Fake Antagonist
Chapter 35 ~ Need Backrest

"I as this useless Daddy apologize for my daughter's behavior. But I hope that our cooperation will continue even if our children's marriage is canceled" said Barnett who got a cynical glance from Valerie.

While Alice was eager to shout excited if she did not remember she had to act as a woman who would be left behind.

...

Valerie laughed out loud, making the smile that had been plastered on Alice's face instantly disappear. His feelings said something was wrong. And sure enough, her hopes that were as high as the clouds were now falling shot quickly to the bottom of the earth just because of the one sentence Valerie spoke.

"Who said this marriage would be annulled?" valerie's words shocked everyone except Aldric. The man still remained silent as he stared at the change in the face of the fiancee. Now he was increasingly convinced that the behavior of the girl was a mere charade.

"Your little girl is just pretending, she's not that bad" Valerie continued, smiling as she appeared to be forced.

"What do you mean, Jeng?" evelyn asked who was curious.

"Your daughter was bluffing, she wanted to make me hate her. Haha, your daughter is weird, isn't she? Most girls out there must be competing to get the heart of prospective in-laws, while your daughter is the opposite. But I'm glad you're unique, Alice. Looks like Mom will like you a lot."

Huh huh?

It feels like Alice has fallen, now also hit by the stairs. "Where do you know I'm pretending? I'm not pretending, I'm serious. I am evil, wasteful and like to play the same ...."

"Alice Lawrence's! Watch how you speak in front of your parents!" rebut Barnett in a high tone, managed to make Alice jump and silent for a moment.

'Who told you that I was just pretending? Everything is planned and no one knows. What is one of us?' alice looked at Lucy sharply.

Lucy who was stared at became shrivelled and shook her head quickly, not she who said. Although he has a good relationship with Malvin, but his loyalty to the lady will not fade by anyone.

Barnett who saw the codes between the princess and her servant was like thinking of something. He then slightly drew a smile and refocused on the guest before him.

"Valerie, I'm sorry about my daughter. She was indeed sometimes a bit different than the other family's daughter."

"Haha, no problem. Precisely your daughter is cute and unique, I love it," Valerie replied with a crisp laugh, venturing to look at the life-taking angel so-so events before her, but immediately turned his head in the other direction when he accidentally sat on the sharp blue netra.

"I also really like Alice now, Dad. And can't wait to tie him up to be mine." Aldric added, he spoke while staring at his girlfriend despite being met with a sharp gaze but the man was not daunted at all.

"Then let's go ahead again with your wedding date," Barnett suggested the sooner he handed over the princess, the less time Alice would have to act. Because he knew after this surely his defiant daughter would come back to make trouble.

"I am bo ...."

"Can't! I don't want to rush, what do people say? A sudden and still accelerating marriage, do you want me to be considered pregnant out of wedlock and put our two extended families to shame?" deny Alice upset, now she does not want to pretend anymore. It will clearly demonstrate its dissident nature.

And that bravery made Barnett take a deep breath. Trying to neutralize the feeling of emotions that will feel enslaved.

Seeing the already uncomfortable aura, Bastian finally became a mediator. "Alright, Alice's words have a point. The date of the wedding will remain the same as the plan at the beginning."

"Of."

"Yes." Yeah." Bastian looked at Alice, though he was reluctant to remember the absurd appearance of the future son-in-law.

"Of course."

"What if I marry someone else."

"Alice, what are you talking about?"

"Silence, Nett ... Alice, the investment will only be made if you become a daughter-in-law in our family."

"I'll still be a son-in-law, Om. Son-in-law of Nelson's first son." Alice smiled.

"Can't!" This time Valerie spoke up.

"You must not marry other than Aldric if you want to raise capital from us. If you marry someone else then our stake in Lawrence's company will be withdrawn as well" he said.

How dare this girl reject her son so many times, he thought. While Aldric is smiling obliquely, he must thank the person who has sent him proof that Alice is only pretending to be evil.

With the evidence and a little drama that Alice has rejected many times, Valerie immediately supports the son to get this arrogant girl. Perhaps it was this ego that declined in the son, Aldric.

Finally the Nelson family came home after a brief debate that pressured Alice not to mess around if she wanted her family's company to survive.

After their return, Barnett asks Alice into his room. There he scolded the princess.

"Basic useless child! So you spent daddy's money just for stuff like that? And this is what? Huh huh? What is this outfit? Daddy's completely out of mind with your way of thinking" angry Barnett as he pointed at Alice's forehead. He poured out all his anger that had been hidden since. His blood had gone up and boiled.

Alice laughed smirkingly, her eyes teary. The word useless has long not been heard since the old grandmother who adopted it was gone. In the past, the two words were always a meal every day Ayla, when doing a little mistake, had not cleaned the house even when sick two words seemed to be a cure.

Emboldened he looked at the father, his teary eyes now carried a dark light in his sapphire eyeballs. Barnett who felt the aura of the princess instantly changed felt a little intimidated, especially Alice's makeup was indeed a bit creepy.

"I'm a useless kid, Dad. That's why I don't want to live up to Daddy's ambition. I know for a fact that Lawrence's company will be fine even if the Nelson family pulls a ten percent stake. Maybe it'll get a little shaken up and I'm sure Daddy can handle it. Butwhat? Daddy prefers to sell Daddy's own daughter just to quench Daddy's thirst, for what? To get richer? Dad, what I need isn't just a treasure. I need your love, too, Dad. I need the attention you haven't given me since childhood, even if you dress me in luxury but it's all empty, Dad. Vilan ...."

Alice began to cry bitterly, maybe this was no longer Ayla's outburst of anger, but this was really Alice's outburst. Even Ayla's soul also felt pain when the reflex said this.

Barnett was stunned, seeing the princess who had always displayed a cold face and coated in a strong wall was now sobbing, inexplicably making his heart throb with pain.

While Evelyn who was outside the room could only come crying to hear the outpouring of the child's heart that was so painful. She felt like a failure, no, a complete failure to be a good mother.

Alice came out and passed her mother. "Lice, Alice!" peeking Evelyn but Alice really took a moment to her ears. As strong as he is, he still needs a backrest now. And the backrest he needed wasn't the shoulders of his parents.

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Tbc.

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