Chapter 668

Bewildered, Mia questioned, “Considering my ordinary background, how did I end up marrying into the Barrett family?”

Wade explained, “Mr. Barrett fell into a coma after an accident. It was Mrs. Barrett Senior who arranged your marriage.”

“All to change his fate?” A cynical scoff escaped Mia’s lips. She was well aware of the

stringent rules that governed high society. Commoners like her marrying up rarely ended well. She knew that all too well.

She had heard stories about her adoptive parents being equally deplorable. It had been a brutal existence before the Lane brothers found her.

A cold glint flickered in her eyes. If her brothers faked her death to cut all ties with the Barretts, surely the Barretts themselves must have been ecstatic.

Yet, Timothy’s strange behavior didn’t paint that picture. Perplexed, she dismissed the notion of lingering affection on his part.

perhaps, but

flickering in her eyes. “Everything seems to fall into place. I have a game to play now.” She

Ms. Mia, Dr. Grayson advised you to steer clear

desensitization therapy? I figured it might be

rendered speechless.

this just yet,” she added, glancing up at him. She didn’t want

again, Mia pondered her next move. She couldn’t brush off the bombshell she had just discovered.

and scanty clothes. Her current

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like she’d preferred plain and boring clothes in the past, she had Wade prepare a set of clothes that suited her old style. Then,

from him. Yet, patience was a virtue,

saw the message, and his mind blanked temporarily. He couldn’t believe that

curious. “Tim, who

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