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!"

kept making excuses to

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

of options, Rebecca turned to Anne

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

to Anne, she had even

her Alistair had cut ties

after the divorce, Alistair had somehow vanished into thin

outstanding-they'll adore him. Oh, Rebecca, by the way, last night I met this

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

to Alistair, Richard is like a cloud in the sky! If they don't even like Richard, then what kind of man could possibly meet

Richard was illegitimate, the son

a mistress.

had driven his father's

suicide before finally marrying into

a major scandal back then, but Richard's father had suppressed it.

Morgan family's rise

on the first

father allowed the homewrecker to force er way in-even driving the first wife to her death. His heartless, backstabbing behavior horrified many,

by Richard's refined, scholarly demeanor

a few times, her

her

them and

after one too many drinks, Richard helped her to a

up. "Rebecca, Vivienne seemed pretty into him, didn't she? How could he...

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onto some rich woman and became her daughter's stepdad? Damn,

flashed to those cool,

contrary, she was stunning. So stunning that even Rebecca, who prided herself on her beauty,

she must be an actress Alistair hired. He's doing this

Rebecca's eyes lit

up slightly.