Chapter 668

Bewildered, Mia questioned, “Considering my ordinary background, how did I end up marrying into the Barrett family?”

Wade explained, “Mr. Barrett fell into a coma after an accident. It was Mrs. Barrett Senior who arranged your marriage.”

“All to change his fate?” A cynical scoff escaped Mia’s lips. She was well aware of the

stringent rules that governed high society. Commoners like her marrying up rarely ended well. She knew that all too well.

She had heard stories about her adoptive parents being equally deplorable. It had been a brutal existence before the Lane brothers found her.

A cold glint flickered in her eyes. If her brothers faked her death to cut all ties with the Barretts, surely the Barretts themselves must have been ecstatic.

Yet, Timothy’s strange behavior didn’t paint that picture. Perplexed, she dismissed the notion of lingering affection on his part.

Guilt, perhaps, but nothing more.

I have a game to play now.” She was

cautioned, Ms. Mia, Dr. Grayson advised you to

he suggest trying the desensitization therapy? I figured it might

rendered

glancing up

couldn’t brush off the bombshell she had just

opened her suitcase and found it filled with vibrant and scanty clothes. Her current style

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preferred plain and boring clothes in the past, she had Wade prepare a set of clothes that suited her old style. Then, she texted Timothy, “Mr. Barrett, do you fancy a dinner date tonight? See you at

from him. Yet, patience was a virtue, especially when

He couldn’t believe that she’d

who is

“Try and guess.

it Ms. Langford?”

set his phone down and contemplated. “Do you think she’s

hadn’t mistaken me for her ex- husband. Yet,

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