When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 8: The Hypocritical Hawthornes

Harrison Hawthorne was a prodigal son, completely lacking in business acumen and sense.

Back when her mother was alive, she could still help out. But ever since her mother passed away and Jessica Clarke moved into the house with her illegitimate daughter, the Hawthorne Family had made one mistake after another in their business dealings. It was safe to say that if Aiden Xavier hadn’t been pouring money in to support them, the Hawthorne Group would have gone bankrupt long ago.

When he heard that Hazel Hawthorne wanted to divorce Aiden Xavier, Harrison Hawthorne froze on the spot.

’If Hazel really divorces Aiden Xavier, wouldn’t he lose Aiden Xavier as his backer?’

’Not only that, he’d borrowed so much money from Aiden Xavier over the years. Would he have to pay it all back now?’

Harrison Hawthorne instantly flew into a rage. "What nonsense are you talking about? A divorce isn’t something you can just decide on a whim!"

Hazel found it laughable. ’Years ago, when she and her mother left the Hawthorne Family, they were destitute, unable to even afford her mother’s medicine.’

It was only after she married Aiden Xavier that Harrison Hawthorne suddenly remembered

her to

get a divorce

that I was no longer one of them. You borrowed the money, so you’re the ones who have to pay it back.

she turned to leave, but an affected, saccharine voice came from

"Sister."

dressed in a snow-white gauze dress, emerged timidly

Dad asked you to come back today because they wanted our

coloring her cheeks. Then, in a soft voice, she said, "If it weren’t

Hawthorne found the situation even

the years since she had married Aiden Xavier, she hadn’t been blind to how Yvette Hawthorne

safe to say that if she hadn’t been the one with the marriage contract with Aiden Xavier, Yvette Hawthorne would have been scrambling to become Mrs.

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