"So what? I'm marrying Marcus, not his family. Worst case, I just won't visit them."

Just like Right now, living on her own was fine. Besides, she hadn't planned to marry Marcus anyway. She didn't even have any romantic feelings for him.

"I don't know how to get this across to you, but Marcus isn't right for you. Even if you don't enter their house, if his parents find out about you, they won't let you off easily." Michel explained.

For her sake, ...