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.

wife. But do you think you’re worthy? You know your condition best. Do you really believe you can

sore spot, each word a

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

to the entire Fairhaven Group, the future head of

dignity, her voice 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 need to ensure the succession

to a healthy child? What if your illness is passed on to your child? Do you want to leave the Fairhaven group without

sweat beading

dotes on you, indulges you, decides against having children… would he also give

think Grandpa would accept a woman like you as the future lady of the Fairhaven group? If my brother insists on marrying you, then

like a frost–edged blade,

you’re not an idiot, you must understand what I’m saying, right? Think about it carefully. If you

piece, Edith rose to

her head still bowed but

“What did you say?”

love Jareth so very

a coward, never fought for myself, never truly desired anything. But

teeth, Edith was

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

shone with a brightness so compelling, they outshone the stars themselves.

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