Edgar and His Destined Wife

Chapter 30 Pretending Noblesse Oblige

“Would you let my family and my father off the hook if I told you the truth? Would you forgo your plans to ruin my family?”

Jean snarled as she stepped towards him menacingly. Edgar had never seen the smile on her face before – a smile was like a slash across her face that never reached her eyes.

The thought of saying ‘Yes’ crossed his mind, but he felt the words clump in his throat like a piece of stubborn phlegm. “Hah! You don’t have to pretend.” Jean smirked as she turned away from him.

Jean is so different. Edgar thought as he watched her walk away from him. When he went to his car, Edgar tore his baseball cap off and threw it on the passenger seat.

Just as he planned to drive out of the venue, he saw Ben holding Jean by her wrist towards a car. “Are you okay? You look pale. I’ll send you back.”

“I might be low on blood sugar as I skipped my breakfast.” Jean mumbled. “I’ll treat you to a meal then!” Ben said as he stomped on his accelerator. Jean leaned back as the cool evening breeze scattered her short hair. “The trophy will be ours!”

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the staff would be leaving. This had been how the Roydens ran their family affairs,

before going to his study with his phone in

period. I just had some nutritious food. When will you be coming to see

child? She goes on and on about the child, but she has never indicated

he decided to

his eyes to

and turned the television to watch the preliminary competition. I’m sure

predicted, there was a rerun of the competition. However,

raked all over her face and her body, and he was astounded that he had never seen such

racing? Based on her performance, she must have invested a lot of time

am I surprised? She is an Eyer! They never wear their