His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

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 know your condition best. Do you really believe you can bear my brother a child

right at her sore spot, each word a dagger

her cotton dress wrinkled beyond recognition by her slender

just your lover; he’s the heir to the entire

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

sure are you that you can give birth to a healthy child? What if your illness is passed on to your child? Do you want to leave the Fairhaven group without a successor? Do you

her eyes tightly, sweat beading on her

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

“The Fairhaven group is my father’s 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 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 happens, you’ll be the one who

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

saying, right? Think about it carefully. If you really love my brother.”

her piece, Edith rose to leave.

softly, her head

pupils dilated, “What did

Jareth so very

to meet Edith’s sinister stare, “All my life, I’ve been a coward, never fought for myself, never

Edith

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 never leave

brightness so