Chapter 60:

Elyse pressed her palm against her forehead, unsure of what to say. Anyone with common sense could tell that Mabel had wanted to sleep with Theo from the start. Elyse was even willing to bet that the broken wine bottles were also part of Mabel’s plan.

“Think about it carefully,” Theo said. “Am I not the victim in all of this? Lanny wants you to marry Mabel. Can you honestly say that she is worthy to become my wife?” Theo asked calmly before taking a sip of his coffee. “This is clearly a scam. Did you think I would simply agree to their demands and call it a day? If the other party was you, I might have considered the marriage.”

“Is there a recourse for this predicament?” Elyse asked dryly, completely ignoring his last sentence. “Mabel said that her virginity was worth millions. If they want to discuss marriage with me, tell your family that they should pay me back first.”

The corners of Elyse’s mouth twitched. It was obvious that Theo had never intended to marry Mabel and he even wanted to get his money back. Sure enough, he was the most cunning of all the parties concerned.

Not that Elyse would ever acknowledge it out loud. She sighed and nodded. Her work was done; she just needed to relay Theo’s response to Lanny. How Lanny would take the news was no longer her business.

Elyse stood and made to leave, but Theo was quick to stop her. “Do you think the rest of your life will be easy and comfortable now that you’ve married an Owen?”

Elyse didn’t even bother to reply.

find yourself sorely mistaken. The Owen family has arranged for Jayden to marry Miss Foster. You may hold the title of his wife

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cast aside by the rest of his family. The only value he holds is his surname, and if he loses his eligibility

sink in. “You and Jayden have no future together,” he declared, feeling invincible lecturing the woman whom he had turned his back on. She deserved it, of course. No other man was better than him, and

things. She had more or less grasped the inevitable ending that awaited her. But Jayden had never discussed it with her, much less indicated that their

should she worry? Instead, Elyse had resigned herself to waiting for that fateful day to

was quietly enjoying his coffee not too far away. When he looked up, he spotted a woman outside the coffee shop’s glass door. She was wearing a

before. She was that

just stood near the door, staring inside at

back and observed in silence. After a while,

him out of his thoughts. He turned in their direction and found her on her feet. Across the table, Theo was drenched with

wiped his face with the table napkin and stood up. “Think about what

“Bullshit!” Elyse snapped.

He didn’t want to argue with her

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