Even After Death by Lilting Champ

Chapter 56

Marina belatedly realized that she had walked into Everly’s trap. She didn’t want to out herself as the mistress, for that’d reveal Olivia’s identity as Ethan’s ex–wife.

She would never do that.

So, she quietened and collected herself. Glaring at Everly, she said, “I’m not. It’s indecent to discuss topics like cheating at a formal event.”

But Everly wasn’t deterred. In fact, she was emboldened. “The mistress is the indecent woman for sleeping with a married man! I have nothing to fear. But Ms. Carlton, you seem very affected by the discussion. Were you someone’s mistress too?”

She promptly behaved. “Oh, right. With a rich husband like you, Ms. Carlton doesn’t have to

could tell that Everly was taking a jab at

only Calvin picked up a minute detail. How did a notable figure like Ethan Miller come

daring as her best

quickly steered the topic of conversation, “Anyway, it’s all in the past. My late husband will not come back

anyone to press on. Everly almost

this mean Olivia’s single? Is Keith pursuing her?” She was not

only to be confronted with a new

the discussion. She never expected the event to turn

She was once the campus belle who had numerous suitors. When she gave up everything and left school,

at Ethan. He was getting harder to read by the day. He seemed to have given up on Olivia, but he