Another Bad Boy Down

My engagement with Vincent haven't been finalized yet, but our families think that we will end up together in the future. Is that why they never mentioned about the Yuan family? Neo and Miss A have been engaged for a long time, I think his grandparents also think that they will surely end up together.

"What if -" I was hesitating to ask because I think I wouldn't like the answer.

"The Gu family is also a well known family, but compared to mine, they are nothing. I hope Miss Tan understand this. The earlier you accept the better." he said with ease. Like he never considered this as a problem at all.

So what if you're the young master of the Yuan family? You're still no one unless you follow your elder's conditions! I really hate this guy's guts! He dare use Vincent to threaten me?!

I closed my eyes and asked him "Why do you want to break up with Miss Shen? Tell me the truth!" I didn't open my eyes. With my eyes shut, I lifted my right hand to massage my temple.

" She is my childhood friend. We've been engaged before we were even born. She is a month younger than me. All the family members already know about this arrangement, which was never leaked to the public. But last month I saw her in the act of ... sleeping with my cousin." I opened my eyes when I heard his words.

I must be imagining things. Why did it sound like a tinge of pain was mixed with those icy words of his? Can it be that he- with my eyes wide open I exclaimed "You... You love her?". I said this as I straightened my back and looked at his direction.

Neo didn't deny or agree to what I said. "What else?" I asked him. I'm sure that catching her having an affair with someone is not enough for him to desperately force me into being his fake girlfriend.

"After the investigation, I found out that she have been poisoning me. Little by little she added poison to my food for the past 5 years." he said with an indignant tone of voice.

She poisoned him??!! Is she insane? If Neo dies then I'm sure the Yuan family will do their best to know the truth. They will know that he was poisoned and all the evidence will be pointing back at her. Unless... unless someone is backing her up inside the Yuan Family. If they succeed in killing Neo then the inheritance will fall to his cousin.

"Does your parents know about this?" I asked.

"No. It will be a huge mess if they find out. My parents and grandparents are not in good terms as of the moment, my grandparents trust the Shen family and treat Ms. Shen as their own granddaughter." Neo said.

"Then why look for a fake girlfriend? Why ask me to be your fake girlfriend? If what you said is true then doesn't that mean that you will end up marrying me? Well, that's if I dont marry Vincent." I asked.

"You're still 16, theres still time before you turn 18. I plan on collecting enough evidence that will make the elders not entrust the company to my cousin. If I succeed then there will be no one else legitimate enough to become the Yuan heir aside from me. So my marriage with the Shen family or yours will not matter anymore." he explained.

With a skeptical look i asked him "What if you don't succeed?"

"Then you marry me." he said, like it's a matter of fact.