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Chapter 495 Shattered
Truth be told, Adeline had never liked Marilyn or her brother.
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Once, she had overheard them whispering about Holly. Marilyn had rolled her eyes, complaining that Holly was
stingy and selfish-so much money, and she only gave us two thousand apiece in pocket money.
Adeline had disliked them ever since. Greedy, ungrateful brats. But family was family. She had Marilyn's
WhatsApp, and sometimes Marilyn called to announce she was coming over.
So when the video call came, Adeline hesitated, then picked up.
“Hey.”
Marilyn's face filled the screen, glowing with triumph. Her eyes glittered with the smugness of a victor.
“I'm about to get engaged to Victor! You, Aunt Holly, Uncle Greg-you all have to cto my engagement
banquet!”
Victor.
Adeline’s pulse skipped. A cold premonition clawed at her chest.
She wanted to believe it wasn’t that Victor.
But the background gave him away-the rows of trophies and plaques behind Marilyn, each engraved with
Victor's name.
She was in his study. She was living with him.
Her dread was right.
Marilyn's fiancé was Victor.
Adeline’s throat closed. Last night, he had held her so tightly, kissed her so desperately, whispered hoarsely that
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇthe would take responsibility, She had believed him. Believed that maybe, finally, her secret, hopeless love could
becreal.
She had even been ready to face him at the Luke estate, to confess everything.
But now? Now she saw it for what it was-her own foolish fantasy. His promise had been nothing more than the
empty words of a man lost in the moment.
Her silent love, all those years of aching glances and stolen hopes, had always been hers alone.
The pain cswift and suffocating. Her eyes burned despite herself, reddening in front of Marilyn.
So he hadn't been single. He had a girlfriend all along.
Which meant she... had been nothing more than the other woman. The thing she despised most.
Marilyn noticed her tears at once. Her own eyes glittered, but with venom. She smiled brighter, twisting the
knife.
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Chapter 495 Shattered
“Oh, and after our engagement, the wedding will be soon. Would you be my bridesmaid?”
“No.”
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The Luke fortune would be hers. The wedding would be lavish, billions spent-something a provincial girl like
Adeline could never fathom.
She tilted her head coyly. “Do you have a boyfriend yet?”
And without waiting for an answer, she launched into her performance, cheeks pink, voice syrup-sweet.
“Being with the right man is such
happiness. Victor has been so good
toall these years. He just... well,
he has such stamina, sometimes it
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in bed. Of course | worry sometimes,
with all the foxes out there eyeing
him. He's too outstanding not to
attract them. But Victor tells me
other women disgust him. He only
wants me. He says I'm the only one
who's ever made him want forever. |
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Each word was acid. Each smile, a blade.
Adeline’s face went white as chalk. In Marilyn's mouth, she herself becthe fox spirit, the seductress.
She couldn't take more. She muttered a curt goodbye and ended the call.
The screen went black.
Her control crumbled. Tears welled, spilled, fell like glass beads onto the dark reflection of her own face-
heartbroken, hollow, and alone.
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