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00:00:00I am the only kingmaker in Chicago.

00:00:02From the day I was born, an old fortune teller made a prediction.

00:00:04Whoever I married would take the top seat of the Drex family,

00:00:06and I would stand by his side and become the most honored woman in this underground empire.

00:00:10When Serena Drex heard that, relying on her friendship with my mother,

00:00:13she arranged my engagement to her second son, Lucian Drex, very early on.

00:00:18But on the day of the wedding,

00:00:22just because Lucian's assistant, Nina Hart, appeared with red-ringed eyes,

00:00:26he tore off my veil in front of everyone and ordered me to wipe her shoes.

00:00:30I've been sleeping with Nina for a long time.

00:00:32Since you came after her, you should kneel down and wipe her shoes to show your loyalty to me.

00:00:38If my mother hadn't forced me to marry you, I would have been with Nina for the rest of my

00:00:41life.

00:00:42Don't even dream of standing above Nina in this life.

00:00:44Once I become the head of the family, I'll make Nina the lady of the Drex family,

00:00:48and the heir will only be my child with her.

00:00:53In that case, my engagement with Lucian is over.

00:00:55Anyone here who asks to marry me right now, I, Ivy Leigh, will marry him on the spot.

00:01:01The moment I said that, everyone at the wedding froze.

00:01:05Everyone knows Ivy Vale was born with God-given luck.

00:01:07Whoever marries her will become the next head of the Drex family.

00:01:10And Ivy is gorgeous.

00:01:11She looks like she stepped out of an oil painting.

00:01:13A woman like that, with a fate like that,

00:01:15and Lucian wants to break the engagement for a mistress?

00:01:17He really doesn't know what's good for him.

00:01:19From the looks on their faces, many of them were already tempted.

00:01:22Some wanted to marry me themselves.

00:01:24Some were thinking of their sons.

00:01:26But because of the Drex family's reputation, no one dared to speak first.

00:01:30Lucian had not expected me to break off the engagement on the pot.

00:01:34And he had certainly not expected so many people to have their eyes on me.

00:01:37Ivy, you've got a lot of nerve.

00:01:39My mother arranged this engagement herself.

00:01:41Your name was registered in the Drex family's marriage records a long time ago.

00:01:44Even if I don't want you.

00:01:45Don't think you can marry someone else.

00:01:47Anyone who dares to touch you is openly opposing the Drex family.

00:01:50Watch yourselves, or I'll make sure you can't stay in Chicago.

00:01:52Once he said that, the room went silent.

00:01:55Seeing the fear on everyone's faces, Lucian smiled.

00:01:58You see, Ivy, if you don't marry me in this life, you only have two choices.

00:02:02Either lose all your dignity, or in a church forever.

00:02:05Choose one.

00:02:05He thought I would not dare fight back out of fear of the Drex family's power.

00:02:08But he forgot one thing.

00:02:09He was not standing at the very top of that power.

00:02:12While I stayed silent, Serena Drex arrived.

00:02:14The moment she entered the hall, she raised her hand and slapped Nina hard in front of everyone.

00:02:19Who do you think you are?

00:02:20How dare you seduce my son on his wedding and cause trouble for the bride?

00:02:24Since you love causing trouble, you don't need to stay in Chicago anymore.

00:02:27Guards, throw her out.

00:02:29Lucian, it hurts.

00:02:30Lucian immediately stepped in front of Nina and looked coldly at the guards closing in.

00:02:34Nina is mine.

00:02:35Whoever touches her, I'll kill him.

00:02:37Serena had not expected Lucian to be so foolish.

00:02:40Her face was full of disappointment.

00:02:42Lucian, do you even know how many people wanted to marry Ivy Vale back then?

00:02:46Do you know how much effort I spent to secure this engagement for you?

00:02:49Ivy is the daughter of the Vale family.

00:02:51Behind her stands the entire Vale medical network.

00:02:53She was born with good fortune.

00:02:54She is the best support for your future.

00:02:56And you make a spectacle of yourself at your own wedding.

00:02:58Where does that leave your wife's dignity?

00:03:00I never said I wouldn't marry Ivy.

00:03:01I just don't want her to bully Nina after.

00:03:03She's in the family because of her status.

00:03:05So I wanted to put her in her place first.

00:03:07He looked at me like he was giving me a favor.

00:03:10As long as you promise to treat Nina well from now on and put her before everything else,

00:03:13I can allow you to marry me and give you the title of legal wife.

00:03:16But don't expect me to ever touch you.

00:03:18Anyway, Nina is already three months pregnant.

00:03:21After you marry in, take good care of her first.

00:03:23Once the child is born, you can cook for her, wash her clothes and be the child's nanny.

00:03:27Remember, don't let Nina get tired.

00:03:29Right.

00:03:30Isn't your father great at raising children?

00:03:32Then he can raise my Nina's child.

00:03:34He'd better do a good job so the child can take good care of Nina in the future.

00:03:37Everyone found it hard to believe he could say something so absurd.

00:03:40Serena's face also looked terrible.

00:03:42But when she remembered that Nina was already bearing Lucigen's mild,

00:03:44she no longer insists on having Nina dragged out.

00:03:46She could only force a smile and come over to take my hand.

00:03:49My dear, this is all my fault for not teaching Luchin well.

00:03:53You've been wronged.

00:03:54But today is still the wedding day and so many people are here.

00:03:57Can you give in this once?

00:03:58Agree to his demands and finish the ceremony first?

00:04:01Don't worry.

00:04:01From now on, I will stand up for you.

00:04:03I will never let that woman rise above you.

00:04:06No matter how nice Serena's words sounded, I knew the truth very well.

00:04:10If she could not control Lucen today, she would have even less control over him in the future.

00:04:14I gently pulled my hand out of hers and smiled faintly.

00:04:18Mrs. Drax, you're broad-minded.

00:04:20You can tolerate a mistress.

00:04:21I can't.

00:04:22When you came to my family to ask for this marriage,

00:04:24you promised my mother yourself that Lucen would only have me as his legal wife in this life

00:04:28and that he would never take another woman.

00:04:30But before the wedding is even over, Lucen has already trampled on my dignity for a mistress

00:04:34and she's even carrying his illegitimate child.

00:04:36I'll say this plainly.

00:04:38Even if I really went to a convent, I would never marry a man like that.

00:04:43Serena clearly had not expected me, who usually seemed gentle, to be so firm.

00:04:47For a moment, she looked embarrassed.

00:04:49But Lucien was completely enraged by the mockery in my words.

00:04:52He pointed at me and cursed.

00:04:53Ivy Vale, do you really think I have to marry you just because my mother supports you?

00:04:56Keep dreaming!

00:04:57I'm taking Nina home right now to take care of her pregnancy.

00:05:00I'll leave you here alone and make you and the Vale family the biggest joke in Chicago!

00:05:05Lucien immediately swept Neera into his arms.

00:05:07No matter how Serena tried to stop him or persuade him, he walked out without looking back.

00:05:12Being abandoned on my wedding day, I could see pity in everyone's eyes,

00:05:15but Serena still refused to give up.

00:05:17My dear, today is all Lucen's fault, but we cannot miss the wedding time.

00:05:21How about I have a guard stand in for Lucen and finish the ceremony, then hold a proper wedding later?

00:05:25Otherwise, if this marriage is completely cancelled today, the shame to you and the Vale family would be the smallest

00:05:29problem.

00:05:30I'm afraid that if you offend the one in power, you could lose your life.

00:05:33Everyone was shocked when they heard that.

00:05:35They were all waiting for my choice.

00:05:37Everyone knew that finishing the ceremony with a guard could indeed keep me safe for the moment.

00:05:41But once word got out, I would become the joke of Chicago for the rest of my life.

00:05:45I would never be able to stand before people with dignity again.

00:05:48But if I really tore up the engagement, it would be the same as making an enemy of the entire

00:05:52Drax family.

00:05:53Forget about whether I could protect myself.

00:05:54Even the Vale family might be forced out of Chicago.

00:05:56Just as the whole hall fell silent, a cold, clear voice suddenly came from outside.

00:06:01Miss Vale, does what you say just now still count?

00:06:04Everyone understood what that sentence meant.

00:06:06He was asking me whether my words,

00:06:08anyone who asks to marry me right now, I'll marry him on the spot, still count.

00:06:12This was Lucen's wedding.

00:06:14The Drax family's dignity was right here.

00:06:16Who would dare step in at a time like this?

00:06:18But when they saw who it was, everyone fell silent.

00:06:21The man who came was the eldest son of the Drax family, Cassian Drax.

00:06:25Cassian stood there in a black formal suit, his figure straight and sharp.

00:06:28His expression was utterly calm, as if he had only come to attend an ordinary family dinner.

00:06:32His gaze passed over everyone and directly landed on me.

00:06:36Serena was the first to react.

00:06:37Her face turned pale at once.

00:06:39Cassian, what do you mean by this?

00:06:41Today is your younger brother's wedding.

00:06:43Ivy was Lucen's fiancé.

00:06:44This is not something you can joke about.

00:06:46As she spoke, she shot glances at the people around her, hoping someone would step in to smooth things over.

00:06:51But everyone in the hall either lowered their heads in silence or quietly stepped back.

00:06:55Cassian's move was unexpected, but everyone knew how valuable Ivy Late's date was.

00:06:59Not to mention, Cassian was already the first heir.

00:07:02If he really married me, then we would be the most perfect match.

00:07:05Who would step forward at a time like this?

00:07:07Cassian ignored Serena and only looked at me.

00:07:09Miss Vale, does what you say still count?

00:07:11I looked at the serianess in his eyes.

00:07:13Suddenly, I smiled and took one step forward.

00:07:15Of course it counts.

00:07:17Hearing that, Cassian finally smiled faintly.

00:07:19Mom, I'll borrow Lucen's wedding hall today.

00:07:22Some other day, I'll come apologize to you in person.

00:07:24Serena clenched her fists so tightly that her hands were shaking.

00:07:29Serena was Cassian's stepmother.

00:07:31Of course she wanted her own son to be the heir.

00:07:33But by the rules, Cassian was the first heir.

00:07:35No matter how unhappy she was, she did not dare stop him in public.

00:07:38She could only grit her teeth and nod.

00:07:40Since you asked, of course you can.

00:07:42Cassian did not say anything else.

00:07:44He reached his hand out to me.

00:07:45When I placed my hand in his, I realized his palm was warm,

00:07:48but there was a thin layer of calluses on it, like he had long depended on a cane.

00:07:51It was also then that I noticed his left foot landed a little slower when he walked.

00:07:54He hid it well, but I could still tell he had trouble working.

00:07:58So the rumors about Cassius's leg injury were true.

00:08:01But he was tall, and the steady demeanor easily outweighed that minor flaw.

00:08:05No one dared to look down on him.

00:08:06Once the people in the hall saw that the matter was settled,

00:08:09they immediately changed their attitude and came forward to congratulate us.

00:08:12The wedding that had become such a mess actually turned into a wedding for Cassian and I.

00:08:16The Ophikari reacted quickly and immediately picked up the ceremony again.

00:08:19Cassius and I stood side by side at the front,

00:08:22said our vows to each other, and finished every step that needed to be done.

00:08:25As soon as the ceremony ended,

00:08:27someone came in from outside to report that Cassian's car had arrived.

00:08:31Cassian helped me walk out.

00:08:32When we went down the steps, I saw his left foot pause.

00:08:36Without thinking, I reached out to steady him.

00:08:38He clearly froze for a moment, as if he had not expected me to do that.

00:08:41But he still followed my support and gently placed his hand on mine.

00:08:44The people beside us were stunned, and Cassian actually let someone help him?

00:08:47I felt confused, but I did not ask.

00:08:49I simply stayed steady beside Cassian and got into the car with him.

00:08:54By the time we returned to Cassian's place, it was already dark.

00:08:57The people in the estate had already received the news,

00:08:59and were all standing at the door waiting.

00:09:01Cassian opened the car door for me.

00:09:03This all happened too suddenly.

00:09:04The house didn't have time to prepare in advance.

00:09:06I'm sorry you have to endure all this.

00:09:08I shook my head.

00:09:09You were willing to help me out at a time like that.

00:09:11That was already my luck.

00:09:12There's nothing for me to feel wronged about.

00:09:14He glanced at me and said nothing more.

00:09:16But the room had already been prepared, and dinner was ready as well.

00:09:19Steak, roasted potatoes, salad, hot soup.

00:09:21Even the tea after dinner was at the perfect temperature.

00:09:23Everything was thoughtful and proper.

00:09:25After one night passed, when I woke up the next day

00:09:27and looked at the unfamiliar room and the silk robe on my body,

00:09:30it finally hit me.

00:09:31Yesterday, I had almost become Lucien's wife.

00:09:34Today, I was already his brother's wife.

00:09:36I sat in front of the mirror and thought of the rumors about Cassian.

00:09:39When he was young, he had experienced a car bomb attack

00:09:42aimed at the Drex family.

00:09:43His life was saved, but his leg was injured.

00:09:46Over the years, people had always used that

00:09:47as an excuse to push Roman to replace the first heir.

00:09:50But Roman loved his eldest son.

00:09:51No matter who brought it up, it was useless.

