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

too inexperienced, too naive, and too

explosions by Marilla’s ears, drenching

fierce gaze sweeping over,

༔ ༩

realization,

you

invites have been sent. Is your memory that short, or did a

murmured in

anger, turning red

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

all.”

your own damn business!” Jareth’s

Alston, he had wanted to punch him.

he didn’t care if he was the mayor’s son or the governor’s grandson–he was

throw him down!

turned an angry shade of purple as he stared at the

of government officials. He was indeed

of stature and held back from

Chapter 704

a mental note of the slight. There would be a

“Marilla, let’s go.”

arm around Marilla’s tense shoulders

“Marilla!”

from Aetheria not long ago, and

tightly, taking deep breaths, trying to

hand on her shoulder tensed, his veins throbbing

not worthy of her attention.” Edith and

made their entrance, they instantly became the center

intention to overshadow everyone else,

women at Thaddeus. Such breathtaking individuals, rarely seen

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