His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 698

Seeing Marilla dare to talk back, Edith felt a surge of rage so intense, her meticulously manicured nails almost digging into her own palms.

If it weren’t for the crowd around them, she would have slapped that fool across the face already!

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Edith’s red lips curled into a venomous smirk as she leaned close to whisper in Marilla’s ear, her voice dripping with mockery.

“That’s right, you’re not an idiot, you’re a lunatic.”

Lunatic.

She was calling her a lunatic.

A buzzing sound filled Marilla’s head, and cold sweat soaked through her pure white cotton dress.

And just then, the piano recital began on stage.

The flowing music filled her ears. That was to Marilla a torturous cacophony, only serving to heighten her psychological burden.

“Marilla, you wholeheartedly wish to be my brother’s wife. But do you think you’re worthy? You know your condition best. Do you really believe you can bear my brother a child with a sound mind?”

Edith struck right at her sore spot, each word a dagger to the heart!

Marilla hung her head low, her eyes reddening with moisture, her cotton dress wrinkled beyond recognition by her slender fingers. Just like her heart in that moment.

brother isn’t just your lover; he’s the heir to the entire Fairhaven Group, the future head of it.”

for the Fairhaven Group to become a century–old prestigious family. If you want to be the lady of the Fairhaven group, it’s inevitable that you’ll

your illness is passed on to your child? Do you want to leave the Fairhaven group without a successor? Do you want

tightly, sweat beading on her

indulges you, decides against having children… would he also give up on the Fairhaven Group?”

cannot inherit the Fairhaven group, how could our father rest in peace? Do you think Grandpa would accept a woman like you as the future lady of the Fairhaven group? If my brother insists on marrying you, then he’ll only grow further from the role of heir. Grandpa might well

a frost–edged

saying, right? Think about it carefully. If you really love my

said her piece, Edith rose

will not leave Jareth, Marilla spoke softly, her head still bowed but

“What did you say?”

love Jareth so very

I’ve been a coward, never fought for myself, never truly

Edith was

like me, the Fairhaven group may not accept me, it doesn’t matter. I don’t seek a title,

shone with a brightness so

and not wanting

she walked away, ignoring the

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waited patiently in the hallway

students poured out with laughter

to meet them.