00:09:53He kept Cassian in that position.

00:09:55And because of that, Lucien and the others

00:09:57always felt Cassian's position was unstable,

00:09:59and they had always coveted the heir's seat.

00:10:03Cassian pushed the door open and walked in.

00:10:05He had already changed into a white shirt.

00:10:08He held a list in his hand and walked up to me.

00:10:12I'm taking you back to Vale House today.

00:10:14I've also had the gifts prepared.

00:10:15If there's anything else you want to bring, you can tell me now.

00:10:18I took the list from him.

00:10:20Wines, flowers, gift boxes, skin care products, cashmere shawls,

00:10:23even my mother's favorite rubies were written on it.

00:10:25You thought of everything.

00:10:26I don't need to add anything.

00:10:27Great.

00:10:27We'll leave after breakfast.

00:10:29By the way, is there anywhere else you want to go today?

00:10:32Before we go to Vale House,

00:10:33if you want to buy anything, we can stop by.

00:10:35My heart moved.

00:10:36Thinking of his leg injury,

00:10:38I want to go to Goodwell House and buy some spokes softly.

00:10:41Caspian looked a little surprised, but he did not ask.

00:10:44After breakfast, we took the car to Goodwell House.

00:10:46It was the best hospital in Chicago.

00:10:48It had a full supply of medical supplies and medical resources.

00:10:51Sometimes, it even received rare items that could not be found elsewhere.

00:10:55Cassian heard the owner say a new batch batch of cigars had just arrived,

00:10:58so he went over to take a look, saying he wanted to add another gift.

00:11:02I turned and went to the storage room on the other side.

00:11:05My mother was the best doctor in Chicago.

00:11:07I had learned medicine from her since I was a child.

00:11:09After watching Cassian walk yesterday,

00:11:11I had already roughly figured out the key issue with his leg injury.

00:11:13It was not completely untreatable.

00:11:15It just needed a few very rare medicines used together.

00:11:18I came to Goodwell House today to see if I could find them.

00:11:21As soon as I walked into the storage room,

00:11:23I heard a familiar voice.

00:11:24Bring out the best supplements you have.

00:11:26Nina is carrying my child.

00:11:27I won't let her suffer.

00:11:28It was Lucian.

00:11:29I looked up and saw Lucian supporting Nina in front of the shelves.

00:11:33They saw me too.

00:11:35Lucian froze for a second, then gave a mocking laugh.

00:11:37What?

00:11:38You married a guard yesterday and today you still have the mood to come to the hospital?

00:11:41Or did you feel sick after everyone laughed at you?

00:11:43Nina laughed along with him.

00:11:44Ivy, you're not still thinking about Lucian, are you?

00:11:47Actually, you don't have to be upset.

00:11:49Even if you only went through the ceremony with a guard yesterday,

00:11:52as long as you come take care of me from now on,

00:11:55Lucian might still give you a bite to eat.

00:11:57I didn't want to waste words on them,

00:11:59but walked straight to a shelf and picked up medical-grade joint repair potides.

00:12:03This was a key supplement needed to treat old injuries and help leg recovery.

00:12:07Ordinary hospitals could not get it at all.

00:12:08I did not expect Goodwell House to actually have it.

00:12:11As soon as Nina saw what was in my hand, her eyes lit up.

00:12:15Lucian, I asked my private doctor yesterday.

00:12:18The doctor said I've been weak lately and really need this kind of high-end supplement to recover.

00:12:22Look, isn't that exactly what Ivy is holding?

00:12:25Ivy! Hand that over to Nina!

00:12:28I am the only kingmaker in Chicago.

00:12:30From the day I was born, an old fortune-teller made a prediction.

00:12:32Whoever I married would take the top seat of the Drex family,

00:12:34and I would stand by his side and become the most honored woman in this underground empire.

00:12:38When Serena Drex heard that, relying on her friendship with my mother,

00:12:42she arranged my engagement to her second son, Lucian Drex, very early on.

00:12:46But on the day of the wedding,

00:12:50just because Lucian's assistant, Nina Hart, appeared with red-ringed eyes,

00:12:54he tore off my veil in front of everyone and ordered me to wipe her shoes.

00:12:58I've been sleeping with Nina for a long time.

00:13:00Since you came after her, you should kneel down and wipe her shoes to show your loyalty to me.

00:13:06If my mother hadn't forced me to marry you, I would have been with Nina for the rest of my

00:13:09life.

00:13:10Don't even dream of standing above Nina in this life.

00:13:12Once I become the head of the family, I'll make Nina the lady of the Drex family,

00:13:16and the heir will only be my child with her.

00:13:21In that case, my engagement with Lucian is over.

00:13:24Anyone here who asks to marry me right now, I, Ivy Lay, will marry him on the spot.

00:13:29The moment I said that, everyone at the wedding froze.

00:13:33Everyone knows Ivy Vale was born with God-given luck.

00:13:36Whoever marries her will become the next head of the Drex family.

00:13:38And Ivy is gorgeous.

00:13:40She looks like she stepped out of an oil painting.

00:13:42A woman like that, with a fate like that,

00:13:43and Lucian wants to break the engagement for a mistress?

00:13:46He really doesn't know what's good for him.

00:13:47From the looks on their faces, many of them were already tempted.

00:13:50Some wanted to marry me themselves.

00:13:52Some were thinking of their sons.

00:13:54But because of the Drex family's reputation,

00:13:56no one dared to speak first.

00:13:58Lucian had not expected me to break off the engagement on the pot.

00:14:02And he had certainly not expected so many people to have their eyes on me.

00:14:05Ivy, you've got a lot of nerve.

00:14:07My mother arranged this engagement herself.

00:14:09Your name was registered in the Drex family's marriage records a long time ago.

00:14:12Even if I don't want you.

00:14:14Don't think you can marry someone else.

00:14:15Anyone who dares to touch you is openly opposing the Drex family.

00:14:18Watch yourselves, or I'll make sure you can't stay in Chicago.

00:14:21Once he said that, the room went silent.

00:14:23Seeing the fear on everyone's faces, Lucian smiled.

00:14:27You see, Ivy, if you don't marry me in this life, you only have two choices.

00:14:30Either lose all your dignity, or in a church forever.

00:14:33Choose one.

00:14:33He thought I would not dare fight back out of fear of the Drex family's power.

00:14:36But he forgot one thing.

00:14:38He was not standing at the very top of that power.

00:14:40While I stayed silent, Serena Drex arrived.

00:14:42The moment she entered the hall, she raised her hand and slapped Nina hard in front of everyone.

00:14:47Who do you think you are?

00:14:49How dare you seduce my son on his wedding and cause trouble for the bride?

00:14:52Since you love causing trouble, you don't need to stay in Chicago anymore.

00:14:55Guards, throw her out.

00:14:57Lucian, it hurts.

00:14:58Lucian immediately stepped in front of Nina and looked coldly at the guards closing in.

00:15:02Nina is mine.

00:15:03Whoever touches her, I'll kill him.

00:15:06Serena had not expected Lucian to be so foolish.

00:15:08Her face was full of disappointment.

00:15:11Lucian, do you even know how many people wanted to marry Ivy Vale back then?

00:15:14Lucian, do you know how much effort I spent to secure this engagement for you?

00:15:17Ivy is the daughter of the Vale family.

00:15:19Behind her stands the entire Vale medical network.

00:15:21She was born with good fortune.

00:15:22She is the best support for your future.

00:15:24And you make a spectacle of yourself at your own wedding.

00:15:26Where does that leave your wife's dignity?

00:15:28I never said I wouldn't marry Ivy.

00:15:29I just don't want her to bully Nina after.

00:15:32She's in the family because of her status.

00:15:33So I wanted to put her in her place first.

00:15:35He looked at me like he was giving me a favor.

00:15:38As long as you promise to treat Nina well from now on and put her before everything else,

00:15:41I can allow you to marry me and give you the title of legal wife.

00:15:45But don't expect me to ever touch you.

00:15:47Anyway, Nina is already three months pregnant.

00:15:49After you marry in, take good care of her first.

00:15:51Once the child is born, you can cook for her, wash her clothes, and be the child's nanny.

00:15:55Remember, don't let Nina get tired.

00:15:57Right.

00:15:58Isn't your father great at raising children?

00:16:00Then he can raise my Nina's child.

00:16:02He'd better do a good job so the child can take good care of Nina in the future.

00:16:05Everyone found it hard to believe he could say something so absurd.

00:16:08Serena's face also looked terrible.

00:16:10But when she remembered that Nina was already bearing Lucigen's mild,

00:16:13she no longer insist on having Nina dragged out.

00:16:15She could only force a smile and come over to take my hand.

00:16:17My dear, this is all my fault for not teaching Luchin well.

00:16:21You've been wronged.

00:16:22But today is still the wedding day and so many people are here.

00:16:25Can you give in this once?

00:16:26Agree to his demands and finish the ceremony first?

00:16:29Don't worry.

00:16:30From now on, I will stand up for you.

00:16:31I will never let that woman rise above you.

00:16:34No matter how nice Serena's words sounded,

00:16:36I knew the truth very well.

00:16:38If she could not control Lucen today,

00:16:40she would have even less control over him in the future.

00:16:42I gently pulled my hand out of hers and smiled faintly.

00:16:46Mrs. Drax, you're broad-minded.

00:16:48You can tolerate a mistress.

00:16:49I can't.

00:16:50When you came to my family to ask for this marriage,

00:16:52you promised my mother yourself that Lucen would only have me as his legal wife in this life

00:16:56and that he would never take another woman.

00:16:58But before the wedding is even over,

00:17:00Lucen has already trampled on my dignity for a mistress,

00:17:02and she's even carrying his illegitimate child.

00:17:04I'll say this plainly.

00:17:06Even if I really went to a convent,

00:17:08I would never marry a man like that.

00:17:11Serena clearly had not expected me,

00:17:13who usually seemed gentle,

00:17:14to be so firm.

00:17:15For a moment, she looked embarrassed.

00:17:17But Lucen was completely enraged by the mockery in my words.

00:17:20He pointed at me and cursed.

00:17:21Ivy Vale, do you really think I have to marry you

00:17:23just because my mother supports you?

00:17:24Keep dreaming!

00:17:25I'm taking Nina home right now to take care of her pregnancy.

00:17:28I'll leave you here alone and make you

00:17:29and the Vale family the biggest joke in Chicago!

00:17:33Lucien immediately swept Neera into his arms.

00:17:35No matter how Cirilla tried to stop him or persuade him,

00:17:38he walked out without looking back.

00:17:40Being abandoned on my wedding day,

00:17:41I could see pity in everyone's eyes,

00:17:43but Cirilla still refused to give up.

00:17:45My dear, today is all Lucen's fault,

00:17:47but we cannot miss the wedding time.

00:17:49How about I have a guard stand in for Lucen and finish the ceremony,

00:17:52then hold a proper wedding later?

00:17:53Otherwise, if this marriage is completely cancelled today,

00:17:55the shame to you and the Vale family would be the smallest problem.

00:17:58I'm afraid that if you offend the one in power,

00:18:00you could lose your life.

00:18:01Everyone was shocked when they heard that.

00:18:03They were all waiting for my choice.

00:18:05Everyone knew that finishing the ceremony with a guard

00:18:07could indeed keep me safe for the moment.

00:18:09But once word got out,

00:18:11I would become the joke of Chicago for the rest of my life.

00:18:13I would never be able to stand before people with dignity again.

00:18:16But if I really tore up the engagement,

00:18:18it would be the same as making an enemy of the entire Drax family.

00:18:21Forget about whether I could protect myself,

00:18:23even the Vale family might be forced out of Chicago.

00:18:25Just as the whole hall fell silent,

00:18:26a cold, clear voice suddenly came from outside.

00:18:29Miss Vale, does what you say just now still count?

00:18:32Everyone understood what that sentence meant.

00:18:34He was asking me whether my words,

00:18:36anyone who asks to marry me right now,

00:18:38I'll marry him on the spot, still count.

00:18:40This was Lucien's wedding.

00:18:42The Drax family's dignity was right here.

00:18:44Who would dare step in at a time like this?

00:18:46But when they saw who it was,

00:18:48everyone fell silent.

00:18:49The man who came was the eldest son of the Drax family,

00:18:52Cassian Drax.

00:18:53Cassian stood there in a black formal suit,

00:18:55his figure straight and sharp.

00:18:56His expression was utterly calm,

00:18:58as if he had only come to attend an ordinary family dinner.

00:19:00His gaze passed over everyone,

00:19:02and directly landed on me.

00:19:04Serena was the first to react.

00:19:06Her face turned pale at once.

00:19:07Cassian, what do you mean by this?

00:19:09Today is your younger brother's wedding.

00:19:11Ivy was Lucien's fiancé.

00:19:12This is not something you can joke about.

00:19:14As she spoke,

00:19:15she shot glances at the people around her,

00:19:16hoping someone would step in to smooth things over.

00:19:19But everyone in the hall

00:19:20either lowered their heads in silence,

00:19:21or quietly stepped back.

00:19:23Cassian's move was unexpected,

00:19:25but everyone knew how valuable Ivy Late's date was.

