Married a Secret Billionaire

Renee kept staring in that direction, feeling an uncomfortable knot in her heart. Her white pearl handbag was a gift from Lina, but what about Lena’s?

Who was she to use something just like hers?

Renee bit her lip, swiftly slipping her handbag under a certain table and covering it with the tablecloth.

“Renee?” Toph handed her a glass of champagne, noticing her distracted look. “What’s wrong?”

Renee gently shook her head, not looking too good.

“Let me take you to see my mom.” Toph grinned. “My mom’s been wanting to see you! Perfect timing that you’re wearing the ring today. Let’s show it to her!”

Renee was startled and pulled her hand away the instant Toph held her hand.

Le Fari was slightly too big on her finger, almost slipping off onto the floor.

“Renee, w-what’s wrong?” Toph watched her expression cautiously.

“Nothing.” Renee took a deep breath. “I saw Lena.”

“Oh.” Toph tried hard to keep her happy and hugged her. “It’s fine. If you’d rather not deal with her, we won’t. But she’s here with Chris, so I should at least be civil to Chris for our brotherhood’s sake. Also, it’s my mom’s birthday today, and I wouldn’t want…”

Renee turned toward him with a warm smile. “Where are your thoughts wandering, Toph? I never intended to create any trouble.”

was puzzled and

person.” Renee spoke softly. “If she does end up with Chris eventually, we’ll all be connected as a family. We’re bound to cross paths. There’s no need for me to

to terms

looked at him. There always seemed to be a hint of complexity in her

very soft. “But for your sake, I’m

not say anything for a while. He held her tightly in his arms, her faint fragrance lingering around his nose. At that moment, he felt like the once innocent, introverted, and slightly naive Renee had

Chris and Lena, everyone present was surprised. Once the two explained their

to believe, they remembered that Renee was once an upright and kind girl. Her current change was probably just a return to

had to go attend to other guests while Renee said she wanted to go to

convenient for Toph and Chris to accompany her, so she turned her gaze to Lena.

taken aback. She had not seen Renee this gentle for a

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her lips, she swallowed

for a moment before giving a gentle nod. When their

rejoined Chris. Meanwhile, Toph took Renee elsewhere to

troubled expression, Chris inquired, “Is there something on your

“Maybe there are just too many

earlier!” Chris patted her head. “You probably haven’t eaten enough. I’ll take