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.

know your condition best. Do you really believe

right at her sore spot, each word a dagger to the

head low, her eyes reddening with moisture, her cotton dress wrinkled beyond recognition by her slender fingers. Just

lover; he’s the heir to the entire Fairhaven Group, the future head

to become a century–old prestigious family. If you want to be the lady of the Fairhaven group,

sure are you that you can give birth to a healthy child? What if your illness is passed on to your child? Do you

her eyes tightly, sweat

if my brother dotes on you, indulges you, decides against having

life’s work. If my brother cannot inherit the Fairhaven group, how could our father rest in peace? Do you think Grandpa would accept a woman like you as the future lady of the

was like a frost–edged

must understand what I’m saying, right? Think about it

her piece, Edith rose

not leave Jareth, Marilla spoke softly, her head still bowed but her each word

pupils dilated, “What did

Jareth so

her gaze, Marilla mustered all her strength to 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 is

her teeth, Edith

me, the Fairhaven group may not accept me, it doesn’t matter. I don’t seek a title, I only want to be with Jareth.

with a brightness so

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