00:19:27Not to mention,

00:19:28Cassian was already the first heir.

00:19:30If he really married me,

00:19:31then we would be the most perfect match.

00:19:33Who would step forward at a time like this?

00:19:35Cassian ignored Serena and only looked at me.

00:19:37Miss Vale,

00:19:38does what you say still count?

00:19:39I looked at the seriness in his eyes.

00:19:41Suddenly,

00:19:42I smiled and took one step forward.

00:19:44Of course it counts.

00:19:45Hearing that,

00:19:46Cassian finally smiled faintly.

00:19:47Mom,

00:19:48I'll borrow Lucien's wedding hall today.

00:19:50Some other day,

00:19:51I'll come apologize to you in person.

00:19:52Serena clenched her fist so tightly

00:19:54that her hands were shaking.

00:19:57Serena was Cassian's stepmother.

00:19:59Of course she wanted her own son to be the heir.

00:20:01But by the rules,

00:20:02Cassian was the first heir.

00:20:03No matter how unhappy she was,

00:20:05she did not dare stop him in public.

00:20:06She could only grit her teeth and nod.

00:20:09Since you asked,

00:20:09of course you can.

00:20:10Cassian did not say anything else.

00:20:12He reached his hand out to me.

00:20:13When I placed my hand in his,

00:20:14I realized his palm was warm,

00:20:16but there was a thin layer of calluses on it,

00:20:18like he had long depended on a cane.

00:20:19It was also then that I noticed

00:20:20his left foot landed a little slower when he walked.

00:20:23He hit it well,

00:20:24but I could still tell he had trouble working.

00:20:26So the rumors about Cassius's leg injury were true.

00:20:29But he was tall,

00:20:30and the steady demeanor easily outweighed that minor flaw.

00:20:33No one dared to look down on him.

00:20:35Once the people in the hall saw that the matter was settled,

00:20:37they immediately changed their attitude

00:20:38and came forward to congratulate us.

00:20:40The wedding that had become such a mess

00:20:42actually turned into a wedding for Cassie and I.

00:20:44The Ophikaryt reacted quickly

00:20:46and immediately picked up the ceremony again.

00:20:48Cassius and I stood side by side at the front,

00:20:50said our vows to each other,

00:20:51and finished every step that needed to be done.

00:20:54As soon as the ceremony ended,

00:20:55someone came in from outside

00:20:57to report that Cassian's car had arrived.

00:20:59Cassian helped me walk out.

00:21:00When we went down the steps,

00:21:02I saw his left foot pause.

00:21:04Without thinking,

00:21:05I reached out to steady him.

00:21:06He clearly froze for a moment,

00:21:08as if he had not expected me to do that.

00:21:09But he still followed my support

00:21:11and gently placed his hand on mine.

00:21:12The people beside us were stunned,

00:21:14and Cassian actually let someone help him?

00:21:16I felt confused,

00:21:16but I did not ask.

00:21:17I simply stayed steady beside Cassian

00:21:19and got into the car with him.

00:21:22By the time we returned to Cassian's place,

00:21:24it was already dark.

00:21:25The people in the estate

00:21:26had already received the news

00:21:27and were all standing at the door waiting.

00:21:29Cassian opened the car door for me.

00:21:31This all happened too suddenly.

00:21:32The house didn't have time to prepare in advance.

00:21:34I'm sorry you have to endure all this.

00:21:36I shook my head.

00:21:37You were willing to help me out

00:21:38at a time like that.

00:21:39That was already my luck.

00:21:40There's nothing for me to feel wronged about.

00:21:42He glanced at me and said nothing more.

00:21:44But the room had already been prepared,

00:21:45and dinner was ready as well.

00:21:47Steak,

00:21:47roasted potatoes,

00:21:48salad,

00:21:49hot soup.

00:21:49Even the tea after dinner

00:21:50was at the perfect temperature.

00:21:52Everything was thoughtful and proper.

00:21:53After one night passed,

00:21:54when I woke up the next day

00:21:55and looked at the unfamiliar room

00:21:57and the silk robe on my body,

00:21:58it finally hit me.

00:21:59Yesterday,

00:21:59I had almost become Lucien's wife.

00:22:02Today,

00:22:02I was already his brother's wife.

00:22:04I sat in front of the mirror

00:22:05and thought of the rumors about Cassian.

00:22:07When he was young,

00:22:09he had experienced a car bomb attack

00:22:10aimed at the Drex family.

00:22:11His life was saved,

00:22:12but his leg was injured.

00:22:14Over the years,

00:22:14people had always used that

00:22:15as an excuse to push Roman

00:22:17to replace the first heir.

00:22:18But Roman loved his eldest son.

00:22:20No matter who brought it up,

00:22:21it was useless.

00:22:22He kept Cassian in that position.

00:22:23And because of that,

00:22:24Lucien and the others

00:22:25always felt Cassian's position

00:22:26was unstable,

00:22:27and they had always coveted

00:22:28the heir's seat.

00:22:31Cassian pushed the door open

00:22:32and walked in.

00:22:33He had already changed

00:22:35into a white shirt.

00:22:36He held a list in his hand

00:22:38and walked up to me.

00:22:40I'm taking you back

00:22:41to Vale House today.

00:22:42I've also had the gifts prepared.

00:22:44If there's anything else

00:22:44you want to bring,

00:22:45you can tell me now.

00:22:46I took the list from him.

00:22:48Wines, flowers, gift boxes,

00:22:49skin care products,

00:22:50cashmere shawls,

00:22:51even my mother's favorite rubies

00:22:52were written on it.

00:22:53You thought of everything.

00:22:54I don't need to add anything.

00:22:55Great.

00:22:55We'll leave after breakfast.

00:22:57By the way,

00:22:58is there anywhere else

00:22:59you want to go today?

00:23:00Before we go to Vale House,

00:23:01if you want to buy anything,

00:23:02we can stop by.

00:23:03My heart moved.

00:23:04Thinking of his leg injury,

00:23:06I want to go to Goodwell House

00:23:07and buy some spoke softly.

00:23:09Casbian looked a little surprised,

00:23:11but he did not ask.

00:23:12After breakfast,

00:23:13we took the car to Goodwell House.

00:23:14It was the best hospital in Chicago.

00:23:16It had a full supply

00:23:17of medical supplies

00:23:18and medical resources.

00:23:19Sometimes,

00:23:19it even received rare items

00:23:21that could not be found elsewhere.

00:23:23Cassian heard the owner

00:23:24say a new batch batch

00:23:25of cigars had just arrived,

00:23:26so he went over

00:23:27to take a look,

00:23:28saying he wanted

00:23:29to add another gift.

00:23:30I turned and went

00:23:31to the storage room

00:23:32on the other side.

00:23:33My mother was

00:23:33the best doctor in Chicago.

00:23:35I had learned medicine

00:23:36from her since I was a child.

00:23:37After watching Cassian walk yesterday,

00:23:39I had already roughly figured out

00:23:40the key issue

00:23:41with his leg injury.

00:23:42It was not completely untreatable.

00:23:43It just needed a few

00:23:44very rare medicines

00:23:45used together.

00:23:46I came to Goodwell House

00:23:47today to see

00:23:47if I could find them.

00:23:49As soon as I walked

00:23:50into the storage room,

00:23:51I heard a familiar voice.

00:23:52Bring out the best

00:23:53supplements you have.

00:23:54Nina is carrying my child.

00:23:56I won't let her suffer.

00:23:57It was Lucian.

00:23:58I looked up

00:23:58and saw Lucian

00:23:59supporting Nina

00:24:00in front of the shelves.

00:24:01They saw me too.

00:24:03Lucian froze for a second,

00:24:04then gave a mocking laugh.

00:24:06What?

00:24:06You married a guard yesterday

00:24:07and today you still have

00:24:08the mood to come to the hospital?

00:24:09Or did you feel sick

00:24:10after everyone laughed at you?

00:24:11Nina laughed along with him.

00:24:12Ivy, you're not still thinking

00:24:13about Lucian, are you?

00:24:15Actually,

00:24:16you don't have to be upset.

00:24:18Even if you only went

00:24:18through the ceremony

00:24:19with a guard yesterday,

00:24:20as long as you come

00:24:21take care of me

00:24:22from now on,

00:24:23Lucian might still

00:24:24give you a bite to eat.

00:24:25I didn't want to waste

00:24:26words on them,

00:24:27but walked straight to a shelf

00:24:28and picked up medical-grade

00:24:30joint repair potides.

00:24:31This was a key supplement

00:24:32needed to treat old injuries

00:24:33and help leg recovery.

00:24:35Ordinary hospitals

00:24:35could not get it at all.

00:24:37I did not expect

00:24:37Goodwell House

00:24:38to actually have it.

00:24:39As soon as Nina

00:24:40saw what was in my hand,

00:24:41her eyes lit up.

00:24:43Lucian,

00:24:44I asked my private doctor

00:24:45yesterday.

00:24:46The doctor said

00:24:47I've been weak lately

00:24:47and really need

00:24:48this kind of high-end

00:24:49supplement to recover.

00:24:50Look,

00:24:51isn't that exactly

00:24:52what Ivy is holding?

00:24:53Ivy!

00:24:53Hand that over to Nina!

00:24:56I am the only

00:24:57kingmaker in Chicago.

00:24:58From the day I was born,

00:24:59an old fortune teller

00:25:00made a prediction.

00:25:00Whoever I married

00:25:01would take the top seat

00:25:02of the Drex family

00:25:03and I would stand by his side

00:25:04and become the most

00:25:04honored woman

00:25:05in this underground empire.

00:25:06When Serena Drex heard that,

00:25:08relying on her friendship

00:25:09with my mother,

00:25:10she arranged my engagement

00:25:11to her second son,

00:25:12Lucian Drex,

00:25:13very early on.

00:25:14But on the day

00:25:15of the wedding,

00:25:18just because Lucian's

00:25:20assistant,

00:25:20Nina Hart,

00:25:21appeared with red-ringed eyes,

00:25:22he tore off my veil

00:25:23in front of everyone

00:25:24and ordered me

00:25:25to wipe her shoes.

00:25:26I've been sleeping

00:25:27with Nina for a long time.

00:25:29Since you came after her,

00:25:30you should kneel down

00:25:31and wipe her shoes

00:25:32to show your loyalty to me.

00:25:34If my mother hadn't

00:25:35forced me to marry you,

00:25:36I would have been with Nina

00:25:37for the rest of my life.

00:25:38Don't even dream

00:25:39of standing above Nina

00:25:40in this life.

00:25:41Once I become the head

00:25:41of the family,

00:25:42I'll make Nina

00:25:43the lady of the Drex family

00:25:44and the heir will only

00:25:45be my child with her.

00:25:49In that case,

00:25:50my engagement with Lucian

00:25:51is over.

00:25:52Anyone here who asks

00:25:53to marry me right now,

00:25:54I, Ivy Leigh,

00:25:55will marry him on the spot.

00:25:58The moment I said that,

00:25:59everyone at the wedding froze.

00:26:01Everyone knows Ivy Vale

00:26:02was born with God-given luck.

00:26:04Whoever marries her

00:26:05will become the next head

00:26:06of the Drex family.

00:26:06And Ivy is gorgeous.

00:26:08She looks like she stepped

00:26:09out of an oil painting.

00:26:10A woman like that

00:26:10with a fate like that

00:26:11and Lucian wants to break

00:26:12the engagement for a mistress?

00:26:14He really doesn't know

00:26:15what's good for him.

00:26:15From the looks on their faces,

00:26:17many of them

00:26:17were already tempted.

00:26:19Some wanted to marry me themselves.

00:26:20Some were thinking

00:26:21of their sons.

00:26:22But because of the Drex family's

00:26:24reputation,

00:26:25no one dared to speak first.

00:26:27Lucian had not expected me

00:26:28to break off the engagement

00:26:29on the pot.

00:26:30And he had certainly

00:26:31not expected so many people

00:26:32to have their eyes on me.

00:26:34Ivy, you've got a lot of nerve.

00:26:35My mother arranged

00:26:36this engagement herself.

00:26:37Your name was registered

00:26:38in the Drex family's

00:26:39marriage records

00:26:40a long time ago.

00:26:41Even if I don't want you,

00:26:42don't think you can

00:26:42marry someone else.

00:26:43Anyone who dares to touch you

00:26:45is openly opposing

00:26:45the Drex family.

00:26:46Watch yourselves,

00:26:47or I'll make sure

00:26:48you can't stay in Chicago.

00:26:49Once he said that,

00:26:50the room went silent.

00:26:51Seeing the fear

00:26:52on everyone's faces,

00:26:53Lucian smiled.

00:26:55You see, Ivy,

00:26:56if you don't marry me

00:26:57in this life,

00:26:57you only have two choices.

00:26:59It's either lose

00:26:59all your dignity

00:27:00or in a church forever.

00:27:01Choose one.

00:27:01He thought I would not

00:27:02dare fight back

00:27:03out of fear

00:27:03of the Drex family's power,

00:27:05but he forgot one thing.

00:27:06He was not standing

00:27:07at the very top

00:27:07of that power.

00:27:08While I stayed silent,

00:27:09Serena Drex arrived.

