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.

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

fooled by Seth’s elaborate displays of affection. Now that they had split, she

falling in love did seem to

contemplating for a moment, Aurelia decided to take a stand. She would not allow Seth to use public opinion to silence her anymore. Swiftly, she typed a response and hit

broke up long ago, and I’m now

reached out to you. As

to maintain her

seemed lost for

tomorrow’s headlines would likely revolve around Seth’s attempt

Seth and Rosa enjoy manipulating public opinion? It was

gossip.

leverage her marriage

Chapter 38

arrived,” the driver reminded

“Alright, thank you.”

via QR code, Aurelia stepped

8:30 pm. If it were not for Seth’s interference, she would have finished shopping

in frustration and pushed the cart into the supermarket. Fresh produce was scarce at this hour. Hence, she could only pick

she prepared to check out, Aurelia suddenly realized that she had forgotten to ask Leslie about his food preferences. She knew he disliked pasta, but she

rest.

to call Leslie. However, she hesitated as she did not want to disturb his work.