Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

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These past few days, Alistair's phone had been flooded with calls from unfamiliar numbers.

He didn't answer a single one. Only after changing to a new number did he finally regain peace.

Growing increasingly suspicious, Cordelia reluctantly decided to call Alistair herself-only to find the number disconnected.

Refusing to let it go, she pressed Rebecca for answers. Rebecca simply confessed, "I divorced him."

"What?" Cordelia was thunderstruck. "Why?"

Why else?

Of course, it's because my first love came back. Alistair, now superfluous, had to step aside to make room for him.

Rebecca didn't explain. Instead, she clutched a pillow over her head and cried out in distress, "Mom, can you just stop asking? Since you never liked him, isn't this divorce exactly what you and Dad wanted? I can find a better husband-isn't that enough?"

Seeing Rebecca's emotional state, Cordelia assumed she was traumatized by the divorce and didn't dare push further. She immediately concluded it was all Alistair's fault.

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"Didn't I warn you? A freeloader like Alistair is worthless. Fine, it's too late now. Since he betrayed you, your father and I won't let him get away with it."

Rebecca panicked, afraid her doting parents would go after Alistair-because that would expose Richard's involvement.

The excitement she'd felt when Richard returned was now eclipsed by regret.

Hesitantly, Rebecca said, "Mom, don't go after him. We parted on amicable terms."

"You poor, deluded girl. You're still defending him? How do I make you see the truth?"

Furious, Cordelia scolded, "I give you 500 thousand dollars in allowance every month, and you spend every last cent without fail. Did you waste it all on him?" Rebecca couldn't answer-because all that money had gone to Richard.

"Every time he came over, he only ever wore those two outfits, always acting meek and obedient. I actually thought he was decent. Well, that little bastard fooled both me and your father- how impressive. This isn't over."

"Mom!"

you kept making excuses

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was probably using your money to chase other women. We're not letting you handle this anymore-your father and I are stepping

turned to

what it took, make Alistair admit he was the one

she had even

and told her

Rebecca that, right after the divorce, Alistair had somehow vanished

Just tell your parents you're dating Richard. He's so outstanding-they'll adore him. Oh, Rebecca, by the way, last night I met this

"Anne, it's not that simple.

a cloud in the sky! If they don't even like Richard, then what

silent-because Richard was illegitimate, the

a mistress.

had driven his father's legal

to suicide before finally marrying

suppressed it. Younger generations didn't know, but the older crowd

Morgan family's

on the

to her death. His heartless,

charmed by Richard's refined, scholarly demeanor and fell

few times, her par

warned her to stay

ignored them and secretly dated Richard

party, after one too many drinks, Richard helped her to a hotel room. Rebecca

"Rebecca, Vivienne seemed pretty into him, didn't she? How could he... Is his wife fat,

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woman and

flashed to those cool, detached yet resolute

So

an actress Alistair hired. He's doing this to mess with you.

Rebecca's eyes lit

up slightly.