Menantu Pahlawan Negara by Sarjana

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.

She wished that she could knock

of affection. Now that they had split, she realized the depth of her naivety. His feeble attempts at manipulation had clouded

falling in love did seem to diminish

take a stand. She would not allow Seth to use public opinion to silence her anymore. Swiftly, she typed

it. We broke up long ago, and I’m

out to you. As his friend, please advise him not to get carried

tried to maintain her

seemed lost

conversation ended. As expected, tomorrow’s headlines would likely revolve around Seth’s attempt to leverage his

and Rosa enjoy manipulating public opinion? It was time they experienced being the

gossip.

marriage

Chapter 38

we’ve arrived,” the

“Alright, thank you.”

via QR code, Aurelia

already 8:30 pm. If it were not for Seth’s interference,

cart into the supermarket. Fresh produce was scarce at this hour. Hence, she

forgotten to ask Leslie about his food preferences. She knew he disliked pasta, but

rest.

she hesitated as she did not