The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 358

Marvin was the future heir of The Connolly Group. Yet here he was, unable to handle a spat between kids, coming home in tears. Neville thought, maybe he really wasn't cut out to take over the family legacy.

It was one of the reasons Neville never intervened, not even when he saw Marvin get hurt because of Keen. He figured the boy would have to toughen up on his

own.

Neville's way of raising Marvin had its ups and downs. On one hand, he was grooming the next head of the Connolly family-nothing wrong with that. But emotionally, Neville was distant, almost cold.

So when he saw Stella worrying that Marvin might be bullied, Neville couldn't help but chuckle.

"Star, trust me, Marvin's usually the one doing the bullying. No one's going to push him around. That kid's tougher than he looks."

The truth was, Marvin had a streak of coldness running deep in his bones. He only cared about people or things that mattered to him. For everything else, he was shockingly indifferent-hardly like a child at all.

Remembering the environment Marvin grew up in, Neville could only sigh quietly to himself.

Stella, for her part, thought Neville was just trying to comfort her.

"If anything happens with Marvin, let

necessary; she genuinely liked Marvin and didn't need to be paid

billion she'd blown through was long gone, but with a few more months of caring for Marvin, Stella joked she'd be set for

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morning, Marvin had barely set foot inside the preschool when he noticed a

spotted Marvin and, as if he were contagious, hustled their children away

kids who used to be friendly with Marvin now

glanced at them, face unreadable,

tinged with regret. None of them approached

for days now. Whether it was the teachers

moment, Marvin was like an island-isolated from the rest

sitting by himself, staring at a book of

Marvin had suddenly become a

why, but seeing Marvin unhappy filled him with a strange

able to hide

troublemaker? Did everyone finally figure out what you're really like? Is that why nobody wants to talk

felt to be left out. That time in his life had been nothing short of a nightmare-all