Owing My Parents Two Lives

Two years after graduating, a young woman faces relentless pressure from her parents, who force her onto blind dates three times a week. But when she finally finds a partner she genuinely loves, her family demands she end the relationship simply because they disapprove. Pushed to her limit, she confronts them to ask what they truly want from her. Their chilling response—that she owes them two lives—plunges her into a baffling, high-stakes mystery about her family's true motives.

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Chapter 4

In the end, I compromised.

I added Luis' WhatsApp.

He accepted my request quickly.

After chatting for a while, we had nothing to say.

I threw my phone away, feeling terrible.

Luis sent me a message: [Were you scolded by your parents just now?]

Did he guess it?

Then he added: [They seem to be sharp-tongued. I'm worried that you will be wronged.]

A subtle feeling rose from the bottom of my heart.

I thought he was on the same side as my parents.

But suddenly, I realized he was not.

He was on my side.

I didn't know how to answer him, so I pursed my lips and replied: [Since you know what kind of people they are, why don't you stay away from my family?]

He replied: [The person I want to know is you, not them.]

My eyes were dry.

[But I don't know you.]

He replied: [It's okay. Let's meet up on the weekend. It's late now. Have a good sleep.]

I felt moved in my heart and buried my head in the pillow.

But I couldn't fall asleep.

My disease always struck in the night.

I could feel the pain in my bones clearly.

I turned over and over again.

"Jessica, can you please be quiet?"

Mary's hoarse voice sounded.

She stood at my door with an impatient look, and I couldn't avoid the light she turned on suddenly.

There was only a wall between my parents' room and mine.

Mary always slept very soundly before. They were the ones who would wake me up, but I never woke them up.

I tried to open my eyes and look at her.

Mary's face was flushed red. She took a breath and wanted to continue scolding me.

But she covered her chest and coughed violently.

I realized something was wrong.

The next second, she fainted.

I was startled and hurriedly called the hospital.

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