Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

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Vivienne leaned forward, her tone teasing but earnest. "If you're really done with him, Rebecca, I might just make a move on Alistair. Fair game, right?"

Her words stoked the irritation simmering in Rebecca's chest. With a dismissive smirk, Rebecca shot back, "Vivienne, since when did your taste sink so low? You're not seriously into Alistair, are you? He's got no degree, no background... He's a complete loser. What exactly do you see in him?"

Vivienne's eyes flashed with defiance as she stood up for him. "Rebecca, you've been so busy picking apart his flaws that you've missed what makes him special. Sure, he doesn't come from money, but not everyone gets a lucky break.

"But no education? Come on, Rebecca, don't you feel a little guilty saying that? If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have missed his SATS. I remember he was a stellar student back in high school."

Vivienne and Rebecca had been classmates, and though Alistair moved in different circles, his reputation as an academic star had reached even their privileged clique.

Rebecca let out a derisive huff, a flicker of unease crossing her eyes before her usual haughty mask snapped back into place.

Vivienne pressed on, undeterred. "He's good-looking,

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thoughtful, steady, and he knows how to take care of people."

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Rebecca rolled her eyes, cutting her off. "Oh, please, spare me. He's not half as perfect as you're making him out to be."

Vivienne arched a brow. "Isn't he? If he wasn't so meticulous in looking after you and Daniel, do you honestly think you'd have kept him around for six years? I know you, Rebecca. You used him to get under Rick's skin, but if he wasn't pulling his weight, you'd have ditched him ages ago."

Rebecca fell silent, her lips tightening. She had no comeback.

After a long pause, she muttered defensively, "It wasn't about that. I paid off his dad's two-million-dollar debt. He owed me. If I'd let him off the hook early, I'd have been shortchanged."

Vivienne shook her head, a wry smile tugging at her lips. "You got a steal, Rebecca. Forget two million dollars. I'd shell out five to find a guy who'd care for me the way Alistair did for you and Daniel for six years."

Anne, quick to jump to Rebecca's defense, scoffed, "Vivienne, whose side are you on? Why are you hyping up this guy? He's a schemer, plain and simple. A smooth-talking charmer who's got you wrapped around his finger."

Vivienne sighed, unfazed.

She knew she was speaking the truth, and that was enough.

Trying to steer the conversation elsewhere, she glanced at her

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late, Rebecca. Aren't you picking up Danny? Alistair's probably not handling

smile. "Rick's got it. He said he wants

post. Rick made you guys breakfast? That's the

practiced, boastful grin, but deep down, she was silently begging Richard to stop making

no question, but his cooking?

were always just right, and now, anything less felt like

sudden wariness

to suspect that Alistair's earnest, obedient façade

cover.

skills on

steeled herself. She'd break that habit of

in jou

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slipped her mind that when Alistair first started, his dishes were simple, unpolished. Back then, if something wasn't to her taste, she'd hurl the plate at him, berating him until he pored over

to watch out for that Alistair. He might've left quietly, but I bet he's playing the long game.

tone icy, "Let him

but pointed. “Hey, Rebecca, mind

"What, you're actually serious? Vivienne, he's not what

half-teasing. "Why, you

Of him?

words, a knot of discomfort twisted in her

vel

was so rattled. From the moment Vivienne brought up Alistair, a restless unease had taken hold When Vivienne asked for

A

herself that it was just a

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is too good for someone as duplicitous as

fall for his facade.

pulled out her phone and noticed five missed

accidentally silenced it and hadn't

number. It was Maggie, from the

were from the same

matters, Rebol

dealt with the

the last two missed calls

in an unexpected way.