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

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

turned to Anne for

was simple-no matter what it took, make Alistair admit he was the one at fault for

out to Anne, she had

stammered and told her Alistair had

Alistair had somehow vanished into thin air. Seeing him again. now seemed

tell your parents you're dating Richard. He's so outstanding-they'll adore him. Oh,

part and sighed, "Anne, it's not that simple. My

to Alistair, Richard is like a cloud in the sky! If they don't even

silent-because Richard was illegitimate, the

a mistress.

said Richard's mother had driven his father's legal

to suicide before finally marrying into

father had suppressed it. Younger generations didn't know, but the

family's

on the first

allowed the homewrecker to force er way in-even driving the first wife to her death. His heartless, backstabbing behavior horrified many, earning widespread disdain. Several elite families deliberately distanced themselves from the Morgans- the

by Richard's refined, scholarly demeanor

times,

her to

ignored them and

helped her to a hotel room. Rebecca steered the conversation back to

him, didn't she? How could he... Is his wife fat, old, and ugly? Maybe he knew Vivienne wouldn't take him seriously, so he used

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some rich woman and became her daughter's

mind flashed to those cool, detached

neither old nor ugly-on the contrary, she was stunning. So stunning that even Rebecca, who

woman..." Rebecca admitted reluctantly, "She's not ugly. She's young." "Then she must be an actress Alistair hired. He's doing this to

Rebecca's eyes lit

up slightly.