The special elevator door closed. The shiny metal and glass space instantly became cramped and stuffy.
An Luowei, who had been feeling like her soul had been ripped out, suddenly woke up. She jerked her hand away from Lu Beichen's.
"Lu Beichen!" Her voice trembled with shock and anger. "You... what the hell did you just say?"
Lu Beichen calmly adjusted the cuff of his shirt, which she had just grabbed. "I'm telling the truth."
"The truth?" She almost wanted to scream. "'Mrs. Lu'? 'Registered marriage'? Are you crazy! Our contract is clearly..."
"What?" Lu Beichen interrupted. He suddenly took a step forward.
An Luowei reflexively stepped back, her back hitting the elevator wall.
He raised one hand, leaned against the glass wall, completely trapping her in his embrace. His cold breath blew on her face.
"The contract? An Luo Wei, that day at the hospital, you signed it without reading the terms carefully?"
An Luo Wei's heart skipped a beat. "You... what do you mean?"
"You're really brave." He curled his lips, a mocking smile. "That day you signed a file. But you only signed the last page, right?"
An Luo Wei was speechless. That's right! At that time, she was both angry and softened by Luc Thien An, she only flipped to the last page, signed, and didn't bother to read.
"That file," Luc Bac Than leaned closer, his voice bewitching, "The first page, is the Marriage Registration Certificate."
CRASH!
An Luo Wei felt like something in her head had just shattered.
"Wh... what?"
"The nanny contract, the employment contract... they're all fake. Only the marriage certificate is real. Your signature is real. The ink is real." He said, emphasizing each word. "We are, legally, husband and wife."
"YOU FOOLED ME!"
An Lac Vi almost went crazy. She used all her strength, raised her hand, and aimed straight at his face.
But this time, the slap couldn't land. Luc Bac Than easily caught her wrist.
"Enough." He squeezed lightly, the force causing her to frown in pain. "I fooled you, so what?"
"You...!"
"My goal from the beginning," he looked straight into her panicked eyes, "was 'Mrs. Luc'. Not 'nanny'."
"WHY?" She screamed, tears of resentment welling up. "Why me? What do I have that's worth you wasting your time deceiving me like this? We... we've only met for a few days!"
"Met for a few days?"
This sentence seemed to touch something deep inside Luc Bac Than. The coldness on his face shattered in an instant, replaced by a sorrow that bordered on despair.
"An Lac Vi..." He whispered. "You really... don't remember anything?"
"Remember? Remember what?"
"We didn't just meet." He said, his voice hoarse. "I met you... a very, very long time ago."
An Lac Vi was stunned by his sudden change. "A long time? When? Where?"
Lu Beichen looked deeply into her eyes, as if wanting to penetrate the hazy layer of memory. "So long that... you've forgotten me."
This answer... is too much like the motif of a bloody romance movie! An Luowei didn't believe it. "Don't make up stories! Do you think I'll believe it?"
"So... 'thirty thousand years'?" She asked tremblingly. "You also made that up?"
Lu Beichen seemed to regain his senses. He let go of her hand, took a step back, turned away, and regained his cold expression.
"You heard wrong."
"You heard wrong? The whole world heard it!"
"I said 'ten thousand times', meaning, out of ten thousand people, I'm only waiting for you." He gave a cheesy but reasonable explanation.
Jing.
The elevator door opened. The parking garage.
He didn't give her a chance to question anymore, grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the Rolls-Royce.
"Let go! Lu Beichen! You bastard! You liar!" She struggled. "I want a divorce! Now!"
BAM!
He pushed her into the passenger seat, then quickly sat in the driver's seat. He leaned over, the seat belt made a "click" sound, locking her in.
"Divorce?" He sneered, starting the car. "An Luowei, do you think the Lu family, after announcing it to the whole world, can just divorce?"
The car sped out of the basement.
"I don't care! You lied to me!"
"So what?" He turned the wheel. "What do you think Jiang Suru, after being publicly humiliated by me, will do to you if you 'divorce' me? She will tear you to pieces."
An Luowei was speechless.
"Where do you think those photos came from? She was targeting you." Lu Beichen said coldly. "Only by my side, as 'Mrs. Luc', will you be safe."
He... punched and stroked. He threatened and protected.
An Lac Vi was completely cornered. She was bound by the law (marriage certificate), bound by public opinion (the whole world knew), bound by her own safety (Giang To Nhu), and... bound by the child at home (Luc Thien An).
She... had no way back.
An Lac Vi turned her face to the window, tears streaming down. What kind of karma had she created in her life to fall into the hands of this devil?
Luc Bac Than glanced at her trembling figure through the rearview mirror. His expression was still cold as ice, but the hand on the steering wheel was clenched so tightly that the veins were popping out.
Luc Bac Than's inner thoughts:
'Vi Vi, I'm sorry. In my previous life, I couldn't protect you, forcing you to jump off Tru Tien Dai. In this life, even if I have to use the most despicable means, I must tie you to my side.'
'I cannot lose you... again.'