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?

never been one to take crap

course

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on his neck–including one very

fake marriage to solve a problem, why not just

women who’d be willing to marry you for a few months if you throw enough money at

knew a rich playboy once whose family pressured him into getting married. The girl he actually liked had been forced away by his parents years ago, so he

Derrick should be doing

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a scoff at her ridiculous suggestion. “I’m

that even a thing he

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cheap these days? Without at least

it just a

think it’s still

Marie: “…” Fair enough.

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fork over five hundred

woman

even ran

Um…

That situation got way out of hand–and honestly, for the guy,

the

money turned

where she really ranked among

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heir?”

have any ties to the Tom family

ties for good, he took plenty with

every last cent. He even walked away

blew it all,