Chapter 183

I promise to play along with you

Vincent opened the passenger door and motioned for me to get in. I didn’t know if he deliberately dressed up today, but he didn’t have that tired, haggard vibe he usually had.

I strode over and ducked into the car. As I spoke, my tone was slightly distant.

“How’s Mrs. Jones doing?”

Vincent got in the car as well and turned his head to look at me. His eyes lingered on my neck for a couple of seconds, and he quickly put on a smile. He tried to hide the gloom in his eyes, but he still let out a sigh and shook his head.

“The scan determined that her cancer is already quite advanced. According to the doctor, she’s not doing great. If the medication controls the cancer well, she’ll probably live for another six months.”

I couldn’t help but feel a bit sad. Mrs. Jones was such a good woman, but her illness was so severe that her days were numbered.

Vincent pursed his lips. “Olive, thank you so much for making this trip. My mother will be very happy to see you.”

was still exhausted from the flight and didn’t notice

leaned forward, his

do me

that I was uncomfortable. I furrowed my brow and shuffled away, asking with

you, and she always wanted us to

was so ridiculous that I thought I misheard him for a

leaned even closer and looked at me with a desperate expression. “I really don’t have a choice. You’re the only one who can help

was basically begging, I could only shake my head and refuse. I thought about Aaron, who was now my boyfriend. I wouldn’t dare to imagine how Aaron would react if he

more desperate in response. “Are you reluctant to say yes because you're worried about

tried to make my voice sterner. “It’s not only that, Vincent. You should know that I would never

was sad about his mother’s sudden illness, but I couldn’t play around with marriage just so she wouldn’t have any regrets. Even

forgotten about how he

married. I wouldn’t want to ruin your future with Aaron. Here in Las Vegas, even if we get a marriage license, if we don’t submit the proper documents with the signatures then our marriage certificate would be invalid. I just want us to put

in the middle of the

wasn’t an idiot-she would be able to tell

me a chance to think. I hesitated to answer him, but I

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