His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 762

In the dead of night, Mr. Bartley summoned Alston to his study. Mrs. Bartley was already there, her presence a clear sign of the gravity of the discussion about to unfold.

“What? Call off the engagement?!” Mrs. Bartley shrieked in disbelief. “Timothy, are you out of your mind? The news has already spread like wildfire. I have the ladies from the country club practically fawning over me, showering me with gifts because our Alston is set to marry the Abernathy heiress!”

Her eyes blazed with the scandal of it all. “With the wedding just around the corner, you drop this bombshell on me. How am I supposed to show my

ace around them after this?”

“Dad! What’s going on? Why cancel the engagement?!” Alston, his face flushed with anger, recalled the evening’s humiliation. “Marilla had the audacity to hold hands with Mr. Ashbourne and dance with him right in front of me. I’ve been embarrassed already, and now you want to call off the wedding altogether?”

Edith had painted Marilla as a simpleton. But what sort of fool dares to flirt with another man in front of her own fiancé, to be so intimate in public?

The thought of it was maddening. He wanted to make her pay, to make her regret her indiscretion.

“If your dignity comes at the cost of my future, then I say your pride is a small price to pay!” Mr. Bartley’s words were shocking, his impatience written all over his face.

“What are you saying?!” Both mother and son stared at him, bewildered.

“Haven’t you seen it tonight? Aaron has fallen for that ‘simpleton‘,” Mr. Bartley said, sipping his tea with an air of self–satisfaction. “Suri approached me in confidence, asking me to break off the engagement.”

the upcoming election. Chairman Emeric is also in the loop. If I refuse, they’ll throw their

jaw, and Mrs. Bartley was at a

on the couch, legs crossed, transforming from a dignitary to a rogue in a heartbeat. “Firstly, Alston won’t have to marry the ‘simpleton‘ and demean himself.

the influential Ashbourne family. It’s

have a formidable reputation. I find Emeric

that. He’s abroad for treatment and probably won’t last two years. I’m not afraid of him,” Mr.

like a banshee, far more terrifying than her father!” Alston fumed, influenced by Edith’s opinions. “You might handle Frederic, but can you really contend with Evadne? She’s

she has

and he stood up abruptly, pointing at Alston as he shouted, “You think if it weren’t for Suri’s proposal, you’d have any chance of securing this marriage? Look at the mess you made tonight, acting like a cornered animal in front of Mr.

Alston was speechless.

means to an end. Yet watching her dance intimately with Aaron had stung him deeply. It felt like a betrayal, as if they were already married and he, her

completely ruined your impression with Frederic. He’s known for holding grudges, and

shook his head in disappointment. “You don’t have what it takes to marry into their world. Give up

inquired about the previous night’s events during his

every detail, including Suri’s lavish gift to

gift alone was worth over ten

engagement with the Bartleys, and yet they’ve shown no such grandeur. It’s quite

the better of him. “Bought by a mere trinket? Those Ashbournes probably have a vault full of such baubles. Emeric probably has a whole truckload.”

is leagues better than that Bartley boy,” Dennis scoffed. “Last night, Alston had the nerve to publicly criticize you. I wonder what’s

mention of this. The comparison between the two suitors was the

seen how Aaron truly feels about Marilla. Why don’t we call off the engagement with the Bartleys? A match with the Ashbournes would

armrest, his face flushed with anger. “My son marrying an Ashbourne girl and my daughter wed to an Ashbourne boy? As if my children have

to

aside his personal feelings, he had to admit that Aaron, Suri’s

about family arrangements. But the way Aaron looked at Marilla, with such genuine affection,

wasn’t

buzzed, startling him from his thoughts. It was