Chapter 38

Aurelia was taken aback by the messages. She wondered if Seth was telling others that they were getting married.

“You’ve misunderstood. Seth and I broke up. I felt something was off with him, so I wanted to clarify with you,” she explained.

“No way! Just a few days back, he assured the manager that marriage with you was imminent. He even mentioned obtaining the household registration soon. The manager was already preparing his promotion application upon hearing that!”

So, the reason why Seth had bowed to pressure was to marry her quickly and secure residency. It was quite the scheme..

“Aurelia, did you fight with Seth? Couples fight, you know. He even sacrificed meals and only ate instant noodles recently to save for the 98–thousand–dollar watch he wanted to buy for

you.

“It shows his sincerity. Have a good talk with him so you guys can work it out,” the colleague. advised.

Haha, that watch? It must be the fake one Seth had given out at the Dating Club.

He had blamed Aurelia for that and played the victim in front of everyone. If word got out about their breakup, she would surely face the brunt of the blame.

Yet, Seth now appeared to be the lovesick fool.

her forehead and sighed. She wished that she could knock some sense into

had split, she realized the depth of her naivety. His feeble attempts at manipulation had clouded her judgment for three

in love did seem to diminish one’s

a moment, Aurelia decided to take a stand. She would not allow Seth to use

broke up long ago, and I’m

why I reached out to

tried to maintain

Haha.” He seemed

expected, tomorrow’s headlines would likely revolve around Seth’s

enjoy manipulating public opinion? It was time they experienced being

gossip.

attempt to leverage her marriage for

Chapter 38

arrived,” the driver

“Alright, thank you.”

via QR code, Aurelia stepped

pm. If it were not for Seth’s interference, she would have

frustration and pushed the cart into the supermarket. Fresh produce was scarce at this

she had forgotten to ask Leslie about his food

rest.

a while, Aurelia reached for her phone to call Leslie. However, she

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