The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 543 This Marriage Is a Scam

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Marie really didn’t want to go–especially not with things already a mess. Even if her brother and mother had both signed off on it, she still felt like this whole thing was incredibly sketchy.

And Derrick? This bastard was definitely up to something. It was his idea, after all, which only made her more suspicious.

Can you blame her?

Even though he’d explained everything from three years ago, the psychological damage from that incident was way too deep.

The whole ride over, Marie glared daggers at him, practically fuming with rage.

“If it weren’t for Stella, I’m telling you, I wouldn’t lift a finger to help you.”

She bit down hard on both “Stella” and “help you.”

This jerk had the nerve to say if she didn’t marry him, he’d try to win Stella over instead.

What kind of shameless person even says something like that? How could anyone be that shameless?

The baby! It’s all for the baby!

And the way she emphasized “help you” was a not–so–subtle reminder to Derrick why this marriage was even happening in the first place.

Just in case he decided to pull some ungrateful stunt down the line.

Derrick smiled faintly, wiping a new scratch on his neck. With a cold chuckle, he said, “Relax. Once this thing is dealt with, we’ll get divorced. A woman like you? Whoever wants to marry you can go ahead. You think I’m dying to be stuck with you forever?”

God. She wanted to punch him again. What the hell?

Yeah, that’s right–they’d gotten into another fight in the car just now. The more she thought

was all

about it, the more she didn’t want to go through with this. She asked Derrick what this ght

about, but he refused to say.

brother agreed.

and her brother agreed.

Kept going on about how her mom agreed, and

Excuse me? She’s the one doing the favor here!

He got her brother’s and mother’s approval, and now because she didn’t agree, he had the

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nerve to threaten her?

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Derrick had a few more scratches on his neck–including one very visible

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who’d be willing to marry you for

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the woman

ran

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heir?”

have any ties to the Tom family

for good, he took

mom was entitled to–he got every last cent. He even walked away with a chunk

grunted, “I blew