The more Marina thought about it, the angrier she became.
She felt that Simon was too disappointing.
However, Simon was still in a calm mood even after being reprimanded, Instead, he smiled brightly.
“You’re smiling. What’s wrong with you?” Marina was even angrier when she saw him laugh.
Simon slowly raised his hand and gently rubbed her little head.
“In the past… the Pembroke family was eyeing the Hernandez family covetously. My brother, Lambert, had also been missing.
“Robert was also a young kid at that time. So I had to undertake the burden of protecting the Hernandez family.
“In fact, I don’t like the life of deception and intrigues.
“Did I tell you the major I studied in university?” Simon asked..
Marina shook her head.
Simon changed his posture again, and the expression on his face became a little deep and mysterious.
He seemed to be nostalgic.
“My college volunteer was at a military academy,”
“Military academy?” When Marina heard this, she could not help but reveal a hint of surprise and puzzle.
Simon went to a military academy?
After a while, she muttered, “No wonder you were so good at fighting previously. I thought you learned it later. I didn’t expect you to study military academy in university”
“To be honest, I don’t like the business community at all. Besides, I’m the youngest child in our family. My father doesn’t arrange many plans for me.
“After all, I have two brothers older than me, so I’ve been given more freedom since I was young.
“Although my family didn’t support my decision of going to the military academy, they didn’t oppose it either.
“But later, something happened. My father and the eldest brother passed away one after another, and Lambert disappeared mysteriously.
“I’m the only breadwinner left in the family. I had no choice but to drop out of school and came back home to take charge.
“All these years, I have to guard against the Pembroke family while revitalizing the Hernandez family. Thinking about it, I haven’t lived the life I wanted for a long time.
“Every day I buried myself in endless piles of work that I couldn’t get rid of
“Sometimes when I just came back from a business trip in one city, I might have to go to another country the next day.
“Thad been trapped in such a busy schedule day after day, year after year. It’s meaningless.
“Now that Lambert is finally back, so I can’t wait to hand over all these troublesome things to him.
“Then I’ll have a few days off.
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“Marina, don’t think that I’m forced to agree with your mother’s demand. On the contrary, you provide me a good excuse to return the burden on me to Lambert.
“Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to escape from those tons of work so quickly.” When Simon said this, his expression was extremely serious.
This was the first time that Marina had heard Simon talk about these things.
“I thought.” Marina mumbled.
“You think I enjoy the honor of being the master of the Hernandez family?” Simon chuckled.
“Marina, you are born in the Bailey family. You should know that the position of the head of the family is not so easy to sit in.
“If you sit in that position, you will always have more responsibility than glory.
“Besides, I’m not young anymore. I really can’t take it anymore
“Marina, after I retire, I’ll have to rely on you for the rest of my life.
“You won’t abandon me, right?” Simon supported his chin with one hand and played with Marina’s fingers with the other.
Marina looked at him and pulled her hand back forcefully
“Even if you’re telling the truth, you can’t cut ties with your family.
“Lambert and Robert are both your relatives. If they encounter any trouble, you cannot leave them in the lurch.”
“I believe that they should be able to resolve the problems on their own. They must learn to be independent,” Simon said casually
“Don’t joke around here. Anyway, if I don’t agree with you marrying into my family, it won’t make a difference no matter what you say.
“Unless you don’t want to be with me anymore!” Marina took a tough stand.
Seeing her resolution, Simon did not say anything else.
This girl had always been very stubborn.
If he continued to speak, she would probably chase him out of the car.
“Alright, I’ll do anything you say.” Simon agreed obediently.
“One more thing, no matter who threatens you with me in the future, you can’t agree to those ridiculous conditions anymore, understand?”
Simon hesitated and kept silent for a while.
“Did you hear that?” Marina questioned again.
“Is any special circumstance allowed?” Simon raised his eyebrow.
“There are no special circumstances. In a word, don’t be threatened by anyone. I don’t want to be the tool for others to threaten you!” Marina
enunciated each word clearly.
“Alright, I promise you.” Simon sighed.
It seemed that he had really irritated this girl this time.
He would make her a promise first.
Otherwise, she would fly into a rage.
“God damn it. All of you are so troublesome!” Seeing that Simon had already made a compromise, Marina felt a little relieved.
However, she still felt uncomfortable all over.
At this moment, an urgent ringtone sounded.
Marina glanced at the caller ID.
She instantly frowned.
Initially, she was going to ignore it, but the ring became increasingly noisy and urgent. /
It looked like if Marina didn’t pick up the phone, it would keep ringing.
Marina had no choice but to answer the call.
As soon as the call went through, Peter’s anxious voice came from the other end.
“Marina, I can’t find Jessica. Can you tell me where she is?
“If you can’t tell me where she is, can you tell me now whether she has landed safely?”
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Peter sounded especially helpless on the other end of the call.
Marina originally planned to ignore him.