00:27:10The moment she entered

00:27:11the hall,

00:27:12she raised her hand

00:27:13and slapped Nina hard

00:27:14in front of everyone.

00:27:15Who do you think you are?

00:27:17How dare you seduce my son

00:27:18on his wedding

00:27:19and cause trouble

00:27:19for the bride?

00:27:20Since you love

00:27:21causing trouble,

00:27:22you don't need

00:27:22to stay in Chicago anymore.

00:27:23Guards,

00:27:24throw her out.

00:27:25Lucian, it hurts.

00:27:26Lucian immediately

00:27:27stepped in front of Nina

00:27:28and looked coldly

00:27:29at the guards closing in.

00:27:30Nina is mine.

00:27:31Whoever touches her,

00:27:32I'll kill him.

00:27:34Serena had not expected

00:27:35Lucian to be so foolish.

00:27:37Her face was full

00:27:38of disappointment.

00:27:39Lucian,

00:27:39do you even know

00:27:40how many people

00:27:40wanted to marry Ivy Vale

00:27:41back then?

00:27:42Do you know

00:27:43how much effort I spent

00:27:43to secure this engagement

00:27:44for you?

00:27:45Ivy is the daughter

00:27:46of the Vale family.

00:27:47Behind her stands

00:27:48the entire Vale

00:27:48medical network.

00:27:49She was born

00:27:50with good fortune.

00:27:51She is the best support

00:27:51for your future

00:27:52and you make a spectacle

00:27:53of yourself at your own wedding.

00:27:54Where does that leave

00:27:55your wife's dignity?

00:27:56I never said

00:27:56I wouldn't marry Ivy.

00:27:58I just don't want her

00:27:58to bully Nina after.

00:28:00She's in the family

00:28:00because of her status

00:28:01so I wanted to put her

00:28:02in her place first.

00:28:03He looked at me like

00:28:04he was giving me a favour.

00:28:06As long as you promise

00:28:07to treat Nina well

00:28:08from now on

00:28:08and put her before

00:28:09everything else,

00:28:10I can allow you

00:28:10to marry me

00:28:11and give you the title

00:28:12of legal wife.

00:28:13But don't expect me

00:28:14to ever touch you.

00:28:15Anyway,

00:28:15Nina is already

00:28:16three months pregnant.

00:28:17After you marry in,

00:28:18take good care of her first.

00:28:19Once the child is born,

00:28:20you can cook for her,

00:28:21wash her clothes

00:28:22and be the child's nanny.

00:28:24Remember,

00:28:24don't let Nina get tired.

00:28:26Right.

00:28:26Isn't your father

00:28:27great at raising children?

00:28:28Then he can raise

00:28:29my Nina's child.

00:28:30He'd better do a good job

00:28:31so the child can take

00:28:32good care of Nina

00:28:33in the future.

00:28:34Everyone found it

00:28:34hard to believe

00:28:35he could say something

00:28:36so absurd.

00:28:36Serena's face

00:28:37also looked terrible.

00:28:38But when she remembered

00:28:39that Nina was already

00:28:40bearing Lucigen's mild,

00:28:41she no longer insist

00:28:42on having Nina dragged out.

00:28:43She could only force a smile

00:28:44and come over

00:28:44to take my hand.

00:28:45My dear,

00:28:46this is all my fault

00:28:47for not teaching

00:28:47Lucigen well.

00:28:49You've been wronged.

00:28:50But today is still

00:28:51the wedding day

00:28:52and so many people are here.

00:28:53Can you give in this once?

00:28:55Agree to his demands

00:28:55and finish the ceremony first?

00:28:57Don't worry,

00:28:58from now on,

00:28:58I will stand up for you.

00:28:59I will never let

00:29:00that woman rise above you.

00:29:02No matter how nice

00:29:03Serena's words sounded,

00:29:04I knew the truth very well.

00:29:06If she could not control

00:29:07Lucen today,

00:29:08she would have even less

00:29:09control over him

00:29:10in the future.

00:29:11I gently pulled my hand

00:29:12out of hers

00:29:12and smiled faintly.

00:29:14Mrs. Drax,

00:29:15you're broad-minded.

00:29:16You can tolerate a mistress.

00:29:17I can't.

00:29:18When you came to my family

00:29:19to ask for this marriage,

00:29:21you promised my mother

00:29:21yourself that Lucen

00:29:22would only have me

00:29:23as his legal wife

00:29:24in this life

00:29:24and that he would never

00:29:25take another woman.

00:29:26But before the wedding

00:29:27is even over,

00:29:28Lucen has already trampled

00:29:29on my dignity

00:29:29for a mistress.

00:29:30And she's even carrying

00:29:31his illegitimate child.

00:29:32I'll say this plainly.

00:29:34Even if I really

00:29:35went to a convent,

00:29:36I would never marry

00:29:37a man like that.

00:29:39Serena clearly

00:29:40had not expected me,

00:29:41who usually seemed gentle,

00:29:42to be so firm.

00:29:43For a moment,

00:29:44she looked embarrassed.

00:29:45But Lucen was completely

00:29:47enraged by the mockery

00:29:48in my words.

00:29:48He pointed at me and cursed.

00:29:49Ivy Vale,

00:29:50do you really think

00:29:50I have to marry you

00:29:51just because my mother

00:29:52supports you?

00:29:52Keep dreaming!

00:29:53I'm taking Nina home

00:29:54right now to take care

00:29:55of her pregnancy.

00:29:56I'll leave you here alone

00:29:57and make you

00:29:57and the Vale family

00:29:58the biggest joke in Chicago.

00:30:01Lucien immediately

00:30:02swept Nira into his arms.

00:30:04No matter how

00:30:04Cirilla tried to stop him

00:30:05or persuade him,

00:30:06he walked out

00:30:07without looking back.

00:30:08Being abandoned

00:30:09on my wedding day,

00:30:10I could see pity

00:30:11in everyone's eyes,

00:30:12but Cirilla still

00:30:12refused to give up.

00:30:14My dear,

00:30:14today is all Lucen's fault,

00:30:16but we cannot miss

00:30:16the wedding time.

00:30:17How about I have a guard

00:30:18stand in for Lucen

00:30:19and finish the ceremony,

00:30:20then hold a proper

00:30:21wedding later?

00:30:21Otherwise,

00:30:22if this marriage

00:30:22is completely cancelled today,

00:30:23the shame to you

00:30:24and the Vale family

00:30:25would be the smallest problem.

00:30:26I'm afraid that

00:30:27if you offend the one

00:30:27in power,

00:30:28you could lose your life.

00:30:29Everyone was shocked

00:30:30when they heard that.

00:30:31They were all waiting

00:30:32for my choice.

00:30:33Everyone knew

00:30:34that finishing the ceremony

00:30:35with a guard

00:30:35could indeed keep me safe

00:30:37for the moment.

00:30:37But once word got out,

00:30:39I would become

00:30:39the joke of Chicago

00:30:40for the rest of my life.

00:30:41I would never be able

00:30:42to stand before people

00:30:43with dignity again.

00:30:44But if I really

00:30:45tore up the engagement,

00:30:46it would be the same

00:30:47as making an enemy

00:30:48of the entire Drax family.

00:30:49Forget about whether

00:30:50I could protect myself.

00:30:51Even the Vale family

00:30:51might be forced out of Chicago.

00:30:53Just as the whole hall

00:30:54fell silent,

00:30:55a cold, clear voice

00:30:56suddenly came from outside.

00:30:57Miss Vale,

00:30:58does what you say

00:30:58just now still count?

00:31:00Everyone understood

00:31:01what that sentence meant.

00:31:02He was asking me

00:31:03whether my words,

00:31:04anyone who asks

00:31:05to marry me right now,

00:31:06I'll marry him on the spot,

00:31:08still count.

00:31:09This was Lucien's wedding.

00:31:10The Drax family's dignity

00:31:11was right here.

00:31:12Who would dare step in

00:31:13at a time like this?

00:31:14But when they saw

00:31:15who it was,

00:31:16everyone fell silent.

00:31:17The man who came

00:31:18was the eldest son

00:31:19of the Drax family,

00:31:20Cassian Drax.

00:31:21Cassian stood there

00:31:22in a black formal suit,

00:31:23his figure straight and sharp.

00:31:25His expression was utterly calm,

00:31:26as if he had only come

00:31:27to attend an ordinary

00:31:28family dinner.

00:31:29His gaze passed over everyone

00:31:30and directly landed on me.

00:31:32Serena was the first to react.

00:31:34Her face turned pale at once.

00:31:35Cassian,

00:31:36what do you mean by this?

00:31:37Today is your younger

00:31:38brother's wedding.

00:31:39Ivy was Lucien's fiancé.

00:31:40This is not something

00:31:41you can joke about.

00:31:42As she spoke,

00:31:43she shot glances

00:31:43at the people around her,

00:31:45hoping someone would step in

00:31:46to smooth things over.

00:31:47But everyone in the hall

00:31:48either lowered their heads

00:31:49in silence

00:31:50or quietly stepped back.

00:31:51Cassian's move

00:31:52was unexpected,

00:31:53but everyone knew

00:31:54how valuable Ivy Late's

00:31:55date was.

00:31:56Not to mention,

00:31:57Cassian was already

00:31:57the first heir.

00:31:58If he really married me,

00:31:59then we would be

00:32:00the most perfect match.

00:32:01Who would step forward

00:32:02at a time like this?

00:32:03Cassian ignored Serena

00:32:04and only looked at me.

00:32:05Miss Vale,

00:32:06does what you say

00:32:07still count?

00:32:07I looked at the

00:32:08serieness in his eyes.

00:32:09Suddenly,

00:32:10I smiled and took

00:32:11one step forward.

00:32:12Of course it counts.

00:32:13Hearing that,

00:32:14Cassian finally smiled faintly.

00:32:15Mom,

00:32:16I'll borrow

00:32:17Lucen's wedding hall today.

00:32:18Some other day,

00:32:19I'll come apologize

00:32:19to you in person.

00:32:21Serena clenched her fists

00:32:21so tightly

00:32:22that her hands were shaking.

00:32:25Serena was Cassian's stepmother.

00:32:27Of course she wanted

00:32:28her own son to be the heir,

00:32:29but by the rules,

00:32:30Cassian was the first heir.

00:32:31No matter how unhappy she was,

00:32:33she did not dare

00:32:34stop him in public.

00:32:35She could only grit

00:32:36her teeth and nod.

00:32:37Since you asked,

00:32:38of course you can.

00:32:38Cassian did not say

00:32:39anything else.

00:32:40He reached his hand out to me.

00:32:41When I placed my hand in his,

00:32:43I realized his palm was warm,

00:32:44but there was a thin layer

00:32:45of calluses on it,

00:32:46like he had long

00:32:46depended on a cane.

00:32:47It was also then

00:32:48that I noticed

00:32:49his left foot landed

00:32:49a little slower

00:32:50when he walked.

00:32:51He hid it well,

00:32:52but I could still tell

00:32:53he had trouble working.

00:32:54So the rumors

00:32:55about Cassius's leg injury

00:32:56were true,

00:32:57but he was tall

00:32:58and the steady demeanor

00:32:59easily outweighed

00:33:00that minor flaw.

00:33:01No one dared

00:33:02to look down on him.

00:33:03Once the people in the hall

00:33:04saw that the matter

00:33:04was settled,

00:33:05they immediately changed

00:33:06their attitude

00:33:07and came forward

00:33:07to congratulate us.

00:33:08The wedding that had

00:33:09become such a mess

00:33:10actually turned into

00:33:11a wedding for Cassian and I.

00:33:13The Ophikaryt reacted quickly

00:33:14and immediately picked up

00:33:15the ceremony again.

00:33:16Cassius and I stood

00:33:17side by side at the front,

00:33:18said our vows to each other,

00:33:19and finished every step

00:33:21that needed to be done.

00:33:22As soon as the ceremony ended,

00:33:24someone came in from outside

00:33:25to report that Cassian's car

00:33:26had arrived.

00:33:27Cassian helped me walk out.

00:33:29When we went down the steps,

00:33:30I saw his left foot pause.

00:33:32Without thinking,

00:33:33I reached out to steady him.

00:33:34He clearly froze for a moment,

00:33:36as if he had not expected

00:33:37me to do that,

00:33:37but he still followed my support

00:33:39and gently placed his hand

00:33:40on mine.

00:33:41The people beside us

00:33:41were stunned,

00:33:42and Cassian actually

00:33:43let someone help him?

00:33:44I felt confused,

00:33:45but I did not ask.

00:33:46I simply stayed steady

00:33:47beside Cassian

00:33:48and got into the car with him.

00:33:50By the time we returned

00:33:51to Cassian's place,

00:33:52it was already dark.

00:33:53The people in the estate

00:33:54had already received the news

00:33:55and were all standing

00:33:56at the door waiting.

00:33:57Cassian opened

00:33:58the car door for me.

00:33:59This all happened

00:34:00too suddenly.

00:34:00The house didn't have time

00:34:01to prepare in advance.

00:34:02I'm sorry you have

00:34:03to endure all this.

00:34:04I shook my head.

00:34:05You were willing to help me out

00:34:06at a time like that.

00:34:07That was already my luck.

