Chapter 56

Marina belatedly realized that she had walked into Everly’s trap. She didn’t want to out herself as the mistress, for that’d reveal Olivia’s identity as Ethan’s ex–wife.

She would never do that.

So, she quietened and collected herself. Glaring at Everly, she said, “I’m not. It’s indecent to discuss topics like cheating at a formal event.”

But Everly wasn’t deterred. In fact, she was emboldened. “The mistress is the indecent woman for sleeping with a married man! I have nothing to fear. But Ms. Carlton, you seem very affected by the discussion. Were you someone’s mistress too?”

husband like

person could tell that Everly was taking a

minute detail. How did a notable

Everly’s impudence. She wasn’t as daring as her

the topic of conversation, “Anyway, it’s all in the past. My late husband will not come back to life. So, please don’t ask me for more details. A cheater is not worthy of

straight, it’d be rude for anyone to press on. Everly

single? Is Keith pursuing her?” She was not the sharpest tool

situation, only to be confronted with a new problem. The socially inept Bailey had not

if Ethan got dragged into the discussion. She never expected the

interested in her relationship. She was once the campus belle who had numerous suitors. When she gave up everything and left school, her classmates couldn’t help but wonder about the man whom she made

getting harder to read by the day. He seemed to have given up on Olivia, but he occasionally

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