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?”

like you,

tell that Everly was

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

the other hand, Olivia gaped at Everly’s impudence. She wasn’t as daring as

all in the past. My late husband

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

Is Keith pursuing her?” She

avoided a situation, only to be confronted with a new problem. The socially inept

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

relationship. She was once the 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 made the

and stole 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