When Love Turns Dangerous novel Chapter 143

Tara stood up, wrapped her arms around Soren's waist, and leaned into his embrace.

He smiled faintly as he gently stroked her smooth, dark hair.

"My parents have already picked an auspicious date for the wedding in May."

May? That was a month and a half away.

Tara nodded. "What do I need to prepare?"

Soren leaned down and kissed her. "Just prepare yourself to be my bride."

She glared at him in embarrassment. "I'm being serious."

"How is being my bride not serious?"

Ignoring her shy protest, Soren scooped her up and strode into the villa. After carrying her to the bedroom on the second floor, he wasted no time before doing decidedly indecent things.

At the engagement ceremony two days ago, the original host's parents showed up with her younger brother. When they saw that Tara had landed such a wealthy man, they grinned obsequiously.

Although Soren's family didn't say anything outright, it was clear their smiles had noticeably faded. To make matters worse, this all happened in front of so many powerful and influential guests.

Tara had been troubled by it at the time as well. She pulled her family aside and told them to just act naturally and treat people normally. There was no need to try so hard to please them. Only then did her family tone it down a bit.

Soren, on the other hand, didn't seem to mind at all. He treated her parents with respect and doted on her little brother.

As for the dowry, Tara's family knew better than to go overboard. They used 95% of the groom's gift money to prepare her dowry, mainly because the amount the Farrell family had given was so substantial that it had genuinely shocked them.

Their conscience seemed to have returned for a moment. They thought that Tara must have poured a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into marrying into such a family. She even seemed to have grown gentler and more mature because of it.

Seeing how much their daughter had changed, they couldn't bring themselves to keep draining her financially. Besides, the money she had already given them was more than enough.

In fact, the Farrell family had initially offered an even larger amount of gift money, but Tara turned them down. It took her a long time to persuade them to reduce it by half, which was already the Farrell family's bottom line.

Seeing how much effort Tara put into lowering the gift money, Soren's parents couldn't help but feel a little guilty. They had assumed she was after Soren's money, but it turned out that they had completely misjudged her.

Thus, even though her parents had caused them some embarrassment, the Farrell family still treated Tara very well.

Tara's reason for lowering the gift money was out of concern for the original host's parents. Such a large sum of money all at once could be a blessing—or a disaster—depending on how they handled it.

Soren didn't mind either way. What was his was hers. She even held shares in Farrell Group now. Compared to that, the gift money was nothing.

Soren had only invited Jonah to the engagement ceremony. Lance and Shawn weren't invited, and ever since the incident at the banquet, there had been no contact between them.

Soren never let his guard down toward them. He kept Tara well out of sight, leaving no opening for them to steal her away from him. Even though they hadn't made a move, he knew that they were just patiently waiting for an opportunity to strike.

In a villa located in a prime area of Sorrentia, Lance placed a newly finished painting on the easel one morning. He then opened the windows to let the painting air-dry naturally. After getting up, he took off his apron and hung it on the coat rack before turning to leave the studio.

A gust of wind blew in, knocking over a poorly secured canvas in the studio.

Lance paused and turned back to close one of the windows, and the wind immediately died down.

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