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?"