Chapter 9. Marry Him...or Not

It’s been two days. I had been to another hell and back. I'd visited Christian at the company, but he had ordered no one to let me in. Uncle Pete had gone with me for support. I had tried the house my father built with his hard-earned money — same mean treatment. Even his ex-girlfriend — now girlfriend — Denise Kellers had treated me worse. She’d splashed cold water on me before I saw it coming.

I was currently in the car with Uncle Pete, crying my eyes out.

“He doesn't want me anymore, Uncle Pete. What have I done to deserve this? I didn't plan for this to happen.”

“I'm sorry you're going through this. But at a point, you have to make a choice,” he comforted me.

I wiped my tears and stared at him.

“You do not expect me to marry Jared, do you, Uncle Pete? He doesn't even like me. Did you not see how he and his mother and girlfriend treated me?”

“Martha has never been an easy woman. Jared is short-tempered and sometime