Falling for My Contractual Wife

Chapter 327

When Marshall heard that, he got uneasy. 'How can Louise being sick be a small thing?' Marshall thought. He rushed over and took Louise's hand. "What's up, Louise? If you're feeling off, you gotta tell Daddy." Ava shot Louise a glare. I gotta admit, when this woman puts on an act, especially playing the victim, she was Oscar-worthy,' Ava thought.

Right now, Louise was giving Ava the sad puppy eyes, no anger, just pure 'woe is me,' looking quite pitiful.

Seeing her gaze fixed on Ava, Marshall asked, "What's the matter?"

Louise bit her lip, tears welling up. "Today. Ah, forget it. Just ask Ava!"

She was on the brink of accusing Ava of bullying. In Ava's mind, she'd cursed Louise out a million times already.

This shameless bitch. I'm no match for her, Ava thought.

Marshall turned to Ava. "Ava, spill. Where were you today? What went down?"

Shannon saw all the good impressions she'd built up slipping away again. She was ready to stand up for Ava, but Marshall shut her down with a glare.

"Zip it! Let her talk!"

lip, took a moment, then spilled it. "I heard she was sick, so I went over to the Francis residence to check on her. No

all wronged. "Accident? Dad, do you buy

her

crap! Tell the truth!" Marshall

only admit they had a spat, and

added, "But she started it! Dad, you know how it is, right? If she hadn't pushed my buttons, I wouldn't

earlier talk about wanting to

fly off the

sister."

a deep breath.

Ava muttered, "Sorry. It

dinner, Marshall brought

their recent tiff. They'd patched things up,

course, she couldn't tell Marshall that, especially

good,

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