00:34:08There's nothing for me

00:34:09to feel wronged about.

00:34:10He glanced at me

00:34:11and said nothing more,

00:34:12but the room had already

00:34:13been prepared

00:34:14and dinner was ready as well.

00:34:15Steak,

00:34:16roasted potatoes,

00:34:16salad,

00:34:17hot soup.

00:34:17Even the tea after dinner

00:34:18was at the perfect temperature.

00:34:20Everything was thoughtful

00:34:21and proper.

00:34:21After one night passed,

00:34:22when I woke up the next day

00:34:24and looked at the unfamiliar room

00:34:25and the silk robe

00:34:25on my body,

00:34:26it finally hit me.

00:34:27Yesterday,

00:34:28I had almost become

00:34:29Lucian's wife.

00:34:30Today,

00:34:30I was already his brother's wife.

00:34:32I sat in front of the mirror

00:34:33and thought of the rumors

00:34:35about Cassian.

00:34:36When he was young,

00:34:37he had experienced

00:34:37a car bomb attack

00:34:38aimed at the Drex family.

00:34:40His life was saved,

00:34:41but his leg was injured.

00:34:42Over the years,

00:34:43people had always used that

00:34:44as an excuse to push Roman

00:34:45to replace the first heir.

00:34:46But Roman loved his eldest son.

00:34:48No matter who brought it up,

00:34:49it was useless.

00:34:50He kept Cassian in that position.

00:34:51And because of that,

00:34:52Lucian and the others

00:34:53always felt Cassian's position

00:34:54was unstable

00:34:55and they had always coveted

00:34:56the heir's seat.

00:34:59Cassian pushed the door open

00:35:01and walked in.

00:35:01He had already changed

00:35:03into a white shirt.

00:35:04He held a list in his hand

00:35:06and walked up to me.

00:35:08I'm taking you back

00:35:09to Vale House today.

00:35:10I've also had the gifts prepared.

00:35:12If there's anything else

00:35:13you want to bring,

00:35:13you can tell me now.

00:35:14I took the list from him.

00:35:16Wines, flowers, gift boxes,

00:35:17skincare products,

00:35:18cashmere shawls,

00:35:19even my mother's favorite rubies

00:35:20were written on it.

00:35:21You thought of everything.

00:35:22I don't need to add anything.

00:35:23Great.

00:35:23We'll leave after breakfast.

00:35:25By the way,

00:35:26is there anywhere else

00:35:27you want to go today?

00:35:28Before we go to Vale House,

00:35:29if you want to buy anything,

00:35:30we can stop by.

00:35:31My heart moved,

00:35:32thinking of his leg injury.

00:35:34I want to go to Goodwell House

00:35:35and buy some Spoke Softly.

00:35:37Cassian looked a little surprised,

00:35:39but he did not ask.

00:35:40After breakfast,

00:35:41we took the car

00:35:41to Goodwell House.

00:35:42It was the best hospital

00:35:43in Chicago.

00:35:44It had a full supply

00:35:45of medical supplies

00:35:46and medical resources.

00:35:47Sometimes,

00:35:48it even received rare items

00:35:49that could not be found elsewhere.

00:35:51Cassian heard the owner

00:35:52say a new batch

00:35:53batch of cigars

00:35:54had just arrived,

00:35:55so he went over

00:35:55to take a look,

00:35:56saying he wanted

00:35:57to add another gift.

00:35:58I turned and went

00:35:59to the storage room

00:36:00on the other side.

00:36:01My mother was the best

00:36:02doctor in Chicago.

00:36:03I had learned medicine

00:36:04from her since I was a child.

00:36:05After watching Cassian

00:36:06walk yesterday,

00:36:07I had already roughly

00:36:08figured out the key issue

00:36:09with his leg injury.

00:36:10It was not completely untreatable.

00:36:11It just needed a few

00:36:12very rare medicines

00:36:13used together.

00:36:14I came to Goodwell House

00:36:15today to see if I could

00:36:16find them.

00:36:17As soon as I walked

00:36:18into the storage room,

00:36:19I heard a familiar voice.

00:36:21Bring out the best

00:36:21supplements you have.

00:36:22Nina is carrying my child.

00:36:24I won't let her suffer.

00:36:25It was Lucian.

00:36:26I looked up

00:36:27and saw Lucian

00:36:28supporting Nina

00:36:28in front of the shelves.

00:36:29They saw me too.

00:36:31Lucian froze for a second,

00:36:32then gave a mocking laugh.

00:36:34What?

00:36:34You married a guard yesterday

00:36:35and today you still have

00:36:36the mood to come to the hospital?

00:36:37Or did you feel sick

00:36:38after everyone laughed at you?

00:36:39Nina laughed along with him.

00:36:40Ivy, you're not still

00:36:41thinking about Lucian,

00:36:42are you?

00:36:43Actually,

00:36:44you don't have to be upset.

00:36:46Even if you only went

00:36:47through the ceremony

00:36:47with a guard yesterday,

00:36:49as long as you come

00:36:49take care of me

00:36:50from now on,

00:36:51Lucian might still

00:36:52give you a bite to eat.

00:36:54I didn't want to

00:36:54waste words on them,

00:36:55but walked straight

00:36:56to a shelf

00:36:57and picked up

00:36:57medical-grade

00:36:58joint repair potides.

00:36:59This was a key supplement

00:37:00needed to treat old injuries

00:37:01and help leg recovery.

00:37:03Ordinary hospitals

00:37:04could not get it at all.

00:37:05I did not expect

00:37:05Goodwell House

00:37:06to actually have it.

00:37:07As soon as Nina

00:37:08saw what was in my hand,

00:37:10her eyes lit up.

00:37:11Lucian,

00:37:12I asked my private doctor

00:37:13yesterday.

00:37:14The doctor said

00:37:15I've been weak lately

00:37:16and really need

00:37:16this kind of high-end

00:37:17supplement to recover.

00:37:19Look,

00:37:19isn't that exactly

00:37:20what Ivy is holding?

00:37:21Ivy!

00:37:21Hand that over to Nina!

00:37:24I am the only

00:37:25kingmaker in Chicago.

00:37:26From the day I was born,

00:37:27an old fortune teller

00:37:28made a prediction.

00:37:28Whoever I married

00:37:29would take the top seat

00:37:30of the Drex family

00:37:31and I would stand by his side

00:37:32and become the most honored woman

00:37:33in this underground empire.

00:37:34When Serena Drax heard that,

00:37:36relying on her friendship

00:37:37with my mother,

00:37:38she arranged my engagement

00:37:39to her second son,

00:37:40Lucian Drax,

00:37:41very early on.

00:37:43But on the day of the wedding,

00:37:47just because Lucian's assistant,

00:37:48Nina Hart,

00:37:49appeared with red-ringed eyes,

00:37:50he tore off my veil

00:37:52in front of everyone

00:37:52and ordered me

00:37:53to wipe her shoes.

00:37:55I've been sleeping

00:37:55with Nina for a long time.

00:37:57Since you came after her,

00:37:58you should kneel down

00:37:59and wipe her shoes

00:38:00to show your loyalty to me.

00:38:02If my mother hadn't

00:38:03forced me to marry you,

00:38:04I would have been with Nina

00:38:05for the rest of my life.

00:38:06Don't even dream

00:38:07of standing above Nina

00:38:08in this life.

00:38:09Once I become

00:38:09the head of the family,

00:38:10I'll make Nina

00:38:11the lady of the Drex family

00:38:12and the heir will only

00:38:13be my child with her.

00:38:17In that case,

00:38:18my engagement with Lucian

00:38:19is over.

00:38:20Anyone here who asks

00:38:21to marry me right now,

00:38:22I, Ivy Lay,

00:38:23will marry him on the spot.

00:38:26The moment I said that,

00:38:27everyone at the wedding froze.

00:38:29Everyone knows Ivy Vale

00:38:30was born with God-given luck.

00:38:32Whoever marries her

00:38:33will become the next head

00:38:34of the Drex family

00:38:34and Ivy is gorgeous.

00:38:36She looks like she stepped out

00:38:37of an oil painting.

00:38:38A woman like that

00:38:39with a fate like that

00:38:40and Lucian wants to break

00:38:41the engagement for a mistress?

00:38:42He really doesn't know

00:38:43what's good for him.

00:38:43From the looks on their faces,

00:38:45many of them

00:38:45were already tempted.

00:38:47Some wanted to marry me themselves.

00:38:49Some were thinking

00:38:49of their sons.

00:38:50But because of the Drex family's

00:38:52reputation,

00:38:53no one dared to speak first.

00:38:55Lucian had not expected me

00:38:56to break off the engagement

00:38:57on the pot.

00:38:58And he had certainly

00:38:59not expected so many people

00:39:01to have their eyes on me.

00:39:02Ivy, you've got a lot of nerve.

00:39:03My mother arranged

00:39:04this engagement herself.

00:39:05Your name was registered

00:39:06in the Drex family's

00:39:07marriage records

00:39:08a long time ago.

00:39:09Even if I don't want you,

00:39:10don't think you can

00:39:11marry someone else.

00:39:11Anyone who dares to touch you

00:39:13is openly opposing

00:39:14the Drex family.

00:39:15Watch yourselves

00:39:15or I'll make sure

00:39:16you can't stay in Chicago.

00:39:17Once he said that,

00:39:18the room went silent.

00:39:20Seeing the fear

00:39:20on everyone's faces,

00:39:22Lucian smiled.

00:39:23You see, Ivy,

00:39:24if you don't marry me

00:39:25in this life,

00:39:26you only have two choices.

00:39:27Either lose all your dignity

00:39:28or in a church forever.

00:39:29Choose one.

00:39:30He thought I would not

00:39:30dare fight back

00:39:31out of fear

00:39:32of the Drex family's power.

00:39:33But he forgot one thing.

00:39:34He was not standing

00:39:35at the very top

00:39:35of that power.

00:39:36While I stayed silent,

00:39:37Serena Drex arrived.

00:39:38The moment she entered

00:39:39the hall,

00:39:40she raised her hand

00:39:41and slapped Nina hard

00:39:42in front of everyone.

00:39:43Who do you think you are?

00:39:45How dare you seduce my son

00:39:46on his wedding

00:39:47and cause trouble for the bride?

00:39:48Since you love causing trouble,

00:39:50you don't need to stay

00:39:50in Chicago anymore.

00:39:51Guards,

00:39:52throw her out.

00:39:53Lucian, it hurts.

00:39:55Lucian immediately stepped

00:39:55in front of Nina

00:39:56and looked coldly

00:39:57at the guards closing in.

00:39:58Nina is mine.

00:39:59Whoever touches her,

00:40:00I'll kill him.

00:40:02Serena had not expected

00:40:03Lucian to be so foolish.

00:40:05Her face was full

00:40:06of disappointment.

00:40:07Lucian, do you even know

00:40:08how many people wanted

00:40:09to marry Ivy Vale back then?

00:40:10Do you know how much effort

00:40:11I spent to secure

00:40:12this engagement for you?

00:40:13Ivy is the daughter

00:40:14of the Vale family.

00:40:15Behind her stands

00:40:16the entire Vale medical network.

00:40:17She was born with good fortune.

00:40:19She is the best support

00:40:20for your future.

00:40:20And you make a spectacle

00:40:21of yourself at your own wedding.

00:40:22Where does that leave

00:40:23your wife's dignity?

00:40:24I never said I wouldn't marry Ivy.

00:40:26I just don't want her

00:40:27to bully Nina after.

00:40:28She's in the family

00:40:29because of her status.

00:40:30So I wanted to put her

00:40:31in her place first.

00:40:32He looked at me like

00:40:32he was giving me a favor.

00:40:34As long as you promise

00:40:35to treat Nina well

00:40:36from now on

00:40:37and put her before

00:40:37everything else

00:40:38I can allow you to marry me

00:40:39and give you the title

00:40:40of legal wife.

00:40:41But don't expect me

00:40:42to ever touch you.

00:40:43Anyway, Nina is already

00:40:44three months pregnant.

00:40:45After you marry in

00:40:46take good care of her first.

00:40:47Once the child is born

00:40:48you can cook for her

00:40:49wash her clothes

00:40:50and be the child's nanny.

00:40:52Remember

00:40:52don't let Nina get tired.

00:40:54Right.

00:40:54Isn't your father great

00:40:55at raising children?

00:40:56Then he can raise

00:40:57my Nina's child.

00:40:58He'd better do a good job

00:40:59so the child can take

00:41:00good care of Nina

00:41:01in the future.

00:41:01Everyone found it

00:41:02hard to believe

00:41:03he could say something

00:41:04so absurd.

00:41:05Serena's face

00:41:05also looked terrible

00:41:06but when she remembered

00:41:07that Nina was already

00:41:08bearing Lucid's mild

00:41:09she no longer insist

00:41:10on having Nina dragged out.

00:41:11She could only force a smile

00:41:12and come over

00:41:12to take my hand.

00:41:13My dear,

00:41:14this is all my fault

00:41:15for not teaching

00:41:15Luchin well.

00:41:17You've been wronged.

00:41:18But today is still

00:41:19the wedding day

00:41:20and so many people

00:41:21are here.

