All Chapters of Forced to Marry: The Apple of His Eye: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

It was already the afternoon when Brooklyn woke up. He felt lost when he saw the empty space beside him and wondered where Dimitri was. He put his pajamas on, got out of bed, and shuffled out of the room."You're awake, Mr. Hart." A maid hurried over to him to help him downstairs when she saw him. "Remember to change into something else later. You're attending a banquet tonight.""A banquet?" Brooklyn didn't understand why these rich people had so many banquets to attend."Yes, that's right. It's Mr. Wood's mother's birthday celebration. He's gone back to the main residence to deal with it," the maid said with a smile. "There will be many important people present. And so, as Mr. Wood's fiancé, you have to keep up appearances."Brooklyn didn't say anything. How could someone like him, who was from the underground level, keep up any sort of appearance? He was nothing but a lowly peasant who'd never experienced things like these. He didn't want to embarrass Dimitri."Can I skip this?

"I still stand by my decision, though. I like Zachary," Dimitri said. He placed a hand on Brooklyn's shoulder. "Thanks for coming over to teach him etiquette today, but don't bother teaching him things that don't matter. Don't bother saying meaningless things, either."Lorraine was so angry that she couldn't speak. When she saw him put a finger to his lip to shush her, she took a deep breath and snarled, "You're definitely going to embarrass yourself if you bring him to the banquet with you tonight. He knows nothing! You're better off taking me."Brooklyn stiffened at that. He subconsciously tugged on Dimitri's sleeve, wanting to say something. However, before he could, Dimitri said, "That won't do. I'm going to bring Zachary with me, no matter what.""Your family doesn't like him, either, right? Someone like me, who comes from an affluent family, is much better compared to him. His family is basically middle-class compared to mine," Lorraine said bluntly. "I'm your best choice.""

Brooklyn looked at the guests milling about. They were all dressed to the nines. He didn't know how to handle himself around them."It's been so long since we last saw each other, Mr. Dimitri." A woman in glasses approached Brooklyn and Dimitri, her arm in Victor's. "How have you been recently?""I've been great," Dimitri said coldly. "Thanks for your concern, Ms. Hayes, but no thanks.""This must be Mr. Zachary Hart." Sheila Hayes looked at Brooklyn, her gaze gentle. "He doesn't look as bad as the rumors make him out to be. In fact, he looks pretty obedient.""If you don't have anything else to say, Ms. Hayes, Zachary and I are going to leave." Dimitri didn't seem to like Sheila much. He'd barely spoken to her when he gestured for Brooklyn to push him away."There are certain things that we just can't force, Dimitri," Sheila said icily. "Whatever happens in a relationship is only the business of the parties involved, but neither of you represent just yourselves. Honestly, Victor

Brooklyn looked at Victor, subconsciously not wanting to meet his eyes. He didn't want Victor to know he was speaking to Wilson."You, back there. What's your name?" Victor stepped past Brooklyn and approached Wilson. "You're a waiter here, aren't you?""I'm Wilson Sutton, sir," Wilson said.Brooklyn had a bad feeling about this. Before he could say anything, Victor punched Wilson, making the latter fall to the ground.Wilson let out a muffled groan. He didn't know what he'd done to piss Victor off, so he remained on the ground without saying anything."What are you doing?" Brooklyn ran to stand before Wilson, shielding the latter with his body. "What makes you think you can just hit someone like that?""What makes me think that? My bad mood tells me I can do it, and the fact that my family hired him tells me I can do it. I can do whatever I want to him," Victor said impatiently. "You, come over here and wipe my shoes."Wilson clenched his fists but didn't say anything. He got u

"I did nothing of the sort!" Brooklyn looked anxiously at Dimitri. The latter merely looked at him without saying anything."What do you mean, you did nothing? You lied, didn't you? You must know this fellow." Victor looked mocking. "I heard you used to have a Beta lover from the underground level—this guy's a Beta. And look at how protective you are of him.""I'm not!" Brooklyn didn't know how to explain the matter; it seemed there wasn't any way for him to explain. To him, any explanation would blow his cover.Just then, Mischa looked around at everyone with a cheeky smile. She said, "We should talk about this where there aren't so many people, shouldn't we? This isn't the best place to chat. We'd only be embarrassing ourselves.""Let's head to the pavilion in the garden, then," Victor said. "Come along, Wilson."Wilson had already turned to leave. He'd only taken a few steps when someone stopped him. He turned to give the people waiting for him a resigned look."You're one of