A Bride’s Revenge: No Longer The Back Up by Cozy Season

Chapter 320

Seeing Brian extend his hand, Ariana was shocked and disgusted.

Evelyn stood by and watched Arlana carefully. Brian never took the initiative to shake hands with other women. Everyone around turned to look at Ariana. They hadn’t expected Brian–known for avoiding all other women–to reach out first for a handshake.

In the end, Ariana still shook Brian’s hand.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Lodge.”

Ariana said that politely, but on the inside, she was already cursing him.

She wasn’t sure if Brian did it on purpose, but she felt his grip tighten sharply around her hand.

Ariana’s injuries were bad enough. With Brian gripping her so firmly, the pain spread through her entire body. She couldn’t show weakness in front of everyone, so she forced a faint smile despite the pain in her hand. Brian watched her reaction closely, trying to catch a slip that might reveal she was actually Ariana.

should have caused her excruciating pain. Yet this woman gave

pulled Ariana’s hand free. “Susan is my date tonight. Your date is Evelyn. You don’t want people to think you’re interested

made Evelyn feel awkward. She forced a small laugh, then looped her arm around Brian’s and said to William, “Mr. Kingsman, you do like to joke. Rather than stand at the door, why

William

finally breathed a sigh of relief. Brian had nearly crushed her

close to William and muttered softly, “Mr. Kingsman, that was

calmly, “Don’t worry, I’ll cover

She just wanted to keep her distance from Brian during this banquet. She had no idea

sure he already

only option now was to make him doubt that suspicion. She had to

name. “Brian, don’t

wasn’t blind could see that the new executive director, Susan, closely resembled Ariana. They looked nearly identical. Their