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!”

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 tatters–even as an Abernathy, she might just have to marry below her station.”

too inexperienced, too naive,

by Marilla’s ears, drenching her smooth forehead

gaze sweeping over,

༔ ༩

feigned realization, “Oh, I

do you see?”

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

crowd murmured in

flushed with shame and anger, turning red

you think you’re being

all.”

Mind your own damn

Alston, he had wanted to punch

even half a word more, he didn’t care if

throw him down!

turned an angry shade of purple as he stared at

history of government officials. He was indeed a high

stature and held back from retaliating

Chapter 704

the slight. There would be a

“Marilla, let’s go.”

his arm around Marilla’s tense shoulders

“Marilla!”

not long ago, and I’m planning

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

༢ ཝཱ

shoulder tensed, his veins throbbing as

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

Evadne and Thaddeus made their entrance, they

else, but their

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

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