Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 23 I Divorced Him

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

turned

was simple-no matter what it took, make Alistair admit

to Anne, she had

he stammered and told her Alistair had

the divorce, Alistair had somehow vanished into thin air. Seeing

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

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

the sky! If they

fell silent-because Richard was illegitimate, the son

a mistress.

Richard's mother had driven his father's

suicide before finally marrying

Richard's father had suppressed it.

family's rise

on the first

er way in-even driving the first wife to her death. His heartless,

demeanor and fell head

a few times,

warned her to

ignored them and

after one too many drinks, Richard helped her

seemed pretty into him, didn't she? How could he... Is his wife fat, old, and ugly?

I

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to latch onto some rich woman and became her daughter's

flashed to those cool,

So stunning that even Rebecca, who prided herself on her

hired. He's doing this to mess with you.

Rebecca's eyes lit

up slightly.