The transformation was instant. Suddenly, I wasn’t just some woman their son was marrying. I was someone with connections and success.
“You… own a laboratory?” his mother asked, her tone dramatically different from before.
“Indeed,” I replied coolly. “Family’s been in the scientific research field for years.”
Nathan squeezed my hand under the table, barely containing his laughter. He knew exactly what I was doing.
His father, who had been so dismissive earlier, now listened with rapt attention. The same man who’d previously looked at me like I was beneath them was now hanging on my every word.
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