Chapter 704

Marilla couldn’t even bring herself to look at the man before her, let alone respond to his words.

She hunched her shoulders, wishing she could just vanish into thin air

Jareth’s eyes were icy daggers, silently targeting the jovial face of Alston.

But Alston, seemingly oblivious to the hostility, reached out with a friendly hand to Marilla. “Hey Marilla, it’s me, Alston, remember? We were in the same class in junior high. Do you

With a slap!

Jareth’s gaze somber as he swatted the man’s hand

The atmosphere was tensed to extreme.

member me?”

away. “I believe my wife does not remember you”

Yet, hidden within, Edith couldn’t help but anicker to herself.

It seemed that messing with Jareth and teasing the idiot had become the sole joy in her life.

Alston nursed his stung fingertips, a flash of anger in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure, staring intently at Marilla. “Marilla, you’re married to Mr. Fairhaven? How come I never saw any news about it?”

Before Jareth could speak, Edith Interjected, “Alston, you’ve just returned from abroad, there are a lot of things you don’t know. He and Marilla have been living together for quite a while now. Even if they are not married, they might as well be.”

She raised her voice for the last sentence deliberately.

All the surrounding and guests could hear her loud and clear!

“What? Marilla Abernathy, the precious daughter of the Abernathy Group, living with a man without being married? Even if she has lost her mother, isn’t her father Mr. Frederic still around? How could he stand for it?”

“Hey, that’s no ordinary man–that’s Jareth Fairhaven, heir to the Fairhaven Group!”

he’s Jareth Fairhaven? He’s still a man, right? And with his reputation around Elmwood, everyone knows he’s a playboy. Living together without tying the knot just screams he’s not Into marriage. Sure, Jareth can play the field with all the power and wealth at his disposal, even if he were to divorce eight times, there’ll be women lining up. But what about Ms. Marilla? Once she’s past her prime, her virginity lost, her reputation in

too inexperienced, too

series of explosions by Marilla’s ears, drenching her smooth

gaze sweeping over,

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feigned realization,

you

were cold and piercing as he fixed his store on Edith’s smug face, “Edith, the entire Fairhaven family knows I’m going to engage with Marilla. The ceremony’s all set, and the invites have been sent. Is your memory that short,

crowd murmured in surprise.

and anger,

couldn’t stand it anymore, stepping in, “Mr. Fairhaven, don’t you think you’re being a bit harsh?

all.”

Mind your own damn business!”

the moment he saw Alston, he had

didn’t care if he

throw him down!

angry shade of purple

the Bartleys, were also a distinguished lineage, with a long history of government officials. He was indeed a high ranking official’s son in Elmsworth. He’d been pampered since childhood, never having to endure

and held back from retaliating against Jareth–for the moment.

Chapter 704

a mental note of the slight. There

“Marilla, let’s go.”

Marilla’s tense shoulders

“Marilla!”

a smile, “I’ve just gotten back from Aetheria not long ago, and

deep breaths, trying to push away

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hand on her shoulder tensed, his veins throbbing

circle than yours. You’re not worthy of her attention.” Edith and Alston were frozen in place, their expressions so grim they could hardly

made their entrance, they instantly became the center

else, but their

Evadne, the women at Thaddeus. Such breathtaking individuals, rarely seen together in public, were like a pair

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