00:41:21Can you give in this once?

00:41:23Agree to his demands

00:41:24and finish the ceremony first?

00:41:25Don't worry,

00:41:26from now on

00:41:26I will stand up for you.

00:41:27I will never let

00:41:28that woman rise above you.

00:41:30No matter how nice

00:41:31Serena's words sounded

00:41:32I knew the truth

00:41:34very well.

00:41:34If she could not

00:41:35control Lucid today

00:41:36she would have even less

00:41:37control over him

00:41:38in the future.

00:41:39I gently pulled my hand

00:41:40out of hers

00:41:41and smiled faintly.

00:41:42Mrs. Drax,

00:41:43you're broad-minded.

00:41:44You can tolerate

00:41:45a mistress?

00:41:46I can't.

00:41:47When you came to my family

00:41:48to ask for this marriage

00:41:49you promised my mother

00:41:50yourself that Lucid

00:41:50would only have me

00:41:51as his legal wife

00:41:52in this life

00:41:53and that he would

00:41:53never take another woman.

00:41:54But before the wedding

00:41:55is even over

00:41:56Lucid has already

00:41:57trampled on my dignity

00:41:58for a mistress

00:41:58and she's even carrying

00:41:59his illegitimate child.

00:42:01I'll say this plainly

00:42:02even if I really

00:42:03went to a convent

00:42:04I would never

00:42:05marry a man like that.

00:42:07Serena clearly

00:42:08had not expected me

00:42:09who usually seemed gentle

00:42:10to be so firm.

00:42:11For a moment

00:42:12she looked embarrassed

00:42:13but Lucian

00:42:14was completely enraged

00:42:15by the mockery in my words.

00:42:16He pointed at me

00:42:17and cursed.

00:42:18Ivy Vale

00:42:18do you really think

00:42:19I have to marry you

00:42:19just because my mother

00:42:20supports you?

00:42:21Keep dreaming!

00:42:22I'm taking Nina home

00:42:23right now to take care

00:42:23of her pregnancy.

00:42:24I'll leave you here alone

00:42:25and make you

00:42:25and the Vale family

00:42:26the biggest joke

00:42:27in Chicago!

00:42:29Lucian immediately

00:42:30swept Nira

00:42:31into his arms.

00:42:32No matter how

00:42:32Serena tried to stop him

00:42:34or persuade him

00:42:34he walked out

00:42:35without looking back.

00:42:36Being abandoned

00:42:37on my wedding day

00:42:38I could see pity

00:42:39in everyone's eyes

00:42:40but Serena still

00:42:41refused to give up.

00:42:42My dear

00:42:42today is all

00:42:43Lucid's fault

00:42:44but we cannot miss

00:42:45the wedding time.

00:42:46How about I have

00:42:46a guard stand in

00:42:47for Lucid

00:42:47and finish the ceremony

00:42:48then hold a proper

00:42:49wedding later?

00:42:49Otherwise

00:42:50if this marriage

00:42:50is completely cancelled today

00:42:51the shame to you

00:42:52and the Vale family

00:42:53would be the smallest

00:42:54problem.

00:42:54I'm afraid

00:42:55that if you offend

00:42:55the one in power

00:42:56you could lose your life.

00:42:57Everyone was shocked

00:42:58when they heard that.

00:42:59They were all waiting

00:43:00for my choice.

00:43:01Everyone knew

00:43:02that finishing the ceremony

00:43:03with a guard

00:43:04could indeed keep me safe

00:43:05for the moment.

00:43:05But once word got out

00:43:07I would become the joke

00:43:08of Chicago

00:43:08for the rest of my life.

00:43:10I would never be able

00:43:10to stand before people

00:43:11with dignity again.

00:43:12But if I really tore up

00:43:14the engagement

00:43:14it would be the same

00:43:15as making an enemy

00:43:16of the entire Drax family.

00:43:17Forget about whether

00:43:18I could protect myself.

00:43:19Even the Vale family

00:43:20might be forced out of Chicago.

00:43:21Just as the whole hall

00:43:22fell silent

00:43:23a cold clear voice

00:43:24suddenly came from outside.

00:43:25Miss Vale

00:43:25does what you say

00:43:26just now still count?

00:43:29Everyone understood

00:43:29what that sentence meant.

00:43:31He was asking me

00:43:32whether my words

00:43:32anyone who asks

00:43:33to marry me right now

00:43:34I'll marry him on the spot

00:43:36still count.

00:43:37This was Lucien's wedding.

00:43:39The Drax family's dignity

00:43:39was right here.

00:43:40Who would dare step in

00:43:41at a time like this?

00:43:42But when they saw

00:43:43who it was

00:43:44everyone fell silent.

00:43:45The man who came

00:43:46was the eldest son

00:43:47of the Drax family

00:43:48Cassian Drax.

00:43:49Cassian stood there

00:43:50in a black formal suit

00:43:51his figure straight and sharp.

00:43:53His expression was utterly calm

00:43:54as if he had only come

00:43:55to attend an ordinary

00:43:56family dinner.

00:43:57His gaze passed over everyone

00:43:58and directly landed on me.

00:44:00Serena was the first to react.

00:44:02Her face turned pale at once.

00:44:03Cassian!

00:44:04What do you mean by this?

00:44:06Today is your younger

00:44:06brother's wedding.

00:44:07Ivy was Lucien's fiance.

00:44:08This is not something

00:44:09you can joke about.

00:44:10As she spoke

00:44:11she shot glances

00:44:12at the people around her

00:44:13hoping someone would step in

00:44:14to smooth things over.

00:44:15But everyone in the hall

00:44:16either lowered their heads

00:44:17in silence

00:44:18or quietly stepped back.

00:44:20Cassian's move

00:44:20was unexpected

00:44:21but everyone knew

00:44:22how valuable Ivy Late's

00:44:23date was.

00:44:24Not to mention

00:44:24Cassian was already

00:44:25the first heir.

00:44:26If he really married me

00:44:27then we would be

00:44:28the most perfect match.

00:44:29Who would step forward

00:44:30at a time like this?

00:44:31Cassian ignored Serena

00:44:32and only looked at me.

00:44:34Miss Vale

00:44:34does what you say

00:44:35still count?

00:44:36I looked at the seriness

00:44:37in his eyes.

00:44:38Suddenly

00:44:38I smiled and took

00:44:39one step forward.

00:44:40Of course it counts.

00:44:41Hearing that

00:44:42Cassian finally smiled faintly.

00:44:44Mom

00:44:44I'll borrow

00:44:45Lucen's wedding hall today.

00:44:46Some other day

00:44:47I'll come apologize

00:44:48to you in person.

00:44:49Serena clenched her fist

00:44:50so tightly

00:44:50that her hands were shaking.

00:44:53Serena was Cassian's

00:44:54stepmother.

00:44:55Of course she wanted

00:44:56her own son

00:44:56to be the heir.

00:44:57But by the rules

00:44:58Cassian was the first heir.

00:44:59No matter how unhappy

00:45:00she was

00:45:01she did not dare

00:45:02stop him in public.

00:45:03She could only grit

00:45:04her teeth and nod.

00:45:05Since you asked

00:45:06of course you can.

00:45:07Cassian did not say

00:45:07anything else.

00:45:08He reached his hand out

00:45:09to me.

00:45:09When I placed my hand

00:45:10in his

00:45:11I realized his palm

00:45:12was warm

00:45:12but there was a thin

00:45:13layer of calluses on it

00:45:14like he had long

00:45:14depended on a cane.

00:45:15It was also then

00:45:16that I noticed

00:45:17his left foot

00:45:17landed a little slower

00:45:18when he walked.

00:45:19He hid it well

00:45:20but I could still tell

00:45:21he had trouble working.

00:45:22So the rumors

00:45:23about Cassius's

00:45:24leg injury were true

00:45:25but he was tall

00:45:26and the steady demeanor

00:45:27easily outweighed

00:45:28that minor flaw.

00:45:29No one dared

00:45:30to look down on him.

00:45:31Once the people

00:45:31in the hall

00:45:32saw that the matter

00:45:32was settled

00:45:33they immediately

00:45:34changed their attitude

00:45:35and came forward

00:45:36to congratulate us.

00:45:37The wedding

00:45:37that had become

00:45:38such a mess

00:45:38actually turned

00:45:39into a wedding

00:45:40for Cassie and I.

00:45:40The Ophicarit reacted

00:45:42quickly and immediately

00:45:42picked up the ceremony again.

00:45:44Cassius and I stood

00:45:45side by side

00:45:46at the front

00:45:46said our vows

00:45:47to each other

00:45:48and finished every step

00:45:49that needed to be done.

00:45:50As soon as the ceremony

00:45:51ended

00:45:51someone came in

00:45:53from outside

00:45:53to report that

00:45:54Cassian's car

00:45:54had arrived.

00:45:55Cassian helped me

00:45:56walk out.

00:45:57When we went down

00:45:58the steps

00:45:58I saw his left foot

00:46:00pause.

00:46:00Without thinking

00:46:01I reached out

00:46:02to steady him.

00:46:02He clearly froze

00:46:03for a moment

00:46:04as if he had not

00:46:05expected me to do that

00:46:06but he still followed

00:46:07my support

00:46:07and gently placed

00:46:08his hand on mine.

00:46:09The people beside us

00:46:10were stunned

00:46:10and Cassian actually

00:46:11let someone help him?

00:46:12I felt confused

00:46:13but I did not ask.

00:46:14I simply stayed steady

00:46:15beside Cassian

00:46:16and got into the car

00:46:16with him.

00:46:18By the time

00:46:19we returned

00:46:19to Cassian's place

00:46:20it was already dark.

00:46:21The people in the estate

00:46:22had already received

00:46:23the news

00:46:23and were all standing

00:46:24at the door waiting.

00:46:25Cassian opened

00:46:26the car door for me.

00:46:27This all happened

00:46:28too suddenly.

00:46:29The house didn't have

00:46:29time to prepare in advance.

00:46:30I'm sorry you have

00:46:31to endure all this.

00:46:32I shook my head.

00:46:33You were willing

00:46:34to help me out

00:46:34at a time like that.

00:46:35That was already my luck.

00:46:37There's nothing for me

00:46:37to feel wronged about.

00:46:38He glanced at me

00:46:39and said nothing more

00:46:40but the room

00:46:41had already been prepared

00:46:42and dinner was ready as well.

00:46:43Steak,

00:46:44roasted potatoes,

00:46:45salad,

00:46:45hot soup.

00:46:46Even the tea after dinner

00:46:47was at the perfect temperature.

00:46:48Everything was thoughtful

00:46:49and proper.

00:46:49After one night passed

00:46:50when I woke up the next day

00:46:52and looked at the unfamiliar room

00:46:53and the silk robe

00:46:54on my body

00:46:54it finally hit me.

00:46:55Yesterday

00:46:56I had almost become

00:46:57Lucian's wife.

00:46:58Today

00:46:59I was already

00:46:59his brother's wife.

00:47:00I sat in front of the mirror

00:47:02and thought of the rumors

00:47:03about Cassian.

00:47:04When he was young

00:47:05he had experienced

00:47:06a car bomb attack

00:47:06aimed at the Drex family.

00:47:08His life was saved

00:47:09but his leg was injured.

00:47:10Over the years

00:47:11people had always used that

00:47:12as an excuse

00:47:12to push Roman

00:47:13to replace the first heir.

00:47:14But Roman loved

00:47:15his eldest son.

00:47:16No matter who brought it up

00:47:17it was useless.

00:47:18He kept Cassian

00:47:19in that position

00:47:19and because of that

00:47:20Lucian and the others

00:47:21always felt Cassian's position

00:47:23was unstable

00:47:23and they had always

00:47:24coveted the heir's seat.

00:47:27Cassian pushed the door open

00:47:29and walked in.

00:47:30He had already changed

00:47:31into a white shirt.

00:47:33He held a list in his hand

00:47:34and walked up to me.

00:47:36I'm taking you back

00:47:37to Vale House today.

00:47:38I've also had the gifts prepared.

00:47:40If there's anything else

00:47:41you want to bring

00:47:41you can tell me now.

00:47:43I took the list from him.

00:47:44Wines, flowers, gift boxes,

00:47:46skin care products,

00:47:46cashmere shawls,

00:47:47even my mother's favorite rubies

00:47:48were written on it.

00:47:49You thought of everything.

00:47:50I don't need to add anything.

00:47:51Great.

00:47:52We'll leave after breakfast.

00:47:53By the way

00:47:54is there anywhere else

00:47:55you want to go today?

00:47:56Before we go to Vale House

00:47:57if you want to buy anything

00:47:58we can stop by.

00:47:59My heart moved.

00:48:01Thinking of his leg injury

00:48:02I want to go to Goodwell House

00:48:03and buy some Spoke Softly.

00:48:05Casbian looked a little surprised

00:48:07but he did not ask.

00:48:08After breakfast

00:48:09we took the car

00:48:09to Goodwell House.

00:48:10It was the best hospital

00:48:11in Chicago.

00:48:12It had a full supply

00:48:13of medical supplies

00:48:14and medical resources.

00:48:15Sometimes

00:48:16it even received rare items

00:48:17that could not be found elsewhere.

