Billionaire's Match

Chapter 369 "That's because I have to get married..." Winnie burst out bitterly. She had no easy way to explain it. There was an additional clause in her mother's will: as long as she married, she could leave the Olson family immediately and reclaim part of the inheritance that had been held by them. Back then, Winnie had been too young to understand any of it. Only after growing up did she realize how deeply disappointed her mother had been in her-and how little faith she'd had-entrusting control of Winnie's life to someone else. If not the Olson family, then a husband.

It was as if she didn't deserve to exist in this world unless she depended on someone. Winnie had once hated her mother intensely. Just because her father had been worthless, did that mean she was destined to be worthless too? And so, the more her mother defined her that way, the more Winnie gave up on herself, refusing to strive for anything better. She might as well become a mess, turn herself into mud, let everyone trample her-at least then it felt justified. But after all these years, that self-righteous rebellion brought no response, no redemption.

All that remained was her disgust with herself. Her mother's disappointment had been carved by her own hand into her bones and soul. "Marriage?" Khloe seemed to realize something. Winnie stopped halfway through her sentence. She didn't want to complain. Complaints only magnified her inferiority and pain. Winnie knew her own limits. She didn't have the strength to reclaim her mother's inheritance, nor the ability to truly fight back against the Olson family she despised. Perhaps marriage really was the only way out.

family was even more despicable than she'd imagined. They had plenty of dirty tricks hidden in the dark. One by one, the men who grew close to her either met with accidents or suddenly asked to break up. Michael's serious injury had happened because she dragged him into it. She hadn't never considered being with Michael.

didn't dare accept him. In Winnie's mind, the only way she

Khloe again, took a deep breath, and didn't deny it. It wasn't hard to figure out. Over the years, Winnie had been at odds with the Olson family, their conflicts ugly and public-yet she still couldn't leave. Khloe

that piece of juicy meat-and they definitely wouldn't be willing. That was why Winnie had been trying every possible way to pass the evaluation. If marriage was one of those paths... then the rumors about her being promiscuous finally made sense. "Don't tell Michael," Winnie said. "I promised