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 think you’re worthy? You know your condition

her sore spot, each word a dagger

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

isn’t just your lover; he’s the heir to

of dignity, her voice icy, “My father’s dying wish was for the Fairhaven Group to become a century–old prestigious family. If

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

tightly, sweat

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

a woman like you as the future lady of the Fairhaven group? If my brother insists on marrying you, then he’ll only grow further

a frost–edged blade, slicing mercilessly into Marilla’s tender

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

piece, Edith rose

leave Jareth, Marilla spoke softly, her

dilated, “What did you say?”

Jareth so

meet Edith’s sinister stare, “All my life, I’ve been a coward,

teeth, Edith was

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

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

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