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!"

this is why you kept making excuses to keep him

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chase other women. We're not

options, Rebecca turned to Anne for

make Alistair admit he

she had even contacted

and told her Alistair had cut ties with

Rebecca that, right after the divorce, Alistair had somehow

He's so outstanding-they'll adore him. Oh, Rebecca, by the way, last night I met this insanely hot guy-his build,

sighed, "Anne, it's not that simple. My parents wouldn't

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

silent-because Richard was illegitimate,

a mistress.

Richard's mother had driven his

suicide before finally marrying

a major scandal back then, but Richard's father had suppressed it. Younger generations didn't know, but the

family's rise

on the first

moment her family lost power, Richard's father 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

d been charmed by Richard's refined, scholarly demeanor and fell

few times, her

her to stay

and secretly dated Richard

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

perked up. "Rebecca, Vivienne seemed pretty into him, didn't she? How could he... Is his wife fat, old, and ugly? Maybe

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

to those cool, detached yet

was neither old nor ugly-on the contrary, she was stunning. So stunning that even Rebecca, who prided herself on her beauty, felt

not ugly. She's young." "Then she must be an actress Alistair hired. He's

Rebecca's eyes lit

up slightly.