A Poor Scholarship Girl Tutored the Heir She Couldn’t Stand — Then He Became the Man She Never Expected to Love
Chapter 8
Sophia’s mother needed an operation.
The medical assistance foundation could cover part.
But not all.
Sophia finally accepted a temporary family loan.
She made it clear it was a loan.
Adrian’s mother agreed.
But Adrian’s father refused.
He ordered the hospital’s financial office to deny further assistance.
Sophia was devastated.
Adrian confronted him.
“You did this.”
“I won’t finance her family.”
“Then I will.”
“You don’t have access to the trust.”
“I’ll find another way.”
His father looked at him.
“If you choose her, you lose the inheritance.”
Adrian didn’t hesitate.
“Then I lose it.”
The words stunned them both.
His father disowned him temporarily.
Adrian left the family home.
He moved into a small apartment with Sophia.
For the first time, he lived like an ordinary graduate.
He found a job.
Sophia worked part-time at the hospital.
Together, they paid their bills.
They struggled.
But they were happy.
The operation succeeded.
Sophia’s mother recovered.
Months passed.
Adrian built a small investment consultancy.
He worked obsessively.
Sophia finished her medical training.
They married in a small ceremony.
No billionaire wedding.
No private island.
Just family and friends.
Adrian’s mother attended.
His father did not.
Sophia remembered standing beside Adrian after the ceremony.
“You gave up everything.”
He smiled.
“No.”
“I thought you did.”
“I traded one life for another.”
She looked at him.
“Regret it?”
“Never.”
She kissed him.
At the reception, someone whispered that Adrian would eventually crawl back to his family.
He didn’t.
Not yet.
Because he wanted to build something of his own.
