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!"

this is why you kept making excuses to

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us. He was probably using your money to chase other women. We're not letting you handle

Rebecca turned to Anne for

it took, make Alistair admit he was the one at fault for the failed

she had

her

Alistair had somehow vanished into thin air. Seeing him

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

it's not that simple. My parents

possible? Compared to Alistair, Richard is like a cloud in the sky! If

silent-because Richard was

a mistress.

mother had driven his

suicide before finally marrying

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

family's rise

on the

er way in-even driving the first wife to her

by Richard's refined, scholarly demeanor and fell head over heels? But

times, her par

her to stay

and secretly

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

has a wife-and a daughter as old as Danny?" Anne perked up. "Rebecca, Vivienne seemed pretty into him, didn't she? How

I

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and became her daughter's stepdad? Damn,

those cool, detached yet resolute

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

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

Rebecca's eyes lit

up slightly.