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.

to the entire

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 need to ensure the succession of the Fairhaven

your child? Do you want to leave the Fairhaven group without a successor? Do you want my brother to become the laughingstock

eyes tightly, sweat beading on

on you, indulges you, decides against having

Fairhaven group is my father’s life’s work. If my brother 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

like a frost–edged blade, slicing mercilessly into Marilla’s

must understand what I’m saying, right? Think about

piece, Edith rose

spoke softly, her head still bowed

pupils dilated, “What

Jareth so very much.”

stare, “All my life, I’ve been a coward, never fought for myself, never truly desired

teeth, Edith was livid.

matter. I don’t seek a title, I only want to be with Jareth. As

eyes shone with a brightness so compelling,

and not wanting to let

jaw, her high heels clicking sharply as she walked away, ignoring the annoyed

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in the hallway until the celebration ended.

doors opened, and students poured out with

to

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