A Contract Marriage After a ONS novel Chapter 1653

"Grace met him before you did. That's what they call predestination or fate. If Charlie had met you first, I think things might have turned out differently.

"You should listen to me. Let it go, and set your heart free. Charlie wouldn't have been so ruthless to you if he still felt anything for you. Don't you think so?"

Bella remained silent.

Mckenzie didn't know if she had talked any sense into Bella. Afterward she received a phone call from the restaurant and then left.

Bella’s mother brought Bella some food and told her that she should eat some.

Surely she couldn't let herself starve?

"He would never be so merciless to me for no reason. Grace must’ve bad-mouthed me behind my back and coerced him. That's why he's treating me like this. Yes. That's the reason. I'm positive of it..."

Bella kept bobbing her head while speaking, looking as if she had found the correct answer.

Her mother was stunned at her words. She felt that Bella was no longer in her right mind.

"Bella, you must not think of it that way. It's really just because you and Charlie are not meant to be together. Your aunt wants to fix you up with a guy. You should spare some time to meet him tomorrow," her mother added.

Having seen how things had turned out,

her mother began to regret it.

She should never have drummed it into Bella that she must marry a rich man.

She bitterly regretted having done that.