Chapter 2 Marriage With Benefits

Hearing Eliana's footsteps getting closer, Theodore suddenly lowered his eyes and said mockingly, "Go on, tell me—how much did my grandfather pay you to get you to marry a blind, broken wreck like me and even say you're willing to take care of me?"

Eliana was crouching down, rolling up the dirty rug along with the spoiled food.

When she heard him say that, she replied calmly, "I heard from my dad that your grandfather and mine made a deal when they were young.

"If their grandkids ended up being a boy and a girl, they'd marry them off to each other. By that logic, your family was the one who backed out first."

Theodore thought, 'So now she's making it sound like the Russell family owes her?'

A vein throbbed on his forehead. Theodore remarked, "I asked what exactly my grandfather offered to your family. Don't try to change the subject."

Sure, their elders had made a verbal agreement, but he and Eliana had never even met before, and there were zero feelings between them.

On top of that, Theodore was now blind. Without a good payoff, he didn't believe anyone would be willing to marry him.

Eliana stood up with the dirty rug in hand and said, "Sorry, I don't know."

She really didn't know what kind of deal Daniel and Hudson had made in the study.

But Theodore was convinced the Burke family must've asked for some outrageous price, and that was why she was too guilty to admit it.

He let out a cold laugh. "Your father sold you off for profits while you are just a gold-digger. Neither of you is any good."

Eliana quietly drew the line. "You can insult my dad. But just don't insult me."

Theodore was speechless. He honestly wanted to rip her head off.

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