Edgar and His Destined Wife

Chapter 30 Pretending Noblesse Oblige

“Would you let my family and my father off the hook if I told you the truth? Would you forgo your plans to ruin my family?”

Jean snarled as she stepped towards him menacingly. Edgar had never seen the smile on her face before – a smile was like a slash across her face that never reached her eyes.

The thought of saying ‘Yes’ crossed his mind, but he felt the words clump in his throat like a piece of stubborn phlegm. “Hah! You don’t have to pretend.” Jean smirked as she turned away from him.

Jean is so different. Edgar thought as he watched her walk away from him. When he went to his car, Edgar tore his baseball cap off and threw it on the passenger seat.

Just as he planned to drive out of the venue, he saw Ben holding Jean by her wrist towards a car. “Are you okay? You look pale. I’ll send you back.”

“I might be low on blood sugar as I skipped my breakfast.” Jean mumbled. “I’ll treat you to a meal then!” Ben said as he stomped on his accelerator. Jean leaned back as the cool evening breeze scattered her short hair. “The trophy will be ours!”

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leaving. This had been how the Roydens ran

going to his study with

my confinement period. I just had some nutritious

She goes on and on about the child, but she has never indicated that she was

meet her, and he was a stickler about not changing his decision, especially since he decided to teach Gigi

his sofa and shut his eyes to rest, but

the preliminary competition. I’m sure that they will have a

had predicted, there was a rerun of the competition. However, he had eyes for Ben’s

out of the car, he watched Jean and Ben high-five each other. HIs eyes raked all over her face and

her performance, she must have invested a lot of time into learning the craft

is an Eyer! They