Engaged to Me, but His Heart Is Hers

Over time, Portia grew disgruntled with me as well. I suspected that she would have spoken with my parents and called off the engagement if it weren't for my family's background.I only loved Caleb, and naturally, I couldn't care less what Portia thought of me.But while everyone was watching us intently in the hospital room earlier, Caleb had held me close and clutched my arm with his large, firm hand. The anesthesia had left him delirious, and I blushed crimson when he told me he couldn't leave me and said all those sweet nothings.He was never one for sweet talk. I thought he might have been putting on a solemn front after I saw how endearing he could be under the influence of anesthesia, but the next second, Naomi's name slipped off his tongue.At that moment, exhaustion overwhelmed me. I was done being a part of their twisted game.Portia was still bombarding me with calls, the interval between each call shorter than the last. I figured Naomi must be at the hospital now, so I

Enid's father often gave her an angry lecture because of this. "You won't give our family business the time of day, but you'll help an outsider with hers? You're turning your back on us, young lady! Are you trying to kill me here?""Sonia's not an outsider. Her business is mine," Enid would say flippantly.I hadn't realized before, but looking back, Enid was far better at problem-solving than Caleb. She could work through any prickly issue and resolve it with a snap of her fingers. She was on par with, if not more brilliant than, Caleb in that regard.Half a month passed. I spent each day poring over work, and I'd almost forgotten about Caleb until he called Enid.Enid so happened to be busy setting up the grill and tossed her phone at me. I thought it was the food delivery guy at first, but when I answered, Caleb's deep, magnetic voice came from the other end of the line."Hello? Is Sonia there? Could you please pass her the phone?" He was as courteous as ever.My brows furrowed

Caleb ran toward Naomi, panic clear on his face. He pulled her into his arms and carefully put his hand over her stomach, rubbing gentle circles on it. His expression was tender and full of concern.Who would've thought he was capable of such consideration?I remembered a time when I fell sick and had an episode of gastritis.The medicine hadn't worked, and I was in so much pain that I could hardly stand straight. I asked Caleb to take me to the hospital, but he was in a rush to meet Naomi for their date and turned me down. He didn't even bat an eye."Surely it's not as painful as you make it look. You were fine before. Besides, if I weren't home today, I doubt you'd be in so much pain that you couldn't go to the hospital yourself."He left me with those words and headed out, not forgetting the present he'd bought Naomi.After that, I called 911 when the pain became unbearable. I'd already passed out by the time the ambulance pulled up.When I got to the hospital, they discovere

A crimson flush spread across Caleb's face.Naomi frantically dodged the doctors as they tried to drag her into the ambulance. "I don't need your false charity! There's no way you'll be this nice to me! Caleb, help me!"But Caleb had problems of his own to worry about.The members of the medical team attempted to grab Naomi by force and get her into the ambulance, but she clung to Caleb stubbornly, refusing to let go.Caleb grew anxious and barked an order at me. "Make them let Naomi go, Sonia!""Sure. I'll let her go, then submit this evidence to the court." I jerked my chin at the documents in his hand.For the last half a month, Enid had been helping me with my investigation. The evidence was airtight, and there was physical proof to back it up. I was certain to win if I took them to court.At this point, Caleb visibly backed down. He gritted his teeth, then pried Naomi's hands off his sleeve. "Naomi, go with them to the hospital and let the doctors examine you properly, alr

Portia was stumped. Although she'd tried to cover up the incident, plenty of people at the hospital had already seen it.She slapped Caleb hard across the face, then pointed at him with a shaky finger. "Get on your knees right now!"Caleb didn't dare to utter a word and obeyed.Portia flashed me an appeasing smile. "Sonia, I really didn't know the details of that incident, but I've already punished Caleb for you. If you don't think that's enough, perhaps I should slap myself to make it up to you."She was about to do just that when my parents stopped her. If Portia truly hurt herself because of me, there was no telling what her entourage might say about me once they left.Mom saw through Portia's intentions and said, "This is the first time Sonia's ever been in a serious relationship, and she's made her fair share of mistakes. As their elders, our place is not to meddle with our children's love affairs."But Caleb has been manipulating and fabricating records in our families' bus