Chapter: Chapter 217AUTHORThey are still arguing when a guard suddenly announces the arrival of one of their guests, Killian.Marie has personally come to his home to invite him, just so he could watch her get engaged to someone whom she believes is better than him.At least she has so much hope for Mr. Roger even before she sees him; her mom can only wish and pray that Mr. Roger turns out to be who they really think he is.Because if anything goes wrong, they will surely be the talk of the town, and Marie might not be able to recover from the shame—not after parading around the whole city as his bride even before he engages her."Who invited him here? Or maybe she's here to plead with him to accept her back. You know that's how low poor people can go." Unfortunately for Killian, Marie told her friends that Rose was the reason why Killian had everything he had. She has really spoiled everyone's name in front of her friends, and her mom isn't left out either.After her mom slapped her that day, she went
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Chapter: Chapter 216AUTHORFinally, it is the day of the awaited party.The necessary preparations have been made. Mr. Webster, who has been sick the whole time, manages to get on his feet; there is no way he is going to miss his supposed redemption party for anything.Mr. Roger is coming to help him just when he thought it was the end of the road for him.To him, Marie is the one who made it possible, and he can't help but be grateful to her even when it is yet to happen. He strongly believes everything has a last time.Marie soon appears, looking elegant. She wears a long gown laced with gold, then gold shoes and a golden bag as well. She makes it so obvious that she wants to copy Rose from last time.She walks majestically as if the whole world revolves around her, and the crowd can't help but stare. The fact that she is parading herself as the future Mrs. Roger makes them respect her hustle, even when she doesn't deserve it.Her main aim is to dress to impress, not even the crowd. Earlier, she had go
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Chapter: Chapter 215AUTHORThe following week is a crazy one, with Marie telling her friends that Mr. Roger is her fiancé, even though he hasn't proposed to her. She mocks Rose about getting married to a better man while Rose wastes away fighting for Dante.She goes as far as adding his name to her bio on all her social media handles, and when her mom tries to warn her, she tells the woman to mind her business and nearly accuses her mom of being jealous.Her mom doesn't bother to advise or say a word to her about Mr. Roger.She just watches her quietly throughout the time they are preparing for the party.That day, he has Marie give the phone to her dad so they can have a discussion, and after everything, they come to an agreement. They fix the day for the party, and he even sends them money to arrange a few things because he knows they don't have much at the moment, and he doesn't want to make it seem like he is leaving the whole thing to just them.It is all these things that convince Marie that Mr. Ro
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Chapter: Chapter 214AUTHOR"Marie, your phone is ringing," Mrs. Webster says out loud for Marie, who is in the kitchen making something for her dad to eat.It takes the whole day to convince her to cook. At first, she doesn't want to, but by the time she notices the hunger won't take it easy on them, she has no option but to get to it.No one is willing to come do anything for them. Her mom has called nearly all the chefs she knows to come prepare something for them and maybe bring along some of their other workers to do the cleaning, but they all turn her down. Nobody is willing to work for them—not after the bad report about them that is trending all over the internet.She gets pissed and has to force Marie to do it. She makes her understand that if she is going to do the cooking, Marie should forget about eating anything else; she would have to step out, and there is no way she'd be able to in her condition. Though she is nearly healed, her face and neck are still covered with thick scars from the wou
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Chapter: Chapter 213AUTHOR"You're surprised, right? You have to be. I guess you'd go crazy when you hear the full story," Lavender says."And what's the full story? That Conrald was aware of the fact that I was pregnant before he left? That's not new information, girl. I thought you had something meaningful to say. You know what? Just leave. Your information isn't valid. I already knew about it before you came, so maybe you should find something more useful to share, or you should leave," Rose tells her."What? You already knew about it? Then why didn't you react to it? Or are you just pretending to be aware of it all?" Lavender asks, looking surprised."I know everything already. Conrald told me, and surprisingly, I'm not shocked. I knew it from day one. I knew he had an idea about my pregnancy because his friend caught me with a pregnancy kit in the bathroom back then in college. I believed they told him about it because he did send someone to tell me to meet him on the rooftop because we had somethin
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Chapter: Chapter 212ROSEA knock on Rose's door interrupts her call. She wants to drop the call, but Arabella stops her."Don't worry, Mom, I'll go get the door," Arabella says as she drops her phone and walks towards the door.She has nearly opened the door when a loud voice follows."Where is your mom? Why are you the one opening the door? Oh! Now I know it — she's gone out to meet my husband again. She can never change," Lavender says.Arabella doesn't respond. She just rolls her eyes, which angers Lavender further."Don't just keep quiet — answer my questions. You don't have to be as stupid as your mom every single time. Tell me where your mom went, and be fast about it," she yells again."Arabella, who is at the door? Or has the silly neighbor let his dog loose again?" Rose asks, not because she has no idea it is Lavender, but because she wants to embarrass her."Mom, the dog isn't that loud. It's the mad woman from earlier," Arabella says, making Lavender twitch her eyes. Wondering who they are cal
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