Mistaken Match: Marrying the Enigmatic CEO by Ruby Fennimore

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Chapter 96

Ryder had never won an argument against his wife. At last, they came to

an agreement to gift Shawn the supplements to offset eighty thousand

from her poker debt.

Shawn was not even thinking about collecting the debt, so he thought he

had no reason to turn her away when she delivered to him herself.

Out of curiosity, he asked Abellyn quietly, “Are you related to Ms. Quillen,

who was in your uncle’s house the other day?”

Ryder was Emmanuel’s elder cousin, but Emmanuel’s father was older

than Ryder’s. Even more bizarre, Ryder was younger than Benny.

Ryder’s father had fathered him when the former was seventeen. Thus,

the difference in age between the two generations of the Lowe family had

always been a distinct oddity.

“She’s the wife of my cousin–in–law, Emmanuel. What about her? You don’t

have a crush on her, do you? You men are pigs!”

As she chided, Abellyn pinched Shawn on the waist.

Though she feared him, she was also trying to seduce him; she thought it

worth her time to be with Shawn, the son of a

to be with a pauper

Don’t say that. I would

afraid

to some

like Shawn did not dare indulge in the

with somebody like

sight of his panic.

do you not dare

your mouth, Abellyn! I’m keeping

off. You’d better get

sent Abellyn and her husband away, still reeling

cold CEO of Terence Group had become a

going

had business with Verkade Group. He had even

long–standing business

lost no opportunity to curry favor

himself.

that Hubert coveted

been relentlessly pursuing Mackenzie. How could

gotten married?

the bottom of the matter, Shawn hurriedly

under the pretense of

Verkade. Ms. Quillen is married, it

would spread such vile lies?”

the table, Hubert was savoring his coffee

those words. It was clear that

not believe it.

a woman I play poker

you actually believe the gossip

her misandry.

Do you think I wouldn’t find out if she

married?”

a point. That woman shares

heard it. Anyway,