Marrying A Secret Zillionaire Happy Ever After (Linsey)

Chapter 1113:

Then, after a beat, Collin said more seriously, “At the end of the day, Dustin’s a Wade. He’s bound to play his part in the Wade Group.”

Dustin’s lips curled into a cold, sarcastic smile as he replied, “Is that so?”

That smile told Hester everything. It was years of resentment toward Collin, and she couldn’t hide how pleased she was to see it. She thought all her pushing and advice had finally sunk in—Dustin was waking up to reality at last.

Meanwhile, Joanne, who had been watching Collin and Dustin’s silent tension all night, found her gaze drifting to Jeffery without meaning to.

It had been tough catching Jeffery over the past few days, let alone getting a good look at him like this. She was thrilled he had shown up at tonight’s banquet.

But Alicia being there put a damper on things.

Joanne’s expression darkened. When her eyes landed on Alicia’s obvious pregnancy, irritation bubbled up inside her. She knew she had to make her move before the chance disappeared.

Hester shifted the conversation

edged with sharpness. “There are guest rooms upstairs if you want to rest. Just let the staff know. They can take you

lowered her gaze quickly, almost as

it was the alcohol or just nerves, her heart suddenly began pounding hard in

truly concerned about Dolores. Her real game was testing Dustin, seeing how far he would tolerate this. She had known all along that Dustin wouldn’t simply walk away from Dolores without

of dark frustration in Dustin’s eyes,

refusal to back down were completely irrelevant to her. She had just gone public with Dustin and Joanne’s

latest

was convinced that, despite all the love Dustin and Dolores shared, they didn’t have the guts or the power to push back. She was certain that in a few years, they would see she

she relaxed and said smoothly, “Good to

Hester’s eyes slid away, Dolores let out the smallest, almost invisible

her face in the news or in photos made Dolores’ skin crawl like nothing else. Hearing

lip nervously, her hand reaching out without thinking to grab Linsey’s sleeve, desperate