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!”

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.

too inexperienced, too naive, and

a series of explosions by

heard it all, his fierce gaze

༔ ༩

feigned realization,

you

eyes 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, or did a donkey kick your head? Marilla is my fiancée, the future matriarch of

murmured in

shame and anger, turning red and then

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

all.”

your own

Alston, he had wanted to punch

didn’t care if he was

throw him down!

an angry shade of purple as he stared

He was indeed a high ranking official’s son

and held back from

Chapter 704

slight. There

“Marilla, let’s go.”

wrapped his arm around Marilla’s tense shoulders and turned to

“Marilla!”

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

deep breaths, trying to push away those unbearable memories from her

tensed, his veins throbbing as he glared

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

and Thaddeus made their entrance, they instantly became the

overshadow everyone else, but

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

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