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? Once she’s past her prime, her virginity lost, her reputation in tatters–even as an Abernathy,

inexperienced, too naive, and

explosions by Marilla’s ears, drenching her smooth forehead with anxious sweat.

his fierce gaze sweeping over, scaring

༔ ༩

feigned realization, “Oh, I see.”

you see?”

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

crowd murmured in

face flushed with shame and anger, turning red and then

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

all.”

hell are you to judge? Mind your own damn business!” Jareth’s

he

care if he

throw him down!

shade of purple as

history of government officials. He was indeed a high ranking official’s son in Elmsworth. He’d been pampered since childhood, never having to endure

was a man of stature and held back from retaliating against

Chapter 704

There would be a

“Marilla, let’s go.”

Marilla’s tense shoulders and turned

“Marilla!”

Aetheria not long ago, and I’m planning a little class

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

on her shoulder tensed, his veins throbbing

her attention.” Edith

their entrance, they instantly became

their intention to overshadow everyone else, but their

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

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