Edgar and His Destined Wife

Xena was rooted to the spot.

She felt a chill go down her spine as she watched the elevator doors close.

| can't believe Edgar will be this cold to me.

“Edgar..” Where did the man fram my youth go? George found Xena staring at the elevator doors.

"Mr. Edbert is asking for you,’ George said and woke Xena up from her reverie.

"What?" "You've already gone down this route; you can't go back on your words now.

You know too much for Mr. Edbert to let you leave." George grabbed onto her wrist and coldly reminded her.

Xena chewed on her lip angrily and stepped back, “No...

| haven't decided yet.

Edgar will surely help me if I tell him." Her hand shook as she reached for her phone in her bag.

"| have a recording as evidence.

| will show it to the world? her voice was weak with panic.

George furrowed his brows and snickered, "You are a clever girl; why would you do something so stupid?" Xena did not understand what he meant.

In the next second, he snatched her bag and phone.

"Anyone who betrays Mr. Edbert will not end up well.

Sam Reece is a living example.

You're an adult; there's no free lunch in this world, George said menacingly.

If it weren't for Edbert Royden, Xena would still be a typical college student.

She would never have had the chance to intern at Royden Group or to be interviewed by reporters.

Neither would she have had the opportunity to wear branded clothes or carry branded bags.

This whole situation had sprouted from a scheme.

She knew about their unethical behavior yet chose to help them due to her greed.

her fault that things

room and warned her again, “I won't tell Mr. Edbert about today, but you

room before

in a panic when she saw Edbert waving

strewn fruits were still on the

not blame her; he

Royden Residence

Xena said in a small

became timid and

bit her lip and lowered her

get ready” Edbert

looked at her with twinkling eyes and said, “It's been tough on you these

way he

on end when she met

did not shy away from the public's scrutiny nor hid from

he had solid evidence and was able to

blamed all the problems on

take into consideration this is a matter of the Royden family” He painted himself as a kind and

that he might've

center, Gigi was in a

her ‘friends’ had distanced themselves

would give her the dirty eye whenever they saw her after her counseling

you going to do?" Gigi's

quickly surrounded by a mob of

head of the group, Sheena Bowler, sneered at her, “You're a

don't have

so well, yet you are blinded by hatred” Gigi's eyes

not begged Sheena, do you think we'd care if you died?" “Let's just throw her out, Sheena” The crowd threw swears at

is it that I'm still in Jean's care? She slowly slid down

at Gigi, but Gigi could only retreat further

time she visits you? Don't pull

She's so self-righteous! She never asked my opinion when she did things,

to be thankful

contain the rage in her

leave but turned around

at Gigi with cold

seen someone with