Secret Wife, Real Billionaire

Chapter 185 Politely declined

There was a knock on the door, and a second later, Luke let himself into the ward.

“I found it, Mr. King! Someone tried to kidnap your mother from the sanatorium, and she got hurt when she struggled from her assailants.”

Kidnapping?

That sanatorium belonged to none other than Paul. Nothing had happened all these years, yet the moment news of Marcelo’s apparent recovery leaked out, someone tried to abduct Jessica.

Was Paul behind this?

Or was it Gary?

Or perhaps… Did the two of them join forces?

Anger flickered in Marcelo’s usually indifferent

eyes.

Beside him, Vivian sighed to herself in relief.

Anna had told her that Marcelo had been behaving strangely in the past few days.

Even today, he hadn’t shown up to the company meeting, and provided no reason for his absence. Vivian thought that he must have had a fight with Renee, and figured that he had skipped work to see her.

At first, Vivian had to rack her brains for a plausible reason to draw Marcelo to her. As luck would have it, an incident occurred involving Jessica.

The way she saw it, God was helping her achieve her goals.

now that Marcelo was here, she realized that it wasn’t nearly

of the art

since we last saw each other. Renee is even

reaction to her incessant prattling. When she was finally done, he said, “Well, you’ve seen her. Can

eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings. She started to act cute and

twice about palming

gave him that look, she had either caused a mess or was about to ask him

I want to study

had expected, she was making yet another

a prestigious university

that was,

no.

and nuzzled against his chest, acting like

She locked her arms around

He glanced down at the woman embracing him, feeling his heart pick up

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pace.

kind of methods, with no regard for how it would make the other

is going well. I’m sure you’re already aware of the previous setup between Marcelo, Vivian and his brother.” Daniel didn’t want her to get involved in other people’s

any way I can!” Susanna might have known Vivian since childhood,

sent her flowers during class earlier. That meant that she

her to be in a relationship with a younger man? “Come on, Daniel! Help me, please? I want to stay here! If you don’t help me, I’ll have no choice but to contact your older brother and

her trump

of a dear but departed family friend. The Lambert family had doted

give me a nephew or a niece.” His sister was no better, either, with her usual mantra of, “If

sigh, he said, “Fine. I’ll make the necessary arrangements.” “Thank

her at their dormitory room. Renee said goodbye to Howard and was about to turn away when

her, a handsome man grasped her collar and prevented her from lunging