The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family by Adela

Chapter 5225

As soon as Vera thought of this, she looked at Marianne again, and she suddenly smiled as she teased, "Marianne, I don't think you're here to look for a job after coming to Aurous Hill all the way from Hong Kong!"

Marianne asked in surprise, "Why do you say that?"

Vera laughed and said, "It feels more like you've come to pursue your sweetheart despite all odds."

Vera's seemingly teasing words touched the depths of Marianne's heart. She was instantly flustered and hurriedly tried to cover up as she said, "How... How could that be? I've never been to Aurous Hill, and I don't have any acquaintances here, let alone a sweetheart."

Although Marianne was in a hurry to hide her true feelings, Vera had already captured the panic in her expression.

It was this slight change that made Vera even more certain that her judgment was definitely correct.

Coupled with Marianne's identity, who else aside from Charlie could make a rich young lady such as Marianne put everything aside to come all the way from Hong Kong to Aurous Hill?

However, Vera understood human nature very well. She knew that she should stop in moderation now that she had already made Marianne feel flustered. After all, as the saying went, one should not pursue a desperate foe.

and said, "Marianne, I was just deliberately messing with you because you're

when Vera stopped questioning her. She was already feeling a little guilty, and she was afraid that people might really notice something

way to Aurous Hill for him, she must never let anyone know about her feelings, so

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as she said, "Marianne, you have such a good family background and you're such an outstanding individual, so I believe that

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not so absolute. Although Hong Kong is much more

opinion, Marianne was subconsciously defending

him, and not only would you not allow anyone to say that he wasn't good, but you wouldn't allow others to say that the city he lived in was

the moment. She felt that Vera should not think that Hong Kong was better than Aurous Hill in every way because she would never be able to find a man like Charlie in Hong Kong, so she

did not know that Vera had already led her back and forth

apologetically, "Marianne, you're right. My