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!”

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

too naive, and too foolish!”

was like a series of explosions by Marilla’s ears, drenching

his fierce gaze sweeping over, scaring the gossipers away.

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then feigned realization, “Oh, I

you

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

murmured in

face flushed with shame and anger, turning

stepping in, “Mr. Fairhaven, don’t you think you’re being a bit harsh? Edith is still your sister

all.”

to judge? Mind your own damn business!” Jareth’s eyes blazed red with fury!

saw Alston, he had

he didn’t care if he

throw him down!

of purple as he stared

of government officials. He was indeed a

of stature and held

Chapter 704

a mental note of the slight. There would be a day for “repaying” him.

“Marilla, let’s go.”

tense

“Marilla!”

just gotten back from Aetheria not long ago, and I’m planning a little class reunion in a few days. Could

tightly, taking deep breaths, trying to push

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his veins throbbing as he

not worthy of her attention.” Edith and Alston were frozen in place, their expressions so grim

they

wasn’t their intention to overshadow everyone else, but their

breathtaking individuals, rarely seen together in public, were like a pair of wandering saints, blessing everyone with their

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