His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

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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!”

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?

too naive, and too

of explosions by Marilla’s ears, drenching

it all, his fierce gaze

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realization, “Oh, I

do you

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 the Fairhaven Group. How many times do I

murmured in

and anger, turning red and then pale.

don’t you think you’re being a bit harsh? Edith is

all.”

your own damn business!” Jareth’s eyes blazed red

he saw Alston, he had

if he was the mayor’s son or the governor’s grandson–he was

throw him down!

of purple as

family, the Bartleys, were also a distinguished lineage, with a long history of government officials. He was indeed a high ranking official’s

and held back from retaliating

Chapter 704

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

“Marilla, let’s go.”

his arm around Marilla’s tense shoulders and turned

“Marilla!”

called out with a smile, “I’ve just gotten back from Aetheria not long ago, and I’m planning a little class reunion in

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

ཇ ༢ ཝཱ

on her shoulder tensed, his veins throbbing as he

together. My wife 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

their entrance, they

everyone else, but their every move was dazzlingly radiant.

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

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