Chapter 698

Seeing Marilla dare to talk back, Edith felt a surge of rage so intense, her meticulously manicured nails almost digging into her own palms.

If it weren’t for the crowd around them, she would have slapped that fool across the face already!

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Edith’s red lips curled into a venomous smirk as she leaned close to whisper in Marilla’s ear, her voice dripping with mockery.

“That’s right, you’re not an idiot, you’re a lunatic.”

Lunatic.

She was calling her a lunatic.

A buzzing sound filled Marilla’s head, and cold sweat soaked through her pure white cotton dress.

And just then, the piano recital began on stage.

The flowing music filled her ears. That was to Marilla a torturous cacophony, only serving to heighten her psychological burden.

you wholeheartedly wish to be my brother’s wife. But do you think you’re worthy? You know your

each word a dagger to

moisture, her cotton dress wrinkled beyond recognition by her slender fingers. Just like her

the heir to the entire

icy, “My father’s dying wish was for the Fairhaven Group to become a century–old prestigious family. If you want to be the lady of the Fairhaven group, it’s inevitable that you’ll

on to your child? Do you want to leave the

tightly, sweat

decides against having children…

like you as the future lady of the Fairhaven group? If my brother insists on marrying you, then he’ll only grow further from the role of heir. Grandpa might well change his mind and choose my uncle as the heir instead. If that

word she uttered was like a frost–edged blade, slicing mercilessly into Marilla’s tender

I’m saying, right? Think about it carefully. If

her piece, Edith

spoke softly, her head still

“What did

Jareth so

meet Edith’s sinister stare, “All my life, I’ve been a coward, never fought for myself, never truly desired anything. But now, all I want

her teeth, Edith

group may not accept me, it doesn’t matter. I don’t seek a title, I only want to be with Jareth. As long as he doesn’t send me away, I’ll

her eyes shone with a brightness so compelling, they outshone the stars

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