Chapter 56

Marina belatedly realized that she had walked into Everly’s trap. She didn’t want to out herself as the mistress, for that’d reveal Olivia’s identity as Ethan’s ex–wife.

She would never do that.

So, she quietened and collected herself. Glaring at Everly, she said, “I’m not. It’s indecent to discuss topics like cheating at a formal event.”

But Everly wasn’t deterred. In fact, she was emboldened. “The mistress is the indecent woman for sleeping with a married man! I have nothing to fear. But Ms. Carlton, you seem very affected by the discussion. Were you someone’s mistress too?”

rich husband like you, Ms. Carlton doesn’t have to climb

tell that Everly was taking a

did a notable figure like Ethan Miller come to

at Everly’s impudence. She wasn’t as daring as her best friend, who

the topic of conversation, “Anyway, it’s all in the

she had set things straight, it’d be rude for anyone

single? Is Keith pursuing her?” She was not the sharpest

to be confronted with a

into the discussion. She never expected the event to turn into a huge gossip

suitors. When she gave up everything and left school, her classmates couldn’t help but wonder about the man whom she

harder to read by the day. He seemed to have given up on Olivia, but he occasionally

ate

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