His unwanted wife, the world’s coveted genius by Derk Blaylock

Chapter 679:

She looked at Lucas, struggling to speak. After a while, she finally said, “Lucas, we’re friends, aren’t we? Why are you treating me like this?”

She had thought that being labeled as a “friend” might allow her to remain close to Lucas, possibly making him let his guard down. She had not expected…

Lucas met her eyes with a cold stare, his lips twisting into a mocking sneer as he responded without hesitation, “We are friends, yes. But Belinda is uncomfortable with you being too close to me, so you need to keep your distance.”

When Verena heard Lucas’ cold words, her face instantly lost all color.

A piercing ache shot through her heart.

At that moment, waves of anger and jealousy overwhelmed her.

Nevertheless, she said nothing; instead, she quietly moved to sit by Vincent.

Vincent, observing Verena’s ashen face, couldn’t help but feel sympathy for her.

for Belinda, he had

behavior toward Verena

was to be

could only

on

into amused laughter after

run away with her? Where

pause, she added, “However, you showing up today could certainly give

out a cold laugh in

the wedding ceremony

groom, was visibly overjoyed, his face alight with happiness, clearly very

to marry the eldest daughter of the high-ranking Williamson family was undoubtedly

contrast, Minna’s expression was one of

Moshe as her greatest enemy. Minna’s sour expression

bit too firmly