00:48:20Cassian heard the owner

00:48:20say a new batch

00:48:21batch of cigars

00:48:22had just arrived

00:48:23so he went over

00:48:24to take a look

00:48:24saying he wanted

00:48:25to add another gift.

00:48:27I turned and went

00:48:28to the storage room

00:48:28on the other side.

00:48:29My mother was

00:48:30the best doctor

00:48:30in Chicago.

00:48:31I had learned medicine

00:48:32from her since I was a child.

00:48:33After watching

00:48:34Cassian walk yesterday

00:48:35I had already roughly

00:48:36figured out the key issue

00:48:37with his leg injury.

00:48:38It was not completely

00:48:39untreatable.

00:48:40It just needed a few

00:48:40very rare medicines

00:48:41used together.

00:48:42I came to Goodwell House

00:48:43today to see

00:48:44if I could find them.

00:48:45As soon as I walked

00:48:46into the storage room

00:48:47I heard a familiar voice.

00:48:49Bring out the best

00:48:49supplements you have.

00:48:51Nina is carrying my child.

00:48:52I won't let her suffer.

00:48:53It was Lucian.

00:48:54I looked up

00:48:55and saw Lucian

00:48:56supporting Nina

00:48:56in front of the shelves.

00:48:58They saw me too.

00:48:59Lucian froze for a second

00:49:00then gave a mocking laugh.

00:49:02What?

00:49:02You married a guard yesterday

00:49:03and today you still have

00:49:04the mood to come to the hospital?

00:49:05Or did you feel sick

00:49:06after everyone laughed at you?

00:49:07Nina laughed along with him.

00:49:08Ivy, you're not still

00:49:09thinking about Lucian are you?

00:49:11Actually,

00:49:12you don't have to be upset.

00:49:14Even if you only went

00:49:15through the ceremony

00:49:15with a guard yesterday

00:49:16as long as you come

00:49:18take care of me

00:49:18from now on

00:49:20Lucian might still

00:49:20give you a bite to eat.

00:49:22I didn't want to

00:49:23waste words on them

00:49:23but walked straight

00:49:24to a shelf

00:49:25and picked up

00:49:25medical grade

00:49:26joint repair potides.

00:49:27This was a key supplement

00:49:28needed to treat old injuries

00:49:30and help leg recovery.

00:49:31Ordinary hospitals

00:49:32could not get it at all.

00:49:33I did not expect

00:49:34Goodwell House

00:49:34to actually have it.

00:49:35As soon as Nina

00:49:36saw what was in my hand

00:49:37her eyes lit up.

00:49:39Lucian,

00:49:40I asked my private doctor

00:49:41yesterday.

00:49:42The doctor said

00:49:43I've been weak lately

00:49:44and really need

00:49:44this kind of

00:49:45high-end supplement

00:49:46to recover.

00:49:47Look,

00:49:47isn't that exactly

00:49:48what Ivy is holding?

00:49:49Ivy!

00:49:50Hand that over to Nina!

00:49:52I am the only

00:49:53kingmaker in Chicago.

00:49:54From the day I was born

00:49:55an old fortune teller

00:49:56made a prediction.

00:49:57Whoever I married

00:49:57would take the top seat

00:49:58of the Drex family

00:49:59and I would stand by his side

00:50:00and become the most

00:50:01honored woman

00:50:01in this underground empire.

00:50:02When Serena Drex heard that

00:50:04relying on her friendship

00:50:05with my mother

00:50:06she arranged my engagement

00:50:07to her second son

00:50:08Lucian Drex

00:50:09very early on.

00:50:11But on the day

00:50:12of the wedding

00:50:15just because Lucian's

00:50:16assistant Nina Hart

00:50:17appeared with red-ringed eyes

00:50:18he tore off my veil

00:50:20in front of everyone

00:50:21and ordered me

00:50:22to wipe her shoes.

00:50:23I've been sleeping

00:50:23with Nina for a long time.

00:50:25Since you came after her

00:50:26you should kneel down

00:50:27and wipe her shoes

00:50:28to show your loyalty to me.

00:50:30If my mother

00:50:31hadn't forced me

00:50:32to marry you

00:50:32I would have been

00:50:33with Nina

00:50:33for the rest of my life.

00:50:34Don't even dream

00:50:35of standing above Nina

00:50:36in this life.

00:50:37Once I become

00:50:37the head of the family

00:50:38I'll make Nina

00:50:39the lady of the Drex family

00:50:40and the heir

00:50:41will only be

00:50:41my child with her.

00:50:45In that case

00:50:46my engagement

00:50:47with Lucian is over.

00:50:48Anyone here

00:50:49who asks to marry me

00:50:50right now

00:50:50I, Ivy Lay

00:50:51will marry him

00:50:52on the spot.

00:50:54The moment I said that

00:50:55everyone at the wedding

00:50:56froze.

00:50:57Everyone knows

00:50:58Ivy Vale was born

00:50:59with God-given luck.

00:51:00Whoever marries her

00:51:01will become the next head

00:51:02of the Drax family

00:51:03and Ivy is gorgeous.

00:51:04She looks like she stepped

00:51:05out of an oil painting.

00:51:06A woman like that

00:51:07with a fate like that

00:51:08and Lucian wants to break

00:51:09the engagement

00:51:09for a mistress?

00:51:10He really doesn't know

00:51:11what's good for him.

00:51:12From the looks

00:51:12on their faces

00:51:13many of them

00:51:14were already tempted.

00:51:15Some wanted to marry

00:51:16me themselves.

00:51:17Some were thinking

00:51:17of their sons.

00:51:18But because of the

00:51:19Drex family's reputation

00:51:21no one dared

00:51:22to speak first.

00:51:23Lucian had not expected

00:51:24me to break off

00:51:25the engagement

00:51:25on the pot

00:51:26and he had certainly

00:51:27not expected

00:51:28so many people

00:51:29to have their eyes

00:51:29on me.

00:51:30Ivy, you've got

00:51:31a lot of nerve.

00:51:32My mother arranged

00:51:32this engagement herself.

00:51:34Your name was registered

00:51:34in the Drex family's

00:51:35marriage records

00:51:36a long time ago.

00:51:37Even if I don't want you.

00:51:38Don't think you can

00:51:39marry someone else.

00:51:40Anyone who dares to

00:51:40touch you

00:51:41is openly opposing

00:51:42the Drex family.

00:51:43Watch yourselves

00:51:43or I'll make sure

00:51:44you can't stay in Chicago.

00:51:45Once he said that

00:51:46the room went silent.

00:51:48Seeing the fear

00:51:49on everyone's faces

00:51:50Lucian smiled.

00:51:51You see Ivy

00:51:52if you don't marry me

00:51:53in this life

00:51:54you only have two choices.

00:51:55Either lose all your dignity

00:51:56or in a church forever.

00:51:57Choose one.

00:51:58He thought I would not

00:51:58dare fight back

00:51:59out of fear

00:52:00of the Drex family's power

00:52:01but he forgot one thing.

00:52:02He was not standing

00:52:03at the very top

00:52:04of that power.

00:52:04While I stayed silent

00:52:05Serena Drex arrived.

00:52:07The moment she entered

00:52:08the hall

00:52:08she raised her hand

00:52:09and slapped Nina hard

00:52:10in front of everyone.

00:52:12Who do you think you are?

00:52:13How dare you seduce my son

00:52:14on his wedding

00:52:15and cause trouble for the bride?

00:52:16Since you love causing trouble

00:52:18you don't need to stay

00:52:18in Chicago anymore.

00:52:20Guards

00:52:20throw her out.

00:52:22Lucian it hurts.

00:52:23Lucian immediately

00:52:23stepped in front of Nina

00:52:24and looked coldly

00:52:25at the guards closing in.

00:52:26Nina is mine.

00:52:27Whoever touches her

00:52:28I'll kill him.

00:52:30Serena had not expected

00:52:31Lucian to be so foolish.

00:52:33Her face was full

00:52:34of disappointment.

00:52:35Lucian do you even know

00:52:36how many people wanted

00:52:37to marry Ivy Vale back then?

00:52:38Do you know how much effort

00:52:39I spent to secure

00:52:40this engagement for you?

00:52:41Ivy is the daughter

00:52:42of the Vale family.

00:52:43Behind her stands

00:52:44the entire Vale medical network.

00:52:46She was born with good fortune.

00:52:47She is the best support

00:52:48for your future

00:52:48and you make a spectacle

00:52:49of yourself at your own wedding.

00:52:51Where does that leave

00:52:51your wife's dignity?

00:52:52I never said

00:52:53I wouldn't marry Ivy.

00:52:54I just don't want her

00:52:55to bully Nina after.

00:52:56She's in the family

00:52:57because of her status

00:52:58so I wanted to put her

00:52:59in her place first.

00:53:00He looked at me like

00:53:01he was giving me a favor.

00:53:02As long as you promise

00:53:03to treat Nina well

00:53:04from now on

00:53:05and put her before everything else

00:53:06I can allow you to marry me

00:53:07and give you the title

00:53:08of legal wife.

00:53:09But don't expect me

00:53:10to ever touch you.

00:53:11Anyway,

00:53:12Nina is already

00:53:12three months pregnant.

00:53:13After you marry in

00:53:14take good care of her first.

00:53:16Once the child is born

00:53:16you can cook for her

00:53:17wash her clothes

00:53:18and be the child's nanny.

00:53:20Remember

00:53:20don't let Nina get tired.

00:53:22Right.

00:53:23Isn't your father

00:53:23great at raising children?

00:53:25Then he can raise

00:53:25my Nina's child.

00:53:27He'd better do a good job

00:53:28so the child can take

00:53:29good care of Nina

00:53:29in the future.

00:53:30Everyone found it hard

00:53:31to believe

00:53:31he could say something

00:53:32so absurd.

00:53:33Serena's face

00:53:33also looked terrible

00:53:34but when she remembered

00:53:35that Nina was already

00:53:36bearing Lucid's mild

00:53:37she no longer insists

00:53:38on having Nina dragged out.

00:53:39She could only force a smile

00:53:40and come over

00:53:41to take my hand.

00:53:42My dear,

00:53:42this is all my fault

00:53:43for not teaching

00:53:44Lucid well.

00:53:45You've been wronged.

00:53:46But today is still

00:53:47the wedding day

00:53:48and so many people are here.

00:53:50Can you give in this once?

00:53:51Agree to his demands

00:53:52and finish the ceremony first?

00:53:53Don't worry,

00:53:54from now on

00:53:55I will stand up for you.

00:53:56I will never let that woman

00:53:57rise above you.

00:53:58No matter how nice

00:54:00Serena's words sounded

00:54:01I knew the truth

00:54:02very well.

00:54:02If she could not

00:54:03control Lucid today

00:54:04she would have even less

00:54:05control over him

00:54:06in the future.

00:54:07I gently pulled my hand

00:54:08out of hers

00:54:09and smiled faintly.

00:54:10Mrs. Drax,

00:54:11you're broad-minded.

00:54:12You can tolerate

00:54:13a mistress?

00:54:14I can't.

00:54:15When you came to my family

00:54:16to ask for this marriage

00:54:17you promised my mother

00:54:18yourself that Lucid

00:54:19would only have me

00:54:19as his legal wife

00:54:20in this life

00:54:21and that he would never

00:54:21take another woman.

00:54:22But before the wedding

00:54:23is even over

00:54:24Lucid has already trampled

00:54:25on my dignity

00:54:26for a mistress

00:54:26and she's even carrying

00:54:28his illegitimate child.

00:54:29I'll say this plainly.

00:54:31Even if I really

00:54:31went to a convent

00:54:32I would never marry

00:54:34a man like that.

00:54:36Serena clearly

00:54:36had not expected me

00:54:37who usually seemed gentle

00:54:38to be so firm.

00:54:40For a moment

00:54:40she looked embarrassed.

00:54:42But Lucian

00:54:42was completely enraged

00:54:43by the mockery

00:54:44in my words.

00:54:45He pointed at me

00:54:45and cursed.

00:54:46Ivy Vale,

00:54:46do you really think

00:54:47I have to marry you

00:54:47just because my mother

00:54:48supports you?

00:54:49Keep dreaming!

00:54:50I'm taking Nina home

00:54:51right now to take care

00:54:52of her pregnancy.

00:54:52I'll leave you here alone

00:54:53and make you

00:54:54and the Vale family

00:54:54the biggest joke in Chicago!

00:54:57Lucian immediately

00:54:58swept Nira into his arms.

00:55:00No matter how

00:55:01Serena tried to stop him

00:55:02or persuade him

00:55:02he walked out

00:55:03without looking back.

00:55:04Being abandoned

00:55:05on my wedding day

00:55:06I could see pity

00:55:07in everyone's eyes

00:55:08but Serena still

00:55:09refused to give up.

00:55:10My dear,

00:55:11today is all

00:55:11Lucid's fault

00:55:12but we cannot miss

00:55:13the wedding time.

00:55:14How about I have a guard

00:55:14stand in for Lucid

00:55:15and finish the ceremony

00:55:16then hold a proper wedding later?

00:55:18Otherwise,

00:55:18if this marriage

00:55:18is completely cancelled today

00:55:20the shame to you

00:55:20and the Vale family

00:55:21would be the smallest problem.

