His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 773

Frederic stormed into the room, his face as dark as a thundercloud, his presence more intimidating than a Halloween ghoul.

“On such a sunny day, why do you have to look like you’re attending a funeral?” Hamilton chided, glancing away from his son’s gloomy expression with a tsk–tsk of disapproval. “Seeing you puts such a damper on my day, I swear it’s shaving years off my life!”

Frederic ignored the verbal sparring with his dad and made a beeline for Marilla, completely disregarding the Ashbournes, who were over for a visit.

“Marilla! You’re coming home with me right now!”

Marilla recoiled, her face pale as milk, clutching her teddy bear like a shield.

Just as Frederic’s hand was about to clamp onto her, another hand–veined and strong–caught his wrist in an iron grip.

Marilla’s eyes widened in shock, staring at the tall figure stepping protectively in front of her. “Aaron.”

Aaron met Frederic’s fiery gaze with a cold flicker in his eyes. “Mr. Frederic, let’s keep this civil. You’re scaring Marilla.”

Frederic, panting with anger and frustration, couldn’t immediately free his wrist from Aaron’s hold and bit back his rage with a snarl, ‘Let go!”

With a calm gaze, Aaron released him.

Frederic quickly stepped back, rubbing his wrist, which had turned an angry shade of purple.

“Mr. Hamilton, Mom, it’s about time. I promised Marilla we’d go out and have some fun,” Aaron said, trying to diffuse the tension as he turned to Hamilton.

“I just said Marilla has to come with me. She’s not going anywhere!” Frederic roared back, unable to contain his fury.

Hamilton bristled. “Marilla already made plans with Aaron. And here you are, making a scene in front of our guests! The Ashbournes have come with gifts, and you’re causing a ruckus!”

“You don’t understand the situation. If you did, you wouldn’t be taking this tone with me!”

line, my daughter is not to

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the tension like a knife, her cool gaze landing on Frederic. “You can’t leave us hanging, Mr. Frederic. If you’ve got something to

pang of envy for Emeric. If only his own son could have a partner as formidable and accomplished as Surl, maybe his temper

smile was a sneer of contempt. “Suri, do you swear that you and your son

knit

election funding, to call off the engagement with the Bartleys for your own gain Your antics at the Bartley’s event, embarrassing them in

silent, the accusation hanging heavy in the air.

to look at her father or Aaron. She closed her eyes, her lashes quivering as she hugged her teddy bear even tighter.

an interest in my daughter’s affairs, Suri. Especially at the crucial moment of her engagement to the Bartleys. Unless

laugh escaping him. “Marilla and Jareth breaking up was unfortunate, but it was their fate. For Evadne to interfere like this is crossing the line! Let me be clear, even without the Bartleys, I would never approve of Marilla getting back with Jareth. And you, with your ulterior motives, I certainly won’t allow any contact between my daughter and your son. Who knows

his fists, the room’s tension palpable, but he restrained himself for

to intervene when Suri, with a grace that belied her

‘I’m absolutely disgusted.”

“What

measured sip of her tea. “Otherwise, with that kind of

held back. He was a man of

her boy a leg up in romance, am I right? Besides, the match you had set up for Marilla, what kind of folks were they? The Bartley clan buckled under the slightest pressure and called off the engagement in the dead of night. That tells you they’re nothing but social climbers, chasing after status and fortune. Do you really think mingling with such riff–raff

words struck a chord with Hamilton, and he nodded

followed Evadne’s counsel in this matter. Now that I know both families

quite fond of Marilla myself. The urgency I

Aaron’s chest, coloring his

her luminous gaze

with your words. Apologize to Suri now!” Hamilton glared at his son, clearly

together, his gums aching with frustration, but he refused to open

the Ashbournes

Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Frederic is just overly protective of his daughter,

down her teacup, “However, Mr. Frederic, you’re not getting any younger. If there’s nothing pressing at the company, perhaps you should follow Emeric’s lead and spend more time taking care of your

every gentle word from Suri, Frederic felt as if

“Mr. Frederic, you can doubt anything you like. But there’s one thing you shouldn’t question. I swear on my badge, on my honor, my feelings for Marilla are as true as gold. Even

fell silent.

a moment, she felt so moved she almost wanted to cry.

of it this way–now there’s one more person in this world willing to protect your daughter with his life. One more defender is no loss to you.” Aaron smiled

he had

“Marilla, let’s go.”

Aaron didn’t leave Marilla with a choice. He

and Marilla, in her delicate grace, hustled to keep pace

every encounter with her father had left

Aaron hadn’t spoken up, she would have taken him and left without a second

disappeared from the front door in the blink of an

his words carrying a weighty significance, “Suri, you’ve raised

both Suri and

left, Frederic endured another round of rebuke from his father.

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