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.”

Marilla over to her son, she’ll back my campaign in the upcoming election. Chairman Emeric is also in the loop. If I refuse, they’ll

and Mrs. Bartley was at

Bartley lounged 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. I’ll get what I

secures my campaign financing and aligns us with the influential Ashbourne family. It’s

desperate, interjected, “Dad, aren’t you oversimplifying things? The Ashbournes have a formidable reputation. I find Emeric even more daunting

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

is like a banshee, far more terrifying than her father!” Alston fumed, influenced

let’s not forget, she has Thaddeus backing her!”

cornered animal in front of

Alston was speechless.

to an end. Yet watching her dance intimately with Aaron had stung him deeply. It felt

clear: you’ve completely ruined your impression with Frederic. He’s known for holding grudges, and even if I didn’t speak up, he’d never allow his

in disappointment. “You don’t have what it takes to

wrapped up his engagements, inquired about the previous night’s events during his leisurely ride home.

to Marilla and Aaron’s

with our Miss Marilla. The welcome gift alone was worth over ten million,” Dennis remarked, clearly impressed by the Ashbournes‘

planning an engagement with the Bartleys, and

“Bought by a mere trinket? Those Ashbournes probably have

Bartley boy,” Dennis scoffed. “Last night, Alston had the

The comparison between the two suitors was the last thing he

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

down on the 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 no other prospects but those Ashbournes!”

chose to remain

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

daughter; it was all about family arrangements. But the

Aaron wasn’t an

him from his thoughts. It was