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I proposed to Aria eighteen times.
She agreed every time, but after I gave her eighteen dowries, she still used all sorts of reasons to delay the wedding date.
"Caelan is taking his driver's test soon, I don't want to distract him."
"Caelan's cat at home is sick, wouldn't getting married now just add to his troubles?"
"Caelan's been in a good mood lately, let's wait a bit. It's rare for him to be happy!"
Caelan was her childhood sweetheart, and the man who had secretly loved her for eighteen years.
Later, Primrose tearfully begged me, "Honey, what about your nineteenth proposal? As long as you propose to me, we'll have the wedding right away."
I held my new bride's hand and boasted to her, "Who's your husband? I'm already married."
"Oh, and if you don't pay back the dowry from the first eighteen proposals soon, you might be facing a lawsuit."

Eighteen Marriage Proposals Later, I Give Up on Marriage

However, she was unaware that I had already signed a contract voluntarily transferring the company's direct beneficiary rights. As long as she agreed to marry me, all of this would be given to her along with the $280,000 dowry.


When I saw Aria again, she had just been released from detention.


Her eyes no longer held that arrogant look, and she was dressed in plain clothes, much more subdued.


"I know I was wrong. Can I apologize to you and your uncle in person?"


After my dad was beaten by her, his condition had taken a sharp turn for the worse, and he was now on a ventilator.


The doctor had said that at this stage, the extent of a patient's deterioration largely depends on their mood.


Aria's actions that day, provoking my dad, in a sense made her the prime culprit in harming him.


Chapter 9