Marriage Rights: Billionaire's Forgotten Wife

The sun was setting, and Yu Qiao was setting down his third beer. After a stop at the hospital, he decided he needed to seek the help of a bottle to calm his nerves after meeting with Mo Lihua. He had picked a dive bar on the other side of town where his face wasn't as known.

This way, he could avoid any comments and questions but also getting in fights as the news would soon be out that his father was a con-artist.

He said to himself he would only have one beer, but one became two, and by three, Yu Qiao was starting to lose track of why he had said he would only have one.

Yu Qiao is starting to become his father, alcoholic. Mo Lihua trusted him and is willing to help him even though she needs to sacrifice herself to do so.

He wants to see her, but the guilt and shame is eating him out. Yu Qiao will still have to see her in a couple more hours to legalise their marriage at the registration office.

'Marry me.' That phrase is still lingering inside his head like Mo Lihua is just beside me uttering the words.

Yu Qiao was initially happy to know that Mo Lihua had the solution to all his problems. However, when she finally mention about marriage, he felt lost.

It would be a dream come true for him, yes. Then what about Mo Lihua?

Could he allow Mo Lihua to sacrifice her life, even if it is only for five years to help him?

He would need to be married with Mo Lihua in exchange for her help. Give it to Mo Lihua to prove that she had planned everything out before speaking to him another list of conditions are provided to him as well.

Mo Lihua honestly said that the only way she can access her inheritance is through marriage. So technically speaking their contract is a prenuptial agreement that he gains all the benefit by just following it.

He will be the official representative and act as Mo Lihua's investment consultant. That will be his official job after they got married secretly. The contract also states that he will not question her future decisions unless it will destroy both companies reputation.

Within the timeframe of the contract, they are not obligated to act on their marital obligations unless life and death situation. Then after five years of the agreement, all assets will be divided equally.

Some terms are quite strange for him, especially the part that states life and death situation. When Yu Qiao asked, Mo Lihua just shrugged her shoulders and told him that life is not permanent and the phrase is for legal insurance papers.

He can only nod to her answer but had a bad feeling about the whole situation. It is like Mo Lihua is leaving her money to him as insurance instead. Yu Qiao is even required to live at the Mo household and take care of everything like he is the master and not Mo Lihua.

Speaking of the Mo household, what will his godfather think when he learned about the marriage? Mo Che will surely despise him for taking advantage of Mo Lihua to survive.

Yu Qiao whipped his face with his hand as not sure what to do. There will be two more hours before the registration office close. Can he do it?

He just finished two more glasses of beer when his phone buzzed. 'Where are you?' It was a message from Mo Lihua.

Instead of answering, Yu Qiao ordered another beer and left the bar despite being dizzy and intoxicated. He did not even realise that his action will place a crack on his marriage before it would even start.

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'He does not want to marry me.' Mo Lihua thought bitterly. It is only for five years to save the Yu family business but the way Yu Qiao is having a hard time accepting it even if it is the last resort proves that she is not loved even a tiny bit.

She is currently on the registration office parking lot waiting inside Yu Qiao's car. Another hour and the office will close for the day. In the event he changed his mind the next day, Mo Lihua is not sure if she is still willing to offer marriage to help him.

The pain of rejection and the feeling of not being wanted cannot endure every day. Mo Lihua is not even sure if she is willing to look at him the next day when all are over.

Another half-hour had passed, and finally, Yu Qiao arrived riding in a cab. Mo Lihua quickly approached him and immediately noticed that he is not standing straight as he massaged his head.

"Are you drunk?" She asked in disbelief.

Yu Qiao chuckled as he approached her slowly with open arms, "No. I am fvcking alright. Now, let's get married just like what you wanted."

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