The Unwelcome Encounter

After Lucian said those words, he looked away from Aubree’s face. He had decided to marry Aubree back then to repay the favor her grandfather had done for them. That was why he interacted with the Pearson family so closely. That was also why he had agreed to marry Aubree when the elders of the families suggested it. In fact, for a while, Lucian was sure that Aubree was his first crush. That lasted until six years ago when that woman left without saying anything. It was then he realized that the feeling he had for Aubree was not love as he initially a*sumed. After that, the elders of both families kept urging him to marry her, but he had found all kinds of excuses to delay the wedding. In those six years, he had also done everything he could to a*sist the Pearson family and agreed to all kinds of business requests they made to repay them for the kindness back then. Now, it seemed like he had done more than enough to repay them for that favor back then. At the very least, it was enough f