Chapter 208 The Sentiments Behind His Passive-Aggressiveness
- I frowned when I heard those words. I didn’t think that Lena would be the one to orchestrate her marriage to Anthony.
- Unable to keep my curiosity at bay, I asked, “Are you saying that Lena set you up after Roy lost his right to inherit the McGowan fortune? That she married you so that she could one day become the matriarch of the McGowan Family?”
- Anthony’s lips curled upward in a cold smile as he explained, “Lena is a patient and calculative woman. Roy was far too caught up with his own feelings for her to see her true colors and after having been deceived by her looks and charms, he saw me as his nemesis. In order to keep our family reputation afloat, Grandpa asked that I marry Lena. While I was well within my right to refuse, I couldn’t bear to see Roy fall for her trickery and become her tool. I married her so that he could give up on her for good.”