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?”

Everly with a menacing gleam in his eyes. She promptly behaved. “Oh, right. With a rich husband like you, Ms. Carlton doesn’t have to climb into anyone’s

could tell that Everly was taking

picked up a minute detail. How did a

gaped at Everly’s impudence. She wasn’t as daring as her best friend,

in the past. My late husband

had set things straight, it’d be rude for anyone to press on. Everly almost

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

a new problem. The socially inept Bailey

into the discussion. She never expected the event to turn into

campus belle who had numerous suitors. When she gave up everything and left school, her classmates couldn’t help but wonder about the man whom she

a look at Ethan. He was getting harder to read by the day. He seemed to have given up on Olivia, but he occasionally showed a lingering affection