Chapter 769:

“Compared to you, I’m honestly nothing. I don’t understand business at all. I leave all of that to my husband. He insists I don’t trouble myself with anything, and I suppose I’m just spoiled. All I do is stay home and enjoy a life of comfort.”

She gave a small, bashful laugh, her voice growing softer, more saccharine.

“He says I shouldn’t have to lift a finger for anything.”

It was a perfectly crafted jab—each word designed to flaunt her position, her relationship with Noah, and her supposed blissful life—all while wearing the mask of casual conversation.

Sadie’s grip on her wine glass tensed, her fingers going pale around the stem. Yet her expression remained as smooth as still water, her smile no less refined than before.

“Is that so?” she said evenly, her voice light and unbothered, betraying nothing beneath the surface.

smile widened, as if a delightful thought had just occurred to her. Her voice lowered into something more intimate, honeyed

Patrick and I are planning to hold our wedding ceremony here soon.

Sadie so suddenly, it almost

with a foreign smugness, each word

could respond, a familiar presence

like a dark current, his gaze sweeping over both women. There was a subtle tension in his posture—an alertness that hinted he

two discussing?” he asked, his voice quiet but

turned to him, slipping her hand around his arm with practiced ease. She looked up at him with

just asking Ms. Hudson to be the witness in our

𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙖𝙩: ⲅ𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⸱𝖼𝗈𝗺

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