Mobile Blood Bank: I Leave My Ugly Family Behind!

I immediately sent a text to my adoptive mother, who replied that she had no such plans.

"Maybe you've been scammed? Lisa has a tight schedule."

Laura shot me a vicious glare. "You're just jealous, aren't you?"

I lowered my head to ignore her.

But she wouldn't let it go. She went on and on, telling me that with my current abilities, I should focus on studying so I wouldn't embarrass the family by ending up at a diploma mill.

Draven and Rayne nodded in agreement, even suggesting that I should look up to Laura as a role model. I could see the disappointment flicker in their eyes as they looked at me.

Listening to her brag about how difficult it was to get into her non-art school, I almost believed that being accepted into the Central College of Arts was nothing special.

Seeing that I wasn't responding, they shifted the conversation awkwardly to the upcoming birthday party. Until the discussion ended, Draven and Rayne didn't remember that my birthday was on the same day as Laura's.

I let out a cold laugh. "And what about me?"

Draven paused, looking confused for a moment before he understood. "Don't worry, I've prepared a gift for you too. You'll be engaged to Jake Gardner, the son of the Gardner family at the party."

To convince me, Draven went on and on about how great Jake was, with Laura chiming in.

I felt it was so ridiculous.

I wondered, Is this a gift? It's selling your daughter for benefits.

Now I understood why they had come looking for me. They couldn't bear to let Laura marry Jake, so they decided to use me instead.

Anyone in our circle knew that Jake was a womanizer with a violent streak.

Did Draven and Rayne really think I would be that easy to manipulate?

"Laura, if you like him so much, why don't you marry him?"

Before Laura could respond, Draven slammed his cup down, his eyes full of impatience. "Laura deserves better! You're going to marry him whether you like it or not. Our family didn't bring you in to freeload! Besides, the Gardner family has already agreed."

With that, Draven ignored me and headed upstairs.

I sneered. If Jake knew that it was me who would marry him, he would probably go crazy. I was actually looking forward to it.

Thinking that, I immediately texted Jake: [I heard you're going to marry me. Forget about asking me to help with your stocks.]

Back when Jake was studying abroad, he had always stuck to me when he found out about my luck, always asking me to help with his stocks.

He even promised to follow my lead in the future. We hadn't kept in touch for years, and now this was the first thing I heard from him. It felt so bad.

He immediately begged for mercy, assuring me that he would show me a satisfactory solution.

Not long after, I heard Draven's furious shouting from upstairs.

He was begging the Gardner family repeatedly not to pull their investment, but it was no use. The Gardner family had made up their mind. When Draven came downstairs, he looked utterly defeated.

He turned to me with a venomous glare. "Did you offend Jake?"

I scoffed inwardly but kept a calm face. "How can a country bumpkin like me possibly know Jake? Maybe he just prefers Laura?"

Laura's face went pale, and the next moment, she collapsed to the floor heavily, her face pale and covered in sweat.

Draven and Rayne panicked and rushed her to the hospital.

The moment we arrived, Draven dragged me to give her a blood transfusion.

I yanked my arm out of his grasp.

Draven instantly flew into a rage, glaring at me with bloodshot eyes as if I were his worst enemy. "Athena, why are you so ruthless?! She's your elder sister! What's the big deal about giving her a blood transfusion?! If it weren't for you, Laura wouldn't be in this situation!"

Rubbing my bruised wrist, I turned to the doctor and asked if Laura's condition required a blood transfusion.

The doctor shook his head.

I cleared my throat. "How strange. The Harrell family actually wants an outsider like me to be Laura's blood bank."

Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to Draven.