00:55:22I'm afraid that

00:55:23if you offend

00:55:23the one in power

00:55:24you could lose your life.

00:55:26Everyone was shocked

00:55:26when they heard that.

00:55:27They were all waiting

00:55:28for my choice.

00:55:30Everyone knew

00:55:30that finishing the ceremony

00:55:31with a guard

00:55:32could indeed keep me safe

00:55:33for the moment.

00:55:34But once word got out

00:55:35I would become

00:55:36the joke of Chicago

00:55:36for the rest of my life.

00:55:38I would never be able

00:55:39to stand before people

00:55:40with dignity again.

00:55:41But if I really

00:55:41tore up the engagement

00:55:42it would be the same

00:55:43as making an enemy

00:55:44of the entire Drax family.

00:55:45Forget about whether

00:55:46I could protect myself.

00:55:47Even the Vale family

00:55:48might be forced out of Chicago.

00:55:49Just as the whole hall

00:55:50fell silent

00:55:51a cold, clear voice

00:55:52suddenly came from outside.

00:55:53Miss Vale

00:55:54does what you say

00:55:55just now still count?

00:55:57Everyone understood

00:55:58what that sentence meant.

00:55:59He was asking me

00:56:00whether my words

00:56:01anyone who asks

00:56:02to marry me right now

00:56:03I'll marry him on the spot

00:56:04still count.

00:56:05This was Lucien's wedding.

00:56:07The Drax family's

00:56:07dignity was right here.

00:56:08Who would dare step in

00:56:09at a time like this?

00:56:10But when they saw

00:56:11who it was

00:56:12everyone fell silent.

00:56:14The man who came

00:56:14was the eldest son

00:56:15of the Drax family

00:56:16Cassian Drax.

00:56:18Cassian stood there

00:56:18in a black formal suit

00:56:19his figure straight and sharp.

00:56:21His expression was

00:56:22utterly calm

00:56:22as if he had only come

00:56:23to attend an ordinary

00:56:24family dinner.

00:56:25His gaze passed over everyone

00:56:26and directly landed on me.

00:56:29Serena was the first to react.

00:56:30Her face turned pale at once.

00:56:32Cassian!

00:56:32What do you mean by this?

00:56:34Today is your younger

00:56:34brother's wedding.

00:56:35Ivy was Lucien's fiancé.

00:56:37This is not something

00:56:38you can joke about.

00:56:38As she spoke

00:56:39she shot glances

00:56:40at the people around her

00:56:41hoping someone would step in

00:56:42to smooth things over.

00:56:43But everyone in the hall

00:56:44either lowered their heads

00:56:45in silence

00:56:46or quietly stepped back.

00:56:48Cassian's move

00:56:48was unexpected

00:56:49but everyone knew

00:56:50how valuable Ivy Late's

00:56:51date was.

00:56:52Not to mention

00:56:53Cassian was already

00:56:54the first heir.

00:56:55If he really married me

00:56:56then we would be

00:56:56the most perfect match.

00:56:57Who would step forward

00:56:58at a time like this?

00:56:59Cassian ignored Serena

00:57:01and only looked at me.

00:57:02Miss Vale

00:57:02does what you say

00:57:03still count?

00:57:04I looked at the

00:57:04seriness in his eyes.

00:57:06Suddenly

00:57:06I smiled and took

00:57:07one step forward.

00:57:08Of course it counts.

00:57:09Hearing that

00:57:10Cassian finally smiled

00:57:11faintly.

00:57:12Mom

00:57:12I'll borrow

00:57:13Lucien's wedding hall today.

00:57:14Some other day

00:57:15I'll come apologize

00:57:16to you in person.

00:57:17Serena clenched her fist

00:57:18so tightly

00:57:18that her hands

00:57:19were shaking.

00:57:21Serena was

00:57:22Cassian's stepmother.

00:57:23Of course she wanted

00:57:24her own son to be the heir

00:57:25but by the rules

00:57:26Cassian was the first heir.

00:57:28No matter how unhappy

00:57:29she was

00:57:29she did not dare

00:57:30stop him in public.

00:57:31She could only grit

00:57:32her teeth and nod.

00:57:33Since you asked

00:57:34of course you can.

00:57:35Cassian did not say

00:57:36anything else.

00:57:36He reached his hand

00:57:37out to me.

00:57:38When I placed my hand

00:57:38in his

00:57:39I realized his palm

00:57:40was warm

00:57:40but there was a thin

00:57:41layer of calluses on it

00:57:42like he had long

00:57:43depended on a cane.

00:57:44It was also then

00:57:44that I noticed

00:57:45his left foot

00:57:45landed a little slower

00:57:46when he walked.

00:57:47He hid it well

00:57:48but I could still tell

00:57:49he had trouble working.

00:57:50So the rumors

00:57:51about Cassius's leg injury

00:57:52were true

00:57:53but he was tall

00:57:54and the steady demeanor

00:57:55easily outweighed

00:57:56that minor flaw.

00:57:57No one dared

00:57:58to look down on him.

00:57:59Once the people

00:58:00in the hall

00:58:00saw that the matter

00:58:01was settled

00:58:01they immediately

00:58:02changed their attitude

00:58:03and came forward

00:58:04to congratulate us.

00:58:05The wedding

00:58:05that had become

00:58:06such a mess

00:58:07actually turned

00:58:07into a wedding

00:58:08for Cassie and I.

00:58:09The Ophikaryt reacted

00:58:10quickly and immediately

00:58:11picked up the ceremony again.

00:58:12Cassius and I

00:58:13stood side by side

00:58:14at the front

00:58:14said our vows

00:58:15to each other

00:58:16and finished every step

00:58:17that needed to be done.

00:58:18As soon as the ceremony

00:58:19ended

00:58:20someone came in

00:58:21from outside

00:58:21to report that

00:58:22Cassian's car had arrived.

00:58:24Cassian helped me

00:58:24walk out.

00:58:25When we went down

00:58:26the steps

00:58:26I saw his left foot

00:58:28pause.

00:58:28Without thinking

00:58:29I reached out

00:58:30to steady him.

00:58:31He clearly froze

00:58:31for a moment

00:58:32as if he had not

00:58:33expected me to do that

00:58:34but he still followed

00:58:35my support

00:58:35and gently placed

00:58:36his hand on mine.

00:58:37The people beside us

00:58:38were stunned

00:58:38and Cassian actually

00:58:39let someone help him?

00:58:40I felt confused

00:58:41but I did not ask.

00:58:42I simply stayed steady

00:58:43beside Cassian

00:58:44and got into the car

00:58:45with him.

00:58:46By the time we returned

00:58:47to Cassian's place

00:58:48it was already dark.

00:58:49The people in the estate

00:58:50had already received the news

00:58:51and were all standing

00:58:52at the door waiting.

00:58:53Cassian opened

00:58:54the car door for me.

00:58:55This all happened

00:58:56too suddenly.

00:58:57The house didn't have time

00:58:58to prepare in advance.

00:58:59I'm sorry you have

00:58:59to endure all this.

00:59:00I shook my head.

00:59:01You were willing

00:59:02to help me out

00:59:02at a time like that.

00:59:03That was already my luck.

00:59:05There's nothing for me

00:59:05to feel wronged about.

00:59:06He glanced at me

00:59:07and said nothing more

00:59:08but the room had already

00:59:09been prepared

00:59:10and dinner was ready

00:59:11as well.

00:59:11Steak, roasted potatoes,

00:59:13salad, hot soup.

00:59:14Even the tea after dinner

00:59:15was at the perfect temperature.

00:59:16Everything was thoughtful

00:59:17and proper.

00:59:18After one night passed

00:59:19when I woke up

00:59:19the next day

00:59:20and looked at the

00:59:20unfamiliar room

00:59:21and the silk robe

00:59:22on my body

00:59:22it finally hit me.

00:59:23Yesterday I had almost

00:59:25become Lucian's wife.

00:59:26Today I was already

00:59:27his brother's wife.

00:59:29I sat in front of the mirror

00:59:30and thought of the rumors

00:59:31about Cassian.

00:59:32When he was young

00:59:33he had experienced

00:59:34a car bomb attack

00:59:35aimed at the Drex family.

00:59:36His life was saved

00:59:37but his leg was injured.

00:59:38Over the years

00:59:39people had always used that

00:59:40as an excuse

00:59:40to push Roman

00:59:41to replace the first heir

00:59:42but Roman loved

00:59:43his eldest son.

00:59:44No matter who brought it up

00:59:45it was useless.

00:59:46He kept Cassian

00:59:47in that position

00:59:48and because of that

00:59:48Lucian and the others

00:59:49always felt Cassian's

00:59:50position was unstable

00:59:51and they had always

00:59:52coveted the heir's seat.

00:59:56Cassian pushed the door

00:59:57open and walked in.

00:59:58He had already changed

00:59:59into a white shirt.

01:00:01He held a list in his hand

01:00:02and walked up to me.

01:00:05I'm taking you back

01:00:05to Vale House today.

01:00:06I've also had the gifts prepared.

01:00:08If there's anything else

01:00:09you want to bring

01:00:10you can tell me now.

01:00:11I took the list from him.

01:00:12Wines, flowers,

01:00:13gift boxes,

01:00:14skin care products,

01:00:14cashmere shawls,

01:00:15even my mother's favorite

01:00:16rubies were written on it.

01:00:18You thought of everything.

01:00:18I don't need to add anything.

01:00:19Great.

01:00:20We'll leave after breakfast.

01:00:22By the way,

01:00:22is there anywhere else

01:00:23you want to go today?

01:00:24Before we go to Vale House,

01:00:26if you want to buy anything

01:00:26we can stop by.

01:00:28My heart moved.

01:00:29Thinking of his leg injury,

01:00:30I want to go to Goodwell House

01:00:32and buy some Spokes Softly.

01:00:34Casbian looked a little surprised,

01:00:35but he did not ask.

01:00:36After breakfast,

01:00:37we took the car

01:00:38to Goodwell House.

01:00:39It was the best hospital

01:00:40in Chicago.

01:00:40It had a full supply

01:00:41of medical supplies

01:00:42and medical resources.

01:00:43Sometimes,

01:00:44it even received rare items

01:00:45that could not be found elsewhere.

01:00:48Casian heard the owner

01:00:49say a new batch batch

01:00:50of cigars had just arrived,

01:00:51so he went over

01:00:52to take a look,

01:00:53saying he wanted

01:00:53to add another gift.

01:00:55I turned and went

01:00:56to the storage room

01:00:56on the other side.

01:00:57My mother was the best doctor

01:00:59in Chicago.

01:00:59I had learned medicine

01:01:00from her since I was a child.

01:01:02After watching Casian

01:01:03walk yesterday,

01:01:03I had already roughly figured

01:01:05out the key issue

01:01:05with his leg injury.

01:01:06It was not completely untreatable.

01:01:08It just needed a few

01:01:09very rare medicines

01:01:09used together.

01:01:10I came to Goodwell House

01:01:11today to see

01:01:12if I could find them.

01:01:13As soon as I walked

01:01:14into the storage room,

01:01:15I heard a familiar voice.

01:01:17Bring out the best

01:01:18supplements you have.

01:01:19Nina is carrying my child.

01:01:20I won't let her suffer.

01:01:21It was Lucian.

01:01:22I looked up

01:01:23and saw Lucian

01:01:24supporting Nina

01:01:25in front of the shelves.

01:01:26They saw me too.

01:01:27Lucian froze for a second,

01:01:29then gave a mocking laugh.

01:01:30What?

01:01:31You married a guard yesterday

01:01:32and today you still have

01:01:32the mood to come to the hospital?

01:01:33Or did you feel sick

01:01:34after everyone laughed at you?

01:01:35Nina laughed along with him.

01:01:37Ivy,

01:01:37you're not still thinking

01:01:38about Lucian, are you?

01:01:39Actually,

01:01:40you don't have to be upset.

01:01:42Even if you only went

01:01:43through the ceremony

01:01:44with a guard yesterday,

01:01:45as long as you come

01:01:46take care of me

01:01:46from now on,

01:01:48Lucian might still

01:01:48give you a bite to eat.

01:01:50I didn't want to waste

01:01:51words on them,

01:01:52but walked straight

01:01:52to a shelf

01:01:53and picked up

01:01:54medical-grade

01:01:54joint repair potides.

01:01:55This was a key supplement

01:01:56needed to treat

01:01:57old injuries

01:01:58and help leg recovery.

01:01:59Ordinary hospitals

01:02:00could not get it at all.

01:02:01I did not expect

01:02:02Goodwell House

01:02:02to actually have it.

01:02:04As soon as Nina

01:02:04saw what was in my hand,

01:02:06her eyes lit up.

01:02:08Lucian,

01:02:08I asked my private doctor

01:02:10yesterday.

01:02:10The doctor said

01:02:11I've been weak lately

01:02:12and really need

01:02:13this kind of high-end

01:02:14supplement to recover.

01:02:15Look,

01:02:15isn't that exactly

01:02:16what Ivy is holding?

01:02:17Ivy!

01:02:18Hand that over to Nina!

01:02:20Nina!

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